Hamburger Abendblatt, 5 June 2010

Companies focus more strongly on sustainability

Responsible corporate management and the vision of sustainability have obviously arrived at the heart of the German economy.

Börsenzeitung (stock-market journal), 5 June 2010

Crisis toughens up companies

Following the years of crisis, companies are quick to start looking ahead once more. But in the 2009 financial statements, it was impossible to keep the disaster a secret with its drastic financial consequences.

Das Unternehmermagazin - impulse, September 2009

Time for openness

Crisis communications: many small and medium-sized companies see public relations as something of a burden and prefer to keep their cards close to their chest when it comes to the media. The wrong approach, according to PR experts: in times of crisis in particular, openness can pay dividends for companies.

Tam - Nachrichten aus der Versorgungswirtschaft, 27. August 2009

Making better use of the flagship publication

The major public utilities in Germany see the annual report as the flagship medium in their corporate communications arsenal but are not leveraging its potential systematically enough, according to the findings of an HGB study on financial reporting by German public utilities.

Die Welt, 15 June 2009

Annual reports optimistically in crisis

Financial crisis and downturn in economy or not – there is no trace of depressiveness or fear of the future in the fresh reports of German companies listed in the DAX.

Financial Times Deutschland, 25 April 2007

Big, bigger, upturn

The economy is growing – and so is the scope of annual reports. In England, this is already leading to delivery problems. Deutsche Post is also thriving in the boom.

Die Welt, 14 April 2007

Hamburg – a stronghold for annual reports

The fifth season is already underway – the annual report season. The 1000 or so listed companies and several thousand reporting German companies will be submitting their annual financial statements for 2006 over the coming weeks. And this has long been more than just a routine exercise.

FINANZ und WIRTSCHAFT, 10 September 2005

A thicker annual report is not necessarily better

Investigation in Germany reveals information deficits – risk assessment is becoming increasingly important

Die Welt, 23 Juli 2004

Annual Reports Win Awards

Eleven Reports of Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG Singled Out for ARC Award in New York.

“German companies have grown more courageous again, and you can see it in their reports.”

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