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5 pillars – 5 heads
Reporting, sustainability, design, digital and content: these are the five pillars of our service offering. To make these capabilities even more accessible internally as well as externally, each of them now has a responsible head. By assigning each core topic a specific contact person, we ensure a clear line of responsibility and efficient processes. The new team of five work closely together and bring the best ideas from HGB to the table. This approach makes us confident that we are well-positioned for the challenges in our business. Curious about who these five “heads of” are? Then continue reading here …
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At “fure”/The Future of Reading
Just because it’s peak season in the reporting business, doesn’t mean we are missing out on anything new and exciting. In March, we visited the fure design conference on the future of reading – 10 hours. 13 contributions. 200 designers, media professionals and creatives. Our impression: The topics and participants were refreshingly diverse. The atmosphere was stimulating and open – and so were the in-depth discussions and networking.
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New year, new colleague
The HGB graphics team received reinforcement in January. Martin Baars – a true “Hamburg boy” with extensive agency and corporate experience – has a soft spot for design, brings stamina and a dash of punk to the agency. We will be making good use of him in current and future annual reporting seasons. Welcome aboard!
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Team player
What a corporate report and a muesli bar have in common, why van life is the new ski vacation, how it feels to hand over the captain’s role, and what her favorite adjectives are – Christa Eickmeyer tells us this and more in an interview that includes a look back at 25 years of HGB along the way.
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Taking off in a new position
Good performance pays off – this is also true at HGB, and why two employees were internally “upgraded” in December 2022. Katharina Marx is now the Creative Director responsible for HGB’s creative performance, and Jenny Beyer can now call herself Junior Art Director. Well done and well deserved, both of you!
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Well prepared
Markets, industries, and companies: Some areas of the economic environment are currently evolving at breakneck speed – and we are also feeling these changes in our own business. This is evident when looking at the development of sustainability reporting, which is becoming increasingly complex and ever more important for our business. We are expanding our knowledge and range of services to ensure that we deliver excellent reporting in this area as well.
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Highly motivated into the new season
For most people it gets noticeably cooler in the fall, but at HGB, this is when the hot phase begins! We have started the new reporting season – as always with heart and soul and highly motivated – and are looking forward to taking on some exciting challenges from our customers. We are pleased to welcome several of them on board for the first time. Where is the journey heading? A look at the projects shows: Sustainability ranks high on the agenda.
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25 years on the move
“Never! I will never stay at one company for 25 years!!!” Oh how easily we can deceive ourselves, dear Christa Eickmeyer: Congratulations on your anniversary and on an eventful, extremely successful quarter of a century at HGB! Her career at the agency is filled to the brim with stories and experiences, and a host of wide-ranging tasks and encounters. For Christa, the focus has always been on teamwork and collaborating with customers, employees and business partners.
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Creative reinforcment for the HGB team
Our new Art Director Katja Böhlhoff has already seen the world – and now the colorful world of reporting awaits her. Here at HGB, she has the perfect place to contribute her exhilarating expertise in design and creation. After years of experience as a freelancer, Katja is really looking forward to team play and no longer being a lone wolf. We are happy about her and say: welcome!
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And the award goes to…
15 times a report from HGB stands at the end of this sentence. Our customers were big winners at the ARC Awards – the “Oscar” for corporate reports. The 2021 annual reports won 1 time in the highest category, shining furthermore in Gold (4 times), Silver (4 times) and Bronze (3 times), in addition to 3 Honors awards. We congratulate our customers on this great success!
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Here’s to good cooperation!
Global player with a long tradition and exciting plans for the future: We welcome our new client Salzgitter AG and are pleased to be able to support the listed steel group with its annual report, non-financial statement and a magazine. To kick off the collaboration, we had a very impressive meeting in Salzgitter.
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Our new website gets to the heart
Boom! Bam! – there’s not much more to be said. We have relaunched our website with our “reporting heart” going boom for everything that we do. And our powerful, edgy design conveying strong content goes bam. Our expertise makes us courageous and our experience makes us dare to always try something new. This is the spirit of this relaunch.
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HGB provides vocational training
We are delighted to welcome our first trainee on board: Wiebke Meyer started her vocational training on 1st August. After successfully passing her Abitur (German A-levels), Wiebke is now starting her vocational training as Medienkauffrau Print und Digital at HGB.
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HGB reporting compass
PDF, print or online? Integrated or combined? Gender sensitive language – yes or no? Who reports in what form and with what focus? Where are we heading in the ever more important field of sustainability reporting? To find the answers, we have taken a closer look at the annual reports of the 160 S-DAX, M-DAX and DAX40 companies. Our comprehensive reporting analysis once again shows the latest trends in the reporting world!
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Sustainability starts with ourselves
HGB receives EcoVadis certification for the first time in January 2022 and immediately gains silver medal. This ranks HGB in the top 25% of the “management consultancy” sector.
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New addition to the HGB team
Dorothee Grün joined the company on 1st of May and supports our activities as a project manager.
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