DOMINATING THE GLOBAL STAGE -180 AWARDS... COUNTING AND GRINNING,

JSW Energy Limited is amongst India’s leading independent power producers. The company is steering the nation’s energy transition by scaling its renewable energy capacity and foraying into energy products and services.

In its fifth integrated report, the company aimed to deliver a comprehensive overview of its holistic approach to clean energy transition and national energy security. Additionally, it sought to offer readers insights into value creation through its strategy, governance, performance, and opportunities.

To meet these objectives and align with the framework, the content was meticulously organised into sections covering key business strategies, sustainability integration, and a balanced six-capital model approach aligned with SDGs. The report also delves into strategic development, business operations, governance, and financial performance. Visuals and infographics complement the exhaustive content, vividly illustrating JSW Energy's commitment and realisation of its potential in shaping India's dynamic energy landscape.

Vedanta expanded its business approach from the earlier 'Transforming for Good' focus to a more comprehensive 'Transforming Together' strategy. The theme of this report aligns with this new perspective, emphasising Vedanta’s strong commitment to collective development.

The report showcases the company's advancements in key operational and financial performance indicators, highlighting its ongoing progress in sustainable growth initiatives. This message is pervasive throughout the report, spanning management communiques, capital and opportunity sections, business segment overviews, and notably, the ESG section.

The content is presented with clean cuts to create a meaningful design narrative that resonates with stakeholders. The colour palette, dominated by blues and greens, reflects Vedanta's brand identity, symbolising trust, growth, and environmental consciousness.

SRF Limited, a leading chemical-based multi-business entity engaged in the manufacturing of industrial and specialty intermediates, is committed to establishing an organisation focussed on long-term sustainable growth and development.

With a strong belief that its ESG journey is inherently collaborative, inclusive of the planet, people, and profit, SRF Limited aimed for a report that reflected this ethos. The annual report, aligned with the ‘Guiding Principles’ and the ‘Content Elements’ of the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) framework, was thus developed to incorporate a meticulously drafted ESG section. The ESG section outlined the commitments, current systems, performance, and initiatives undertaken by SRF to mainstream ESG in its business activities. A well-crafted and meaningful narrative ensured that sustainability was established as central to SRF’s corporate story.

The annual report was designed with imagery and graphics to drive the messaging with impact. The overall visual maintains a soothing aesthetic, featuring ample white spaces, well-structured text, and a judicious use of colour.

Radico Khaitan Limited (RKL) stands prominently in the Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) industry. The company is advancing with vigour driven by its strong focus on innovation and premiumisation. In this report, RKL shares its journey of expansion and growth with all stakeholders, extending beyond its broad consumer base. Serving as a captivating communication of the uniqueness of the spirits created by the company, the report also articulates the strategic approach pursued to deliver accretive value.

The same exhilaration that RKL’s brands and products aim to evoke is evident across the narrative section. From enthralling headlines to riveting descriptions, the content is crafted to provide a thrilling experience for readers. Large images with attractive captions have been extensively used to convey the messaging of ‘elevating spirits’.

As SBI Cards and Payment Services celebrates 25 years of 'Making Life Simple,' its annual report vividly encapsulates this remarkable journey. The report reflects on past triumphs and outlines the company’s future-readiness by identifying business priorities. Testimonials from leadership, employees, and customers forge emotional connections. Management letters seamlessly weave through past, present, and future, underscoring a robust foundation for market leadership and unwavering efforts in seizing opportunities.

This report adopts a broader perspective that encompasses the needs and expectations of all stakeholders. A dedicated ESG section covers the company’s endeavours for the planet, employees, customers, and communities.

The design, embodying elegance and corporate sophistication, celebrates 25 years with soothing aesthetics and ample white spaces, evoking joy and a worry-free experience.

Hindustan Zinc Limited strikes a dynamic balance between its vision for growth and transformative endeavours for long-term progression and stakeholder value creation. In FY 2022-23, the company achieved significant milestones and explored new horizons, seamlessly presented in the report with creative separators for enhanced engagement. The separator pages also underline the company’s unequivocal focus on each aspect of its business.

Emphasising governance transparency, the report provides comprehensive insights into operational growth, sustainability, and ESG metrics. It outlines ambitious goals, reflecting the company’s commitment to sustainable development and holistic stakeholder growth.

The report's messaging, blending continuity and change, is mirrored in its design — a vibrant mix of white spaces, infographics, and pictures that enhances readability.

The spirit of reflection, reinvention, growth, and evolution has been at the core of VIP Industries' journey in FY 2022-23. The narrative section of the report is dedicated to communicating this transformative journey, showcasing the accomplishments it has yielded, and outlining the potential for future growth based on these strategic measures. The compelling storytelling format serves to captivate and inform stakeholders about the company's trajectory.

The cover page prominently features an avid traveller on the move, representing the ongoing transformational journey. This design language seamlessly extend into the inside pages with multi-colour backgrounds, graphics, and travel-related silhouette images. In essence, the illustrations aim to emphasise the report’s theme line, 'Journeys are transformational, just like ours...'

The Happiest Minds FY 2022-23 Integrated Annual Report is a celebration of the company’s excellence in ethical practices and unwavering governance standards. It outlines the company’s commitment to taking bold actions for driving long-term growth and elevating transparency and disclosures.

The report addresses the needs and concerns of the broader stakeholders including customers, employees, the community and regulatory authorities. The detailed ESG section, integral to this document, emphasises sustainability.

The report adopts a minimalistic design language, featuring the company’s primary brand colours of green and yellow. Prioritising the human resource aspect, the report features team images, highlighting strong bonding, an engaging work culture, and opportunities provided to the team.

IndiaMart is driving the digital inclusion of India’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), helping them emerge as a powerful engine of the nation’s growth story. Tailored for IndiaMART's B2B focus, this annual report is thoughtfully crafted to resonate with the evolving needs of suppliers and buyers across the country, while effectively communicating the central message of 'Empowering Businesses'.

The value-led journey of IndiaMART permeates every section and chapter, from the management's message to the value creation model and the company's focus on the six capitals. Another notable aspect of the report is the detailed ESG section, underlining IndiaMART’s unwavering responsibility ethos.

Design-wise, every strategic and functional facet of IndiaMART’s business proposition is comprehensively conveyed through an engaging mix of text and infographics seamlessly woven throughout the document.

This report illustrates how ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has fulfilled its commitment to doubling the value of new business in four years and significantly enhancing its product mix. It emphasises the company's development of a comprehensive strategy, focussing on customer-centric products to meet the distinct demands of diverse customer segments.

Following the principles of Integrated Reporting Framework of the International Integrated Reporting Council, in addition to various statutory reporting guidelines, the report meticulously captures integrated reporting elements throughout. It also showcases how the company has aligned all its priorities with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals through its business and corporate social responsibility activities.

The report is designed to be mobile-friendly, ensuring a seamless reading experience on smartphones. Interactive navigation panels have been incorporated for convenient movement across sections.

The Welspun Group embodies the belief that growth stems not only from doing things right but also from doing the right things. Welspun Corp, a key player in the group, transformed from a B2B manufacturer to a versatile conglomerate serving both B2B and B2C markets. Its annual report underscores how its growth emanates from rising to the Power of Vision…the Power of Right.

The narrative delves into Welspun Corp's success as a diversified business conglomerate, encompassing Line Pipes, Ductile Iron Pipes, Specialty Steel Bars and Tubes, TMT Rebars, and strategic acquisitions in the B2C segment. Striking images accentuate facilities, products, and operations, vividly conveying the vigour behind the growth journey.

The report also highlights the company’s cultural shift, nurturing a customer-centric mindset and fostering cross-functional collaboration essential for seamless B2C integration. Finally, the report eloquently showcases the company-wide commitment to ethical and social responsibility, presented using a balanced mix of text, visuals, and numerical insights.

"Deepak Cares," the report's central theme, encapsulates the company’s holistic approach to corporate responsibility and stakeholder value creation. This overarching philosophy is illustrated throughout the report, showcasing Deepak's commitment to sustainable growth, ethical practices, and positive impacts on stakeholders, society, and the environment.

A key driver of Deepak's success lies in its relentless pursuit of excellence in products and operational processes through innovation, aimed at delivering enhanced value to stakeholders. The report emphasises the company’s progress in smart and technology-driven manufacturing, new product development, and digitalising operations.

The integrated annual report's cover features a yin-yang symbol, a Chinese philosophical concept illustrating interconnected and counterbalancing opposite forces. The blue signifies business, and a green leaf represents sustainability. Despite being opposing forces, they achieve a harmonious balance, embodying the company's commitment to caring for business and stakeholders’ growth sustainably, as depicted by two hands holding the symbol.

PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife) is one of India's leading life insurance companies. In response to evolving market and customer dynamics, the company has adeptly embraced transformation with agility, with the goal of raising the bar towards scalable growth and simplifying the customer journey.

The annual report adeptly conveys this message of agile transformation with precision and impact. Offering comprehensive insights into India’s life insurance industry, encompassing growth drivers and challenges, the report then delves into the company’s strategies and strengths, emphasising its commitment to responsible growth. Business sustainability is captured in an engaging format by the use of case studies and testimonials.

The brand is humanised through the incorporation of high-quality, people-centred images within the narrative section. Vibrancy is introduced into the design, using colourful icons, graphs, and charts to communicate data and figures, thereby enhancing the overall reading experience.

Much like Hindi cinema aka Bollywood, Future Generali has been consistently giving blockbuster performances. Titled ‘Blockbuster: Now Showing Annual Report FY 2021-22’, this report of Future Generali draws inspiration from Bollywood. Taking readers through the evolution of Bollywood from the 1950s to the present, the report seamlessly blends corporate reporting with the cinematic world, ensuring a captivating read.

The Company’s performance is presented in a digestible format by peppering it with popular Hindi film dialogues and songs. Aligned with the Bollywood theme, the language in several places is a conscious combination of Hindi and English. While having a catchy theme, no compromise is made on ensuring that all the standard annual report sections are covered.

Innovations in design include tear-off posters featuring Bollywood impressions, commissioned in association with Film Companion. Additionally, a QR code playlist with blockbuster songs enhances reader engagement, adding a musical dimension to this unique report.