Once again this year, the annual report aims to provide a broad spectrum of stakeholders - from employees to customers and investors - with comprehensive information about developments at Henkel and the company's activities. A sophisticated, modern corporate design provides the creative framework for this. Our aim was to find a solution that would present the extensive content - mainly from the SmartNotes disclosure management system - in an attractive way and make it as accessible as possible. The report is published in German and English, which further increased the complexity of the project.

The client relies on Amana's SmartNotes system for disclosure management. Thanks to our extensive expertise in SmartNotes - a Word and Excel-based platform that makes design difficult - we were nevertheless able to develop a high-quality visual appearance. We provided the client with ongoing rapid user support during the report creation phase, taking on complex table structures, formatting and assisting with difficulties in text layout and the design of graphs and charts. For the final report, we converted the Word files into interactively enriched documents that are easy to navigate despite their large size. This enabled us to produce a high-quality report that does not give the impression of having been created in a standard word processing programme

The result is a media portfolio that, in addition to the annual and sustainability report, includes a highlights brochure, a remuneration report, the individual financial statements, the invitation to the AGM, a sustainability magazine and a list of shareholdings. The innovative integration of interactive functions has resulted in an annual report that is both visually appealing and user-friendly.