OREANDA-NEWS.  July 29, 2014. CLP Holdings (CLP) is pleased to announce that its 2012 Annual Report has won five awards at the annual Australasian Reporting Awards(ARA).

This makes CLP the first company to win both the Best First Time Entry and Report of the Year Awards in ARA’s 64 years of history.

In addition, CLP also won the Special Award for Sustainability Reporting, Joint Australasian –Hong Kong Sustainability Reporting Award and the Gold Award. The 2012 Annual Report was also a finalist for Integrated Reporting Award.

“We are thrilled to have received such recognition for our annual report. We take great pride in preparing a clear, balanced and comprehensive report on our business with information presented in a readable and understandable form, whether it be financial results or technical performance. We hope that our shareholders and other stakeholders benefit by having easily accessible information that enables them to form their own decisions, and we value the feedback we have received over the years that has helped us continually improve our reports,” said Mr Richard Lancaster, Chief Executive Officer of CLP.

ARA judges commented that the CLP report comprehensively dealt with good and bad information and made the large and diverse business of the company understandable. Complex information is explained in terms a non-technical reader can understand and through great cross referencing to the company website. The reporting package is also supplemented with a comprehensive sustainability report.