Global Winner in Sustainability
At the 2014-2015 League of American Communication Professionals (LACP) Vision Awards, KB Financial Group was selected as a Gold winner in the category of “Sustainability Report”, while KB Insurance won a Platinum Award in the category of “Annual Report.”
The LACP Vision Awards is organized by the LACP, a world renowned marketing research organization. The competition is one of the world's largest and most authoritative annual report competitions, which is participated in by Fortune 500 companies and top 10 companies as well as global leading companies, government agencies and non-profit organizations, and 1,000 companies from 20 countries submit their reports every year. LACP Vision Awards are given in three sectors – sustainability report, annual report and social responsibility report.
Based on its sustainability report, which shows how the company gather the opinion of shareholders and apply it faithfully in business management, KB Financial Group got a perfect score in six criteria, including letter to shareholders, reporting narrative, report financials, message clarity and information accessibility, and obtained 98 points out of a possible 100, taking second place in the category.
In the category of annual report, which is designed to accurately report the company’s present condition to major investors and customers, KB Insurance won a full mark in seven out of eight criteria, such as content integrity, information clarity, design and creativity, and obtained 99 points out of 100, receiving the highest grade in the category.