The IR Award is designed to recognize companies which have been highly accredited in the investment community for their understanding and promotion of IR activities. This year marks the 29th year since the first IR Award. Of the JIRA member companies, 355 publicly-traded companies applied for the 2024 IR Award and a total of 12 companies were selected and received awards: the IR Grand Prix was given to two companies, the Best IR Awards to six, the IR Special Awards to two, and the Best IR Awards for Encouragement to two. The Company received the “Best IR Award for Encouragement” this year, following last year's selection for the “Most Liked! IR Award”.
The “Most Liked!” IR Award was newly created in 2020, with the aim of reflecting the viewpoints of companies that applied for the IR Award based on their voting, sharing their proactive IR experiences, and realizing best practices. The theme for 2023 is “Initiatives for Human Resource Development and Power Up in the IR Department.” As a result of a mutual vote, a total of 21 companies were selected and received the awards.
Based on the concept of "5T&C," in which companies' investor relations activities on the internet, the “Daiwa Internet IR Award” is given to those companies that construct excellent websites for investor relations and effectively use the internet for information disclosure and communication activities. Our website was selected for the Commendation Award. *5T&C: Timely, Transparent, Traceable, Trustworthy, Total + Communication
All Japanese Listed Companies' Website Ranking is conducted by Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd. with the aim of investigating the quality of information disclosure on the websites of all listed companies and promoting awareness of corporate information disclosure. It has been announced every year since it was first conducted in 2003. The survey is based on objective evaluation criteria set from three perspectives: “ease of understanding,” “ease of use,” and “amount of information.” ASKA has won the award for the AAA Corporate Website in all markets for four consecutive years from FY2022.
The Gomez IR Website Ranking is conducted by BroadBand Security, Inc. with the aim of evaluating the ease of use and information content of IR sites provided by listed companies in Japan. The survey is based on the perspective of investors, the main users of the sites, and is conducted from four perspectives: “ease of use of the website”, “depth of financial and settlement information”, “depth of corporate and management information”, and “proactive and advanced information disclosure”. ASKA received the “Excellent Company: Gold Prize” in the overall ranking.