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Labrador recently announced the winners of its 6th annual disclosure transparency awards. Here’s an excerpt from its press release:

Intel, Dow, and Mastercard have emerged as champions, securing top honors in the 2024 U.S. Transparency Awards unveiled today by Labrador, a leading global communications firm specializing in transparent corporate disclosure documents. The rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation of corporate disclosure documents among the top 250 companies in the S&P 5001 and recognize companies dedicated to building investor and stakeholder trust through clear, concise, and effective communication.

The Transparency Awards celebrate the 10 most transparent U.S. companies, the top three leaders in 11 industries, and the best performers in individual disclosure categories—from best overall transparency, proxy statement, and ESG reporting to Form 10-K, investor relations websites, codes of conduct, and plain language usage.

Be sure to check out the Transparency Awards website for more details about the awards and the companies that received them. University of Michigan alums in the audience – including our own Meredith Ervine – will no doubt recognize the reference to the Wolverines’ fight song in the title of this blog. That’s intentional, because as many of you know, our former colleague & Michigan alum Broc Romanek has been leading the charge on disclosure transparency for Labrador for the past couple of years. Here’s Broc’s 8-minute video announcing the winners of this year’s awards.

Those of you who know Broc probably won’t be surprised to learn that he remains the hardest working man in show business. In addition to his Labrador gig, he’s recently joined the folks at Cooley where he’ll provide corporate governance guidance on the firm’s new “The Governance Beat” blog.

– John Jenkins