8 advantages of an online annual report
In addition to a print version and downloadable PDF, organisations are increasingly opting for an online annual report. There are even packages that make it possible to publish to a PDF, website and app from one system. What are the advantages of such an online annual report? We list them for you:
1. You can easily make changes
Once a PDF has been formatted by the graphic designer, it is difficult to make corrections. With the right software package for an online annual report, you can easily implement changes via the CMS. With the iWink Report software, these adjustments are even implemented directly in a PDF. So you only have to make your change in one place and the website and PDF are automatically up-to-date.
2. You score better on the transparency benchmark
The Transparency Benchmark is an annual survey of the content and quality of social reporting by Dutch companies.
An important criterion here is: the social reporting can be accessed via an app and/or web navigation set up for this purpose. If the online reporting of your organisation's CSR activities is well organised, you score extra points. An online annual report therefore contributes to this.
3. Je kunt informatie interactief maken
In an online annual report you can add graphs and tables that are interactive. The use of video and the creation of a glossary online is also a trifle. Moreover, you can offer the reader much more depth by means of links in the text.
4. Mobile accessible
A PDF does not scale on a smartphone and is therefore difficult to read. If you opt for a (responsive) online annual report, the annual report is also directly accessible to users who want to read it on a mobile device.
5. Lezers kunnen zoeken
Search engines can easily index an online annual report. Users can navigate directly to the right page from the search engine results. A PDF, on the other hand, is indexed as a whole. In addition, readers can quickly find what they are looking for with the internal search engine.
6. Een online jaarverslag is milieuvriendelijker
Because a PDF is not always easy to read from a screen, it is often printed out in practice. In addition, there are still many organisations that only offer the annual report in print. With an online annual report, we use much less paper.
7. Geen fouten in de cijfers
n an online annual report you can easily link Excel files to tables and graphs. These are then automatically displayed in the correct brand identity in the online annual report. This eliminates the risk of errors when copying numbers from excel files to the report.
8. Working together online in one version
No more different versions of the annual report on network drives or private computers. What a relief! The most recent version of the online annual report is available online. Everyone can work on it at the same time. You can see exactly who changed what. Restore previous version? No problem! You can also assign rights to authorized persons, so that they only have access to certain chapters or pages.