Promoting best practice for 26 years
Bookings are open for the Best Practice Awards 2026, taking place on Tuesday 24 November 2026, 17:30 - 00:30 at the Royal Lancaster, London. Entries open on 6 May 2026.
These prestigious Awards celebrate the achievements of companies demonstrating their commitment to delivering best-in-class investor engagement. The Awards, which are judged by an independent panel of esteemed investor relations and investment community professionals, comprise both Self-entry and Voted Awards.
Self-entries awards will be presented for the following five categories:
- Best Communication of Sustainability
- Best Innovation in IR
- Best Corporate Website
- Best Annual Report
- Best IR Programme
For the Voted Awards, which recognise excellence in individual and team investor relations, the IR Society is delighted to, once again, be working in partnership with Extel, as it seeks to address a wider audience and voting universe. Awards will be presented for:
- Best Newcomer to IR (individual)
- Best IRO (individual)
- Best Overall Company IR (company)
- Best Investor Engagement (investor)
2025 Awards Dinner Photos
See the photo highlights here and the full gallery here (Password - IRsocietyBPA25) - credit to Naomi Gabrielle Photography.
Will Pomroy