Repsol encourages IR groups to get ‘again to normality’

Investor relations is in a transitional 12 months following the Covid-19 pandemic and firms ought to attempt to get again to bodily conferences the place doable, mentioned Ramon Alvarez-Pedrosa, director of IR at Spanish power large Repsol.

‘We’re beginning now to come back again to normality,’ mentioned Alvarez-Pedrosa, talking on the purple carpet on the IR Journal Awards – Europe 2022, the place Repsol was nominated for 3 prizes.

‘That is an instance, as a result of we’re having this gala bodily after nearly three years, so I encourage all people to get again to normality, to begin doing street journeys and have private conferences. Generally it’s not straightforward to seek out the folks on the workplace, however let’s strive.’

On the awards, Repsol was short-listed for greatest IR within the retail sector, greatest ESG materiality reporting (massive cap) and greatest retail IR technique.

IR Journal splits its awards into two sections: awards-by-research are determined by a survey of portfolio managers, buy-side analysts and sell-side analysts overlaying European firms. These awards embody greatest total IR, greatest IR officer and greatest IR by sector.

The second part is awards-by-nomination. On this part, firms and their advisers can submit entries overlaying a variety of IR apply areas, together with greatest ESG reporting, greatest investor conferences and greatest innovation in IR. The winners are then determined by a panel of consultants.

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