Yara International has the best corporate website in Norway

Friday, November 25, 2005

Yara climbs to a score of 67.25 out of maximum 100 and takes the top position among the Norwegian corporate websites in Webranking 2005. Last year Yara scored 61.75 points and ranked sixth in Norway.

Yara International has the best corporate website in Norway

Yara climbs to a score of 67.25 out of maximum 100 and takes the top position among the Norwegian corporate websites in Webranking 2005. Last year Yara scored 61.75 points and ranked sixth in Norway.

Runner up in Norway is Telenor with a score of 65. Telenor was best in Norway 2003. Last year’s Norwegian winner Norsk Hydro ranks third. Orkla and Statoil also score well.

The Webranking study is a user-oriented test after a test protocol designed after a survey with406 European financial analysts, investors and business journalist. Aspects for the ordinary shareholder using the Internet are also included. The test protocol has been strengthened year by year, introducing new features, toughening the definitions in the criteria and scrapping items which have become almost mandatory features. The number of criteria also increased 2005 to 131, from 111 last year.

The average score for the Norwegian companies is 46, but just the top five score more than 50. The top five of the Norwegian companies have corporate websites in level with the standards in other Nordic countries. Other Norwegian companies have corporate websites with lower ambitions, especially the shipping companies.

A top corporate website in Webranking cannot have any weak sides. A complete archive for reports, a good section for corporate governance, interactive functions, responding to e-mail etc.

Norwegian companies were good at reporting on environment and sustainability on the web, compared to companies from other countries. They were worse at using new technique like SMS for reminder. Also presentations of the CEO were less frequent on Norwegian corporate websites.

The 19 Norwegian companies included in Webranking 2005 are the 18 top listed companies selected according to market capital May 1st, 2005, on the Oslo Stock Exchange, plus SAS.

More information

For more information regarding Webranking™ 2005, please contact:

Tove Håkansson, Project Manager Webranking™ 2005

+46 0(8) 587 112 78

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Gabriel Thulin, Head of research

+46 0 (8) 587 112 27