On 20 November 2025, we hosted the 65th edition of the EFFAS Benelux Awards with our last year’s winner, WDP.
This was the first Awards ceremony that we celebrated under the name of EFFAS Benelux.
Prior to the ceremony, we welcomed Jan Longeval for a special keynote titled Falling off the demographic cliff: why it matters to all of us.
In 2025, the overall winner of the Award for Best Financial Communication went to Solvay.
On top of the overall Award, several sub-awards among which two rotating awards, were granted. This year the rotating Award focused on the Fastest Communication on Financial Results and the Best Communication on non-IFRS metrics.
Winners of the 2025 sub-awards:
1. Rotating Award: Fastest Communication on Financial Results: WDP
2. Rotating Award: Best Communication on non-IFRS metrics: Bekaert
3. Best Investor Relations: Solvay and Shurgard (ex-aequo)
4. Best Mid & Small Cap: Shurgard
(Picture: Charlotte Vandevenne & Geoffroy d'Oultremont - Solvay)
Press Release EFFAS Benelux Awards 2025 – NL
Press Release EFFAS Benelux Awards 2025 – FR
Welcome – Hans Buysse (Chairman EFFAS Benelux) & Mickaël Van den Hauwe (CFO WDP)
Keynote ‘Falling off the demografic cliff: why it matters to all of us’, Jan Longeval (Adjunct Professor of Finance Vlerick Business School, Writer)
Awards Ceremony – Luc Van der Elst & Hans Buysse
