H&H Webranking published in Finland today

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Finnish business daily Kauppalehti publishes the Finnish H&H Webranking results today. Metso wins with a total of 84 points. Even though the best Nordic website is Danish (Danske Bank), Finland has the highest average score among the Nordic countries.

Today’s issue of Kauppalehti publishes the results for Finland’s 49 largest companies. The winner is Metso, with 84 points. Runner up is Fortum with 82.25 points and third is last year’s winner, Stora Enso with 80 points.

Johanna Sintonen, IRO at Metso, is not surprised that the company ranks the highest of the Finnish companies in H&H Webranking.

– The company has been working with a long-term perspective and focus to improve the website. The improvement is due to a well functioning team and the fact that signals from investors are heeded, says Sintonen.

The average score of the Finnish top ten list is 76.4 which can be compared to the Swedish top ten average of 75.3 and the Danish of 63.5.

– Finnish corporate websites are generally well structured and especially parts concerning financial information and corporate governance contains highly relevant information, says Tove Håkansson, head of H&H Webranking 2006.

H&H Webranking is Europe’s leading survey of corporate websites. It has been conducted annually since 1997. Each year approximately 500 websites are reviewed. Results are published in financial newspapers around Europe.