Vattenfall has best corporate website of government-owned companies

Swedish utilities company Vattenfall has the best website among Swedish companies with government ownership. The listed companies TeliaSonera and Nordea Bank come second and third.

Best website of a company with government-ownership belongs to Vattenfall, with a score of 70.5 points, followed by TeliaSonera, 69.5 points and Nordea Bank, 63.75 points.



“Companies with government ownership score higher than listed Swedish companies in navigation, layout and accessibility”, says Marcus Eriksson, Project Manager of the survey. “They receive lower scores for financial information. On interactivity and corporate governance, the government-owned companies score less than listed companies.”



”Vattenfall is a European energy company with more than six million customers in the Nordic countries, Germany and Poland. The web is increasingly becoming more important as a meeting-point with our customers, investors, analysts, journalists and others interested in Vattenfall. Based on our new group Internet strategy, which is to give our websites a modern, useful and accessible design, we have surveyed our target groups’ wishes and needs. This ranking confirms that we have succeeded. The result is most flattering”, says Ann-Christine Larsson, Manager of External Web Communication.



The government has high ambitions for government-owned companies. They must publish interim and annual reports, as if they were listed. In its ownership policy, the government states that companies shall follow the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance. But the owner, the Swedish state, has few requirements on the companies’ websites other than publishing reports and following the Code. Communication on par with listed companies is also a way to inform citizens, potential buyers and others on the capital market.