Now here’s system synergy: connect your branding system with your accounting system. If you’ve got to send an annual report, it may as well communicate the brand. Origin Design has a new study on best practices for Annual Reports: The first in an annual series, this study analyzes a number of energy-related annual reports with two objectives in mind: disclosing 10 best practices for energy annuals and passing along collected metrics that enable IR professionals to benchmark their annual reports against those of their peers.