About Explore
Explore by Labrador is a benchmarking tool designed to simplify and improve your review of peer Annual Reports, Sustainability Reports, and Proxy Statements. Accelerate research and benchmarking, and extract key sections across various report types, to save time and gain actionable insights.
Key Features:
- Enhanced Search Capabilities:
- Use powerful search functions to pull disclosure text and graphics across Fortune 250 Annual Reports, Sustainability Reports, and Proxy Statements.
- Extract specific disclosure pages or chapters based on your requirements (benchmark best practices by document section).
- Benchmarking Excellence:
- Compare your disclosures against leading Fortune 250 companies.
- Identify disclosure trends and align with recognized best practices.
- Peer Comparison:
- Review and compare peer disclosures, compile and download source files.
- Market Intelligence:
- Exhaustive Reader Intelligence Guides support effective disclosure preparation with sections on investor and stakeholder expectations, market practice, benchmarking, and “what to think about” as you draft.
- Available exclusively with an Explore license.
Best Practices for Using Explore
Explore is designed by in-house disclosure preparers for in-house disclosure preparers and their advisors.
Research across all industries, or zero in on your peers to compare reporting practices. Refine results using filters to focus on specific sections, trends, focus on specific topics.
Steps to Optimize Your Search:
- Start Broad:
- Search across all relevant report types, industries, and companies in the Explore database to get a complete view and uncover unexpected insights.
- Use Filters:
- After the initial search, apply filters based on specific criteria, such as report type, topic, or industry, to narrow down to the most relevant information.
- Analyze and Compare:
- Compare the data across different companies and timeframes to identify trends and best practices. Use these insights to inform your benchmarking and reporting strategies.
- Leverage Reader Intelligence Guides:
- Use our Reader Intelligence Guides within Explore to see how your findings compare with market expectations and best practices.
Reader Intelligence
Our Reader Intelligence Guides are prepared by our Lead Advisors to help you better understand reader expectations and provide practical guidance for communicating effectively. These comprehensive resource guides include a detailed cover-to-cover overview of:
- Investor and stakeholder expectations by topic
- Benchmarking of content and design practices
- What to think about as you draft
- Different approaches to disclosure using varying degrees of visual elements
