OMRON Among the World's 50 Most Sustainable Companies by WSJ
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The Wall Street Journal Ranked OMRON Among the Top 50 of the World's 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies.
Hoofddorp, Netherlands, Thursday, 5 November 2020 – OMRON was ranked 44th on the list of the world's 100 most sustainably managed companies, the global rankings which were compiled based on research findings by one of the world's leading publishers, The Wall Street Journal. OMRON was also ranked sixth out of the top 10 companies for employee and workplace issues management under the Human-Capital Leaders category.
The Wall Street Journal's team of environment, social, and governance (ESG) research analysts assessed more than 5,500 publicly traded businesses to produce its rankings of the most sustainably managed companies in the world. They looked at sustainability metrics, including business model and innovation, external social and product issues, internal employee and workplace issues, and environment. For Human Capital, they used scores for labor management, health and safety of employees, employee engagement, and diversity to produce a comprehensive evaluation.
This year, the explosive spread of COVID-19 has spotlighted employees' health and safety issues for all global businesses. OMRON is coping with this formidable challenge to great acclaim by proactively introducing work-from-home, flexible schedules, hourly paid leave systems and encouraging its employees to take paid leave for five consecutive days.
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OMRON's Sustainability Initiatives
OMRON identified its material sustainability issues that it seeks to resolve, including social issues to be solved through business in our focus domains, and issues to be tackled in order for us to answer the expectations of our stakeholders by shoring up our business foundation.
For details on OMRON'S sustainability initiatives, please see Integrated Reports and the corporate website:
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