OMRON Awarded Gold Rating from EcoVadis for Sustainability

• November 22, 2019

OMRON Corporation announced today that it has been awarded the EcoVadis Gold rating (the highest distinction) for the first time, which puts the company within the top 5% of all the businesses assessed for sustainability performance.

Based in France, EcoVadis is an independent and trusted provider of a shared sustainability platform, which assesses more than 50,000 businesses using its unique CSR rating methodology that covers 190 purchasing categories and 150 countries in conjunction with several thousands of external stakeholders, including NGOs, trade unions, international bodies, local governments, and auditing organizations. The assessment considers a comprehensive range of CSR issues, which are grouped into four themes: Environment, Labor Practices & Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. OMRON's initiatives in Environment, Labor Practices & Human Rights, and Sustainable Procurement were rated highly. In Environment, in particular, OMRON is included within the top 1% of businesses in the same trade.