Instillation of OMRON Group Rules

Instillation of OMRON Group Rules
Workshops for Buyers
Compliance Hotline

To achieve the OMRON Principles, the OMRON Group established the OMRON Group Rules in fiscal 2015, requiring employees to comply strictly with these rules in their work. As for procurement, OMRON Group purchasing policies state that “OMRON group fulfills social responsibility by promoting comprehensive global sustainable procurements including environment as well as compliance with laws and regulations.” In conformance with these policies, OMRON Group Purchasing Rules were established to define necessary procedures.

Presently, efforts are made to instill these rules across the OMRON Group by sharing information with purchasing officers of all Group companies during their meetings or individually giving explanations to factory purchasing staff. The internal auditing department also conducts business audits periodically to maintain and enhance compliance with the OMRON Group Rules.

Achievements

During fiscal 2024, OMRON conducted operational audits for purchasing departments at 19 sites globally: 8 in Japan, 4 in China, 3 in Asia-Pacific, 2 in the Americas, and 2 in Europe.

Sites Audited for Purchasing Operations

Units: Number of sites

Region	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Japan	5	8	4	4	8
Greater China	2	3	3	2	4
Asia Pacific	0	1	2	1	3
The Americas	4	2	2	1	2
Europe	1	0	2	1	2
Total	12	14	13	9	19

(As of March 31, 2025)

Workshops for Buyers

Instillation of OMRON Group Rules
Workshops for Buyers
Compliance Hotline

Procurement Code of Conduct Training

As part of our efforts to encourage corporate ethics, we established the Procurement Code of Conduct, which provides rules for ethical behavior by purchase managers when conducting transactions with outside entities. We provide education through e-learning (video, practice tests) once a year to remind staff of this code of conduct.

Achievements

In fiscal 2024, a total of 5,500 procurement staff across all global departments completed training based on designated materials.

Sustainable Procurement Study Session

In order to realize sustainable procurement, OMRON provides its purchasing staff with in-house workshops on human rights, labor, and other global social issues in supply chain.

Achievements

In fiscal 2024, OMRON exchanged opinions with procurement staff from business divisions regarding existing issues and future initiatives. We plan to hold these meetings regularly.

Additionally, in fiscal 2024, all employees learned about human rights due diligence in the value chain as a part of their human rights training.

Compliance Hotline

Instillation of OMRON Group Rules
Workshops for Buyers
Compliance Hotline

The OMRON Group has established a hotline to accept reports from suppliers on compliance-related problems involving OMRON purchasing departments, as well as their opinions, in order to ensure the strict maintenance of compliance in-house. The hotline is set up at an external law firm, so the identities of the hotline contacts will never be disclosed or leaked to third parties.

Initiatives

The compliance hotline has been in operation in Japan since fiscal 2013, and in Greater China since fiscal 2015. In fiscal 2022, OMRON established contact points in the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, and Europe to implement operations on a global scale.

In-house Activities