Hitachi

Hitachi

Construction, Electrical appliance, Medical equipment/supplies, Technology, telecom & electronics
Japan
http://www.hitachi.com/
Hitachi Ltd. (Hitachi) is a multinational company headquartered in Japan. Hitachi manufactures communications and electronic equipment, heavy electrical and industrial machinery, and consumer electronics.

Indicators

Global Network Initiative ? Membership in the Global Network Initiative, an alliance that helps companies respect freedom of expression and privacy rights when faced with government pressure to hand over user data, remove content, or restrict communications.
Indicator last reviewed 02-01-2024

UN Global Compact ? Membership in the United Nations Global Compact, a voluntary initiative based on CEO commitments to implement universal sustainability principles and to take steps to support UN goals.
Indicator last reviewed 02-01-2024

Transparency Report ? Reports detailing how the company processes third-party requests and enforces internal rules regarding people’s data and mitigates risks to their rights. Latest available report linked.

Indicator last reviewed 09-03-2023

Human Rights Policy ? Company policy describing its approach and commitment to human rights
Indicator last reviewed 09-03-2023

Business Code of Conduct ? A company code of conduct (or code of ethics) is a company document in which it sets out a set of principles that it commits itself to follow, or requires its employees and/or subcontractors to follow.
Indicator last reviewed 02-01-2024

Stories with associated response requests ? We sought responses from Hitachi to the allegations raised in these stories. Find out more about our Company Response Mechanism.

Business & Human Rights
Resource Centre

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

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Stories with associated response requests ? We sought responses from Hitachi to the allegations raised in these stories. Find out more about our Company Response Mechanism.

Products of over 250 Western companies repeatedly found in Russian weapons on Ukraine’s battlefield expose …

Thailand: NGOs allege ongoing recruitment fees & migrant worker abuses at supplier to global electronics …

Concerns that Hitachi equipment has been used in home demolitions in the occupied Palestinian territory …

Associated top issues

Supply Chains

Labour Rights

Personal Health

Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment

Security Issues & Conflict Zones

Benchmark rankings

CHRB 2020

CHRB 2022

KnowTheChain ICT 2020

KnowTheChain ICT 2022

Top associated countries

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Hitachi

From the Resource Centre ? This section is a non-exhaustive snapshot of company behaviour recorded by the Resource Centre. We record allegations of abuse, seek company responses, profile lawsuits, and record attacks against Defenders working on business issues.

67%

3

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N/A

Indicators

Stories with associated response requests ? We sought responses from Hitachi to the allegations raised in these stories. Find out more about our Company Response Mechanism.

Associated top issues

Benchmark rankings

CHRB 2020

CHRB 2022

KnowTheChain ICT 2020

KnowTheChain ICT 2022

Top associated countries

From the Resource Centre ? This section is a non-exhaustive snapshot of company behaviour recorded by the Resource Centre. We record allegations of abuse, seek company responses , profile lawsuits, and record attacks against Defenders working on business issues.