Hitachi Vantara (“Hitachi”) is committed to identifying, preventing, and addressing modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and global supply chain. This Statement describes the steps we have taken as of September 30, 2025, and our ongoing plans to mitigate these risks, in alignment with international standards and applicable laws.
Our Business
Hitachi is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., a company headquartered in Japan and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. As part of the global Digital Systems & Services division of Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi delivers information technology infrastructure, digital, and data solutions to commercial and industrial enterprises worldwide through high-performance infrastructure, hybrid cloud, AI, and analytics solutions.
Our Operations and Supply Chain
Hitachi operates a global supply chain with approximately 5500 direct and indirect suppliers. The majority of our suppliers are based in the United States. Our products are assembled in four global distribution centers—Netherlands, United States, China, and Singapore—and are delivered directly or through authorized resellers. Our supply chain includes both Hitachi Group companies and reputable third-party technology partners. We expect all suppliers to uphold our standards for ethical conduct, human rights, and environmental responsibility.
Hitachi is committed to building relationships of trust and integrity with every supplier. Our supplier selection and on-boarding procedures include comprehensive due diligence, requiring all suppliers comply with applicable laws and regulations and our own standards for ethical conduct, human rights, and environmental responsibility. Hitachi expects suppliers to disclose external sustainability ratings, such as those from EcoVadis or the Responsible Business Alliance, as part of our qualification process, reinforcing transparency and accountability.
We recognize that responsible supply chain management is essential to delivering value for our customers and society. By partnering only with suppliers who share our commitment to ethical business practices and social responsibility, we help ensure that our products and services are delivered with respect for human rights at every stage.
Our Approach and Policies
We are committed to conducting business ethically and to minimizing the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in our own business and within our supply chain. Our approach is grounded in international frameworks, including the International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), and the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct.
Our policies include:
- The Hitachi Group Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
- The Hitachi Group Expectations of Business Partners.
- The Hitachi Vantara Partner Code of Ethics and Business Conduct.
- The Hitachi Whistleblowing and Non-retaliation Policy.
- Our written employment practices and procedures support fair recruitment and treatment of employees, a commitment to providing equal opportunities throughout employment, including in the recruitment, training and promotion of employees and eliminating discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of disability, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, marriage, race, color, national or ethnic origins.
We regularly review and update our policies, supplier contracts, and onboarding processes to ensure alignment with evolving international standards and regulatory requirements. Additionally, Hitachi maintains clear reporting channels for employees, suppliers, and stakeholders to raise concerns. Credible allegations of modern slavery are promptly investigated, and swift corrective action is taken, up to and including termination of supplier relationships.
Risks of Modern Slavery in the Supply Chain
Approximately 50 million people are estimated to be living in modern slavery worldwide on any given day, according to the International Labour Organization. As a global company, Hitachi recognizes that respecting and advancing human rights is both a core responsibility and fundamental to ethical business conduct. We maintain a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of modern slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking in our business and supply chain. We are committed to safeguarding individual dignity and continuously strengthening our efforts to identify, prevent, and address human rights risks wherever we operate.
We recognize that the scale and diversity of our supply chain expose us to a range of modern slavery risks, particularly in sectors and geographies where vulnerable populations may be present. Based on our risk assessments and industry benchmarks, the following areas are considered higher risk:
- Manufacturing and Assembly: Risks include forced labour, bonded labour, and exploitative recruitment practices, especially in regions with large migrant worker populations or weak labour protections.
- Call Centres and Outsourced Services: These sectors may present risks of excessive working hours, wage withholding, or lack of freedom of movement.
- Multi-tier Supply Chains: Risks increase with each tier removed from direct oversight, including potential for child labour, debt bondage, or human trafficking among sub-suppliers.
- Recruitment Practices: The use of labour brokers or recruitment agencies can introduce risks of recruitment fees, document retention, or deceptive practices.
Our Progress to Date
Over the last year, Hitachi has:
- Conducted supplier surveys covering ESG, DEI, and human rights metrics, followed by on-site audits of select high-risk suppliers.
- Maintained its Gold Ecovadis rating, validating Hitachi’s commitment to sustainable business practices and the prevention and detection of modern slavery.
- Enhanced staff training on modern slavery risk identification and red flags.
- Published a comprehensive Sustainability Report highlighting Hitachi’s efforts to combat modern slavery in its operations and within the supply chain.
- Built a framework for tracking global human rights regulations and developed a written framework for assessing and addressing human rights-related risk among suppliers in a timely fashion.
- Improved our due diligence process for assessing and addressing risks in supply chain using a risk-based approach and identifying high-risk suppliers as appropriate.
- Reviewed and updated our Codes of Ethics, Business Partner Code of Conduct, Third Party Due Diligence Policy, supplier contracts, and onboarding processes to reinforce our standards.
- Continued to integrate our acquired companies’ supply chain operations into our global governance and procurement framework.
- Continued to incorporate modern slavery, unfair labour practices, and trafficking-related findings into partner due diligence reports.
Continuous Improvement and Future Plans
Over the coming year and beyond, Hitachi will focus on:
- Enhancing supplier onboarding and audit processes, incorporating risk-based ESG, DEI, and human rights metrics to assess and monitor indicators of modern slavery.
- Updating company policies and procedures related to forced labour, child labour, working hour and leave violations, and other modern slavery risks and challenges.
- Enhancing our vendor/supplier categorizations to improve modern slavery risk analysis within Hitachi’s supply chain community.
- Creating risk mitigation framework and guidance for prospective and current suppliers lacking sufficient controls to manage modern slavery risks in their own operations and/or supply chains.
- Preparing for new regulatory requirements, including the European Union’s (EU’s) Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
- Strengthening alliances and collaboration with strategic suppliers to drive shared progress on modern slavery prevention. By working closely with these suppliers, we can increase collective accountability and raise standards for ethical practices across our entire supply chain.
- Implementing an online platform to track supplier adherence to Hitachi’s responsible supplier requirements.
- Requiring suppliers to certify compliance with all relevant modern slavery and human trafficking laws and regulations where they are doing business.
- Developing an on-line modern slavery and human trafficking, red flags identification training in multiple languages for use by current and prospective high risk suppliers.
Review
The above constitutes Hitachi’s modern slavery and human trafficking Statement. The term “Hitachi” as used herein refers to Hitachi Vantara LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries including, without limitation, Hitachi Vantara Limited (a UK based subsidiary) as well as Hitachi Vantara Asia Pacific Pty Limited and Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited (Australian based subsidiaries and reporting entities) and Hitachi Vantara New Zealand Limited (a New Zealand subsidiary which is wholly owned by Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited).
This Statement is made pursuant to the requirements of section 54(1) of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015, Part 2 of the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018, The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, and The Norwegian Transparency Act, and has been approved by the relevant board of directors of Hitachi and its subsidiaries as applicable. All necessary consultation related to this Statement has taken place between Hitachi and its subsidiaries.
Signed by:
Sheila Rohra
Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Vantara
Date: September 2025