INDUSTRY COMMENTS
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: THE FOUNDING PHILOSOPHY OF PANASONIC Panasonic is a global leader in developing innovative technologies and solutions for wide-ranging applications in the consumer electronics, housing, automotive, industry, communications, and energy sectors worldwide. Since its founding in 1918, the company has been working to improve and enhance society. They continue to create value by confronting social issues head-on with the hope of creating an “ideal society” filled with both material and spiritual wealth.
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mart city initiatives across the Middle East, enabled by emerging digital technologies, have been transforming societies and consequently improving the quality of life for residents. For Panasonic, which, since its founding, has consistently valued its commitment to innovation, quality, reliability, and efficiency, and see a lot of opportunities here. Panasonic have built a strong reputation when it comes to developing green and sustainable technologies, thus Panasonic is confident that innovations will meet the growing demand for smart cities and have a significant impact on their development. Diversity and inclusion have always been deeply ingrained in the founding philosophy of Panasonic and these drive to achieve the company’s mission of contributing to society. Panasonic intends to build on the strong foundations the company has made and they look forward to an increasingly diverse future. This means not only continue to welcome employees with diverse backgrounds, but share best practices and support one another to ensure to thrive together as one. Technology is vital in increasing the efficiency of operations, products, and services. By streamlining processes and innovating to achieve increased efficiency in operation, companies reduce costs as well as enable the business to grow rapidly. Listening to the customer’s feedback, and keeping apace with the needs and wants of the times, Panasonic has continued to provide cutting-edge technologies, products, and services to achieve both a better life and a sustainable society. The value of the businesses lies in capacity to do excellent work that is second to none, to continually improve Panasonic’s ability
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to be the choice of customers and to continue to demonstrate usefulness to both customers and society. Adopting smart city technologies can help cities strengthen their urban resilience to endure adversities and disasters including severe weather conditions. With new technologies and data analysis, urban planners will be able to identify the priority issues that their cities and residents face, allowing them to build more efficient and liveable urban environments. Panasonic is actively involved in developing smart cities which provide green energy and sustainability, community services, mobility, and digital infrastructure as well as healthcare and well-being. Panasonic have done this by seeking new opportunities and partnerships that have allowed us to make significant impacts on the company’s goal to improve people’s lives, in public spaces and at home. They are proud that the technology facilitates safer streets, energy resiliency, and improving people’s lives. At Panasonic, they are now focused on achieving a global CO2 emission of net zero by 2030 across the entirety of their business operations. In line with this, Panasonic launched the GREEN IMPACT initiative globally to contribute to society-wide reductions in CO2 emissions by switching customers to energy-saving products and supplying energy-saving solutions and green energy technologies to B2B/B2G customers. Also, Panasonic factories located in various parts of the world use renewable energy for power and have energy-efficient fixtures and smart lighting, and HVAC system. It is the brand’s philosophy, and this
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