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Hitachi Group Identity

Read more about our Mission, Vision, and Company Values.

Hitachi Group Code of Ethics and Business Conduct

The Hitachi Group Code of Ethics and Business Conduct ensures that our values remain at the heart of everything we do and directly affect our ability to deliver success. As members of our Hitachi Group family, everyone at Hitachi Rail commits to acting with integrity, treating others with respect, and always doing what is right.

Hitachi Rail Ethics and Compliance Programme

At Hitachi Rail, we know that by conducting our business ethically and responsibly, we create value for our stakeholders. We care deeply about our workforce, business partners, communities, and others. Read more about our Ethics and Compliance Programme and how we prevent, detect and respond to compliance risks. It also contains information about our Whistleblowing and Speak-Up Programme and how you can report concerns.

Read our 2024 Annual Compliance Report for the latest updates regarding our Programme.

Whistleblowing and Speak-Up

You can report actual or suspected violations of law, regulation, the Hitachi Group Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, or Hitachi policies via our Hotline, which is available 24/7 and in multiple languages.

Supervisory Bodies and Organisation, Management and Control Models

Supervisory bodies, in keeping with the principles of autonomy and independence, are constituted for Hitachi Rail entities or operations where required in accordance with local laws and regulations. Hitachi Rail entities meet the threshold requirements for supervisory bodies under local law and regulation in Italy, Spain, and Germany.

Where appropriate, Hitachi Rail adopts appropriate measures to prevent liability in accordance with local laws with the implementation of specific protocols and control models. This includes the Organisation, Management and Control Model (“Model 231”) in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree 231/01 for Hitachi Rail STS SpA.

Regulatory Reporting

Hitachi Rail complies with regulatory requirements to publicly provide statements or reports in jurisdictions where this is required as it relates to modern slavery or forced labour, supply chain due diligence, and gender pay gap or equality indexes, among others. This section is periodically updated and will reflect the latest issued documents.

Hitachi Rail recognises the importance of identifying and preventing the action and causes of modern slavery in our business and supply chain. Our annual statements, where required under local law or regulation, set out the steps we have taken to address modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains. The latest statements for in-scope entities are below.

Relevant Documents

Modern Slavery Statement 2024 - Hitachi Rail UK

Modern Slavery Statement 2024 - Hitachi Rail Canada

Modern Slavery Statement 2024 - Hitachi Rail Australia

Modern Slavery Statement 2023 - Hitachi Rail Limited

Modern Slavery Statement 2023 - Hitachi Rail Australia

Gender pay gap reporting in the UK reflects the importance of diversity and inclusion to Hitachi Rail’s plans for business growth. Our sector is characterised by a predominance of male employees and, if we are to meet the demands of a modern railway, we must introduce people new to the industry from a multitude of backgrounds and possessing different skills. Equally importantly, greater diversity enables us to create the best, most innovative products and services for our customers and the wide cross-section of passengers they serve.

Having calculated our gender pay gap report using the reporting regulations, Hitachi Rail in the UK is providing fair and equal pay for our people. We will continue to strive for our goals for a more diverse workforce and to ensure that our business and all our stakeholders share in the many benefits this will deliver.

Relevant Documents

Gender Pay Gap Report 2024 - Hitachi Rail Limited

Gender Pay Gap Report 2023 - Hitachi Rail Limited

Gender Pay Gap Report 2022 - Hitachi Rail Limited

The equality index aims at enabling companies to measure in a simple and reliable way, where they stand in terms of professional equality between women and men.

Relevant Documents

Publication de la note et des résultats obtenus par la Société Hitachi RCS France pour la période du 1er janvier au 31 décembre 2024

Publication de la note et des résultats obtenus par la Société Hitachi Rail GTS France pour la période du 1er janvier au 31 décembre 2024

Hitachi Rail STS France – Equality Index 2023 - Index de l’égalité professionnelle entre les femmes et les hommes

Hitachi Rail STS France – Equality Index 2022 - Index de l’égalité professionnelle entre les femmes et les hommes

Hitachi Rail STS France – Equality Index 2021 - Index de l’égalité professionnelle entre les femmes et les hommes

Learn more about Section 1269-g of the Public Authorities Law which applies to any contractor who has entered into a public works contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and all of its subcontractors.

This document provides information about the law which includes:

The New York False Claims Act, Sections 187-194 of the State Finance Law, which encourages citizens to assist New York State and local governments to detect and stop fraud.
Section 740 of the New York Labor Law, which protects from retaliation employees who have reported illegal conduct that threatens the public health or safety, first to their supervisor, and then to a federal, state, or local governmental body.

DBE regulations require FTA recipients to report transit vehicle procurement awards (49 CFR 26.49). Since November 2014, FTA grantees have been required to submit, within 30 days of making an award, the name of the successful bidder and the total dollar value of the contract. Only eligible TVMs may bid on FTA-assisted transit vehicle procurements. Transit vehicle manufacturers that have submitted a goal methodology to FTA that has been approved, or has not been disapproved, at the time of solicitation are eligible to bid (49 CFR 26.49(a)(1)). To remain eligible, TVMs must submit their DBE goal methodology to FTA by August 1 of each year. Hitachi Rail's FY2025 DBE Goal is 2.50%.

This is a list of TVMs that have submitted a DBE goal methodology that FTA has not disapproved and are therefore eligible to bid or propose on FTA-assisted transit vehicle procurements. This page addresses only a vendor’s eligibility as a TVM under the DBE regulation. There may be other laws or regulations that affect whether the TVM is eligible to be awarded an FTA-funded contract, such as 49 U.S.C. 5323(u) (Limitation on Certain Rolling Stock Procurements), and some TVMs on this list may not be eligible to be awarded an FTA-funded contract. Recipients are responsible for ensuring FTA funds are awarded only to entities eligible to receive such funds. Click here to view the full list including Hitachi Rail STS USA Inc.