Canon Hong Kong Awarded the “Top 10 Happy Companies to Work For” for the 2nd Consecutive Year and the “Shared Value Award” for the 1st Time - Canon HongKong

28 Oct 2024

    Canon Hong Kong Awarded the “Top 10 Happy Companies to Work For” for the 2nd Consecutive Year and the “Shared Value Award” for the 1st Time

    Hong Kong always ranks near the top when it comes to long working hours. To stay competitive in the evolving business landscape, enterprises place increasing importance on enhancing employee wellness to attract and retain talent. At Canon Hong Kong, people are our foundation and the most valuable asset. The well-being of employees is our top priority to boost job satisfaction and productivity, which fuels sustainable growth. Our efforts to foster a happy corporate culture have been well recognized by the Chief Happiness Officer Association, winning us the "Top 10 Happy Companies to Work For" for the 2nd consecutive year and the "Shared Value Award" for the 1st time at the Chief Happiness Officer Appreciation Award 2024.

    Canon Hong Kong is highly concerned about employees' family lives and mental and physical health. We organize a variety of staff engagement activities regularly to promote interdepartmental communication, also encourage staff to involve family and friends and maintain a healthy work-life balance. To safeguard the physical well-being of employees, we offer annual health checks and subsidize dental care, organize monthly Happy Fruit Day, health seminars and traditional Chinese medicine consultations. Since 2015, we established the Corporate Volunteer Team and recruited employees who were passionate about social contribution to embody the spirit of "Imaging for Good" and spread happiness and care in the community through various kinds of volunteer services. Additionally, we utilize smart workspace solutions and innovative technologies to streamline workflows and improve workplace performance. To cultivate the lifelong learning mindset, we support continuous learning and skill enhancement by providing holistic development opportunities, on-the-job training as well as educational subsidies.

    Always with our corporate philosophy of “Kyosei” at the heart, Canon Hong Kong emphasizes the significance of harmonious coexistence and mutual prosperity in business operations and employee governance to build a friendly working environment. Guided by the principles of San-ji (Three Selfs) "Self-motivation, Self-management, and Self-awareness" and "Zero Dishonesty," we empower employees to make sound judgement and behavior, promote anti-fraud culture and demand colleagues to act morally. Driven by our mission of "Delighting You Always," we inspire employees to surpass the current level of service and consistently delight customers with extraordinary products and services, laying a solid foundation for future growth.

    Winning the two prestigious awards is a tremendous encouragement for our team. Canon Hong Kong aspires to set a benchmark as a happy company, motivating employees to engage passionately in their work, resulting in improved performance and a win-win situation. We also aim to promote the spirit of care and inclusiveness to bring positive impact to the community.

    About CHO Appreciation Award

    The “CHO Appreciation Award” is created to honor, award and collaborate with organizations that have shown tremendous effort in demonstrating CHO practices in 3 key areas: Corporate Wellness, People & Organizational Transformation and Oneness Team. Judging committee of the "Chief Happiness Officer Association” rated participating organizations in employee engagement, work experience, digital transformation, people transformation, psychological wellness and innovation in building a happiness culture as the major judging criteria.

    Mr. Kazuhiro Ozawa, President and CEO of Canon Hong Kong, received the “Top 10 Happy Companies to Work For” and “Share Value” award from Mr. Siu Chak-yee, PDSM, PMSM, Commissioner of Police.

    Representatives from Canon Hong Kong attended the award ceremony of Chief Happiness Officer Appreciation Award 2024, spreading the positive vibes and happy corporate culture to others.

    The "Chief Happiness Officer Appreciation Award" has come to its 4th round, with more than 60 companies being recognized and over 50,000 employees participated. We are glad to see more enterprises are keen on enhancing staff wellness and positive workplace culture in joint effort.

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