OpenText
Corporate Citizenship
Read OpenText’s 2020 Corporate Citizenship report to learn how we aim to advance societal goals and accelerate positive change.
Message from our CEO & CTO
OpenText™ has always upheld high standards of ethics, integrity and corporate citizenship, and this report gives us an opportunity to discuss our contributions to build a better world. As the current situation makes clear, there is a significant role for companies to play in addressing social, economic, and environmental challenges that threaten our collective future. Read the message ⟶
— Mark J. Barrenechea, CEO & CTO, OpenText
Corporate Citizenship Commitment
Connecting People, Creating Communities
Being a good corporate citizen and investing in the communities we serve is an important part of the way we do business. In addition to supporting charitable causes, OpenText encourages its employees to become active members in communities through volunteering.
OpenText 100 Acts of Kindness
Inspired by the unprecedented global COVID-19 situation, OpenText launched 100 Acts of Kindness. Through the program, OpenText employees in 82 sites donated to 180 charities around the world focused on COVID-19 relief efforts. To date, the program has raised more than a half million dollars.
Values and Ethics
Trust is one of our core values. To maintain our company’s position as a market leader, it is crucial for us to earn the trust of our customers, employees, investors and the communities in which we operate. Gaining that trust starts with conducting our business to high standards of ethics and integrity.
We are committed to conducting our business ethically and in compliance with the letter and spirit of all applicable laws and regulations. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics outlines our expectations, and all employees, officers, directors, vendors, contractors and partners are expected to comply with them.
Respect for human rights is embedded in our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and reflected in our labor policies which address the fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Enabling Customers
Information Management unlocks the Information Advantage for sustainable growth and the capability to solve the world’s biggest challenges. By enabling our customers’ digital transformations, OpenText also helps them reduce their environmental impact.
Valuing its role as a socially responsible global corporation, Agility leverages efficiency and data gained through OpenText technologies to refine operations for environmental benefit.
One of the world’s leading insurance providers, Swiss Re links their social agenda with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, enabled by a positive OpenText partnership.
External Partnerships and Commitments
Tackling the world’s sustainability challenges requires collaboration across companies, sectors and borders. OpenText has joined various industry initiatives to help accelerate progress and impact.
Environmental Sustainability
Addressing climate change is a global challenge that is becoming increasingly urgent, public and connected. As a tech industry leader, OpenText has both an obligation and an opportunity to take action that will improve the well-being of our customers, our planet and our society as a whole. We are committed to minimizing the adverse impact of our business activities on the local and global environment and exceeding our regulatory requirements.
Energy management, green strategies with real estate and travel, waste reduction and diversion and employee education and engagement are all key OpenText activities that support our environmental goals.
Download our Corporate Citizenship report to learn about our environmental goals and commitments ⟶
Ethical supply chain
Purchasing decisions can have a major social and environmental impact. We hold our suppliers to the same high standards to which we hold ourselves. In keeping with our Supplier Code of Conduct, we expect our suppliers to behave responsibly, ethically and sustainably.
Our expectations, which are outlined in The OpenText Sustainable and Ethical Procurement Policy, also apply to supplier environmental responsibility, integrity and fair and honest dealings.
We also help customers ensure their supply chains meet ethical practices with transparency into the sustainability practices of their partners/suppliers.
Learn more about responsible and sustainable supply chain management ⟶
Our People
As a global organization we are interested in the advancement and sustained change for all marginalized communities. We are committed to progress and to creating a more just world for everyone.
We believe diversity and innovation are inseparable. It is our unique differences that fuel creativity, collaboration and success. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture, promoting fairness in everything we do and providing access to create equal opportunities for all.
We must continue to speak up and speak out.
Read the CEO blog Time to Act by Mark J. Barrenechea ⟶
The OpenText Women in Tech program aims to advance gender equality.
Across OpenText we support, inspire, reward and develop employees so they can be their best. We offer programs including:
- Education reimbursement
- Leadership and management training
- Comprehensive benefits and compensation
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid volunteer days
- Fitness and wellness
We believe in hiring, developing and caring for the best talent in the industry because we know that having the right people, and helping them realize their full potential, drives innovation and continued growth and success.
Learn more about employee benefits and careers at OpenText ⟶
Technology for Good
Few things have the power to transform our world as rapidly and radically as digital technology. Today’s technology is being used to fight crime, bringing digital agriculture to the world, combatting fraud, improving lifestyles and helping to eliminate poverty. At OpenText, we think about how we can use our unique products and capabilities for the greater good. Many of our customer deployments are already helping advance society.
Delivering smiles and curbside meals during COVID-19
Using information management for positive change
Information security and data privacy
OpenText has long maintained industry best practices for incorporating data protection and privacy into our day-to-day activities as defined by our ISO 27001:2013 global Information Security Management System.
We have implemented a range of technical and organizational measures to ensure the availability, integrity and confidentiality of data. All OpenText employees complete mandatory security awareness and privacy training upon joining the company and annually thereafter, or as required by law or to meet customer-required compliance obligations.
Learn more about our commitment to GDPR, and the OpenText Privacy Policy.
Download our report to see how we aspire to advance societal goals and accelerate positive change.
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