International. Johnson Controls announced that it was recognized by Ethisphere, a specialist in defining and promoting standards for ethical business practices, as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® of 2021.
This is the 14th time Johnson Controls has been recognized for its ethical business practices and the quality of its global compliance program. Johnson Controls is one of only nine awardees in its industry category.
"Making integrity part of our work every day is critical to meeting our commitments to each of our stakeholders, while fulfilling our mission of healthy people, healthy spaces and a healthy planet," said George Oliver, president and CEO of Johnson Controls. "Our team is driven by a commitment to ethical business practices and to respect, inclusion and diversity because we understand that fostering a strong culture of integrity is not only the right thing to do, but it also drives business performance through better engagement and better employee productivity."
Among Johnson Controls' core values are Integrity First and Guided by Purpose, elements that have steered its response to the 2020 pandemic for its customers, employees and the communities in which it operates.
Top 100 Global Innovator 2021 de Clarivate
In addition, the company was recently named to Clarivate's Top 100 Global InnovatorTM 2021 for the sixth consecutive year. The tenth edition of the annual report by Clarivate Plc, a specialist in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, identifies companies that are at the pinnacle of the global innovation landscape by assessing the ideational culture that produces patents.
Over the past five years, Johnson Controls has invested nearly $3 billion in engineering, research and development and tripled patent filings.
"Innovation is at the core of our mission to transform the spaces where people live, work and play," said George Oliver, President and CEO of Johnson Controls. "We are honored that our team has once again been recognized for their dedication to developing new technologies, new products and services that help fulfill our mission of healthy people, healthy spaces and a healthy planet."