JTI Global Top Employer 2016

Japan Tobacco International was one of eight companies to be certified Global Top Employer 2016 during an awards ceremony in Amsterdam yesterday.

JTI offices in thirty-five countries in Europe, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas were recognized by the Top Employers’ Institute for their consistency in creating a high-quality work environment.

This was two countries more than received such recognition last year, when JTI was similarly certified as a top employer.

For the first time, JTI was recognized as the number one employer in the Asia Pacific and the number two employer in Europe.

Last week, JTI’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, was recognized as the number one employer in Switzerland during a ceremony in Düsseldorf.

“Our ever-widening international presence matched with our consistent practice of cultivating a work environment appreciated by employees has again been recognized by Top Employer,” says Howard Parks, JTI’s senior vice president of human resources and executive committee member.

“Our efforts in applying a consistent gold standard of HR practices across all our regions has obviously played a strong part in achieving recognition in an increasing number of countries.

“If you combine this with the results of a recent employee engagement survey where 95 percent of employees said they are willing to do more to make the company succeed, we clearly have a work environment we can be proud of.”

“Out of 1,100 companies, eight have been certified as a Top Employer Global 2016.”