Better Health for All

VPG had no product recalls or regulatory notices for potential harm in 2023.

The company's sensors are utilized in medical devices for applications such as medical beds, motion rehabilitation machines, prosthetics, infant incubators, mammography machines, and infusion pumps, which aim to improve patient outcomes, safety, and efficiency, and enable early detection and monitoring of treatment progress. The company's operations do not involve pharmaceutical patents, food or nutritional products, products with addiction potential, or clinical trials.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Vishay Precision Group (VPG) is a global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of sensors and related systems.

The provided articles consistently describe VPG's operations in manufacturing, social responsibility, and ESG factors, including employee demographics and environmental metrics. , , There is no evidence in any of the articles that VPG operates as a financial institution or offers lending, deposit, insurance, or other consumer financial products or services. Therefore, all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) under the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value, which are designed for financial service providers, are not applicable to VPG's business model.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Vishay Precision Group's CEO median pay ratio in 2024 was 49:1

, calculated from the CEO's total compensation of $2,130,225 and median employee compensation of $43,284 . No regulatory actions, violations, fines, or compliance issues related to labor practices are mentioned across the provided articles .

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Vishay Precision Group (VPG) adopted a Supplier Code of Conduct in 2023, aligning with the UN Global Compact, which details expectations for human rights, labor practices, environmental protection, and anti-corruption.

The company annually reviews and updates its Conflict Minerals Compliance Manual. In 2023, VPG contacted 100% of its suppliers for 3TG metals, with 56% providing satisfactory responses. The company reported a 25% reduction in high-risk suppliers from 2022, and a nearly 50% reduction compared to 2021, identifying 38 high-risk suppliers in 2023. However, information from due diligence efforts was insufficient to determine the status of products for 2023 regarding conflict minerals. No specific quantitative data was provided for fair trade certifications, audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage percentage, share of spend on high-risk materials, or supplier diversity spend.

Kind to Animals

Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (VPG) is a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of sensors, sensor-based systems, and related weighing and control systems.

Crueltyfreeinvesting.org lists VPG as a company with 'No Animal Exploitation.' Given the nature of its business, animal testing is not applicable to its operations or products, indicating that no live animals are used or counted in testing.

No War, No Weapons

The company states a commitment to engaging suppliers who demonstrate a serious commitment to worker health and safety and operate in compliance with human rights laws.

It explicitly states it does not use or condone slave labor or human trafficking and denounces degrading treatment or unsafe working conditions. The company also supports its products being free of conflict minerals and reported a 25% reduction in high-risk suppliers for conflict minerals.

Planet-Friendly Business

In 2022, a subsidiary, Vishay Dale Electronics LLC, faced an EPA enforcement action for five distinct violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including storing hazardous waste beyond 90 days and improper labeling, resulting in a $387,000 civil penalty.

The company has not explicitly stated a net-zero carbon target year and has no SBTi-validated targets, only planning to set near-term emission reduction targets in 2024. In 2023, 16% of its total energy consumption was sourced from renewables. The waste diversion rate in 2023 was 49.4%. The water intensity ratio in 2023 was 263 m³ per $1 million revenue.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

No cultural appropriation incidents were reported in the provided articles. Additionally, there were no reported incidents of disruptions to cultural or heritage sites. The available information primarily details workforce demographics and safety metrics

, but lacks specific data regarding community engagement, partnerships, local investment, or cultural impact assessments.

Safe & Smart Tech

The company engages in comprehensive security testing, including audits, assessments, threat modeling, penetration, and vulnerability testing, and regularly employs third parties for independent reviews of its information security control environment.

It provides regular, mandatory training for its personnel regarding cybersecurity threats. The company deploys technical safeguards such as firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection systems, anti-malware functionality, and access controls. , and evaluates these through vulnerability assessments and cybersecurity threat intelligence.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

The provided articles, including VPG's 2022-2023 Sustainability Report, do not contain specific, quantitative data points for most of the KPIs under Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

. Information regarding waste diversion rates, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content percentage, single-use plastic reduction, take-back program coverage, circular design principles, waste reduction initiatives, product durability, repairability scores, waste audit frequency, zero waste certification, material efficiency, packaging to product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, and customer waste education is explicitly stated as unavailable . While a $300 cost/penalty for non-compliance was reported for 2023 , it is not explicitly linked to waste disposal violations, preventing its use for that specific KPI.