OM System (OM Digital Solutions)
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 3 November 2026 · 4 sources
Former Olympus camera business making mirrorless cameras.
Until OM System (OM Digital Solutions) traces its cobalt, gold and tin to the mine, it can't show that the miners who dig them are safe or fairly paid.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 3 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace them.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 3 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: Traces its cobalt, gold and other conflict minerals to the mine
Red flags 2
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From OM System (OM Digital Solutions)'s own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| Vietnam | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: cobalt, tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold mining carry child and forced labour risk (DR Congo, Indonesia), and assembly overtime is widespread.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Relies on metals such as cobalt, gold and tin from artisanal mines where miners, including children, face toxic dust, mercury exposure and deadly tunnel collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes OM System cameras are made in the company's own plant in Dong Nai, Vietnam, inherited from Olympus, and at its Okaya site in Japan; the split between sites is not published. It publishes no supplier list, modern slavery statement, conflict minerals report or labour audit results.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| KnowTheChain | Not covered | Not assessed in the 2025 KnowTheChain ICT benchmark, which covers larger ICT companies. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 4
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- Company overview and locations (OM Digital Solutions) · search the archive · 2,104 employees (March 2026); manufacturing at OM Digital Solutions Vietnam (Dong Nai) and Okaya, Japan; product split by site not stated
- Transfer of Olympus imaging confirmed (Photo Review) · search the archive · Production to continue at the Dong Nai, Vietnam site where imaging products are made
- Now truly independent, OM System wants to be more competitive (PetaPixel, August 2026) · search the archive · Management team bought 100% of shares from JIP in April 2026
- OM System (Camera House) · search the archive · Australian camera chain Camera House sells OM System cameras in store and online
Company details
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Employees
- About 2,104
- Last researched
- 3 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is OM System (OM Digital Solutions) ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/om-system, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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