Company: ALGN
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001097149-25-000012
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Company: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 goals and commitment to values and conducting regular employee surveys to build trust and strengthen relationships. 

Our efforts have resulted in numerous awards for our positive work environment and culture. Some of the certifications, awards and recognitions recognized or received in 2024 and 2025 include:

•Best Places to Work for Women in Korea

•Dun & Bradstreet Top Tech Companies to Work for in Israel

•Great Places to Work and Best Places to Work based on our employee-validated great workplaces in the following countries, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Italy, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Vietnam and Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

•Forbes America’s Dream Employers, America’s Best Midsize Employers, America’s Best Employers for Engineers, America’s Best Employers for New Grads

•Fortune, America’s Most Innovative Companies

•LinkedIn Top Companies, Brazil

•Mercer China, Healthiest Workplace Award for Outstanding Women Care

•Newsweek, America’s Greatest Workplaces; Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing America

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•U.S. News & World Report - Best Companies to Work For and Best Companies to Work For in the Health Care Industry

We believe it is imperative to provide a vibrant employee experience and we value our employees’ collective voices. Accordingly, we conduct employee surveys that utilizes a continuous employee listening strategy.to collect employee feedback critical to improving our culture. This listening strategy includes globally managed pulse surveys, employee lifecycle surveys, and a self-service feature to support listening efforts. We use what we learn from the surveys to improve the employee experience, including enhancements to our workplaces, focus on employee connections, increased career development opportunities, support for relocated employees, and growth in our recognition programs and experiences. Our global response rates are consistently high, reflecting strong engagement by our employees.

Training and Professional Development. Training is an integral part of developing and retaining our employees and creating a culture of leadership within Align. 

Training at Align begins with our Code and our strong commitment to ethical business practices in all aspects of our operations. Every employee and contractor is required to review the Code and confirm they understand and will comply with it. We routinely reference the Code in presentations and as part of everyday operations. 

As a further part of our standard onboarding program, we train employees on important environmental health and safety topics to protect them and the environment. As a general practice, employees are trained to perform their jobs in accordance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and that training is routinely