Company Profile

Building the Leading Brand in Health and Well-Being

We seek to improve the quality of people’s lives through focusing on their health and well-being. Quite simply, we want to help people live a healthy, fulfilled life.

By “health” we mean not only medical-related aspects of health, but also keeping fit, eating a healthy diet, and generally living a healthy lifestyle.

By “well-being” we mean general sense of fulfillment, feeling good and at ease. “Well-being” also refers to a sense of comfort, safety and security people feel in their environment – at home, at work, when shopping or on the road. Our focus on Health and Well-being automatically implies that we contribute to building a sustainable society.

• More information about Health and Well-being

Business Highlights

- In the 2008 ranking of the top-100 global brands by Interbrand, a leading brand consultant, the value of Philips brand increased 8% to USD 8.3 billion, ranking Philips in 43rd place.

• Interbrand Ranking Press Release

- In August 2008, Philips received the Gold IF design award for the new consumer website (www.consumer.philips.com)

• Gold IF Award Press Release

- Philips was recently named among the 2008 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine, the quarterly publication of the Ethisphere Institute, which actively stimulates companies to invent solutions that reduce the carbon footprint.

• More Philips press releases and news