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Our functional groups are working through a pipeline of energy-conservation projects and incorporating green design into our new construction.
We brought the Foster City, California, solar power system online and completed the first full year of operation for our California.
Our commitment to climate action remains just as strong despite the challenges of the global pandemic.
Even with reduced team members on-site, we completed a project in our San Diego region to convert our shuttles to electric power and continue our path to reduce our environmental footprint.
for third year in a row Focus on Environment: Overview Our Commitment We are committed to integrating environmental stewardship into the fabric of how we operate.
We recognize the importance of the environment in creating a healthy, sustainable future for our business, patients, and communities.
Our Objectives We have organized our approach to environmental sustainability by prioritizing the implementation of sustainable solutions in our facilities, our supply chain, and our products.
In progress Our Why With human health at the heart of our business, we will continue to seek opportunities for environmental protection and take action on the climate crisis.
By focusing on environmental sustainability, we foster employee engagement and drive innovation.
We do this by challenging our scientists and engineers to design new products and packaging that lower our environmental impact while unlocking the transformative power of genomics.
We are responding to climate change risk such as increased severe weather events, potential policy changes, and reputational harm by investing in more renewable energy, integrating green design principles into our facilities and products, and continuing to drive innovation.
Opportunities to support climate action through genomics research can create additional positive impacts.
We are proud to see our products being used around the world to study climate change impact, conservation biology, and influence more sustainable agriculture practices.
We believe the natural spaces in and around our sites are an extension of our working environment.
We work with experts to reduce the risk of impacting local biodiversity, closely managing protected spaces.
For example, at the San Diego headquarters we have a dedicated conservation space spanning 2.5 acres, housing an endangered species of fairy shrimp.
Our employees can participate in walking tours to learn more about the ecology of the surrounding natural areas and our role in protecting these spaces.
This work is not limited to our headquarters.
More than Madison site is new prairie restoration, including three water-retention ponds for stormwater deferral and trees native to the oak savannah.
OUR STORIES OF IMPACTAs part of our environmental commitment, we incorporate green building design into new construction projects and seek new ways to incorporate the natural world.
For our existing buildings, we seek initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint.
SCOPE In 2021, we plan to conduct an assessment to evaluate our Scope 3 emissions.
In our we will share targets for our holistic environmental footprint reduction.
As a result of COVID-19 and some buildings being left unoccupied with a remote workforce, we adjusted our equipment to optimize energy efficiency.
This resulted in a at our SD i3 location.
2 Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emission inventory boundary defined as: sites >30,000 square feet or that contain manufacturing, distribution, or significant R&D activities.
This scope accounts for 96% of our total estimated footprint.
Our headquarter’s footprint accounts for over focus heavily on creating an impact here.
Developed by Bloom Energy, it uses solid oxide fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity through a combustionfree electrochemical process.
In this technology enabled us to reduce our electricity by 80% but increased our natural gas by 111%.
The emission factors associated with an increasingly cleaner California grid resulted in a net increase of our emissions at the site.
We hope to convert the fuel cell to a renewable biofuel as innovation in the field evolves and the price of this commodity reduces to support a reasonable ROI • Conserved energy through optimization of the central plant and chilled water retrocommissioning, LED lighting, and roomoccupancy controls for lighting and HVAC...
• Participated in a two-year Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and our local utility provider.
Activities included treasure hunts with our energy champion volunteers and audits with the Facilities and EHS teams, resulting in more than 100 low- (or no-)cost energysaving projects.
1 World Resources Institute water stress and the Aqueduct Project.
Water Stewardship Even though our industry is in general not water-intensive, by managing our water use, we can reduce our environmental impact and operational cost, and address potential risk that water scarcity may present.
For those identified as operating in water-stressed regions, we are committed to focusing additional efforts on water management planning.
Sustainable Supply Chain Sustainability is a strategic priority for the company, and Illumina is committed to working with suppliers that recognize the value and importance of minimizing environmental footprint.
Reducing Waste We aim to be a catalyst for positive change by addressing waste at our facilities and in our products, and encouraging our supply chain to adopt responsible policies.
Our approach to non-hazardous waste management utilizes a hierarchy where source reduction is the most preferable option, and landfill is the least preferable.
Our hazardous waste management hierarchy is designed to minimize impact and manage materials in the most environmentally responsible manner, following the hierarchy: reclamation/reuse, recycle, waste to energy recovery, fuel blending, wastewater treatment, incineration, autoclave, and landfill when other alternatives a...
Product Take Back and Recycling We participate in required compliance schemes for producer responsibility to ensure proper collection, management, and disposal.
Under the EU’s Batteries and Accumulators Directive and Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, and regulations in several EU member states, we comply with requirements to finance the collection and recycling of batteries and packaging supplied with our products at end of life.
Growing production levels and new sites have generated increased waste, which we continuously seek to reduce.
Our Sustainability Green Teams operate at all our major sites, and represent an important and effective means to both engage with employees and enhance the sustainability of our business.
For example, our Madison team led the implementation of a project to recycle non-hazardous lab waste by glove and garment recycling through the Kimberly-Clark RightCycleTM Program.
In San Diego, the team removed plastic liners from the office recycle container bin to reduce plastic bag usage.
In EMEA, the Sustainability team led virtual climate change “lunch n’ learn” sessions, and the Singapore team hosted an Earth Day Fair.
Recycle Utilize materials with appropriate recycle streams or support curbside compostable.
Our Supply Chain Supply Chain: Engaging Our Suppliers Illumina considers it a business imperative to work with suppliers who share our goal of being a good corporate citizen.
We are committed to minimizing our environmental footprint in our supply chain by focusing on requirements upstream for our strategic suppliers and maximizing opportunities for small, diverse, and local suppliers.
We are committed to respecting and protecting the environment as we develop new products, technologies, and solutions.
We will apply the principles of environmental stewardship to address impact throughout the product life cycle.
We developed a tool for safe and easy disassembly of the NextSeqTM 2000 sequencer cartridges.
The tool enables part segregation to optimize and increase recycling options for reagent cartridges.
and lower the environmental impact of products through design.
By integrating DfE elements, our focus is on both optimizing packaging for materials currently on the market and incorporating sustainable packaging design into our process for development of new products.
To help us evaluate differences in environmental impacts between packaging options, we have implemented a simplified life-cycle assessment (LCA) tool which enables us to make informed and evidencebased decisions about packaging materials and designs.
In progress Many of our products are temperature sensitive, which creates unique requirements for packaging, shipping, and storage.
Optimizing Packaging Achievements • Enhanced packaging of NextSeqTM pouch around cartridge to single barrier bag, while maintaining product quality • Optimized shipping for bulk transit on TruSight Oncology (TSO), resulting in 54% volume reduction • Improved the original launch of the packaging associated with our COVI...
TRUSIGHT PACKAGING REDUCTION Improved packaging configurations of the TruSight Oncology consolidating 21 boxes down to six.
This reduced volume by over bags and shipping containers.
diverted from landfills per 100,000 containers Returning and Reusing Our Packaging Illumina has implemented a variety of projects to bring enhanced sustainability to our existing product portfolio.
and frozen in vitro diagnostic product (IVD) product shipments can be returned to us for reuse.
program where returned containers are inspected, sterilized, reworked, and used again At full implementation, these containers reduce emissions by Reusable Bulk Sustainable Solutions New insulated pallet shippers are validated for multiple uses and returnable for refurbishment and reuse.
Supplier return facilities inspect and refurbish for return shipment to Illumina Pallets are modular and break down flat for easy return of multiple units via land or ocean Supports internal movement network and customer bulk orders Recyclable Insulated Containers A move to plant-based paper insulated containers result...
COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND LEMUR CONSERVATION Through iConserve, a philanthropic initiative that brings the community together to accelerate wildlife conservation, the Illumina team is partnering with the San Diego Zoo, the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar, and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain to help preser...
Lemurs are mammals native only to the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
At least still survive are threatened due to significant habitat loss, hunting, and illegal logging.
The effects of widespread poverty and political instability also hinder and undermine conservation efforts.
As a result, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers lemurs to be among the world’s most endangered mammals, and estimates that 90% of all lemur species are facing extinction.
Lemurs are important for research as their mix of ancestral characteristics and traits shared with anthropoid primates could yield insights into the evolution of humans and other primates.
The iConserve work will consist of research into the comparative genomics of lemurs, which will provide structure to cataloging biodiversity in wild and captive populations.
This will ultimately support decisions around species conservation and management.
OUR STORIES OF IMPACT Earth BioGenome Project The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP) is a network of partner organizations and affiliated projects with the shared goal of sequencing and annotating the genomes of all over a 10-year period.
Launched in create a digital backbone of sequences that will serve as critical infrastructure for biology, conservation, agriculture, medicine, and the growing global bioeconomy.
EBP aims to help with biodiversity and responsibly stewarding its resources.
Illumina is providing in the development of technology for the sequencing of genomes from singlecell and small multicellular organisms.
The health of the environment and human health are intertwined and connect our company mission with our commitment to operate responsibly and sustainably.
Our technology is being used to directly support sustainability, understand climate change, study conservation, and evaluate environmental DNA.
The positive power of genomics beyond human health is helping to solve some of humankind’s most challenging issues.
Greater Good Initiative The Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Initiative grants, launched in annually.
This program spurs critically needed research that will increase the sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of agriculturally important crop and livestock species.
Grant recipients receive donations of Illumina products to support their projects.
This year, the grant was awarded to a project focused on bee health.
Pollinators are at the apex of long-term sustainability in food production, as crop species are dependent on bees and other pollinators.
This project will leverage genomics to further understand genetically controlled behavioral differences between honeybees and secure the survival of pollinationdependent species, including humans.
To continue as a leader in genomics we will need to harness the world’s best talent, and give them the opportunity to thrive.
A: We are fortunate to have a culture at Illumina, much like our company mission, that is focused on care and support.
Our culture of care has served as our foundation and has been built upon the principles of employee trust, flexibility, transparency, and well-being.
This foundation enabled us to provide an immediate level of support to our employees, while also enabling us to quickly adapt to our employees’ changing needs and unique circumstances as the pandemic evolved.
In practical terms, this has meant focusing our efforts on providing our global workforce with pay continuity and stability, incremental “COVID Care” cash payments (to help address unanticipated financial needs), flexible working arrangements and time off, paid leave for emotionally significant events under our Compass...
Our employees have been handling so much this past year, personally and professionally, and every individual situation is unique.
This is why we have strived—even before the start of the global pandemic—to continually provide a progressive, flexible suite of programs and benefits for our global workforce.
While we never anticipated a crisis of this nature or scale—of a global pandemic—our culture of care foundation has been built to respond to crises as they arise.
I am extremely proud of the resilience our employees have shown and the kindness they have extended to one another.
Like our employees, I am confident we will emerge even stronger than before.
A: Employees have shared very positive feedback about our response to COVID-which entailed increased communication, leadership engagement, employee benefits, and faith in the future of the company.
We have worked hard throughout the pandemic to provide a variety of platforms to listen to colleagues and adjust based off their direct feedback.
We increased our all-company meetings to twice a month, launched a twice-monthly forum with our Chief Medical Officer, and created dedicated internal channels for COVID-19 support and updates.