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Sustainability
Management

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation
Performance Data

Governance

Education and Training on Respect for Human Rights▎ Respect for Human Rights

Sysmex strives to prevent human rights abuses by conducting training with the purpose of preventing harassment andRespect for Human Rights

ensuring that employees have a correct knowledge of labor matters.

Policies and Initiatives Related to Human Rights

Participating in the UN Global Compact and Adhering to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Core Labour Standards
Sysmex strongly advocates respect for human rights and the elimination of discrimination in its Global Compliance

Code, and works to create corporate management and workplace environments that respect all employees’ human rights.
This code is in keeping with the UN’ s Universal Declaration of Human Rights provision that “ All human beings are born freeand equal in dignity and rights” , as well as the spirit of the ILO’ s Core Labor Standards, which deﬁne the minimum labor

FY2022 Results・Harassment and labor management training for newly appointed supervisors and new employees
・Unconscious bias※1 training for all employees※2

・Management training to improve psychological safety (for supervisors)

・Psychological safety seminar by an industrial physician for all employees※2
・Global compliance training on harassment for all Group employees

standards that must be preserved in the workplace.

To ensure that these principles are effectively put into practice, Sysmex has clariﬁed its zero-tolerance policy regarding
discrimination, harassment, forced labor, and child labor, and conducts various types of training to ensure employeeawareness of these matters. Sysmex joined in the UN Global Compact in 2011 and clariﬁed its corporate stance in relation

to the Compact ’ s Ten Principles regarding human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.
▶ Global Compliance Code

※ 1 Seeing things in a biased way due to unconscious prejudices or preconceptions※ 2 Participation is voluntary▶ Compliance Education

Labor-Management Dialogue

Identifying Risks to Human Rights(Human Rights Due Diligence)Sysmex stipulates the implementation of human rights due diligence in the Global Compliance Code and works toSysmex respects employee rights, such as the right to form a union and the right to collective bargaining, based on its

participation in the UN Global Compact and support for the ILO’ s Core Labor Standards.

As of March 2023, 61% of Sysmex Corporation employees are members of the Sysmex Union, our in-house labor

identify the impact on human rights of business activities within the Company and across the supply chain and works tounion. Sysmex Corporation engages in collective bargaining with the Sysmex Union every year. In FY2022, in addition

prevent or mitigate any negative impacts. Speciﬁcally, we have incorporated into CSR surveys of our business partners

to regular meetings, labor and management met to discuss productivity improvement through optimization of working

such topics as the prohibition of forced and child labor and eliminating discrimination due to gender, disability, race,

hours and streamlining operations; working environments having diverse employees and the personnel system;or other factors. To ensure that Sysmex is not involved or complicit in human rights abuses, we ascertain impacts onhuman rights in advance and put in place measures to prevent any abuses. With the UK Modern Slavery Act having gone
into effect in 2015, Sysmex UK has published a statement on its website and operates in full compliance with the act.

responses to working environment changes, and the promotion of a “ healthy company” .

Such meetings are also held at Group companies. Labor unions have been formed at overseas Group companies

including Jinan Sysmex, Sysmex Vietnam, and HYPHEN BioMed, and hold regular dialogues with respective Groupcompanies. In addition, Sysmex CNA has formed an employee group consisting of departmental representatives for▶ Strengthening Supply Chain Management

quarterly labor-management discussions on topics such as work environments, management of work hours, and the▶ Anti-Slavery and Human Trafﬁcking Policy

amount of paid leave days taken. Sysmex TMC also holds quarterly labor-management meetings.

Grievance Mechanism Related to Human Rights※ In this report, “ Sysmex” refers to the Sysmex Group as a whole. “ Sysmex Corporation” refers to the Company on a stand-alone basis.

Sysmex receives consultation and reporting from suppliers, partners, customers, and members of the local commu- nity in order to recognize any adverse human rights impact caused by our business activities and to enable us to take
immediate corrective action when necessary. We have a system in place to appropriately handle information received,
protect anyone who consults with us or reports to us from being disadvantaged, and to take necessary corrective andremedial measures if an adverse human rights impact is identiﬁed.
▶ JaCER Report Form
*JaCER (Japan Center for Engagement and Remedy on Business and Human Rights) is an organization that accepts human rights complaints/reports
through the "Engagement and Remedy Platform" and aims to support and promote the handling of complaints for its member companies from a
professional standpoint.

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