Sysmex Sustainability Data Book 2022
Fiscal 2021 (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022)

Contents

02

About Sysmex

03

Sustainability Management

02 About Sysmex

51

Governance

52 Compliance
52 Compliance Management
54 Compliance Promotion Initiatives
56 Respect for Human Rights
58 Risk Management
58 Risk Management Structure
59 Response to Risks Related to BusinessContinuity
60 Enhancing Information Security
61 Communication with Stakeholders

03 Basic Policy and Structure
05 Materiality
06 Status of Sustainability Targets

62
Society37

Environment

08 Resolution of Medical Issues through Products and Services
09 Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
1 1 Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
15 Responsible Provision of Products and Services
16 Pursuit of Quality and Trust
21 Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
23 Realization of an Attractive Workplace
24 Human Resource Management
27 Human Resource Development Programs
29 Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
31 Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
33 Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
36 Corporate Citizenship Activities

Performance Data /Independent Practitioner’s
Assurance

73

Guideline Comparison Table

Editorial Policy
Sysmex publishes the Sysmex Report, an integrated report that provides a concise summary of financial andnon-financial information in terms of value creation over the medium- to long-term. The Sustainability pageon our website serves as a reporting tool to complement the Sysmex Report. It presents all our specificefforts to address priority issues (materiality) in sustainability and is periodically updated. We also publish anannual report titled Sustainability Data Book, which summarizes the details provided on our website. The
website and Data Book serve as engagement tools for all stakeholders, and thus they refer to disclosure
items specified by the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards in order to ensure exhaustive disclosure.
Regarding climate change, we disclose various types of information in accordance with the recommendationsof the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Disclosure System
Financial Information

Non-Financial Information

Integrated Report: “Sysmex Report” (Annual report)

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Environmental Consideration
38 Environmental Management
42 Environmental Consideration throughProduct Lifecycle
47 Reduction in Environmental Burden
through Activities at Business Oﬃces

64 Social Data
67 Environmental Data
70 Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

73 GRI Index
82 SASB Index

62 External Evaluations

External Evaluation

08

64

IR Information Site
https://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/ir/index.html
This site discloses details of financial, stock, andshareholder information.
・Financial Reports & Presentations

Guidelines Referenced・GRI（Global Reporting Initiative）“GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards”
・SASB（Sustainability Accounting Standards Board）“SASB Standards”
・The Japanese Ministry of the Environmentʼs Environmental Reporting

Guidelines (2018 ed.)Organizations Covered
Sysmex Group (Sysmex Corporation and its subsidiaries both in Japan andabroad). In this report, “Sysmex” refers to the Sysmex Group as a whole. “Sysmex
Corporation” refers to the Company on a stand-alone basis.
Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance
We obtained an Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance for observation of the
AA1000 AccountAbility Principles, as well as environmental and social data.
▶ Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

Sustainability Site
https://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/csr/index.html
・Sustainability Data Book (annual report) (PDF)
https://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/csr/report/sustainability2022_all_e.pdf

Period Covered
Primarily fiscal 2021 (from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022). Some activities
conducted outside this period are also included.
* For the most recent information, we keep information on our sustainability site
updated as it becomes available.

Corporate Governance Reporthttps://www.sysmex.co.jp/en/corporate/governance_e.pdf

Date of Publication October 2022
Note on the Forecasts
Statements in this report pertaining to Sysmexʼs future plans, forecasts, andother items are based on currently available information and involve
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those planned or
forecasted in these statements.
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1About Sysmex

ABOUT SYSMEXWith our business centered on the field of in vitro diagnostics, Sysmex provides instruments,
reagents, and software to medical institutions and other customers worldwide.
We have created a structure for consistent research and development, production, sales, service
and support in response to the diversified needs of our customers with various issues. In addition
to producing high-quality instruments, reagents, and software for in vitro diagnostics, thisstructure allows us to offer high value-added products and services with regard to systemproducts, online support, and advanced scientific information, which have been highly evaluatedby our customers worldwide.

Sysmexʼs Main Business Domains (In Vitro Diagnostics)
Prevention

In Vitro Diagnostics

Company Profile■Name : SYSMEX CORPORATION■Established : February 20, 1968
■Paid-in Capital : ¥14,112.0 million (As of March 31, 2022)■Listings : Tokyo Stock Exchange, Prime Market (Ticker Code: 6869)■Directors : Chairman and CEO Hisashi Ietsugu■Head Office : 1-5-1 Wakinohama-kaigandori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0073, Japan■Lines of Businesses : Development, manufacture, sales and export/import of diagnostic

instruments, reagents and related software■Main Customers : National and other public hospitals, private hospitals, universities, research

institutes, other medical institutions, etc.

■Export Destinations : More than 190 countries and regions

Financial Performance■Net Sales■Hematology*

Examination

Testing that measures and analyzes the number, type, and size of red,white and other blood cells(Anemia, leukemia, thrombocytopenia, etc.)■Net Sales by Destination

363.7 billion￥

Clinical Laboratory Testing

Diagnosis, Treatment and Monitoring■Urinalysis*

Testing to determine the presence of sugar, proteins or blood in the urine(Kidney stones, kidney disease, diabetes, etc.)■Immunochemistry

Testing for the quantities and status of viruses, hormones and proteins(Infectious diseases (hepatitis B and C), thyroid disease, various cancers,
myocardial infarction, hepatitis, atopic dermatitis, etc.)■Clinical chemistry*

Testing to determine the state of metabolism-related organs by studying sugars,
lipids, proteins and others(Diabetes, arteriosclerosis, liver dysfunction, kidney dysfunction, etc.)

Others 4.6%

363.7 (¥ billion)(Up 19.2% year on year)

Asia Pacific

Euro

2013

25.7%
17.5 (¥)
2014

2015

2016

Japanese GAAP

2017

2018

2019 2020 2021 (FY)

EMEA*

IFRS

Reagent sales grew substantially, thanks to a recovery
in testing demand. Net sales also rose significantly,
owing to an expansion of our direct sales area, anincrease in the installed instrument base and a boost
in demand for testing related to COVID-19.

27.9%

FY2021

Immunochemistry
Americas(Group total)

FY2021

Hemostasis

23.0%

17.1%

Urinalysis 8.2%

Japan

FCM 0.6%

Americas

3,888

9,812

57.8%

5.6%

* EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Non-Financial Performance

Employees

Hematology

0.8%

China

Yuan

Medical robotics
business 0.4%

4.9%

Clinicalchemistry

12

1,341

10

77

Companies(Group total)

China■Gene testing

RecoveryThrough the detection and analysis of cancer genes, this testing contributes todecisions on treatment protocols and drug administration.
(Breast cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, etc.)

Life science

15.3%

130.6 (¥)
112.4 (¥)

US dollar

2012

Japan

8.1%

■Hemostasis

Testing that measures the ability of blood to clot at wound sites and dissolve clots(Hemophilia, myocardial infarction, cerebra linfarction, etc.)■Sales by BusinessNet sales

779
EMEA

2,820

4

Asia Pacific

39

984

12

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Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Sustainability Management

Basic Policy and Structure
SUSTAINABILITYMANAGEMENT▶ Basic Policy and Structure

Materiality
Status of Sustainability Targets

Message from the CEO
The “Sysmex Way”, the corporate philosophy of the Sysmex
Group, defines our mission of “Shaping the advancement ofhealthcare.” With its business centered on the field of in vitro
diagnostics (IVD), which has been its focus since theCompanyʼs founding, Sysmex works to resolve global medical
issues. The value Sysmex provides to society includes theextension of healthy lifespans, improvement in accessibility tohealthcare, and advancement of medical care. We respond to
the universal human desire to live long and healthy lives.
One key action under our mid-term management plan is to“formulate a vision and roll out measures to reinforce andimplement sustainability management.” Sysmex regularly
reviews its materiality based on changes in the external
environment, societal expectations and demands, and theprogress of its strategies. In fiscal 2021, we revisited our KPIs
alongside our new mid-term management plan, and set thereviewed KPIs as our new sustainability targets.
Societyʼs expectations and demands are growing by the daywith respect to the materiality items Sysmex has identified,such as the environment, diversity and inclusion (D&I), supply
chain management, human rights, and governance. In light ofthese changes, Sysmex believes that sustainability
management is of the utmost importance in order to build asustainable structure while promoting efforts to address eachissue from a long-term perspective and aligning the vector of
our management strategy with these social trends.
In product development, it has become essential to create
products that increase testing value while also being areenvironmentally friendly. For example, new products in thehematology field that we launched in 2021 shorten the time todiagnosis, improve laboratory work efficiency, and lower
environmental impact by reducing power consumption by
40%* compared to conventional products.
With D&I, it is important to have employees with diverse
values and backgrounds who can share different ideas, and foreach of them to demonstrate their abilities. For the Group as awhole, we will accelerate D&I initiatives. We will also promote
human resource development and human resource strategies
that leverage diversity from a D&I perspective. Gender is also
an issue, especially in Japan, where the economic world has
long been male dominated. We are working to create anenvironment and culture in which female employees can easily
demonstrate their abilities, and are striving to increase theratio of women among our employees and managers.
Corporate culture and human resources are of particularimportance for enhancing corporate value. Sysmex positions
human resources as the source of value creation. Accordingly,
we are focused on revamping our HR system, attracting adiverse workforce, and cultivating the next generation ofmanagers. Looking beyond strategy and system design, we alsoemphasize the accumulation of various types of experienceand opportunities and an environment that allows employees
to build diverse contacts, including with customers.
Underpinning these efforts is the “Sysmex Way”, the corporate
philosophy of the Sysmex Group. Our ideal is for employees tothink and draw up strategy in terms of the Sysmex Way, and toalign our corporate culture with this philosophy. Sysmexʼs
management is unwavering in its corporate stance toward thisphilosophy; we share the Sysmex Way when recruiting humanresources and conduct awareness activities at each Group
location. In corporate culture surveys of employees, the rate ofpenetration for the Sysmex Way has remained at around 70%

for the past few years. To improve this further, we will continue
to promote dialogue with employees and increase
engagement.
We strive toward the realization of a sustainable society andengage in initiatives to enhance corporate value, based on our
mission as expressed in the Sysmex Way, of “Shaping theadvancement of healthcare.” We would like to ask our
stakeholders for their continued support and understanding of
our endeavors.
* Sample transportation system modules

Hisashi Ietsugu
Chairman and CEO▶ Corporate Philosophy and Core Behaviors▶ Sysmex Report (Sysmexʼs Value Creation)

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SUSTAINABILITYMANAGEMENT▶ Basic Policy and Structure

Materiality
Status of Sustainability Targets

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Management Structure

The UN Global Compact

Sysmex has established a specialized Sustainability Promotion
Department for planning, drawing up proposals for, andpromoting sustainability activities, as well as disseminating
ESG-related information both inside and outside the company.
The departmentʼs activities are conducted under the control
and management of a senior managing director and memberof the Managing Board.
We have also identified priority issues (materiality) with a viewto realizing a sustainable society and achieving sustainablegrowth for the Group. In fiscal 2020, we reviewed materiality
while working on our mid-term management plan (fiscal 2021
to 2023), taking account of changes in economic,
environmental, and social issues. We also revisited our KPIs
linked to materiality and set the reviewed KPIs as our new
sustainability targets. Our departments roll out their executionplans and activities to achieve these sustainability targets.
They also report their progress regularly at management
meetings, including the Managing Board meetings. The targets
are then reviewed, and new measures are considered in a
PDCA cycle.

Sysmex Corporation signed the United Nations Global
Compact in February 2011 to proactively promote its CSR
initiatives. When identifying priority issues (materiality) andpromoting CSR activities, Sysmex refers to the Ten Principlesof the Global Compact and the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) that the United Nations adopted in September
2015.

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

The UN Global Compact

Logo for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)▶ The UN Global Compactʼs Ten Principles

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Sustainability Management

Materiality
SUSTAINABILITYMANAGEMENT
Basic Policy and Structure▶ Materiality

Status of Sustainability Targets

Sysmex has identified priority issues (materiality) with a viewto realizing a sustainable society and achieving sustainablegrowth for Sysmex.
Sysmexʼs materiality items are priorities we have identified bytaking into account the needs and expectations elicitedthrough stakeholder engagement and Sysmexʼs internal andexternal operating environments. We identified these priorities
by making an overall assessment along two axes, the “degreeof importance for Sysmexʼs stakeholders” from a medium- tolong-term perspective, and from the perspective of risks andopportunities, the “degree of importance for Sysmex.”
In addition, we review and verify these items when formulating
mid-term management plans. These were previously verified infiscal 2020. Some of the content was updated to reflectchanges in the operating environment, such as growing
demands from outside the Group.
To make progress toward our targets more visual and effective,in the fiscal 2021 revision we set “sustainability targets” asspecific KPIs in line with the mid-term management plan. We
also developed action plans and activities for responsible
divisions. Members of the Managing Board confirm progress
toward sustainability targets, which is reported regularly byeach department at meetings of the Managing Board and atquarterly management meetings. In addition, the entire
Company works together on initiatives when discussing newmeasures.
As our business expands, our stakeholders have grown morediverse. Nevertheless, our fundamental management
philosophy of instilling confidence among our stakeholders hasremained unchanged. As a Group conducting business in thehealthcare sector, Sysmex works alongside its business

partners and employees to provide products and services to
medical institutions and other customers in an effort toresolve healthcare issues.

Sysmex will continue to engage proactively in dialogues withstakeholders to co-create value in a sustainable manner.

Materiality

Society

Resolution of Medical Issues
through Products andServices

Resolution of medical issues throughinnovation

Responsible Provision of
Products and Services

Pursuit of quality and trust

SDGs Targets

Improvement in accessibility to healthcare

Strengthening of supply chain management
Provision of a comfortable working environment

Realization of an Attractive
Workplace

Promotion of diversity and inclusion
Development of human resources
Promotion of health and occupational safety

Environment Environmental Consideration

Environmental consideration throughproduct lifecycle
Reduction in environmental burden throughactivities at business offices
Corporate governance

Governance Strengthening of GovernanceCompliance
Risk management▶ The Process of Identifying Materiality

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Sustainability Management

Status of Sustainability Targets
Materiality

KPI

Resolution of medical issues throughproducts and services

Percentage of consolidated sales to market size of
instruments, reagents, and services in a single year in
the field of hematology
Total number of patents, utility model rights andNumber of patents
design rights obtained
Resolution of
medical issues Number of new patents Total number of patents, utility model rights anddesign rights applied forthroughinnovation
Number of cancer
Number of cancer genomes analyzed by the NCC
genomes analyzed2
OncoPanel
Number of breast
Number of breast cancer tests using the OSNA
cancer tests using the method
OSNA™ method
Hematology market
share1 5

Responsible provision of
products and services

52.7％

53.8％

54.7％

ー

2,709

2,987

3,143

ー

301

346

306

ー

ー

ー

ー

Though the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic remains in some regions, our share of the hematology market slightly increased infiscal 2021 compared to the previous fiscal year, as sales of hematology products grew due to the expansion of direct marketingand service areas. In the future, new flagship models will be sequentially introduced.
287
298
In addition, the number of tests for breast cancer using the OSNA method increased because the number of surgeries has
returned to its previous level.
1,6 thousand 1,6 thousand In conjunction with business activities, the numbers of patents held and patent applications have steadily increased.

ー

ー

ー

ー

46 thousand 54 thousand

Consolidated sales in emerging and developing
markets

ー

ー

ー

ー

In fiscal 2021, sales grew by approximately 12% for several reasons, including favorable business in the direct marketing and service
in emerging countries such as India and the number of tests returning to its previous level in areas where the demand had¥122.0 billion ¥143.0 billion areas
fallen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are also taking actions to improve the quality of healthcare in collaboration withinternational institutions such as the WHO and JICA.

Number of recalls

Number of voluntary recalls/repairs for products sold(instruments and reagents)

ー

ー

ー

ー

4

2

Number of FDA
warning letters

Number of FDA warning letters issued to Sysmex

ー

ー

ー

ー

0

0

Percentage of raw material suppliers that responded to
CSR surveys (primary suppliers in Japan and overseas)
Number of briefings, training, and other training
sessions for domestic suppliers (single year)
Percentage of primary raw material suppliers(domestic) obtaining third-party certification for
manufacturing and product quality

90％

81％

84％

85％

89％

90％

6

ー

ー

ー

2

5

ー

ー

ー

86％

88％

Corporate climate survey result

75％

72％

ー

ー

CSR survey response
rate
Strengthening
Number of trainingof supply
sessions for suppliers3
chain
management
Third-party certification
rate of suppliers3
Engagement score

Realization of an attractive workplace

Provision of acomfortableworkingenvironment

Promotion ofdiversity andinclusionーーTurnover ratio2

Turnover ratio of regular employees, excluding those
who have reached the mandatory retirement age

ー

ー

ー

ー

Percentage of days of
paid leave taken2

Percentage of days of annual paid leave taken per
regular employee

ー

ー

ー

ー

Percentage of men
taking childcare leave3

Percentage of male employees (including part-timeworkers) taking childcare leave after their spousebears a child

30.0％

ー

ー

ー

Female managers ratio

Ratio of women at director level or above

17.0％

15.2％

15.2％

15.5％

Percentage of
employees withdisabilities2

Percentage of employees with physical, intellectual
or mental disabilities

2.38％

2.04％

2.21％

2.30％

55.6％

Progress and Future Initiativesー

Improvementin accessibility Sales in emerging andto healthcare developing markets
Pursuit ofquality andtrust

TargetResults2025 Fiscal 2017 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021
Fiscal 2023 Fiscal(Eco-Vision)
55.7％

3,485

3,680

There were only two recalls in fiscal 2021, which was half the number as in the previous fiscal year. Of these recalls, none were Class
I; two were Class II (one for an instrument and one for a reagent). As in the previous fiscal year, no FDA warning letters were issued.
As well as constructing a framework to fully comply with regulations in each country around the world, defective products areprevented from entering the market by conducting regular quality audits, timely collection of information from the market throughour global quality complaint processing system, and full investigations into the causes of defective products. We will maintain andimprove the safety and quality of our products in the future.
The CSR survey response rate was 90% in fiscal 2021. This was a high rate, as in the previous fiscal year. The number of training
sessions for suppliers increased from two in the previous fiscal year to five. We held BCP training for business partners, assuming aNankai Trough megathrust earthquake, as well as explanatory meetings on sustainability, including SDGs and environmental
issues, and approximately 250 business partners in total participated in these activities.
We will continue to strengthen relationships between the Group and our business partners.

The engagement score in fiscal 2021 decreased by 1 % compared to the previous fiscal year. This was mainly due to a decrease in
the scores in China and West Asia. The turnover rate increased by 0.6%. This is a result of activation of the human resource market,(except EMEA ) (except EMEA) which had slumped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, our turnover rate is lower and the employee retention rate isconsidered to be high compared to an average turnover rate of about 9% in the manufacturing industry.
We will continue to promote establishment of a globally consistent job-based human resource management system, conversion toa globally competitive remuneration system, securing and training talented personnel, creating a comfortable working
2.7％
3.3％
environment, and engaging in labor-management dialogues in the future.
The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 1.1% compared to the previous fiscal year. Several measures were taken, including setting
recommended dates for paid leave, sharing the results of this with division managers, and proactively encouraging employees to
61.3％
62.4％ take paid holidays.
In addition to activities to raise awareness amongst our employees, we aim to increase the rate at which annual paid leave is taken
due to improved productivity.
The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 23.3% compared to the previous fiscal year. The rate at which male employees takechildcare leave largely increased due to several measures such as changes in the awareness of working patterns as a result of theintroduction of the “smart work” system, educational activities in the previous fiscal year (hosting a diversity roundtable discussion
33.8％
57.1％
and issuing a guidebook for male employees), and training of managers.
We will continue to take actions to improve the rate at which male employees take childcare leave in the future.
The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 1.1% compared to the previous fiscal year. The achievement rate increased particularly in
the Japan region due to the introduction of a job-based personnel system and “smart work” system.
16.2％
17.3％
We promote the establishment of a comfortable working environment and the use of diversity training to facilitate diverse
working patterns.
66％

2.30％

4

65％

2.31％

The outcome for fiscal 2021 was at the same level as in the previous fiscal year, and Sysmex Harmony has continued to achieve azero turnover rate.
We will continue to create tasks and a comfortable working environment to allow persons with physical, intellectual, or mental
disabilities to fulfill their potential in accordance with their individual abilities.

1 Some figures have been revised from previous reporting. 2 Target: Group companies in Japan 3 Target: Sysmex Corporation on a non-consolidated basis 4 EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa 5 Source: Clearstate and Sysmexʼs assumption

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Materiality

Realization of an
attractive workplace

Developmentof human
resources

Promotion ofhealth andoccupationalsafetyKPI

Environmental consideration
Strengthening of governanceCorporate
governanceComplianceRiskmanagement

Environment

TargetResults2025 Fiscal 2017 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021
Fiscal 2023 Fiscal(Eco-Vision)

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Progress and Future Initiatives

Training time per
employee

Average training time per employee for training
provided by HR and each division (including online
training)

40.0 hours

ー

ー

ー

The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 6.9 hours compared to the previous fiscal year. Expansion of mission leader training,
24.5 hours 31.4 hours on-board training, and online training was carried out in Japan, and specialized education was enhanced in each division.
We will continue to expand and enhance our employee training in the future.

Total annual working
hours2

Total annual hours worked per regular employee

1,950 hours

ー

ー

ー

The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 15 hours compared to the previous fiscal year. We were not able to alleviate staff
in response to the COVID-19 pandemic while also taking actions for technological innovation and business restructuring.
2,030 hours 2,045 hours shortages
In the future, we aim to reduce working hours by introducing a system to monitor a value-added labor productivity index, in
addition to promoting “smart work” system, managing working hours, and conducting employee training.

Lost-time injury
frequency rate2

Number of employee death or injuries resulting fromwork-related accidents per million hours actually worked

0.58

ー

ー

ー

0.78

0.91

Lost work day rate2

Number of days absent from work due towork-related injuries per 1,000 hours actually worked

0.02

ー

ー

ー

0.05

0.04

Reduction of CO2
emissions(instruments)
Reduction of water
consumption
Environmental (instruments)
consideration
throughproduct
Reduction of CO2
lifecycle
emissions (shipping)

Reduction inenvironmental
burdenthrough
activities atbusiness
officesSocietyー

Percentage reduction of CO2 emissions per
instrument unit with FY2016 as the base year

Cut 20％

Cut 15％

Cut 12％

Cut 10％Cut 2％

Cut 8％

Percentage reduction of water consumption per
instrument unit with FY2016 as the base year

Cut 10％

Cut 15％

Cut 8％Cut 2％

Cut 4％Cut 6％The lost-time injury frequency rate increased by 0.13 points for fiscal 2021, and there were seven industrial accidents (six in theprevious fiscal year), including injuries in factories. As a measure to prevent industrial accidents, we held training sessions byindustrial physicians to prevent falls.
In order to reduce the lost-time injury frequency rate, we are enhancing risk forecast training and will continue to provide training
sessions by external lecturers in the future.

Cut 22％ CO2 emissions per instrument decreased by 14% in fiscal 2021 from the previous fiscal year. This reduction was mainly due toincreased sales of power-saving products and global improvement in CO2 emission factors.
Going forward, we will continue to promote reductions in CO2 emissions and water consumption by developing and selling new
Cut 13％ products requiring less electricity and water.

Percentage reduction of CO2 emissions per S-Corpsales with FY2016 as the base year

Cut 20％

Cut 15％

Cut 17％Up 1％

Cut 17％

Cut 25％

Cut 1％The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 24% from the previous fiscal year. This increase was mainly due to delays in instrument
production due to a shortage of semiconductors and an increase in the use of air transport in response to a fire at a contracted
distribution center.
We are reducing CO2 emissions associated with product transport by promoting modal shifts and a shift in reagent production
from Japan to local production sites.

Reduction of
packaging and labelingmaterials

Percentage reduction of total packaging material
weight with FY2019 as the base year

ー

ー

ー

ー

ー

Cut 4％Up 9％

The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by 13% from the previous fiscal year. This was due to an increase in product packaging
materials (paper packages) due to growing reagent sales.
We are promoting a reduction in packaging materials by downsizing boxes to best fit products and changing packing methods.

Reduction of CO2
emissions (businessactivities)

Percentage reduction of CO2 emissions from businessactivities per consolidated sales with FY2016 as thebase year

Cut 40％ Cut 50％

Cut 14％

Cut 17％

Cut 13％Cut 35％The Scope 1 and 2 emissions in fiscal 2021 increased by approximately 2% from the previous fiscal year, because CO2 emission
factors worsened at our main business locations in Japan, and there was an increase in PCR tests after our CoviLab started
operation at the Research and Development Center. CO2 emissions per unit were reduced due to an increase in consolidated sales.
Cut 44％ We continue to promote optimization of our operations and energy-saving measures. At the same time, we are strengthening ourapproach to achieving carbon neutrality by gradually switching the electricity consumed at our business locations to renewableenergy sources.

Reduction of water
consumption(business activities)

Percentage reduction of water consumption frombusiness activities per consolidated sales with
FY2016 as the base year

Cut 5％

Cut 15％

Cut 8％Cut 7％Up 6％

Cut 7％The outcome for fiscal 2021 increased by approximately 3% from the previous fiscal year due to an increase in production. Water
per unit decreased by 12% due to an increase in consolidated sales.
Cut 19％ consumption
We are taking actions to reduce water consumption by revising production methods and introducing equipment to optimize theefficiency of water usage and using recycled water at each business site.

Recycling rate

Resources recycled per total waste generated

85％ or higher 93％ or higher

89％

76％

67％

78％

Reduction of total
waste1

Percentage of reduction of total waste generated bybusiness activities per consolidated sales with
FY2019 as the base year

Cut 10％ーーー

Cut 8％

Ratio of product waste
to salesRatio of product waste caused by expiry and otherreasons to consolidated sales

ー

ー

ー

ー

0.6％

Number of meetings
with investors andanalysts3

Number of meetings with institutional investors andsecurities analysts

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506

485

Number of internalreports

Number of internal reports of incidents received

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32

14

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28

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Total number of incidents in which the violations of
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7

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3,601

In fiscal 2021, we held e-learning on cyber security in multiple languages for all our Group employees, as well as temporary
employees and independent contractors.
We provide regular training for employees to strengthen the information security management structure throughout the Group.

Participation rate indisaster drills2

Percentage of participants in training using safety
confirmation tool assuming a disaster, etc. (including
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98.7％

In fiscal 2021, disaster drills and e-learning were conducted.
We continue to enhance our response to risks in business continuity by conducting regular exercises and training, introducing asystem to confirm employeesʼ safety, and setting out rules and manuals to respond to disasters.

ー79％

The recycling rate for fiscal 2021 increased by 1% from the previous fiscal year. The total volume of waste increased byapproximately 11% due to an increase in PCR tests after starting operation of the CoviLab at our Research and Development
Cut 15％ Center, while waste generated per unit decreased due to an increase in consolidated sales.
We are continuing to take measures to reduce waste and to increase recycling rates by utilizing recyclable materials andconsumables, implementing appropriate inventory management, and extending expiry dates for reagent products.
0.6％
Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we continued to have many meetings with institutional investors and analysts fromsecurities companies. As a result, the number of meetings in fiscal 2021 was at the same level as in the previous fiscal year. We willcontinue to proactively hold dialogues with them through online meeting and other methods.
There were 14 unethical incidents in fiscal 2021, but none were significant violations. A total of 28 internal reports were received inJapan and from overseas. We conducted investigations regarding these reports and dealt with each of them appropriately.
We conduct training and educational activities for our employees as a foundation to promote and ensure compliance, and provide
continuous training to employees to act in accordance with the Global Compliance Code.

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Why It is Important

PolicyFramework

With the backdrop of aging populations, the need to reduce medical costs and extend healthy lifespans has been growing across theworld in recent years. Furthermore, with the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of addressing issues related to global health has
increased around the world. To achieve universal health coverage (UHC)* as raised in Goal 3 of the SDGs (“Good health andwell-being”), the establishment of medical infrastructure and the development of medical personnel is essential. Consequently, this has
increased the expectations for initiatives taken by global corporations to resolve medical issues.
Under these conditions, the in vitro diagnostics (IVD) domain, which plays an important role in disease prevention, early detection, anddetermining courses of treatment, is expected to create high-value testing and diagnostic technologies and solve medical issues throughthe wide use of testing. By addressing issues such as these, Sysmex works to contribute to the development of healthcare and thehealthy lives of people while also enabling the acquisition of new business opportunities and the achievement of sustainable growth.

In the Group mid-term management plan (fiscal 2021
to 2023), in addition to the hematology field, which is
the greatest source of earnings for the Group,
hemostasis, immunochemistry, and life sciences were
determined to be priority fields. Consequently, we will
enhance our research and development activities byprioritizing resource allocations to create new value
and expand our product lineup.
▶ Sysmex Report(Strategy for Value Creation)

The Global Strategy
Committee, which consists of
the CEO and executive
officers in charge, discusses
and reviews the Groupʼs midand long-term management
directions as well as key
strategies and challenges.
▶ Sysmex Report(Corporate Governance)* “UHC” means a condition in which all people have access to affordable and proper services to improve their health, prevent or treat illnesses, andrecover functions.

▶ Resolution of Medical Issues through Products

and Services
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Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
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Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Results(fiscal 2021)

1,6

thousandNumber of cancer genomes analyzed

54

thousandNumber of breast cancer tests using OSNA method

143.0billions yen
Sales in emerging and developing markets

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The recent advent of innovative medical care modalities andinnovative technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) andthe Internet of Things (IoT), has brought about advances indigital medicine; for example, digitalized medical information
for monitoring patient medication and treatment based on
individual pathologies, and treatment apps that have obtained
regulatory approval. Various data analyses related to medicalcare, and digital transformation utilizing their results, areintimately connected with personalized medicine providing
optimal medical care for each patient. The overall informationof patients is managed in the process (patient journey) which
begins when they are still healthy and includes information
regarding testing and diagnosis after disease onset, treatment,
measures to prevent recurrence and exacerbation, andterminal care. It enables medical professionals to provide thebest support at each stage during the process and opens up
new possibilities for medical care.
Sysmex Corporation is collaborating with OPTiM Corporation, acompany with strengths in AI and IoT, to accelerate thecommercialization of digital medicine that supports next
generation medical care and diagnostic systems. In June 2020,
we established DʼPULA Medical Solutions Corporation as a
joint venture. This company aims to develop and operate a
medical AI/IoT platform for seamlessly connecting previously
segmented medical information as well as digital medical
solutions based on scientific evidence. The Medical AI/IoT
platform forming the core is an open platform under which AI isused to analyze information obtained from medical instruments
connected to the network. It facilitates collaboration among
various venders and user companies, as well as thedevelopment and installation of treatment applications.
Leveraging synergies with OPTiM, Sysmex will continue tocontribute to advances in healthcare and the realization ofhealthy lives for people through the development andcommercialization of medical IT solutions and platforms
utilizing advanced AI and IoT technologies.

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Optimaltreatment
plan

Various individual timeseries data

Rehabilitation center

Examinations

Home monitoring forpreventing recurrence
and exacerbation

More personalized
rehabilitation plan

Application of AI Technology in
Medical TestingWith the aim of further improving clinical testing, Sysmex has
been proactively acquiring technologies for the analysis ofcells, genes, and proteins with high accuracy and sensitivity. A
cell analysis platform is already incorporated in various Sysmex
products. However, we are continuing our efforts to develop
cytotaxonomic analysis technology to provide more accurate
analysis using various information obtained from cells, such asfunctions and reactivity, in addition to the rapid cell analysis
that was previously available.

In May 2021, Sysmex Corporation and ThinkCyte, Inc.
concluded joint development and capital tie-up agreements inorder to proceed with the full-scale development of AI-based
cell analysis technology. Both companies are working on thepractical application (including for research) of cytometric
instruments and clinical test methods utilizing Ghost
Cytometry technology in the in vitro diagnostics area.
ThinkCyte, a venture company, possesses Ghost Cytometry
technology that enables cytomorphologic information to beobtained simply and rapidly. This technology provides a muchgreater quantity of information than conventional testing using
flow cytometry,1 allowing more precise cytomorphologic
information to be obtained. In addition to the number andmorphology of cells, if Ghost Cytometry technology can be used
to analyze the detailed characteristics and functions of each cell,
it will be extremely effective in determining pathologicalstatuses from blood and other samples. It is therefore expected
to contribute not only to improving accuracy in generaldiagnosis, but also in personalized medicine.2
Sysmex and ThinkCyte will integrate Sysmexʼs wide knowledge
and expertise in in vitro diagnostics with ThinkCyteʼs highly
innovative Ghost Cytometry technology to develop new
cytometric technologies and testing methods, with the aim ofcontributing to the advancement and evolution of global
healthcare.
1 Flow cytometry: A technology in which cells or fine particles are passed
through an instrument, allowing individual cells or particles to beanalyzed optically.
2 Medical care in which the optimal treatment method is selected for eachpatient according to their individual characteristics based on data fromgenetic testing or other examinations. Personalized medicine represents
an advance in conventional treatment, in which treatment for eachdisease is uniform and predetermined.

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Society

Initiatives for Alzheimerʼs Disease
Globally, the number of dementia patients exceeded 50 million
in 2019 and is predicted to reach 152 million by 2050.*
Alzheimerʼs disease accounts for 60% of dementia cases. Its
onset is thought to be triggered by an accumulation of plaqueconsisting of a protein called amyloid-beta (Aβ) in the brain
before cognitive impairment appears. Therefore, early
diagnosis and interventions are considered to enhance
effectiveness of treatment targeting Aβ. However, at present,
imaging of the brain (PET imaging) and cerebrospinal fluid
testing to identify accumulation of Aβ are expensive andinstitutions offering these procedures are limited. There is also
a significant physical burden on patients.
Sysmex has been engaged in the development of aneasy-to-use technology to identify the accumulation of Aβ in
the brain to help solve these issues. In February 2016, Sysmex
and Eisai Co., Ltd. entered into a comprehensive, non-exclusive
collaboration agreement for the creation of new diagnostic
reagents in the field of dementia. By utilizing each otherʼstechnologies and knowledge, Sysmex and Eisai have been
engaged in the development of next-generation diagnostic
reagents that will enable the early diagnosis of dementia, theselection of treatment options, and the monitoring oftreatment effects.

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We are conducting product development toward practical use
on diagnostic reagents that aid determination of Aβ
accumulation in the brain by measuring Aβ levels in the blood.
These reagents will be used with our automated immunoassay
systems based on the chemiluminescence enzyme
immunoassay (CLEIA) principle.
Going forward, we will continue to create new diagnostic
technologies for the prevention and treatment of dementia,
aiming to contribute to improving the quality of life (QOL) of
patients and their families.

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Shigeki Iwanaga, Vice President of Central ResearchLaboratories* World Alzheimer Report 2018

Up until now, it has been very difficult to collect brain
information with blood tests, but if we can establish
this technology to measure Aβ in blood, it would be
regarded as a milestone in the accurate measurementof brain information with blood tests. My dream forthe next 10 to 20 years is to come up with new testingand diagnostic techniques that can help not only
patients with known conditions, but also those
suffering from diseases of unknown etiology.
Please click here for details:▶ Contributing to the Early Detection and Treatmentof Alzheimerʼs Disease

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Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare: Approaches to Global Health and Universal Health Coverage

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and Services
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Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
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Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

At present, there are many issues affecting peopleʼs health ona global level. In addressing these, international cooperation isrequired. Many issues stem from underdeveloped healthcare
environments and systems which, by making it difficult toreceive proper healthcare, threaten peopleʼs health in many
parts of the world.
Sysmex strives to solve global health issues in testing anddiagnosis, our main area of business. One of Sysmexʼs
responsibilities as a global company is to help improve accessto proper healthcare so that as many people as possible canbenefit from it. We will contribute to achieving universal healthcoverage (UHC)* by making high quality testing widely
available in emerging and developing countries.
* UHC means providing all people access to affordable, proper services forhealth improvement, prevention, treatment of diseases, and recovery offunction.

Contribution to Malaria Elimination
Transmitted by mosquitoes, malaria is one of three major
infectious diseases defined by the World Health Organization(WHO), and is prevalent mainly in tropical and subtropicalregions. As blood samples are used in testing for malaria,
applying technology accumulated in the hematology area,
Sysmex developed an automated hematology analyzer tosupport standardization and optimization of malaria testing.
Malaria is a disease in which the number of deaths can be
reduced through early detection and treatment. By providing
an instrument for use in clinical settings that can swiftly andconveniently produce useful results for diagnosis, Sysmex iscontributing to the elimination of malaria.

Innovation in Testing for Malaria
The current mainstream method of testing for malaria uses a
rapid diagnostic kit or a microscope. But both options pose
problems such as the time required, ranging from 15 to 30
minutes, including pretreatment, and requiring skilled
techniques in microscopic testing. In contrast, our hematology
analyzer identifies red blood cells infected with the malaria
parasite and determines the percentage of infected cells
without pretreatment, automatically performing bothprocesses in about one minute1 with a high degree of
accuracy.2 In addition, since our hematology analyzer
calculates eight CBC parameters3 that are measured in normal
hematology testing at the same time, it can provide clinicianswith data on other aspects such as anemia and nutrition
status, in addition to detecting malaria. Through the use of thistechnology and product, Sysmex is supporting clinical settingsin areas where malaria is endemic.
Sysmex has been involved in the initiatives of the Malaria
Consortium, which consists of research institutes andenterprises that have been combating malaria since 2016. In
the field of testing and diagnosis, we contribute to project
activities conducted through industry-government-academia
partnerships in Asia and Africa.
1 Time from specimen setting to judgment of outcome.
2 Testing by the analyzer does not mean replacement of malaria diagnosis
by microscopic testing. Nor does it mean a diagnosis can be madethrough the outcome of analyzer testing alone. Diagnostic confirmation
is based on a doctorʼs comprehensive judgment, which includes otherclinical information.
3 Red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC), hemoglobin
volume (Hb), hematocrit value (Ht), mean corpuscular volume (MCV),
mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin
concentration (MCHC), and platelet count.

Mainstream Testing for Malaria
About 15 to 30 minutes

Microscopic testing

Rapid diagnostic kit

Testing requires skilled technicians

Easier to perform than
microscopy in testing,but results are less accurate

Testing for Malaria Using Sysmex Analyzer
About one minute・Identifying red blood cells infected withthe malaria parasite and determining
their numbers automatically and withhigh accuracy

・8 CBC parameters including RBC, WBC,Hb, and platelet count are calculated at
the same time

Supports early detection and treatment of malaria

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Stakeholderʼs Voice
Interview of a Medical Professional in Nigeria

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Contribution to Strengthening
Healthcare Systems
Emerging and developing countries need to develop theabilities of medical professionals (capacity building) to solve
health and medical issues. Sysmex continuously provides
products, services, and support to medical institutions while
increasing opportunities to provide training and scientificinformation to medical professionals. We contribute to theearly detection and treatment of diseases as well as improving
diagnoses and treatment methods, by emphasizing thesignificance and clinical value of testing and the disseminationof technology.

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Nigeria is one of the places where malaria is endemic.
With conventional microscopic testing it cansometimes take an hour to obtain an accurate result
because it is affected by many factors, including thetechnicianʼs experience and the number of processing
stages. Sysmexʼs analyzer provides results which arecomparable to those of microscopy, but in a much
shorter time. It also precisely determines the rate ofblood cells infected with the malaria parasite.
In addition, the technology can be used to differentiate
between fever due to malaria and that due to otherdiseases such as COVID-19.

Training for Medical Professionals
Sysmex has established an in-house training center called
Sysmex Academy. In addition, we provide globally unified
educational content and skill management tools through ourCaresphere™ Academy for online training, which enables us to
conduct educational programs on clinical value and training
sessions on instrument maintenance for sales distributors andmedical professionals. In Africa, we offer mentorship trainingthat we developed to ensure that laboratoriesʼ quality
management systems conform to the international standard
ISO 15189.

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Public-Private Partnership Project with JICA
Sysmex conducted the Project for the Dissemination ofAutomated Urinalysis Diagnosis Technology between August
2018 and February 2022 as part of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) Collaboration Program with thePrivate Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technology for theSocial and Economic Development of Developing Countries.
We installed a fully-automated urinalysis testing system in the
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghanaʼs national
teaching hospital, and organized seminars and symposiums,
which were attended by 860 local healthcare professionals.
This project was recognized as an effort toward the attainmentof Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Sysmex wascertified as a “JICA-SDGs Partner”.* We will remain committed
to educating local healthcare professionals on the clinicalvalue and effectiveness of automated urinalysis diagnosis
technology in our efforts toward high quality clinical testing in
Ghana and other developing countries.
* From August 2020 to February 2022

Please click here for details:▶ The 8th Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases

Conference Sysmex: “Innovation in Testing for
Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases”▶ Our Contributions to the Quality of HIV Diagnosis and Treatment▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust▶ Technical Support to Provide High-quality Test Data

Achievement presentation of
JICAʼs collaboration program

Instruments at KATH

▶ Acceptance of JICA Trainees

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PartnershipAt present, establishing medical infrastructures in response toissues at each stage of economic development is a major task
for developing countries, but their healthcare markets are
expected to see growth in the future. As accurate test results
are a starting point for proper healthcare, Sysmex has beenbuilding relationships with the health ministry and medical
institutions in each country and region, as well as creating
systems for promoting high quality testing and establishingtesting environments. We have also been making efforts tocreate new value by utilizing international cooperation andpublic-private partnership frameworks, and collaborating withother companies.

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NEC Corporation. This project is based on existing activities of
the Ajinomoto Foundation together with Ghana HealthService, which includes behavior modification for mothers andthe recommendation of nutrition supplements. By combining
high-quality testing with ICT from Japan, we aim to create asystem for improving the health and nutrition of mothers andchildren. Sysmex will be responsible for the installation ofdiagnostic instruments for malaria in medical institutions aswell as personnel development and educational activities for
medical professionals.

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1 The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
https://www.healthdata.org/ghana
2 Children under five years old are particularly vulnerable to both malaria
and malnutrition, and malaria may be more severe in malnourishedchildren.
Additionally, malaria increases the risk of poor outcomes for mothers andnewborns such as anemia and death in pregnant women, miscarriages,
stillbirths, low-birthweight infants and newborn and infant death.
Nutrition and Malaria: Integrated approach for effective case management
https://endmalaria.org/related-material/malaria-and-nutrition-thematic-brief

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Cross-Industry Collaborative Co-creation
Project: Contributing to Universal Nutrition
Health Coverage
In Ghana, malnutrition is the greatest risk factor for death anddisability, while malaria is the leading cause of death,1 and both
represent serious healthcare problems. Malnutrition inhibits
growth and delays development of the body and brain in both
fetuses and infants, and causes anemia, which increases theseverity risk for malaria. In addition, since the health ofchildren under the age of five years and pregnant women isparticularly damaged by malaria,2 an integrated approach fornutrition, anemia, and malaria is required.
Sysmex Corporation has initiated a co-creation project for
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Initiatives of Global Health Business Leader
Coalition
In April 2022, the Global Health Business Leader Coalition, agroup of volunteers consisting of executives of Japanesecompanies which aims to contribute in the global health area,*delivered a written request titled “Global Health as a New
Growth Industry for Japan: Global Development of a Virtuous
Circle for Growth and Distribution” to Japanese Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida. Hisashi Ietsugu, Chairman and CEO of Sysmex
Corporation, was one of the volunteers signing this written
request.
The written request was an appeal to the government to takevarious actions: double ODA in the global health area, position
global health as a principle growth strategy for “NewCapitalism”, and strengthen initiatives enabling Japanesecompanies to contribute in this area.
* Support and business development in healthcare on a global level,
particularly in the areas of public health and measures against infectious
diseases.

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Participating in the Global Health Innovative
Technology Fund (GHIT Fund)
Since 2015, Sysmex Corporation has participated in the Global
Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), which states
its vision for action as “one in which the crushing burden of
infectious disease no longer prevents billions of people in thedeveloping world from seeking the level of prosperity andlongevity now common in the industrialized world”. The GHIT
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shifting from its initial focus on product development toactivities to provide products to the people who need them.
We will continue to participate in the Fundʼs second-phaseefforts. By promoting initiatives aimed at developing andInitiatives for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affect over one billion
people living in poverty worldwide, mainly in tropical andsubtropical areas, and are a major cause of poverty andhealth disparity. The WHO defines 20 diseases as NTDs.
Sysmex has been investigating dengue fever, one of theNTDs, to provide more accurate information on its
pathological status. Dengue fever is caused by infection by
the dengue virus and causes thrombocytopenia. It can besevere in some patients. In collaboration with the
University of Malaya in Malaysia, Sysmex conducted
research on the immature platelet fraction (IPF) which isthought to be a useful supplemental factor in the diagnosisof thrombocytopenia, and published an article on thisissue in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases,
with a view to promoting the use of IPF in clinical practice.
At present, platelet count is used as a recovery marker for
dengue fever. However, the above research, involving 287
patients, indicated that IPF predicts recovery from dengue
fever two to three days earlier than indicated by platelet
count. This will enable more appropriate medical

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providing new reagents for infectious diseases throughJapanese technological innovation, we will contribute to theeradication of infectious diseases in developing countries.

interventions for patients and contribute to reducing
medical costs.
Sysmex has also published a scientific guide for medical
professionals entitled “Emerging and re-emerging
infectious diseases which medical professionals should
know about: Dengue Fever”, and participated in
educational campaign events for World NTD Day.
▶ Evaluation of immature platelet fraction as a marker ofdengue fever progression (ijidonline.com)

World NTD Day event(Tokyo Tower lit up)

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PolicyFramework

Quality issues and problems that threaten the reliability of products are making society
more vigilant about the quality and safety of products and services. In addition, the scopeof corporate responsibility has expanded to the entire supply chain, which includes
business partners. Furthermore, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) identify
responsibility for sustainable production and raise targets for working environments.
Sysmex conducts business in the medical sector, which plays an important role in humanlife and health. Accordingly, we are called upon to provide products and services ofincreasing quality and safety, as well as to manage our supply chain appropriately. We
believe such activities are important, as they help improve the quality of healthcare andenhance customer satisfaction, thereby building brand strength.

Sysmex offers safe products and services of high quality in accordancewith the Quality Policy of helping to create a fulfilling and healthysociety through global business activities in the healthcare domain.
We also promote CSR-oriented procurement according to our
Procurement Policy in order to achieve sustainable growth with ourbusiness partners.
▶ Click here for our policies on the responsible provision of products
and services.

Under the supervision and management of our CEO,the quality assurance department leads our quality
management efforts. We also promote supply chain
management by the production and the SCM
departments, which is managed by a senior
executive officer.

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90%

6

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Number of training sessions for suppliers

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Quality Management
Group Quality Management System
At Sysmex, under the supervision and management of theCEO, the Quality Assurance Department leads our quality
management efforts.
More specifically, we hold a quality meeting each month atwhich the managers of our Development, Production, andMarketing, and Service Departments explore what we can do
to monitor the quality, effectiveness, and safety of products
and services, along with improvement measures. We also holdQuality System Committee meetings regularly to review
quality targets, responses to inspections by regulatory bodies,and a management review of instructions for output. This ispart of our efforts to maintain the Groupʼs quality
management system and promote activities for improvement.
All our production facilities for final products* have obtained
ISO 9001 or ISO 13485 certification. Out of the 79 companies
in the Sysmex Group, 33 have been ISO 9001 certified and 21
have been ISO 13485 certified. In fiscal 2021, 11 cases ofnonconformity were identified in an internal quality audit andfive cases during an external quality audit. Remedial action is
being taken.
Since fiscal 2021, we have been making further efforts toimprove quality by setting the numbers of recalls and FDA
warning letters as indicators for monitoring progress ofsustainability targets.
* Wholly owned subsidiaries▶ Status of Sustainability Targets▶ For details, refer to ID 0910589004 on

www.tuv.com/japan/en/.
The applicable scope of activities and website vary
according to the standard.
▶ Quality Policy▶ Product Security Policy

Sustainable Improvement Programs
Compliance with Related Laws andRegulations in Each Country
Used in laboratory testing, Sysmexʼs products play a vital rolein protecting peopleʼs lives and health. Sysmex has created asystem which allows us to thoroughly comply with regulations
worldwide, including the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices
Regulation in the EU, the U.S. FDAʼs Quality System Regulationand the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of
Medical Devices in China, as well as maintaining andimproving the safety and quality of our products.
▶ Chemical Substance Management for Products

Reinforcing Structures for Maintaining and
Enhancing Quality
In the product development process leading up to market
launch, Sysmex verifies product quality by setting five “quality
gates”.1 We also conduct quality- and safety-related risk
assessments during the design and development phases of anew product, as well as when changes are made to the designof an existing product. If any high-risk event is noted, we act toeliminate it. Also, when marketing products that are
manufactured by other companies, we verify their quality byconducting audits of the manufacturers and meticulously

inspecting their products. In addition to these eﬀorts, in theunlikely event of a product defect, we have systems in place toquickly identify and respond to any problems.
At factory sites, each month we monitor manufacturing
processes and the status of supplier conformity. We stipulate
appropriate quality improvements for suppliers with highnonconformity rates, and we have a system to ensure quality
through regular quality audits. In addition, our global quality
complaint processing system allows us to gather quality
information in a timely manner from markets around theworld. When we receive information about a problem or
malfunction, we immediately investigate the cause and cease
distribution of the product in question. If we need to take any
corrective or preventive actions regarding a problem or
malfunction, we promptly plan these actions in accordancewith the Groupʼs regulations, carry out the plan, and later
verify the validity and effectiveness of the actions taken.
In 2021, in order to ensure the quality and traceability of our
products, we started to utilize the Global Positioning System(GPS) and temperature data loggers2 for the transportation ofsome reagents used in genetic testing. In the future, we willsequentially expand the use of these methods to diagnostic
reagents that require high-quality assurance.
1 Product design assessment, process design assessment, evaluation by
product quality control department, quality management system (QMS)
checks during manufacturing process, and inspections for mass produced
items
2 Measurement device equipped with a thermometer and a data logger▶ Product Quality and Vigilance Control System▶ Project for Promoting Digitalization: Product Quality

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust

Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Society

Providing High Quality Products andServices through Third-Party Certification
To enhance credibility, we are strengthening our quality
assurance system regarding product inspection results.
Sysmex International Reagents is ISO Guide 34 (now ISO
17034) certified. This international standard relates to thecompetence of reference material producers. This was the firstsuch certification granted in the hematology field in Japan. It
recognizes a manufacturerʼs competence to provide referencematerials of proper quality. This certification strengthens ourcredibility concerning the quality of data of our products andservices, enabling our customers in global clinical laboratories
to verify their own competence to provide proper test data.

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

than 190 countries and regions around the world, we conduct
training on the regulatory systems of individual countries forengineers in development departments, ensuring that wedevelop products in accordance with applicable laws andregulations.

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

receives from outside the Company, as well as to investigate
and analyze the information it receives; to share thisinformation with the Design, Manufacturing, and otherdivisions; and to improve quality. In addition, we have put inplace a structure for incorporating this information in the next
generation of products.

Quality and Safety Information
Sharing Customer Feedback within the Group

Product Recall and Repair Information
Posted on Our Website

Sysmex established the Post-marketing Quality Assurance
Department, which controls information regarding the quality
and safety of our products. Its function is to field inquiries it

Sysmex posts information about product recalls and repairs on
its website under “Important Product Notices”.

Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management

Employee Training

Human Resource Development Programs

Focusing on Specialized Quality and Safety
Training

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

In addition to Quality Policy training, Sysmex provides regularquality management training for related departments, andspecialized training on laws and regulations for employees in
specific departments or job categories. In fiscal 2021, we
provided quality training to a total of about 3,100 employees
across Japan in the Group companiesʼ various development,
production, and marketing and service departments, as well as
in ISO-certified business offices. We also held quality training
at all production facilities for final products and ISO-certified
business offices managed by our Group companies overseas.
As a company that provides products and services in more

Product Quality and Vigilance Control System
Patients

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devises Agency

Efficacy/Safety Information

Proper Testing/Diagnosis
Direct Reporting

Medical Technologists and Other Clinical Professionals
Gathering of
Efficacy/Safety
Information

Provision of
Medical Information
Gathering of
Efficacy/Safety Information

Sales Reps

Instructions/Guidance
Information Provision,
Response

Customer
Support Center

ReportingInformation Sharing, Cooperation

Information Provision
Transmission
Gathering

Vigilance
Division

Information Sharing,
Cooperation

Subsidiaries andAffiliates Outside of Japan・Literature Both from

Provision of Medical Information
Gathering of Efficacy/Safety Information

Partners Both inJapan and Abroad

Japan and Abroad

Gathering・Academic Information
・Research Information
・Information on New Development

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust

Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Society

Working Aggressively to Stamp Out
Counterfeit Reagents
To assure accurate testing results, Sysmex asks its customers
to use Sysmex-branded instruments and reagents together. In
recent years, however, counterfeit Sysmex reagents have beenfound in circulation in some areas. The use of such reagentsendangers the reliability of testing results and, in some cases,
can be harmful to patientsʼ health. For this reason, Sysmex
continuously monitors markets for counterfeit reagents. Whenthey are discovered, we work with local government
institutions and judicial bodies to ensure the swift andthorough enforcement of our intellectual property rights. We
also caution medical institutions against the use of counterfeit
reagents by placing advertisements in newspapers.
▶ Intellectual Property-related Activities to Protect Business

Models (Japanese)

Enhancing Customer Satisfaction
Conducting Customer Satisfaction Surveys inJapan and Overseas
Sysmex conducts customer satisfaction surveys in various
countries and regions, including China and Japan as well as
major countries in the Americas, EMEA,* and the Asia Pacificregion. These surveys use indices customized for each country
and region in accordance with the products and services
oﬀered in them.
Sysmex America has received the Best Customer Satisfaction
award for 15 consecutive years, as well as the Best System
Performance and the Best Service awards in the hematology
system manufacturer category, in the IMV ServiceTrak Awards
organized by IMV, a specialist provider of market research toEnvironment

Governance

External Evaluation

the medical imaging processing and the laboratory diagnostic
industry.
Sysmex Shanghai won several awards for excellence at the
Chinese Medical Device Industry Conference in July 2022 inrecognition of superior product quality and after-sales service.

* EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa▶ Performance Data for the Results of Our Customer

Satisfaction Surveys

Efforts to Incorporate Customer Feedback in
Our Products and Services

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Providing Highly Satisfying User Training
Sysmex provides training on instrument operation andmaintenance for customers in each region as part of customer
support. In response to the “new normal”, we have provided an
online training system in each global region, whereparticipation in training can be live-streamed and on an
on-demand basis.
Sysmex America has set up the Center for Learning, an online
training system, which has received several awards for highcustomer satisfaction, including silver awards in the Brandon
Hall Groupʼs Excellence in Technology Awards consecutively
since fiscal 2020. Sysmex Europe has set up the Sysmex
Academy Online, which received a bronze award in the Best
Customer Training Program category in the Brandon HallGroup awards. In addition, thesetraining programs will be integrated
into a branded program called
Caresphere™ Academy, which will be
provided as a unified global program.

Requests and comments from customers are gathered by the
Voice of the Customer (VOC) Group. After analyzing thisinformation from various perspectives, the results are provided
as feedback to related divisions so they can be utilized in new
product development and operational improvements. In fiscal
2021, we gathered some 14,000 customersʼ feedback in theJapanese market. We have received a positive response to
instruments with new functions and equipment that we haveadded as a result of customer input, which is indicated by the
VOC mark in our product catalog.
Voice of Customer = お客様からのご意見・ご要望を製品開発に活Virtual training via the Center for Learning

かす取り組み。

日本国内で主要な機器・試薬の、研究開発から製造、販売、サービス＆サポートまでを一貫して提供するシスメックスならではの取り組みです。

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Disseminating Useful Information
Project for Promoting Digitalization:
Product Quality Improvement Activities
Based on Reforming Services and Support
Sysmex supplies its products in over 190 countries andregions around the world. However, in the past it has beendifficult to obtain accurate information on instrument
failure and service statuses. To address this issue, in 2019
the people involved in services and support at eachregional headquarters came together and started a projectfor restructuring services and support.

Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Global data accumulation

In this project, we began accumulating global data on
instrument failure and service status through the use ofcommon global codes created for service- andsupport-related information in each region. At the sametime, a team of experts was formed to monitor the data,
which led to speeding up quality improvement processes
for our products and services. We believe that proactive
detection of instrument defects through these activities
will reduce instrument failure rates, leading to greater
customer satisfaction.

Visualization

Sysmex disseminates information that is useful for its
customers in the Support Information section of its website.
Up-to-date information is distributed using an email
subscription service. We also oﬀer a “Personal Page” function
for managing content and viewing history. In these ways, weare continuously enhancing functionality to facilitate customer
satisfaction.

Improvement of productquality and services

Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management

Service- and Support-related
information

Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

Dashboard

Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

Japan

Americas

EMEA

China

AP

・Service CAPA* Committee
・Quality Committee* Corrective actions, preventive actions

Support Information website

Corporate Citizenship Activities

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust

Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Society

Responding to Inquiries Rapidly andResponsibly
The Sysmex Group has established regional customer support
centers to reply quickly and carefully to inquiries, as well as torespond promptly to customer requests.
In Japan, Sysmex Corporation has established a Customer
Support Center, where experienced staﬀ members with expert
knowledge respond to customer inquiries 24 hours a day, 365
days a year (separate agreement required for use). By creating
a database containing maintenance histories and the details of
past inquiries from customers for quick reference, the center
responds to inquiries and requests rapidly and carefully.
Responding to Inquiries at the Customer Support Center
Other

8.9％

Complaints

0.1％

Inquiries regarding data

3.3％

Inquiries regarding
operating procedures
Inquiries regarding
quality control

3.3％
3.9％

Inquiries regarding products

4.7％

Repairs and maintenance

75.7％

Total inquiries
received infiscal 2021:
80,365

Scientific Activities
Sysmex holds scientific seminars to impart the latest
information about clinical testing in various countries andregions across the world. In Asia, we work with government

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

agencies including countriesʼ health ministries and major
academic societies in order to conduct scientific activities
designed to help improve the quality of clinical testing.

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Activities for Patients and the General Public

Holding Scientific Seminars for Medical
Professionals
Sysmex has held an annual Scientific Seminar since 1978, to
discuss topics selected from a range of medical research areasand provide opportunities to share the latest information andknowledge gained. In 2021, a Sysmex Scientific Seminar on thetheme of microorganisms and medical treatment/healthcare
was held online, with around 1,800 people attending
worldwide. In 2022, a seminar on the theme of hematologic
diseases was held in hybrid form, with both online and onsite
participation, and around 3,500 people attended. In addition,
we have conducted participant surveys in each country inorder to determine medical issues and interests specific tocountries and regions. This information
is utilized to decide on themes of futureseminars or for Group initiatives.
We have held many other seminars
globally, with total participation ataround 60,000. Through these
initiatives, we aim to build trust-based
relationships with medical
professionals and help improve thequality of medical care.
Sysmex Scientific Seminar

In fiscal 2021, Sysmex set up an online scientific information
website titled “Medical meets Technology” to provide
information on the varied roles of technology in healthcarefrom a scientific viewpoint, in an easy-to-understand format.
In addition, from the viewpoint of informed consent, productinformation for the NCC Oncopanel, a testing system forcancer genome profiling, has been revised with easier tounderstand explanations for patients and their families. This
information was previously only available to medical
professionals.
In response to issues related toantimicrobial resistance (AMR),
we are conducting a variety of
initiatives, which include theglobal implementation of“#AMRfighter”, anawareness-raising activity, andwidely distributing a scientificbooklet titled “Proper Use of
Antibiotics”, directed at patientsand the general public.
Scientific information website▶ Medical meets Technology (Japanese)▶ Things You Should Know about Testing Using NCC

Oncopanel System (Japanese)▶ What Is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)?

2022▶ Scientific Support Activities to Standardize and Raise theQuality of Clinical Testing
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Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Materiality

Responsible Provision of Products and Services

Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Supply Chain Management
Stable Supply of Products
In Japan, Sysmex has developed an efficient production system
for instruments by utilizing ICT to overcome global costcompetition and ensure high quality for our products. The
production of reagents, which are essential for daily testing
carried out by medical institutions, has been expanded
globally.
In order to ensure a stable supply of our products, we procure
key raw materials from multiple sources and select production
locations in accordance with the concept of “local production
for local consumption”, thereby dispersing risks. In addition, forcases of emergency, we have created mutual supply systems
among factories and secured alternative transportation routes.
In fiscal 2021, we were affected in various ways by COVID-19,
when cases started to increase again. In a tight supply
situation for various raw materials, we obtained thecooperation of the suppliers in prioritizing materials forhealthcare products. As a result, we could secure the purchaseamounts of materials and increase inventories, enabling us tomaintain a stable supply of products. We also managed tomaintain stable supplies during the prolonged disruption of
global distribution, through the use of new sea routes andother measures.
▶ Establishment of Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Procurement Region Analysis (Fiscal 2021)
Americas

1％

China

3％

AP

6％

Japan

90％
Instruments1(monetary value)

AP

3％

China

9％

Americas

12％

EMEA3

17％

Japan

59％

Reagents2(monetary value)

Conducting CSR Surveys
Sysmex conducts CSR surveys of its business partners. For
surveys of existing business partners, we use the
CSR/Sustainable Procurement Self-Assessment Tool Set
developed by Global Compact Network Japan, which covers awide range of issues such as human rights, labor practices,
corruption, and the environment. We elect not to conductbusiness with new partners who have inadequate CSR
initiatives. In addition to CSR surveys, we hold management
interviews with new business partners. We undertake the same
sort of initiatives for overseas partners. In particular, personnel
in charge of procurement make local visits to determine thestatus of child labor and workplace environment in order toconfirm that no problems exist.
Each Group company also conducts regular surveys of its
business partners. Sysmex Europe conducts CSR surveys of all
new business partners regarding such aspects as human rights
and green procurement. Jinan Sysmex also holds quarterly
meetings with its business partners to conduct risk
assessments, in addition to carrying out environmental andoccupational safety and health surveys.

1 Analysis of procurement regions for parts
2 Regional analysis of Group companies that purchase raw materials(excluding purchased products)
3 Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust

Society

Fiscal 2021 Results
The response rate for surveys of primary raw material suppliers
conducted in fiscal 2021 was 90%, maintaining the previous
fiscal yearʼs high response. Based on the results of the CSR
surveys in fiscal 2020, we identified items with low scores orhigh risks and followed up with our business partners withsuggestions for improvement. In addition, we ascertained the
management status of secondary suppliers with 13 of ourprimary suppliers, and conducted CSR surveys of 40 secondary
suppliers jointly with two of these primary suppliers.
CSR Survey Response Rate (Fiscal 2021)▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs

90%

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities▶ CSR/Sustainable Procurement Self-Assessment Tool Set

A common CSR survey form created by Global Compact
Network Japan (Japanese)▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Improving the Quality of Supplied Parts and
Raw Materials

Conducting Internal Awareness Activities to
Ensure Compliance with Legislation

Sysmex provides a quality assurance agreement that clearlystates our requirements for the quality of goods, andconcludes agreements with business partners after confirming
their understanding of our procurement policy. We perform
quality assessments of supplied goods and audits of business
partners regularly to ensure that proper quality control is being
carried out.

Sysmex uses an electronic procurement system to prevent
undue reduction in payments and return of products. In
addition, all members of the procurement department undergo
training on the Subcontract Act. For people newly assigned tothis department, we also provide training on our procurement
policy, CSR, green procurement, and procurement risks.
▶ Procurement Policy

Relations in the Supply Chain▶ Green Procurement Standards▶ Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy

At Sysmex, we strive to strengthen our relationships withtrading partners so we can conduct business together basedon their understanding of our business and procurement
policies.
In fiscal 2021, we held BCP training for business partners in theevent of a Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake, as well as
explanatory meetings on sustainability, including SDGs andenvironmental issues. In total, around 250 partner companies
participated in these activities.
We also hold regular meetings with overseas business partners
to strengthen collaboration. Sysmex Malaysia holds monthly
meetings with local distributors to discuss the needs andissues of customers, with the aim of improving product quality
and customer satisfaction.

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SOCIETY

Realization of an Attractive Workplace

Why It is Important

PolicyFramework

In recent years, the external environment has changed
drastically due to the globalization of economic activities, theprogress of digitalization, and a shrinking working population.
Even in the healthcare market, competition is intensifying withnew players, such as new entrants to the market from outside
the industry. To strengthen its external competitiveness, Sysmex
believes that acquiring and developing high-level, specialized
personnel and next-generation leaders, as well as continuing toprovide an attractive workplace, are important challenges.

The Core Behaviors of the Sysmex Way promises employees that Sysmex “honors
diversity, respects the individuality of each employee, and provides them with aworkplace where they can realize their full potential.
We value the spirit of independence and challenge, provide employees with opportunities
for self-fulfillment and growth, and reward them for their accomplishments”. Based on
this, we have in place a human resource development system that develops capabilities inan ongoing and systematic manner. We promote diversity and inclusion, and we haveintroduced various systems in an effort to create a corporate culture that provides diverse
employees with a sense of unity globally and the ability to maximize their skills.
▶ Policies for the realization of an attractive workplace

Sysmex has established diversity promotion and humanresources development functions in the Human
Resources Division under the supervision of a senior
executive officer and senior managing director toprovide an attractive workplace.

Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management▶ Realization of an Attractive Workplace

Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Targets(fiscal 2023)

75%

0.58

0.02

17.0%

Engagement score

Lost-time injuries frequency rate

Lost work day rate

Female managers ratio

40.0

hours
Training time per employee

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Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Materiality

Human Capital: Realization of an Attractive Workplace

Human Resource Management

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace▶ Human Resource Management

Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Reforming Human Resource
Management

Human Resource-related Initiatives toEnhance Competitiveness

Human Resource Strategy

Sysmex attracts people with a strong desire to contribute tosolving medical issues.

Sysmex strives to create a corporate culture that enables
diverse individuals to feel a sense of unity and security infulfilling their potential.
In order to support our businesses spanning over 190 countries
and regions, we recruit diverse individuals who are highly
familiar with each market. Our employees vary greatly inculture, beliefs, values, and previous work experience, and we
make continuous efforts to provide a work environment inwhich employees respect each other and demonstrate theirabilities to the full. We have set “Encourage entrenchment of
the globally consistent job-based human resource
management system” as a key action in our mid-term
management plan to promote the transition to a globallyunified human resource management system.
We strengthen corporate competitiveness by having all our
employees demonstrate their individual abilities to achieve
high productivity and good results. This also allows us tocreate solutions to medical issues through our businessactivities.

Our employees have a strong sense of commitment and a wide
range of backgrounds. They are an important management
resource for supporting sustainable growth, and are one of ourstrengths.

Developmentof HumanResources
・Professional personnel
・Investment in humanresource development

Diversity
・Overseas

Personnel
system・Job-based

personnel system

・Rank/evaluation/

remuneration
systememployees ratio
・Female managers
ratio・Mid-career
recruitment rate

Workplaceenvironment
・Comfortableworkplaces

Digitalization

Supporting diverse
individuals indemonstrating
their abilities

・Visualization of・Engagement

talentinformation
・Onlinerecruitment/
training
・Job matchingCompetitivenessenhancement

Solutions for
medical issues

・Occupational

health and safety

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace▶ Human Resource Management

Human Resource Development ProgramsSociety

Diversity and Inclusion
Sysmex has progressed to practicing “diversity and inclusion”
which creates an inclusive working environment that issuitable for a wide variety of people.
We have a policy of employing people based on personality
regardless of nationality, race, gender, age, employment
histories, or presence of disabilities, and set sustainability
targets for female manager ratio and percentage of employeeswith disabilities. By doing this, we promote the recruitment ofdiverse individuals and their personal development as well as
improvement of workplace environments. Additionally, we areproactive in making efforts to understand and accommodate
sexual minorities, examples of which are the introduction of apartnership registration system and participation in Tokyo
Rainbow Pride 2022, the biggest LGBTQ event in Japan.
Overseas Employee Ratio

Rate of Mid-Career Hires inManagerial Positions1

60.4%

40%

Female Managers Ratio

Percentage of
Employees with Disabilities2

17.3%

2.31%

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table▶ Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

Development of Human Resources

Personnel System

Sysmex has implemented various measures, including thecreation of a sense of unity and developing next generation
leaders, based on our Group-wide Global Human Resource
Development System.
We provide our employees with opportunities to improve theircareer prospects; for instance, training to develop selected
personnel as global leaders and an apprentice system whichallows employees to work in their desired positions for a
specified period. We also hold a Sysmex Innovation Forumannually to present research results and research initiatives,with the aim of enhancing the skills and motivation of
personnel working in research and development. In addition,
we have a system of awards for individuals, divisions, or teams
that make exceptional contributions to the Group, including
the Group CEO Award, Patent Grand Prize, and Quality Award.

In April 2020, Sysmex began addressing the “Introduction of
globally consistent personnel management system andcreation of global personnel database”, a key action in our
mid-term management plan. The aim of this is to clarify
requirements for employees by providing and disclosing job
and mission descriptions which define the duties of, and skills
necessary, for each position or team, to help employees
achieve an optimum career path that is in line with their values
and intentions.
We will also implement a grading system, evaluation system,and human resource development plan for all positions andteams in the Group according to our Group-wide HR policy, inorder to achieve consistent human resource management thatis applied to all Group companies. In addition, we will switch toa more externally competitive compensation system in orderto hire and develop talented human resources capable ofworking anywhere in the world, which will enable Sysmex toachieve sustainable growth.
▶ Global HR Policy

Sysmex Innovation Forum 2021 (presentation and discussion)▶ Human Resource Development Programs
1 Sysmex Corporation on a non-consolidated basis
2 Group companies in Japan

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace▶ Human Resource Management

Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

Society

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Workplace Environment

Promotion of Digitalization: HR DX

Eﬀorts to Enhance Employee Satisfaction

Sysmex has implemented a “smart work” system in which our
employees are able to choose the times and places of work
depending on their duties and personal lifestyles, and a
support system for balancing work and child/nursing care. In
April 2020, we drew up the “Sysmex Declaration of a Healthy
Company” and have been taking measures to ensure
occupational health and safety, as well as maintaining
employee health and support of a good work-life balance.
Our Group companies also engage in various initiatives toprovide a comfortable working environment. Sysmex Europe,
Sysmex Deutschland, Sysmex Belgium, Sysmex Nederland,
and Sysmex Turkey have all received the Great Place to Work*award for their excellent workplace environment andemployee satisfaction.

Sysmex promotes digitalization of internal business processes
to achieve optimization and efficiency across the region andfunction of the Group. We are also promoting digitalization in
many aspects of personnel management including
recruitment, human resource development, personnel systems,
and engagement surveys.
Many actions have been taken. These include holding online
internships, increasing opportunities of online training for
employees, and introducing “smart work” system, a hybrid
work style which combines onsite working (at offices, etc.) andremote working from home. We have also introduced a new
system by which career paths can be autonomously selected
for new recruits using a job-matching algorithm. By these
initiatives, we were selected as a finalist
in the “People Analytics” category of
the Digital HR Competition organizedby the People Analytics & HR
Technology Association.

Every year, Sysmex conducts an engagement survey of all
employees across the Group. Results are fed back to individual
divisions, which implement measures to enhance the level of
employee engagement, through PDCA cycles including
drafting and executing action plans for improvement, andmonitoring them.
In fiscal 2021, a pulse survey, a simple survey covering ashorter period, was introduced to allow the progress status of
measures and the opinions of employees to be incorporated
more rapidly. In addition, the results of each engagement
survey are used as engagement scores through setting
sustainability targets and we promote initiatives using them.

* Rankings of companies announced by Great Place to Work (GPTW), a
research institute that specializes in studies and analyses of corporate
employeesʼ job satisfaction. GPTW publishes in influential media thenames of companies and organizations in about 60 countries that havebeen judged to meet certain standards.

▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

Engagement Scores (Fiscal 2021)

Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities▶ Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

65%
Except EMEA** EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

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Human Capital: Realization of an Attractive Workplace

Human Resource Development Programs

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management▶ Human Resource Development Programs

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment

Global Human Resource Development
Our Approach to Human Resource
Development
Under its Group-wide global human resource development
system, Sysmex cultivates a sense of unity between businessactivities and the workplace, while developing next-generation
leaders. Efforts are also made to reinforce networks within theGroup and foster cross-cultural understanding, for which
various measures are taken.
Based on the four human resource development concepts of“Link training, evaluation, and work (produce results)”,“Promote globalization of the Sysmex Group”, “Continuous
investment in human resource development”, and “Be acompany that cultivates human resources and personal
growth”, we aim to nurture personnel in a planned and steadymanner while investing in human resources according to ourfinancial condition, in accordance with our human resource
development investment policy.
Three Core Training Systems
Training Type

Human Resource Development Programs in
the Age of the “New Normal”
Sysmex is working on the introduction of human resource
development programs suited to the “new normal” age, in
response to the need for diverse working styles amid the
COVID-19 pandemic.
To be more specific, we have developed a system for online
classes and are improving the content of programs to makethem more suitable for an online setting. Furthermore, “smart
work” system, which was introduced to facilitate diverse
working styles, encourages employees to spend 15 minutes of
their working hours per day on self-study. The total number of
persons participating in training in fiscal 2021 was about 15,000.
We have also introduced an apprentice system in which our
employees can take on new duties when there are vacant
positions, and are implementing measures to improve
employeesʼ career prospects, including support for increasing
expertise. Under the newly introduced learning management
system, supervisors monitor how their staff are doing in the
programs they are taking, give advice on career development,
and provide opportunities for dialog.

Objective

Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Selective training ・Cultivate global leaders・Cultivate future management personnel

Rank-based
training

・Deepen our employeesʼ understanding of the Groupʼs corporate philosophy and history
・Acquire an understanding of, and expertise in, management and issue resolution

required at each level
・Promote communication between departments

Elective training ・Obtain practical expertise, knowledge, and skills in business execution（Sysmex College） ・Gain business and management expertise

Digitalization Training: Data Journey
In fiscal 2021, we conducted a series of programs
under the title “Data Journey” for employees to learn
about trends and mechanism in cutting-edge
technologies and how to deal with data. Five training
sessions were conducted by external lecturers. Around
200 people participated in each one and, using thechat function, there was lively communication
between lecturers and participants.

FY2021 Results
To discover potential next-generation leaders at an early stage and prepare them for leadership, training requires
employees to accept the challenge of stretch goals (those involving formidable obstacles). Other purposes are toacquire the ability to develop a vision and formulate strategies, and improve practical skills.
Number of trainees: 25

Number of programs: 48; number of trainees: approx. 3,600
This training offers practical business courses and other programs designed to develop traineesʼ competencies,
including strategic thinking, team building, negotiation, and problem solving. The program also provides knowledge
training conducted by in-house instructors.
Number of programs: 42; number of trainees: approx. 2,000
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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace

Society

Introduction of Internal Awards Systems to
Stimulate Value Creation
Sysmex introduced the Group CEO Award system to recognize
individuals, divisions, or teams that contribute mostsignificantly to the realization of the Sysmex Way, our Group
corporate philosophy, sharing these achievements throughout
the Company. We provide awards to one individual and one
group each year.
To motivate R&D engineers and heighten awareness ofintellectual property, we have also introduced the Patent
Grand Prize/Patent Prize of Distinction, the Patent Meister,and the Filing Commemoration Prize. In addition, we present
the Quality Award for achievements in quality improvements.
Separate commendation systems have been introduced ineach global region to achieve penetration of the Sysmex Way.

Human Resource Management▶ Human Resource Development Programs

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Training for Research and Development
Personnel
Sysmex actively conducts specialized training for research anddevelopment personnel.
In fiscal 2021, in order to actively stimulate innovation, some ofour employees participated in external programs. This included
the Japan Biodesign Fellowship Program, whose objective is tocultivate individuals who can provide solutions to issues by
being involved in product development from the initial stage,
starting from the needs of clinical settings, and the Female
Participation and Advancement in Innovation Programorganized by Osaka University.
We also conducted programs for development project

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

personnel to learn international standard project management
methods, as well as voluntary cross-divisional bottom-up
activities. In these activities, which continued for six months,
R&D personnel addressed medical and technological issues
free of the confines of organizational frameworks.
▶ General Incorporated Association, Nihon Biodesign Gakkai(jamti.or.jp)

Sysmex America Training Program Receives
International Human Resource Development
AwardsSysmex America has a training program called Sysmex
University for all employees in the United States, Canada, andLatin America. It offers a number of programs related tobusiness skills, such an leadership skills, and specificprofessional skills. In fiscal 2021, Sysmex University received agold award for the excellent content and usability of its
programs in the Excellence in Learning awards organized by
Brandon Hall Group1, a global research company. This was thesecond fiscal year in a row that Sysmex University received agold award. Sysmex America also won the 2021 BEST Award
organized by the Association of Talent Development (ATD)2 in
the United States.

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1 ▶ https://www.brandonhall.com/
2 ▶ https://www.td.org/about

Sysmex EMEA* Campus
For all employees in the EMEA region, Sysmex has established
EMEA Campus, a training space offering various online andoff-line training programs. EMEA Campus plans lectures andworkshops on various themes, including general business skills
and technical skills, with the goal of developing future leaders,enhancing skills, and creating internal networks. In addition,“Ready to Lead”, a customized leadership training program forleaders, was set up in EMEA to help them master teammanagement skills. In fiscal 2021, around 50 new leadersparticipated in this training.
* EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa▶ Other Key Human Resource Development Programs

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Human Capital: Realization of an Attractive Workplace

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs▶ Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

Supporting Womenʼs Career Activities▶ Action Plan under the Act on the Promotion of Womenʼs

Supporting Diverse Human Resources in
Pursuing Careers

Sysmex Corporation works to provide a comfortable working
environment by establishing a system to support employees inpursuing their careers while raising children, among othersupportive actions. We also engage in leadership training for
women. In fiscal 2020, we launched an Action Plan based on
the Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career
Advancement in the Workplace. This Plan targets* a female
manager rate of at least 15% of all managers and less than
1,950 annual working hours by fiscal 2024.
We have set the target percentage of women managers acrossthe Group and the target rate of childcare leave taken by male
employees as sustainability targets. We are determined tocontinue actions to empower women in the workplace. Our
initiatives in fiscal 2021 included unconscious-bias training, a
training program to support career motivation, and a training
program to promote understanding of the empowerment of
women in the workplace for newly appointed managers. We
also held seminars on the theme of “working women andhealth”, conducted by health and productivity managementadvisors, and other seminars regarding the importance of men
being involved in parenting and on work-life balance
conducted by external lecturers.

▶ Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career

Sysmex considers human resources an important management
resource for achieving sustainable growth, and we have
evolved to practicing “diversity and inclusion”. This new
approach involves creating an inclusive working environmentthat is suitable for a wide variety of people.
Sysmex Corporation has a diversity promotion function thatdelivers information and engages in activities to promote anunderstanding of diversity. We also conduct an employee
opinion diversity survey to incorporate the views of personnel
into the measures we implement.
In order to support our business spanning over 190 countries
and regions, the people we require are those acquainted withthe markets in each region, not simply the Japanese market. We
employ such people based on personality regardless ofnationality, race, gender, age, employment histories, or disability.
Furthermore, we have established processes that allow us toemploy talented human resources in and outside Japan at theright time. We hire job applicants straight out of overseas
universities, and we appoint women employees and employeeswith foreign citizenship as officers on the management team.
In March 2021, Sysmex Corporation was selected as a winnerof the New Diversity Management Selection 100 by theJapanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). The
Selection honors progressive companies that engage indiversity management.
▶ New Diversity Management

Selection 100 by METI
(Japanese)▶ Recruitment Policy (Japanese)* Target: Sysmex Corporation

Eruboshi certification given to an excellent
company based on the Act on the Promotion of
Female Participation and Career Advancement in
the Workplace.
Sysmex received Level-3 certification, the highest
grade.

Active Participation (Sysmex Corporation)

Advancement in the Workplace (Ministry of Health, Labourand Welfare) (Japanese)

Understanding of Sexual and Gender
Minorities and Our Response
Sysmex has incorporated a rainbow flag in the profile imagesof the official social media account for each Sysmex Group
company to demonstrate our understanding of and support for
LGBTQ people.1
In fiscal 2020, Sysmex Corporation established a partnershipregistration system, under which partners in same-sex
relationships are recognized as spouses. We also participatedin Tokyo Rainbow Pride 2022, the biggest LGBTQ event inJapan.
We have a dedicated intranet site for sexual minorities in orderto promote a better
understanding of their situation.
During fiscal 2021, we held adiversity roundtable discussion2
on the theme of “LGBTQ+3 andGender” and distributed “Ally”
stickers for people to show theirsupport for LGBTQ people.
1 During a specified period in fiscal 2021
2 Roundtable discussions are held to exchange opinions on a wide range of
topics, including work-life balance and cross-cultural understanding, as
well as to provide opportunities for interdepartmental community
building.
3 General acronym whose letters refer to sexual minorities regarding
orientation/gender identification (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
questioning/queer; the “+” represents other diverse sexualities).

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs▶ Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Society

Supporting People with Disabilities
By creating a workplace where people with various physical,
intellectual, and psychological disabilities can work in keepingwith their abilities, we aim to foster an environment in which
everyone, regardless of disabilities, can work and growtogether enthusiastically and comfortably.
Sysmex Harmony, a special subsidiary,* provides
manufacturing support for our instruments and reagents,
including packaging for instrument accessories and parts andthe folding of reagent package inserts. This company is also
responsible for packaging PCR test kits, which saw an increasein demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sysmex Harmony
assigns its employees to work based on their individual
abilities and ensures close communication between employees
and their instructors through regular interviews. Consequently,
the company has maintained a zero-employee turnover rate
(as of March, 2022).
Sysmex Europe works with an organization that endeavors to
support the independence of people with disabilities. The
company subcontracts packaging work in the manufacturing
line of its reagent factory in Germany to such persons.

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Stakeholderʼs Voice
Chikage Shoji, Full-Time Instructor, Sysmex Harmony
I was awarded the Presidentʼs Encouragement Prize inthe painting and photography competition* held yearlyin the “Month for Supporting Employment for People
with Disabilities”. The purpose of my photograph was
to show the conscientious looks on the faces of mycolleagues while working at Sysmex Harmony. I would
like to continue supporting my colleagues in fulfilling
their individual potential, making a contribution tosociety, and achieving a sense of independence,
enjoyment and motivation through working at Sysmex
Harmony.
* Organized by the Japan Organization for Employment of theElderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers

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Seniors in the Workforce
In March 2021, Sysmex Corporation raised the retirement age
from 60 to 65,* and established a system that allows
employees nearing retirement to work shorter hours, have aside job, and/or work concurrently for a different company.
Our employees are also entitled to work as senior contract
employees until they turn 70.
We have launched a Career Development Support Program as
one of our efforts to assist senior employees in careerdevelopment. This program is designed to provide basic
knowledge and promote understanding of views needed in
career planning. It combines e-learning, group training, andindividual consultations to support participants in theirautonomous career planning and specific behavior changes.
* Each employee can choose his/her retirement age between 60 and 65.

Diversity Education* A subsidiary that has been certified by the director of a Public
Employment Security Oﬃce for special consideration in the employmentof people with disabilities. Subsidiaries with labor regulations diﬀerent
from those of the parent company can give more consideration to thework capabilities and labor conditions of people with disabilities in theirlabor regulations and workplace environment, which makes it easier toincrease employment of these workers.
Prize-winning entry “Getting Test Reagents to Hospitals”

Sysmex Corporation publishes a monthly in-house magazine
called the “Diversity Newsletter” to share information with
employees and promote their understanding of diversity
issues. In fiscal 2021, we organized roundtable discussions on
diversity and inclusion, LGBTQ+, as well as support for people
with disabilities, working women and health, and involvementof men in parenting. We also provided “unconscious bias”
training designed to help employees recognize and address
their unconscious biases, and held a seminar on universal
etiquette to learn the mindset and actions required forinteracting with people of diverse backgrounds.

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Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Accommodating Diverse Working Styles
Joint Achievement of Comfortable Working
and Productivity Enhancement
In fiscal 2021, Sysmex Corporation introduced a “smart work”
system to respect the diversity of individual employees, as wellas to respond to the new normal business environment andrealize productivity enhancement.
It adopts a hybrid workstyle combining onsite (office) andremote (from home, etc.) working. In addition, we promote
time management to realize a good work-life balance byallowing our employees to combine flextime, staggered officehours, and “stepping out from work” according to theirbusiness duties and individual lifestyles.

Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management▶ Introducing “Smart Work” System (Sustainability Topics)

Encouraging Paid Leave and Ensuring
Continuous Employment
Sysmex Corporation uses various measures to encourage
employees to take paid leave. They include introduction ofrecommended dates for paid leave and a half-day paid leavesystem. Other measures include allowances paid under the“Cafeteria Plan”* (our welfare program) to employees who takepaid leave for travel, leisure, or courses at culture centers.
In addition, we have a leave of absence and re-employment
program designed to offer a wide range of opportunities for
employees who leave our employment due to their spousesʼ
overseas assignment or for other personal reasons, so thatthey can return to work.

currently on childcare leave to keep them informed of work
issues.
Technopark, our R&D site, has an in-house daycare center
called Sysmex Kids Park. It is also available for temporary use
when employeesʼ spouses work part-time, a childʼs guardians issick, or an employee is arranging a funeral.
We have received the next-generation support certification
logo (nicknamed Kurumin*) as a “company that supports
child-rearing” from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
* Based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising
Next-Generation Children, companies that formulate business plans as
general business operators, meet the targets designated by such plans,and satisfy certain standards may receive Kurumin certification as a“company that supports child-rearing” from the Minister of Health,Labour and Welfare.

* The Cafeteria Plan provides Cafeteria Points, which entitle employees toselect and sign up for certain programs (e.g., parenting support, careassistance, health improvement, and certification) on their own. Thissystem is applied to both full-time employees and contract employees.

Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion▶ Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment

Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

Supporting a Balance between Work andChild-Rearing
Sysmex Corporation has introduced several programs toprovide family support, from pre-natal care to child-rearing.
These programs include leave for fertility treatment or
morning sickness, a spouseʼs childbirth, and nursing children.
When childcare leave expires upon an employeeʼs child turning
two years of age, employees are entitled to the reduced
working hours program and the work-from-home program,
until the child enters junior high school. To support employees
returning to work after childcare leave, we hold seminars
before their return. We also send out newsletters to employees

Sysmex Kids Park

Next-generation support
certification logo (Kurumin)

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
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Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust

Society

Encouraging Male Employees to TakeChildcare Leave
Sysmex Corporation implements measures to increase thenumber of male employees taking childcare leave. We have
distributed the booklet “Guidebook for Fathers on Childcare
Leave” and held seminars with external lecturers to explain thepresent status of childcare bymen, the importance of men
being involved in parenting,work-life balance, and theessentials of childcare, and haveheld discussions of these issues.

Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs

Stakeholderʼs Voice
Yosuke Ishii, DX Strategy
Development Division

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion▶ Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment

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Other Systems to Support Work-Life Balance

Activities at Group Companies

Supporting Nursing Care, Corporate
Citizenship Activities, and Others

Our Group companies also engage in various initiatives toprovide a comfortable working environment.
Sysmex Europe, Sysmex Deutschland, Sysmex Belgium, Sysmex
Nederland, and Sysmex Turkey received the Great Place to
Work* award for their excellent workplace environments andemployee satisfaction.

Sysmex Corporation has introduced a program that allows
employees who need to attend to family members in thehospital to take short-term nursing care leave andaccumulated paid leave for up to 40 days in half-day
increments. We also have a work-at-home system that enables
employees to care for family members who require nursing
care or other types of support. In addition, we have an income
indemnity system for employees on nursing care leave lasting
one month or longer, and a program for re-employment of
those whose careers have been interrupted by nursing care. In
order to promote our nursing care systems, we holdexplanatory sessions on nursing care every year to explain
important points when a family member requires care to hear
the experience of the people who have used them.
Volunteer leave and donor leave programs are also available assupport systems intended to make it easier for employees totake leave for particular purposes.

▶ Activities at Other Group Companies

Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety
Corporate Citizenship Activities

I took six monthʼs childcare leave for my first child andthree monthʼs childcare leave for my second. I havealso used “smart work” system to combine office work
and work-from-home to make better use of my timeafter returning from childcare leave, as my wife and I
share housework and parenting. It was very rewarding
to take childcare leave and share the hard work ofraising children in infancy with my wife.

Internal communication magazine (Sysmex Deutschland)* Rankings of companies announced by Great Place to Work (GPTW), a
research institute that specializes in studies and analyses of corporate
employeesʼ job satisfaction. GPTW publishes in influential media thenames of companies and organizations in about 60 countries that havebeen judged to meet certain standards.
Participation in corporate citizenship activity“Sysmex Forest” using volunteer leave

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Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management

Declaration of a Healthy Company

Our Efforts towards Health Enhancement

Sysmex Declaration of a Healthy Company

Efforts towards Employeesʼ HealthEnhancement

Sysmex regards the promotion of a healthy company as amanagement issue. Our goal is that our employees, who are
the foundation for the practice of the Groupʼs corporate
philosophy, will have fulfilling lives both physically andmentally. The Sysmex Declaration of a Healthy Company,
drawn up in April 2020, specifies matters of criticalimportance regarding such aspects as occupational health andsafety and mental and physical health (materiality of healthand productivity management). This has prompted Sysmex tomake continuous efforts toward employee healthenhancement, create working environments where diversity isvalued, and provide workplaces that employees feel proud of.
Materiality of Health and Productivity Management:

Human Resource Development Programs

Increase corporate value▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

Corporate Citizenship Activities

Individuals

Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment

Organization

Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion

1. Improve work engagement
2. Occupatioanl safety and health
4. Early detection
and treatment
7.

3. Mental and physical health

5. Measures against
lifestyle-relateddiseases

6. Support forwork-life balance

Deliver unique and innovative values in healthcare▶ Sysmex Declaration of a Healthy Company

Sysmex Corporation provides regular medical checkups for its
employees, together with complete physical examinations andhealth screening for female-specific cancers. If an employee
needs to receive long-term medical examinations andtreatment, we make work-at-home arrangements for themamong our efforts to help them continue to work. Moreover, in
addition to mandatory annual medical checkups, we provide
our own biannual checkups that include tests for hepatitis B
and C for employees engaging in work involving infectious
substances. This is to ensure early detection and treatment of
any illnesses.
Sysmex is registered as a partner company in the Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfareʼs “Cancer Screening Corporate
Action” and “Know about Hepatitis Project”. We have also
signed the “Agreement to Promote an Increase in the Rate ofCancer Screening” with Hyogo Prefecture. These are some of
our activities to educate employees about diseases andincrease the rate of employees taking medical checkups. As ameasure against passive smoking, Sysmex removed smoking
areas at business offices retained by its Group companies inJapan. We also provide allowances to cover stop-smoking
services and attendance at smoking-cessation seminars.*
Additionally, we conducted workplace vaccinations twice as ameasure against COVID-19.

Workplace vaccinations taking place▶ Cancer Screening Corporate Action (Japanese)▶ Know about Hepatitis Project (Japanese)* Employees can apply for allowances that cover a medical consultation ora health-related seminar from the “Cafeteria Plan” welfare program.

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Society

Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

Corporate Citizenship Activities

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
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Efforts to Ensure Employeesʼ Mental Health

Activities at Other Group Companies

Sysmex Corporation performs “Kokoro no Health Checks”
annually to confirm employeesʼ mental health and uncover any
harassment-related situations. We track results over time andstrive to make workplace improvements. We also provide
channels for health consultations with industrial physicians
and public health nurses, together with an Employee
Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, to ensure thatexternal professionals are available to our employees when
they need help. In fiscal 2021, we had industrial physicians
conduct several seminars on mental health issues during the
COVID-19 pandemic, such as anger management, to raise
employee awareness of the need for self-care.

Sysmex Group companies also engage in various initiatives topromote employee health.
Our Group company, HITADO, has created an in-house fitness
center to provide various fitness programs for all employees,
such as yoga and Pilates. It also provides COVID-19 self-tests at
any time free of charge in an in-house test center.

Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management

Environment

Efforts for Employeesʼ Active and Healthy
Lives
Sysmex Corporation has welfare facilities to encourage
employees to stay healthy - among them sports grounds andtennis courts, and a gymnasium with fitness equipment on thepremises of our Solution Center, which provides customer
services and support. We also hold events and seminars toraise employee awareness of physical health maintenance. In
addition, we have introduced the “Cafeteria Plan” welfare
program that includes programs to promote health, such assystems for assistance in using sports facilities. We also oﬀer
healthy menu options at employee cafeterias. Moreover, wehave organized initiatives such as walking events andconsultation services for specific health guidance during
working hours as collaborative health efforts with our
corporate health insurance society.

Tennis courts, gymnasium (Solution Center)

Recognition as a Company that Excels in
Health and Productivity Management
Sysmex Corporation undertakes various initiatives for healthand productivity management, and we have an establishedframework for our activities that encompasses Group
companies in Japan. These efforts have received positive
responses and in March 2022 we were recognized for the sixth
time by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a“Company that excels in health and productivity
management”.

In-house fitness center (HITADO)▶ Activities at Other Group Companies

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SOCIETY

Society

Framework and Promotion of
Occupational Health and Safety
Framework for Promoting Occupational
Health and Safety

Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management

To ensure the health and safety of its employees, Sysmex has
formulated Regulations on Safety and Health, and it strives tocreate a safe working environment. We have the Central
Health and Safety Committee for Group companies in Japan.
The Committee aims to reinforce and enhance these Group
companiesʼ occupational health and safety systems. To thisend, the Committee formulates policies and targets, ascertains
the status of occupational health at individual business sites,
and considers improvement measures. We also set targets forlost-time injury frequency rates and lost workday rates assustainability targets, and report the status to the Managing
Board semiannually.

Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

Corporate Citizenship Activities▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

Lost-Time Injuries Frequency Rate/Lost Work Day Rate
(Sysmex Corporation)
2.5
2.0

1.66

1.83

1.80

0.89

0.86

2.09

1.95

1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0

0.67

0.35
0.05
FY2017

0.49

0.06

0.08

0.06

0.05

FY2018FY2019FY2020

FY2021

Environment

GovernanceNote: Lost-time injuries frequency rate: number of employee deaths or injuries
resulting from work-related accidents per million hours actually worked
Lost work day rate: number of days absent from work due to work-related
injuries per 1,000 hours actually worked* Source: “Survey on Industrial Accidents,” Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Initiatives for Occupational Health and Safety
Health and Safety Committee meetings are held regularly ateach Sysmex business oﬃce, and preemptive measures aretaken from both short- and long-term perspectives based on
the risk management concept, which includes eliminating risks
identified through walk-around checks.
In addition, employees are given safety training on appropriate
emergency and evacuation measures to be taken in the eventof an accident or an employee suddenly falling ill, as well as on
handling potentially dangerous machinery and raw materials
and safe driving. We also hold comprehensive fire drills basedon hypothetical large-scale disaster scenarios, conduct training
on the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), andoﬀer courses to train citizen emergency medical technicians,
on a regular basis. We hold initial-response drills in the eventof a disaster, which involve quickly confirming and ensuring
employee safety and sharing information on the damage status
at business oﬃces.
The Sysmex Group as a whole holds labor compliance training
for all executives and employees to enhance their awareness oflabor law compliance.
Sysmex Brazil has acquired ISO 45001 certification, aninternational standard for Occupational Health and Safety
management systems.

Average frequency among all industrial sectors in Japan*
Lost-time injuries frequency rate

Lost work day rate

External Evaluation▶ Our Response to COVID-19 to Protect Our Employees

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Preventing Overwork
To prevent overwork, we focus on reducing long working hours,
which can impair physical and mental health. In addition tocomplying with relevant laws and regulations, we haveestablished internal standards that are more rigorous than theguidelines issued by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When employees exceed the specified limits set by internal
standards, we communicate this fact to their superiors and ask
the employees to submit a self-check form so that improvements
can be made in their work situations. They are also entitled tomeet an industrial physician when necessary. As for working
hour management, we log employeesʼ working hours with an IC
card that they use to enter and leave the office, and with thetimes at which they start and shut down their computers. Timemanagement training by external lecturers for executives, ande-learning programs for employees, are conducted to enhance
understanding of the need for improvement regarding overwork.
The average total annual working hours per person for fiscal
2021 was 2,030 hours,1 an increase of 15 hours from theprevious fiscal year. The main reasons for this increase werestaff shortages that were not resolved due to the need torespond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and initiatives intechnological innovation and business restructuring. In addition,
training time for enhancing individual skills increased with theswitch to a job-based personnel system, and the time for suchtraining could not be taken within normal working hours. Fromfiscal 2022, adding to existing measures, we will make further
efforts to reduce working hours by implementing a regularchecking system using a value-added labor productivity index.2
1 Full-time employees in Group companies in Japan
2 (Operating profit + labor cost + depreciation)/working hours

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Corporate Citizenship Activities

Corporate Citizenship Activities

SOCIETY
Resolution of Medical Issues through Products
and Services
Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation
Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare
Responsible Provision of Products and Services
Pursuit of Quality and Trust
Strengthening of Supply Chain Management
Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Development Programs
Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion
Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment
Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities

Sysmex contributes to the creation of a healthy society and theestablishment of a vibrant community through activities basedon “To Society” as defined in the Sysmex Wayʼs Core Behaviors
and our Policy on Corporate Citizenship Activities andPhilanthropy.
▶ Corporate Philosophy and Core Behaviors▶ Policy on Corporate Citizenship Activities and Philanthropy

Our Group-wide Contributions to Healthcare
When Sysmex celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2018, wecreated our global theme of “Aim for a Healthier Society”
based on our Policy on Corporate Citizenship Activities andPhilanthropy. All Group companies have since been working
together on our social contribution programs. In fiscal 2021,
we offered two Group-wide programs: the Sysmex Gives Back
Challenge from June to September, and the Sysmex Gives BackDay from October to January. As part of these programs, inaddition to blood donation and environmental activities, we
also conducted corporate citizenship activities in response to
COVID-19. A total of more than 5,900 employees worldwide
participated in our corporate citizenship activities throughthese programs. We will continue our Group-wide efforts topromote a fulfilling and healthy society.

Our Contributions to Healthcare throughBlood Donation Campaigns
Sysmex Corporation registered as a “Blood Donation Supporter
Company” in fiscal 2014 and has actively led
blood donation campaigns since.
We also conduct regular blood donation
campaigns in other parts of the world, andabout 700 employees throughout the Group
donated their blood during fiscal 2021.

Social Contribution Point Program
Sysmex has declared its support for employeesʼ volunteer
activities in our Policy on Corporate Citizenship Activities andPhilanthropy and established a volunteer leave system. It has
also introduced a program to encourage employees toparticipate in volunteer activities on their own initiative.
Under this program, employees earn points for social
contribution activities in local communities, as well as social
contribution events sponsored by the company, and we makedonations based on the number of points accumulated. In
fiscal 2021, around 900 employees of Japanese Group
companies (23% of the total) participated in this program.

Around 900 employees of Group companies
in Japan participated in the program
COVID-19 emergency donations: Donated cool boxes for
vaccines, face masks for medical professionals, etc. (UNICEF)
Support for pediatric cancer patients and their families (Japan Heart)

One of the recipients of the donations under our Social
Contribution Points Program is International Medical
Volunteers Japan Heart, an incorporated nonprofit
organization. In support of their “SmileSmilePROJECT”, ouremployees provide assistance to pediatric cancer patients andtheir families through volunteer activities. In fiscal 2021, ouremployees voluntarily participated in several events, such as
invitation events at Universal Studios Japan and KidZania
Koshien and a coffee seminar for children and parents. Our
volunteers accompanied the children and their families andtook photographs for them.
The employees of each business office planned corporate
citizenship activities, which included donating used goods andclothes to NPOs.

©UNICEF/UN0412502/Wilander
Courtesy of Japan Committee for
UNICEF

SmileSmilePROJECT (Invitation
event at KidZania Koshien)Contributing to Biodiversity Preservation
through the “Sysmex Forest”
As part of the “Enlist the Participation of All Citizens inCreating Woodland” project promoted by the Hyogo
Prefectural Government, Sysmex took responsibility for a
two-hectare portion of the 17-hectare Kawai Kaiteki Forest
near our reagent factory in the city of Ono, Hyogo Prefecture.
We dubbed this portion the “Sysmex Forest” and aim to makethis area a place of tranquility for people and wildlife, throughemployeeʼs volunteer activities including tree thinning.

Sysmex Forest (forest maintenance activities)▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities in Other Countries

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Environmental Consideration

Why It is Important

PolicyFramework

Adapting to and mitigating climate change and protecting water resources and biodiversity are major
environmental issues that need to be addressed by the entire world. In healthcare, there is increasing
concern regarding increases in medical costs and pressure on the medical infrastructure due to an
expansion of areas where tropical diseases are endemic as a result of temperature rise, or increases in
respiratory diseases are caused by air pollution.
As a company with global operations, Sysmex recognizes increasingly serious environmental issues as
having high priority. We recognize large-scale natural disasters and droughts due to climate change as
serious risks affecting the stability of product supplies. However, we also believe that approaches toenvironmental issues, such as developing environmentally friendly products and greater efficiency inproduct transportation, are opportunities for enhancing our competitive advantage in the market.

To guide Group environmental management over the long term, Sysmex has
formulated “Sysmex Eco-Vision 2025”, with goals to be achieved by fiscal
2025, in accordance with our Environmental Policy. This policy specifies that,by shaping the advancement of healthcare, our global environmental
conservation activities contribute to the creation of a fulfilling and healthsociety. The Sysmex Group has designated “Formulate a vision and roll out
measures to reinforce and implement sustainability management” as a key
action in the Group mid-term management plan to be achieved by March
2024, and has been carrying out initiatives to reduce environmental impacts.
▶ Environmental Policy

Under the supervision andmanagement of theEnvironmental Management
Officer (a senior executive
officer) appointed by the CEO,the Environmental Management
Committee leads the Groupʼsenvironmental management.

▶ Environmental Consideration

Environmental Management
Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Reduction of CO2 emissions

Reduction of water consumption

Recycling rate

Targets(fiscal 2025)-15%

When using
instruments-50%

In businessactivities-15%

When shipping-15%

When using
instruments-15%

In businessactivities

93% or higher
In business activities

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Comparison Table

Materiality

Environmental Consideration

Environmental Management

ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Consideration▶ Environmental Management

Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle

Sysmex Eco-Vision 2025
Formulating Sysmex Eco-Vision 2025
In May 2018, Sysmex formulated “Sysmex Eco-Vision 2025” inline with the established long-term management goals for theSysmex Group. This sets forth the long-term environmental
vision that Sysmex aims to attain by 2025 and requires us topromote environmental conservation more than everthroughout the product/service lifecycle and across the entire
value chain of our business activities.

Long-Term Environmental Objectives (Fiscal 2025)
Reduce CO2 emissions*
When using instruments

By 15％

In business activities

By 50％

When shipping

By 15％

Reduce water consumption*

Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Long-Term Environmental Vision
Sysmex remains committed to protecting the global
environment by setting environmental objectives for the
product/service lifecycle and the value chain of its businessactivities through the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.
1. We will reduce CO2 emissions to contribute to theprevention of climate change.
2. We will promote resource consumption reduction andresource circulation to help to enhance the sustainabilityof natural resources.
3. We will contribute to biodiversity protection under a fullawareness of the impact of our business activities on thenatural environment.

When using instruments

By 15％

In business activities

By 15％

Promote resource circulation
Increase the recycle rate
in business activities

93％

or higher

Protect biodiversity

Declaration of Achieving Carbon
Neutrality by 2040
Sysmex has set new “Carbon Neutral Targets” with theaim of achieving zero emissions of greenhouse gases inreal terms from the offices of the entire Sysmex Groupby 2040.1 We will continue to promote optimization of
our operations and energy-saving measures. At thesame time, we will implement measures to reducegreenhouse gas emissions, including a gradualswitching to renewable energy-sourced electricity at
our business offices.2
In addition, we will set targets for 2030 based on SBT(Science Based Targets),3 and engage in activities toreduce greenhouse gas emissions from supply chainsin addition to those from our business offices.
1 Applies to direct greenhouse gas emissions due to use of fuelby the company (Scope 1) and indirect greenhouse gas
emissions arising from the use of electricity and heat purchasedby the company (Scope 2)
2 Excluding small business locations such as properties rented forsales offices
3 Targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with ascientific evidence, consistent with levels set out in the Paris
Agreement. We will set targets in fiscal 2023.

Expand the line using alternatives
to animal-derived substances* The per-unit target, taking fiscal 2016 as the base year

▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

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Environmental Consideration▶ Environmental Management

Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Information Disclosure Based on TCFD

2．Strategy

In recent years, climate change has begun to pose a major risk
to financial markets. In December 2015, the Financial Stability
Board, an international organization tasked with fostering
financial system stability, established the Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). In June 2017, the
TCFD issued final recommendations for companies to follow indisclosing the impact of climate-related risks and opportunities
on their corporate finances.
In January 2021, Sysmex expressed its support for the TCFD
recommendations. We carry out information disclosure basedon the TCFD framework.

Sysmex identifies climate-related risks and opportunities using
both a 2-degree1 and a 4-degree scenario,2 and carries out
analysis and evaluation for the business of the Group overall.3
The financial effects of identified climate-related risks andopportunities have been evaluated according to their impact
on operating profit in fiscal 2030 using three grades. The
analysis showed that risks related to regulatory changes wererelatively high for the 2-degree scenario, and the impact fromphysical risks such as natural disasters was relatively high forthe 4-degree scenario, while the impact on opportunities
related to products and services was relatively high for bothscenarios.

1. Governance
Sysmex understands that global environmental issues such as
climate change require a high-priority response. We drew up
Global Environmental Management Regulations to clarify the
responsibilities and roles of each Group company. Under theoversight and management of the environmental management
officer (a senior executive officer), appointed by the CEO, we
engage in environmental management initiatives as a Group,
centered on the Environmental Management Committee. The
Committee supervises environmental activities within theGroup, among them reducing CO2 emissions, and discusses
environmental issues including climate change. The
Committee reports and makes proposals at Managing Board
meetings. We have integrated environmental objectives into
the Group Management Plan as sustainability targets, andreport to the Managing Board meetings semiannually on the
progress made.

1 IEA 2DS Scenario, IPCC-RCP2.6, etc. Scenario assuming that increase inglobal average temperature will be kept below 2 C compared topre-industrial levels by taking strict measures against climate change.
2 IPCC-RCP8.5, etc. Scenario assuming that increase in global averagetemperature will be kept below 4 C compared to pre-industrial levels by
maintaining present measures against climate change.
3 The analysis was conducted not only for the Group but for the entire
supply chain including upstream (raw materials, distribution, etc.) anddownstream (use of products, etc.)

3. Risk Management
Within the risk management system for the Group overall, we
conduct an exhaustive assessment of risks every two years,
which includes environment- and climate change-related risks,
to identify those with a significant impact on the business of
the Group. We have created a structure for devising measuresfor dealing with these risks.
In addition, the Environmental Management Committee
reviews environment-related risks and opportunities, including

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

those arising from climate change, twice a year, with theCommittee and respective departments playing leading roles
in taking necessary actions in response.
▶ Risk Management Structure

4．Metrics & Targets
Sysmex has set “Carbon Neutral Targets” with the aim ofachieving zero emissions of greenhouse gases in real terms
from the Groupʼs business locations by 2040. Our long-term
environmental vision “Sysmex Eco-Vision 2025” aims to reduce
CO2 emissions by 15% for instrument use, 50% for businessactivities, and 15% for shipping by fiscal 2025. In order toachieve these objectives, in addition to managing energy
consumption, we make various efforts at every stage of the
product lifecycle including research and development,
production, distribution, and disposal.
These efforts toward climate change have been highly
evaluated, with Sysmex received for the CDP2021 climatechange A- score.
Targets and Results
KPI
Reductionof CO2emissionsTargetResults2025
Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2023 Fiscal(Eco-Vision)

Instruments

Cut 8％Cut 22％ Cut 20％ Cut 15％

Shipping

Cut 25％

Cut 1％Cut 20％ Cut 15％

Business Activities Cut 35％ Cut 44％ Cut 40％ Cut 50％* Base year: Fiscal 2016

▶ Status of Sustainability Targets▶ Environmental Data

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Society

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Risks and Opportunities
Risks

Scenario- Product supply will become difficult as a result of theprohibition of certain substances and technologies due toregulatory changes.

Environmental Consideration▶ Environmental Management

Environment

Transition
Risks

Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces
Physical
Risks

Financial effect
2C 4C
H

L

- Transition to materials and technologies with low
environmental impact, including a reduction in the use ofplastics, will add to R&D costs and CapEx.

M

L- Energy and raw material costs will increase.

ML- Changes in customersʼ environmental awareness will lead to
criticism of the environmental impact of our products andreduce demand.

LL- Large natural disasters will make it difficult to provide a stablesupply of products and services.

M

H- Regional shortages of water due to drought will disrupt thestable supply of products.

L

M

Opportunities

Scenario

Financial effect
2C 4C

Approach- RA/QA divisions have been established at each regional
headquarters, and dedicated staff respond to the laws andregulations of each country.

Takashi Ono, Environmental Management Officer- Product and technology development is being pursued basedon hospital laboratory requirements as well as market andindustry trends.
- Energy saving measures and greater efficiency of equipment
have been introduced.
- We have introduced renewable energy.
- We have established a system that utilizes customer feedback
for product development and quality improvement (VOC:
Voice of the Customer).
- We have formulated a business continuity plan (BCP) to
disperse risks such as those associated with raw material
supply, supply systems, and transportation routes.
- We are reducing the risk by periodically monitoringwater-related risks and establishing BCPs.

Approach

Resource
Efficiency- Optimization of use of transportation methods andoperations using IoT.
- Review of packaging and product design will lower raw
materials costs and waste.

M

L- Review processes and systems in response to diversification oflogistics and promote CO2 reduction through remote services.
- We will save resources by reviewing material and packaging
options.

EnergySource- Reduction of energy costs through energy saving and shifting
to low-carbon energy, which will improve social evaluation.

M

L- Energy saving measures and greater efficiency of equipment
have been introduced.
- We have introduced renewable energy.

Products
and Services- Changes in customersʼ environmental awareness will promote
the purchasing of environmentally friendly products.
- There will be creation of new testing opportunities andexpansion of demand due to long-term disease-trend changes.

M

M- We continue to promote environmentally friendly productdevelopment.
- We undertake new product development, such as products
contributing to the eradication of malaria and other infectious
diseases.

Markets- Our initiatives for climate change and disclosures will earn us
a greater reputation and higher expectations in financial
markets.

M

L- We support the TCFD and disclose environmental data via theSysmex Sustainability Data Book and other means.

Resilience- A stable supply of products and services in the event of anatural disaster improves customer trust.

M- We implement a global supply system and backup systemthrough multiple raw material procurement measures.

L

Environmental Initiatives to Realize a
Sustainable SocietyIʼm of the opinion that environmental initiatives are
sources of innovation for businesses. If each businessstarts to think more flexibly, firmly determined tochange the approaches they have been taking, I expect
new technologies to develop one after another, which
will drastically alter the ways we do business or
manage companies, eventually changing the shape ofcountries and the world as a whole. After all, we all live
under the same sky. I will be delighted if we can help toshape a future where businesses network with eachother beyond organizational boundaries and join handsin creating a sustainable society.
Please click here for details:▶ Environmental Initiatives to Realize a Sustainable

Society* H: High, M: Middle, L: Low

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Environmental Management System

Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Governance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Americas

Sysmex America,
Sysmex Reagents America,
Sysmex Brazil

EMEA

Sysmex Europe, Sysmex Deutschland,
Sysmex France, Sysmex Espana,
Sysmex UK, Sysmex Belgium,
Sysmex Nederland, Sysmex Hungaria

Environmental Education

Company▶ "1. Governance" of Information Disclosure Based on TCFD

Japan

Sysmex Corporation, Sysmex International
Reagents, Sysmex Medica, Sysmex RA

Sysmex is working toward the acquisition of ISO 14001, theinternational standard for environmental management
systems, by the Groupʼs principal aﬃliated companies.
As of March 31, 2022, 21 Group companies had acquired ISO
14001 certification, and these companies account for 70% of
the net sales of the Group.
By centralizing the environmental activities of certain Group
companies, we are working to ascertain the state of progresson activities and issues as well as reinforcing management
activities, and four companies (Sysmex Corporation, Sysmex
International Reagents, Sysmex RA, and Sysmex Medica),
accounting for nine locations, have obtained integrated
certification. As a result, we are now able to systematicallyshare information related to environmental management.

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

In line with environmental management system requirements,
we perform regular internal and external environmental audits
at locations that have obtained ISO 14001 certification. In
fiscal 2021, neither internal nor external environmental audits
at our domestic Group locations (for which certification has
been integrated) revealed any cases of nonconformity.

RegionPromoting the Acquisition of ISO 14001
Certification

External Evaluation

Conducting Environmental Auditing

Status of ISO 14001 Certification

Group Environmental Management System

Environmental Consideration▶ Environmental Management

Environment

*

China

Sysmex Wuxi, Jinan Sysmex

AP

Sysmex Asia Pacific,
Sysmex India,
Sysmex New Zealand,
Sysmex Australia* EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa▶ For details, refer to ID 0910589004 on

www.tuv.com/japan/en/.
The applicable scope of activities and website vary
according to the standard.

Conducting Environmental Education andTraining
Sysmex conducts general education for all employees to foster
an awareness of the impact of the Groupʼs environmental
activities and individual operations. We conduct specialized
training to raise operational knowledge for individuals
designated by their divisions as personnel responsible forenvironmental management system promotion. We also
conduct specialized and emergency response training for eachdivision, as necessary.
In fiscal 2021, we provided general environmental e-learning
training for all employees at our business offices withintegrated ISO certification, and for staff members in charge ofenvironmental matters at our overseas offices. We also held
seminars on laws and regulations for staff members in chargeof business offices and those in the product lifecycle
departments.

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Guideline
Comparison Table

Materiality

Environmental Consideration

Environmental Consideration through Product Lifecycle

ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management▶ Environmental Consideration through ProductProduct Lifecycle and Initiatives at
Each Stage
Sysmex undertakes a variety of initiatives at diﬀerent stages of
its business activities toward reducing environmental impact
throughout product lifecycles. In fiscal 2021, we set up
Group-wide working groups with different objectives including“eco-friendly product design” and “reduction in CO2 emissions
in transportation”, in order to facilitate further activities.

Environmental Management Working Group
Eco-friendly
Reagent Design

Energy-saving
DesignBusiness Offices(Including Overseas
Factories)

Supply Chain

Reducing
Environmental
Burdens in the
Healthcare
Market, etc.

Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

 Key Initiatives
Develop products that help reduce
environmental burden

Reduce the environmental burden of
production activities

Reduce CO2 emissions from sales,
service and support activities• Power savings, reduced reagent consumption, etc.

• Use of renewable energy• Lower CO2 emissions and water consumption
through better production efficiency• Utilize online methods(Remote training, webinars, etc.)

R&D

Procurement

Production

Distribution

Sales,
Service andSupportFormulate Green Procurement Standards andpromote green procurement

CO2 emissions associated with the
shipment of products• Procurement of raw materials and parts that have alower environmental burden• Conducting CSR surveys• Shift transport from air to sea• Promote reagent production transfer to factories
overseas• Increase use of concentrated reagents(including survey items about environmental consideration)

MedicalInstitutions
Achieve lower
environmental burden
for medical institutions• Reduce electricity used byproducts• Decrease waste

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Environmental Management▶ Environmental Consideration through Product

Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Environmental Friendliness in
Product Design

Biodiversity Consideration in the Productionof Raw Materials

Comparison of Reagent Production Using Silkworm Proteins toConventional Methods (Reagents for Hemostasis Tests)

Development of Smaller, Power-saving
Products

To reduce the use of natural resources, Sysmex has establisheda reagent production method using recombinant silkworms as
an alternative to animal-derived proteins. In the past,
producing these substances required substantial amounts ofenergy. However, as silkworms can be cultivated at room
temperature, simply by using shelves and breeding containers
and providing them with food, we can establish a stable supply
as well as energy savings and waste reduction.
We use proteins produced by silkworms in the reagents forhemostasis tests that we launched in fiscal 2017. This is thefirst reagent using proteins from silkworms to receive
manufacturing and marketing approval in Japan. We also offer
protein production contracting services using this technology
and provide raw materials to pharmaceutical companies,
universities, research institutions, and other entities.

CO2 Emissions

In our global regulations concerning product lifecycle
management, Sysmex specifies efforts to protect theenvironment that it believes appropriate in terms of its
business at each stage of the product lifecycle. Our goal is tohelp reduce the energy needed by our customers to use our
products and to reduce waste from their use. Accordingly, we
strive to develop products designed to save electricity andreduce reagent use.
Our hematology sample transportation system modules
launched in 2021 was 15% smaller in size and reduced
electricity consumption by 40% compared to the previous
system, realizing an eco-friendly design.

（(kg-C02eq/Lot) 103）

10
8
6
4
2
0

Conventional method(animal-derived)
Reagent
production

Silkworm
methodIngredientproduction

Breeding

Water Resources（(m3/Lot) 102）（(m3/Lot) 102）

10

1

8

0.8

6

0.6

4

0.4

2
0

0.2

Decrease of footprint, environmental burdens

Conventional method(animal-derived)Size: 15% width reduction
Electricity consumption: 40% reduction

Reagent
production* Comparison with previous instruments▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

Production of raw materials
using silkworms

0

Silkworm
methodIngredientproduction

Breeding

Silkworm
method* Comparison of in-house product(through joint research with Tokyo City University)

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Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management▶ Environmental Consideration through Product

Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Environmentally Conscious
Procurement

Environmental Considerations in
Product Transportation

Realization of Ultralow Temperature
Transportation Without Dry Ice

Promoting Green Procurement

Efforts to Lower CO2 Emissions in Domestic
and Inter-regional Transportation of
Products

Sysmex had faced high transportation costs, and issues in
distribution flexibility and convenience, for genetic testing
reagents. Requiring strict quality and thermal management,
they were transported using chartered trucks and throughother special arrangements. In addition, the dry ice needed forcold storage is made from CO2 released in the oil refining
process. We explored measures to improve this situation froman environmental perspective.
To solve this issue, we developed, together with Yamato
Transport Co., Ltd., dry ice-free transportation system ofreagents for gene testing in consolidated cargo at the ultralow
temperature (-70 C), with quality control conforming with
Good Distribution Practices (GDP)*. This is the first suchinitiative in the in vitro diagnostic industry in Japan.
Going forward, we will gradually increase the number of target
items and distribution areas in Japan, to further advance theuse of high-quality, eco-friendly cold chains.

Sysmex has established Green Procurement Standards, which
set out the companyʼs fundamental stance on environmental
considerations in procurement activities. We promote theprocurement of raw materials and parts that have a low
environmental impact. We are expanding our business with
suppliers who act to protect the environment. We also conduct
annual CSR surveys of our business partners to confirm thatthey have environmental management policies in place, as well
as targets and plans for CO2 reduction and energy conservation.

Sysmex takes measures to reduce CO2 emissions in producttransportation; for example, switching from air to sea or railtransportation (modal shift), improving container loading rates
for more efficient transportation, and reducing transportation
between regions by transferring the production of reagent
products to local areas.
CO2 Emissions and CO2 Emissions per Sales from Logistics▶ Procurement Policy▶ Green Procurement Standards▶ Supply Chain Management（t-CO2）(t-CO2/100 million yen)
15

30,00025,00012

20,000Chemical Substance Management of
Products
Sysmex complies with laws and regulations in each country
such as the RoHS Directive. At the same time, based on its
Green Procurement Standards, Sysmex discloses actions it istaking regarding any prohibited substances, or substances thatare to be reduced (environmentally hazardous substances),
contained in the parts, devices and materials constituting
manufactured products and products for sale.

9

15,000
6

10,00035,000
0FY2017CO2 emissions

FY2018FY2019FY2020

FY20210* A basic scheme for assuring the quality of pharmaceuticals in the
distributive process, from shipment from a manufacturing plant todelivery to medical institutions

CO2 emissions per sales (Sysmex Corporation)▶ Status of Sustainability Targets▶ Prohibited Substances▶ Substances to be Reduced

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Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management▶ Environmental Consideration through Product

Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environmental Considerations forDistribution Packaging
With growing exports of bio-diagnostic reagents from Japan,
we began the reuse of cold storage materials necessary fortransportation globally, and we are working toward reusing
plastic cold storage materials to reduce waste. In fiscal 2021,
we implemented such reuse between Japan and China,
Singapore, and Europe, which led to a reduction of
approximately 8.0 tons of waste.
Sysmex International Reagents is working with its suppliers topromote a transition from cardboard to returnable boxes(plastic containers) for transporting materials, and reduced all
packing material waste by 30%.

Saving Resources by Revising Packaging
Materials
Sysmex is continuing to work on reducing packing materials toconserve natural resources. We have downsized our packaging
boxes through optimization and steadily changed partcushioning materials from vinyl to bogus paper. We have also
switched from bag-shaped cushioning materials to plastic film
for packaging. Through these measures, in fiscal 2021, we wereable to reduce the amount of petroleum-based cushioning
materials by about 56% on fiscal 2017. In addition, Sysmex
Deutschland uses recyclable materials for all its packaging.

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Volume of Petroleum-Based Cushioning Materials Used(Monthly Average)（kg）

Guideline
Comparison Table

Environmental Considerations in Sales,
Service, and Support Activities
Sysmex reduces CO2 emissions from travelling by providing
online systems for instrument maintenance, user training, andscientific seminars in each world region.
In 2019, we initiated a project for reforming services andsupport worldwide, and have been working on increasing theonline rate for user training through e-learning and virtual
training.

100
80
60
40
20
0

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020

FY2021* Applicable to packaging maintenance parts and consumable goods▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust > Enhancing Customer

Satisfaction

Initiatives at Group Companies:
Collaboration with Distribution Partners
Considering Environment
In its selection criteria for distribution partners, Sysmex Europe
includes a certified environment management system and useof green distribution. HITADO, a Sysmex Group company,
selects distribution partners who proactively use renewableenergy and electric vehicles, while Sysmex Malaysia uses
reusable vacuum insulation boxes for product transportation
requiring thermal management, reducing CO2 emissions bysaving electricity and generating less polystyrene box waste.
▶ Activities at Other Group Companies

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Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management▶ Environmental Consideration through Product

Lifecycle
Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Environmentally Conscious Use andDisposal of Products

Stakeholderʼs Voice

Use of Concentrated Reagents

Yusuke Mori, Vice President, Reagent Production Division

For some analysis devices in the hematology field, reagentsthat are 25 times more concentrated than traditional reagentscan be used. Such concentrated reagents not only contributesignificantly to improving usability by reducing the frequencyof reagent replacement in laboratories and saving warehouse
space, but also enable us to reduce the amount of disposedcontainers and packing materials and reducing CO2 emissions
during transportation. Since fiscal 2021, we have also been
making efforts to further reduce environmental impact byincreasing the adoption rate of concentrated reagents andtransferring reagent production to local sites as sustainability
targets.
Reagent with 25 Times
Concentration

Reagent volume (L)
100
20L
20L
50

20L

• Greater compactness,requiring fewer containerand packaging materials(conservation of
resources)• Reduced laboratory waste• Smaller and more
lightweight, reducing CO2
emissions during transport• Change of packaging
material frompolyethylene to paper
packs (conservation of oil
resources)

1/25

20L
20L
0

Conventional reagent

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

I was involved in the development of reagents forhematology analyzers for around 20 years and iscurrently responsible for manufacturing technology.
With growing environmental awareness worldwide,
regulations on the use of poisonous and deleterious
substances used in raw materials for reagents are
becoming stricter. This is particularly true in Europe,
making it difficult to supply products unless they fullycomply with the regulations of individual countries. The
onus on companies is to keep abreast of environmental
regulations and respond to changes in them as soon as
possible. Sysmex does not just comply with regulations;
we are also proactive in designing, developing andsupplying reagents that are environmentally friendly.
Please click here for details:

4L▶ Challenge of Environmentally Compatible Reagentsthat Are Friendly to Both People and the Environment

Concentrated reagent

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Environment

Governance

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

External Evaluation

Guideline
Comparison Table

Materiality

Environmental Consideration

Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at Business Oﬃces

ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management
Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eﬀorts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
at Business Oﬃces
We are working on energy conservation through theintroduction of equipment such as highly efficient air
conditioning systems, LED lighting, and motion sensors, as well
as demand-control systems for measuring and monitoring theamount of electricity needed, aiming to reduce direct andindirect greenhouse gas emissions from our business oﬃces.
Production sites are making efforts to reduce theirenvironmental impact by setting targets for reducing energy
consumption through improved productivity. i-Square, ourinstrument manufacturing factory, has revamped its
manufacturing processes and installed a “takt production
system”1 to reduce lead times. In addition, it has reduced
electricity consumption by around 3% by switching all lighting
to LED.
Sysmex Europeʼs reagent manufacturing factories haveinstalled ice thermal storage air conditioning systems2 inaddition to solar panels, which provides around 70% of energy
requirements for reagent production. i-Square has also
installed solar panels. In addition, Sysmex business locations in
EMEA3 and the Americas have been increasing their usage ofelectricity derived from renewable energy.
1 Type of production line system in which each production stage proceeds
according to a particular “takt” (rhythm)
2 Technology for storing thermal energy using ice
3 EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Solar panels (i-Square)

Ice thermal storage air conditioning
system (Sysmex Europe)
Electric vehicle (Sysmex TMC)

▶ Major Initiatives at Business Offices

Decreasing CO2 Emissions from Fleet
In order to control fuel consumption and reduce CO2
emissions for the approximately 400 company vehicles inJapan, Sysmex Corporation has installed telematics in each ofthem to be able to visualize driving quality by assigning scoresfor distances traveled, fuel consumption, and driving behavior.
In addition, driver training, including prevention of sudden
acceleration and idling control, is provided to improve driversʼ
awareness of environmental concerns. We are also switchingcompany vehicles to those with low fuel consumption andintroduced around 30 hybrid cars in fiscal 2021.
Sysmex TMC has introduced electric vehicles, and Sysmex UK
is eliminating diesel cars and switching all company vehicles tohybrid cars.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Scope 1 and 2)（t-CO2）(t-CO2/100 million yen)
10

30,00025,0008

20,0006

15,0004

10,0002

5,000
0FY2017CO2 emissions

FY2018FY2019FY2020

FY20210

CO2 emissions per consolidated sales

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Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management
Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Using Water Resources Eﬀectively

Water Risk Assessments

Reducing Water Consumption

Sysmex assesses risks related to water stress. Through analysis
using Aqueduct, an assessment tool provided by the World
Resource Institute (WRI), we identified China, Brazil, and India,
where we have reagent production sites, as countries withrelatively high water stress. Although water risk is not yet
evident at our production sites in these countries, we
continually monitor their situation. At the same time, we aretaking measures against risks by optimizing water usage in our
production processes and reducing supply risks by securingsafety stocks.

Sysmex uses water as a raw material in reagent production,
one of our core business activities. Both tap water andgroundwater are used. Recognizing that reducing water use is
an important issue, Sysmex has set targets for decreasingwater use in Sysmex Eco-Vision 2025, and is making efforts toimprove the efficiency of water use at individual sites.
At Ono Factory, after reagent production, some product liquidremained in internal manufacturing line pipes after cleaning.
As an environmental activity in fiscal 2021, the production
process was reviewed and new technology developed to use
this remaining product liquid for reagent production. This
reduced product liquid loss, decreased water use, and lessened
the environmental impact of waste liquid.
Water Consumption Volume*(1,000 m3)
400(1,000 m3/100 million yen)
160

300

120

200

80

100

40

0

FY2017FY2018Water
consumption volume

FY2019FY2020

FY2021

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Global Kaizen Activities at Reagent
Manufacturing Factories
Sysmex has initiated a “Kaizen Activity” project for all
global reagent manufacturing factories to promote
Group-wide initiatives to reduce environmental
impacts. In fiscal 2021, the First Kaizen Forum was held
online to share information regarding activities
conducted at each factory. We will regularly share
information, implement successful activities, and apply
expertise at all factories, to promote further activities
to reduce environmental impacts.

Wastewater Management and Processing
Sysmex prioritizes the protection of water quality. We havecreated our own emission standards that we use to manage
the wastewater from development locations and factories thatuse chemical substances, ensuring that waterways andgroundwater are not aﬀected.
▶ Major Initiatives at Business Offices0

Water consumption volume perconsolidated sales* Excluding consumption of water for reagents▶ Major Initiatives at Business Offices

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Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management
Environmental Consideration through Product
Lifecycle▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Society

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Involvement with Biodiversity

Promoting Digital Data

Interfacing with Nature and Protecting
Biodiversity

Sysmex works to reduce its use of paper by utilizing personal
computers, tablets, and smartphones to send and receive data.
These eﬀorts have reduced paper use and waste volume. Our
manufacturing facilities are also working to switch toelectronic production records and manuals.

Sysmex understands that it receives a host of benefits from theworldʼs living things as it conducts its business activities. We
use a tool called ENCORE, which was developed by the United
Nations and financial institutions, to analyze our interface withnature, and the results suggested that our production processdepends on water and impacts water quality and soil to a
relatively large extent.
Each production factory strives to reduce its water risks byeffectively using water resources and minimizing its impact onnature through measures such as environmental
considerations in product design, appropriate management ofwaste, and forest conservation activities. Thus we make efforts
to protect biodiversity.

▶ Status of Sustainability Targets
Tree planting by HITADO employees (1,300 trees planted)

Total Waste Volumes and Recycle Rate
▶ Contributing to Biodiversity Preservation through the“Sysmex Forest”▶ The “Waldlokal” ProjectManaging and Recycling Waste

Forest Conservation Activities

Reducing Waste and Promoting a Stable
Recycling Rate

Sysmex regards the conservation of forests that contribute towater resource protection as an important social responsibility.
Since 2013, Sysmex has been leasing part of the “Kawai Kaiteki
no Mori” in the city of Ono in Hyogo Prefecture, where its
reagent production factory is located. Named the “Sysmex
Forest,” this is a place where we continuously practice forest
conservation through activities such as planting trees, weeding
the undergrowth, and thinning the forest.
In addition, HITADO, a Group company in Germany, has been
participating since fiscal 2021 in a local forest conservation
project called “Waldlokal”, providing support throughvoluntary tree planting by employees and through donations.

Sysmex continuously carries out initiatives to reduce waste
and increase waste recycling rates.
Each reagent factory engages in various initiatives, including
reducing consumables used in production and reducing
defective products to minimize the use of packaging material.
In order to reduce food waste from its in-house canteen,
Kakogawa Factory, which manufactures instruments, uses a
specialized garbage disposal system to convert food waste toorganic fertilizer which is provided to farmers. The factory
purchases agricultural produce grown by the farmers who use
this fertilizer, to help realize a recycling-oriented society.

（t）

（％）

100

3,000

80
2,000

60
40

1,000

20
0

FY2017FY2018

Total waste volumes

FY2019FY2020

FY20210

Recycle rate (including energy recovery)▶ Environmental Consideration in Product Transportation▶ Major Initiatives at Each Business Office

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Environmental Consideration
Environmental Management
Environmental Consideration through ProductSociety

Managing Harmful Substances
Managing Chemical Substances
Sysmex uses chemical substances in its R&D andmanufacturing processes. In addition to preventing losses orleaks, we strive to manage chemical substances appropriately
to prevent damage to the health of our employees working
onsite.

Lifecycle▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden throughActivities at Business Oﬃces

Managing and Processing Harmful
Substances
As a precaution against the danger of infection by biologicalsubstances, we strictly control the locations in which such
substances are stored and used. These substances are carefully
segregated from general waste for proper disposal. For otherharmful substances, we work to prevent aerial drift, dispersion,and groundwater permeation through countermeasures that
address both facilities and management methods. In theseways, we endeavor to keep emissions below standard statutory
levels.

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Managing and Processing Atmospheric
Emissions
In response to the Fluorocarbons Emission Control Law, arevised version of which went into eﬀect in 2015, each Group
company in Japan established a response manual. We
identified fluorocarbon-containing equipment that we own ormanage, and worked to determine its appropriate use,
conducting inspections and determining calculated leakages.

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Environmental Activities at Sysmex
America
Sysmex America has formed a cross-departmental
Green Team to promote environmental activities witha view to obtaining LEED certification* for its head
office. The company is continuously working on
initiatives to reduce its environmental impact,
including recycling activities, planting gardens,
reducing energy and water consumption. It also selects
partners with sustainable business practices.
* LEED evaluates the environmental performance of a building
from the viewpoints of environmental impact reduction and thehealth of its users. Evaluation items include the efficiency ofwater usage, optimization of energy use, conservation of
resource materials, and the buildingʼs air quality.

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GOVERNANCE

Strengthening of Governance

Why It is Important

PolicyFramework

To continuously grow a company and enhance its medium- tolong-term corporate value, the strengthening of corporate
governance is essential.
In addition to establishing compliance and risk management
structures to enhance our management foundations, Sysmex
believes that constructive dialogue and cooperation with its diverse
stakeholders is an important management issue that will lead toenhancing corporate value.

Sysmex considers reinforcing corporate governance to be one of its
most important management issues. We aim to maximize theoverall corporate value of the Group through management
robustness, better transparency, and improved management speed
and efficiency.
▶ Corporate Governance▶ Policies for compliance/risk management

Sysmex has adopted the system of a company with an Audit andSupervisory Committee to reinforce the Managing Boardʼs audit andsupervisory function, as well as to heighten management transparency andobjectivity. Furthermore, we have introduced an executive officer system toaccelerate decision-making on business execution and respond swiftly tochanges in the business environment.
Additionally, Sysmex established the Internal Control Committee as anorganization that controls risk management activities and the Compliance
Committee as the controlling organization for compliance matters.
▶ Sysmex Report (Corporate Governance)▶ Compliance

Compliance Management
Compliance Promotion Initiatives
Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

Results(fiscal 2021)

28

14

3,601

Number of internal reports

Number of unethical incidents

Number of information security trainees

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Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Materiality

Compliance

Compliance Management

GOVERNANCE
Compliance▶ Compliance Management

Compliance Promotion Initiatives
Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management StructureGroup Policy
Pursuing Open and Aboveboard Business
Activities
Based on our Groupʼs corporate philosophy, the “Sysmex Way”,
we define compliance as “the conduct of open and aboveboard
business activities based on observance of laws andregulations and high ethical standards”. In accordance withthis definition, we have established a Global Compliance Code,in which conformance rules and behavioral guidelines for all
Group executives and employees are detailed. This wasprovided in many languages so that all Group executives andemployees would be able to understand and adhere to it.

Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders▶ Full text of the Global Compliance CodeGlobal Compliance Code (Overview)
1. Ensuring the Safety of Our Products and Services to
Customers
2. Promoting Fair Dealing and Free Competition
3. Fair and Proper Information Disclosure and Exerciseof Complete Information Control
4. Implementation of Appropriate Research andDevelopment Activities
5. To Respect Intellectual Property
6. To Maintain International Peace and Safety
7. To Conduct Proper Accounting and Appropriate Tax
Payments
8. To Respect Human Rights and to Improve
Occupational Health and Safety
9. Prohibition of Conflicts of Interest
10. To Maintain Sound Relationships with Society
11. To Preserve the Global Environment

Compliance Promotion Structure
At Sysmex, compliance violations are considered the mostserious risk in terms of damaging social trust. Under ourcompanyʼs Group-wide risk management structure, we haveestablished a Compliance Committee as an umbrellaorganization to promote and enhance compliance.
The Group Compliance Oﬃcer chairs the Compliance
Committee, which ensures compliance throughout the Group.
All Group companies have appointed their own complianceofficers, with the Compliance Committee monitoring
Group-wide activities. The compliance promotion structure
receives checks from third parties for internal control
purposes.
If there is a major compliance violation that has or could havea significant impact on a company or the Group, thecompliance officer of the company involved reports, via theCompliance Committee chair, to the Internal Control
Committee chair (CEO) and the Audit and Supervisory
Committee members who are members of the Managing
Board. Information is also disclosed regarding occurrences
based on information disclosure regulations.
There were 14 unethical incidents in fiscal 2021, but none ofthem were deemed significant.
▶ Corporate Governance Structure▶ Corporate Governance Report

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Compliance▶ Compliance Management

Compliance Promotion Initiatives
Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

Society

Environment

Internal Reporting System
Sysmex has established an internal reporting system for all of
its Group companies. In Japan, we have set up a Group-wide
internal reporting system called the “Campanula Line” toprovide consultation on compliance-related issues and receive
reports of violations such as bribery and human rights abuses.
Efforts are made to resolve such issues quickly. The“Campanula Line” allows employees to seek consultation andfile reports via e-mail, postal mail, or telephone through threeroutes (in-house, external, and directly to Audit andSupervisory Committee members). Anonymity can be
maintained for consultations and reports via all lines.
Consultations and reports on compliance issues related tosenior management are accepted via the line through Audit
and Supervisory Committee members. Information received
through these lines is handled confidentially, and employees
requesting consultation or making reports are protected from

Governancereprisals based on the Whistleblower Protection Act. We also
have consultation and reporting lines for our overseas
employees that are available in their local languages.
In addition to the internal reporting systems operating locallyin each region, we have set up a Global Compliance Hotline. It
allows anyone working at any of our Group companies in Japanor overseas to report issues directly to Head Office. A
promotion video for this system has been provided on theintranet in Japanese, English, and Chinese. We promote theearly discovery of compliance violations by presenting thesystem to employees in training and on other occasions.
In fiscal 2021, the number of internal reports received fromJapan and overseas was 28. We conducted investigations
regarding these reports and dealt with each of themappropriately.

The “Campanula Line” Internal Reporting System
Group Compliance Officer

In-house LineE-mail,postal mail,telephone,websiteConsultation

Audit and Supervisory Committee

External Line (Law Firms)

Response

E-mail,postal mail,telephone

External Evaluation

Consultation

Response

In-house Line (Members of Audit
and Supervisory Committee)
E-mail,postal mail,telephone

Consultation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Compliance Education
Providing Continuous Education on
Compliance
Sysmex views employee education and awareness activities as
the foundation of promoting and ensuring compliance, and weregularly conduct education. During new employee andrank-based training, we take the opportunity to foster anunderstanding of the Global Compliance Code.
In fiscal 2021, we conducted global compliance training invarious languages for all Group employees in order to raiseGroup-wide awareness of particularly important topics such as
antimonopoly laws, competition laws, and cyber security.
We are expanding our educational tools to provide moredetailed explanations of the Global Compliance Code on suchthemes as promoting fair trading and prohibitions against
bribery, insider trading, and discrimination or harassment.
These are applied through autonomous, planned educational
and awareness eﬀorts by individual divisions and companies.
▶ Education regarding Fair Marketing Activities▶ Education and Training on Understanding Respect for

Human Rights▶ Diversity Education

Response

Sysmex Group employees and people who left Sysmex (retired within the past year)(Full-time employees, contract employees, part-time employees, temporary employees)

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Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

Materiality

Compliance

Compliance Promotion Initiatives

GOVERNANCE
Compliance
Compliance Management▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives

Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

Anti-Corruption
In accordance with the spirit of the UN Global Compact,
Sysmex undertakes thorough eﬀorts to prevent bribery, in linewith Principle 10, which states: “Businesses should work
against corruption in all its forms, including extortion andbribery”.
For risk assessments conducted periodically by the Internal
Control Committee, compliance violations including acts ofcorruption are recognized as risks, and we are working toward
their reduction. Additionally, Item 10. of the Global Compliance
Code, “To Maintain Sound Relationships with Society”, clearlyprohibits acts of corruption, and the global anti-bribery
regulations applicable to all Group companies cover topics
such as specific banned activities, due diligence, the provisionof education, and management systems. In these ways, we
promote initiatives for Group-wide compliance.
▶ Global Compliance Code
▶ Overview of Anti-Bribery Regulations

In Japan, Sysmex Corporation and Sysmex International
Reagents, which are members of the Japan Association ofClinical Reagents Industries, concur with the philosophy
outlined in the associationʼs “Guidelines on Transparency ofRelationships between Corporate Activities and Medical
Institutions”, and they disclose information related to funding
provided to medical institutions.
Countries other than Japan have implemented laws which
require companies to ensure transparency in their relations
with medical institutions (Sunshine Acts) and regulations forthe medical device industry. In compliance with these laws andregulations, the Sysmex Group reports information on funding
provided to medical institutions to government authorities andindustry organizations in their respective countries andregions.
▶ Japan▶ U.S.
▶ France▶ Belgium▶ Netherlands

Transparency in Relationships with
Medical Institutions
Sysmex has increased opportunities for collaboration withmedical institutions and professionals at every stage of its
operations, through research and development, production,
sales, and services and support. Transactions at all of thesestages need to be based on a high level of ethics.

▶ Portugal▶ Europe▶ UAE▶ Japan Association of Clinical Reagents Industries “Guidelines

Research Ethics
Implementation of Appropriate Research andDevelopment Activities
As defined in Item 4 of the Global Compliance Code,“Implementation of Appropriate Research and Development
Activities”, when carrying out research and development on
gene and other themes, Sysmex protects the dignity, privacy,
and human rights of trial subjects. Sysmex also complies withapplicable laws and regulations in individual countries andregions to carry out its research activities in accordance withthe highest ethical standards. Sysmex has adopted the “Ethics
Regulations on Clinical Research and Development andHuman Genome and Genetic Analysis Research”, and has
established a Research Ethics Examination Committee, which
includes outside members including legal and scientificexperts, in order to review research content. The list ofcommittee members and deliberation results are disclosed on
our website to ensure transparency.
▶ Global Compliance Code▶ Group Ethics Regulations on Clinical Research andDevelopment▶ Activities of the Research Ethics Examination Committee

on Transparency of Relationships between Corporate
Activities and Medical Institutions” (Japanese)

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Compliance
Compliance Management▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives

Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

Society

Considerations for Animal Experiments
Item 4.4 of the Global Compliance Code, “Animal Experiments”,
states that when conducting animal experiments, we shallcomply with applicable laws and regulations in each country
and region related to animal protection, and we shall limit such
experiments to a minimum by studying the use of alternative
methods. When animal experiments are necessary, we shalltake all reasonable steps to minimize the animalsʼ pain. We
conduct animal experiments in line with internal regulations
that conform with public guidelines. Our Testing Control
Committee rigorously deliberates testing plans to ensure theirregulatory conformance.
Laws and guidelines observed by Sysmex: Act on Welfare andManagement of Animals (Ministry of the Environment),
Standards Relating to the Care and Management of Laboratory
Animals and Relief of Pain (Ministry of the Environment), Basic
Policies for the Conduct of Animal Experiments in Institutions
Regulated by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare(Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), and Guidelines for
Proper Conduct of Animal Experiments (Science Council ofJapan)▶ Global Compliance Code▶ Biodiversity Consideration in the Production of Raw Materials

Fair Marketing Activities
We have formulated a code of ethics for marketing in our
global promotional activities, as described in Item 2 of the
Global Compliance Code: “Promoting Fair Dealing and Free
Competition”. In fiscal 2021, we formulated our “Global
Regulations for Compliance with Competition Laws” andinformed all Group companies of this through training andother opportunities.

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

We have formulated the Sysmex Promotion Code for activities
in Japan, and in fiscal 2021, held online training sessions for a
total of around 900 employees based on the code at our
regional headquarters in Japan and East Asia, which included a
study of specific cases of misconduct. We also held training for
managers and e-learning for general employees.
▶ Global Compliance Code▶ Sysmex Promotion CodeTax Strategy
Sysmex has established Item 7 of the Global Compliance Code,“To Conduct Proper Accounting and Appropriate Tax
Payments”, as a measure to heighten tax transparency. Thissection describes how, in transactions with foreign aﬃliatedcompanies, we calculate appropriate transfer prices inaccordance with the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and thetransfer pricing tax system in each country and region. The text
also states that tax havens shall not be used solely for the
purpose of tax avoidance or benefit.
In addition, we disclose Group payments of taxes in financial
and other reports, as well as the reasons for any discrepancies
from eﬀective statutory tax rates.
▶ Global Compliance Code▶ Sysmex Report (Managementʼs Discussion and Analysis)Tax Strategy in the United Kingdom▶ UK Tax Strategy

Performance Data / Independent
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Respect for Intellectual Property
Sysmex accords third-party intellectual property rights thesame level of respect as it does its own. As defined in Item 5 of
the Global Compliance Code, “To Respect Intellectual Property”,
we will not unlawfully acquire or use any confidential businessinformation or the proprietary assets of others. We promote a
thorough understanding of these rules by all executives andemployees throughout the Group. When developing new
products, members of the intellectual property, R&D, andbusiness development departments conduct and discuss global
patent reviews for each new product development project.
▶ Global Compliance Code▶ Intellectual Property (Japanese)

Promotion of Security Trade Control
In line with Item 6 of the Global Compliance Code, “To
Maintain International Peace and Safety”, we comply with theexport laws and regulations of individual countries andregions, and we do not engage in transactions likely to impede
the maintenance of international peace and safety. Sysmex has
established the Security Trade Control Committee, which isunder the direct control of the CEO, to prevent illegal exports.
We have also assigned people at overseas regional
headquarters to oversee security trade control, and we haveestablished a global operational structure. Every year, we
provide basic e-learning for all employees. We also provide
ongoing education through various training sessions on recent
world aﬀairs and laws and regulations in order to raiseawareness of security trade control.
▶ Global Compliance Code

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Respect for Human Rights

GOVERNANCE
Compliance
Compliance Management
Compliance Promotion Initiatives▶ Respect for Human Rights

Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

Policies and Initiatives Related to
Human Rights

Identifying Risks to Human Rights(Human Rights Due Diligence)

Consultation and Reporting Systems
Related to Human Rights

Participating in the UN Global Compact andAdhering to the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and the International Labour
Organizationʼs (ILOʼs) Core Labor Standards

In accordance with Item 8 of our Global Compliance Code, “To
Respect Human Rights and to Improve Occupational Healthand Safety”, we believe it is necessary to conduct “humanrights due diligence”. This involves identifying negative
impacts on human rights and preventing or reducing them via
our business activities throughout our entire supply chain.
Specifically, we have incorporated into CSR surveys of ourbusiness partners such topics as the prohibition of forced andchild labor, and the elimination of discrimination due togender, disability, race, or other factors. To ensure that Sysmex
is not involved or complicit in human rights abuses, we
ascertain impacts on human rights in advance and put in placemeasures to ensure the prevention of such abuses. With the
UK Modern Slavery Act going into eﬀect, Sysmex UK has
published a statement on its website, and operates in fullcompliance with this act.

Sysmex has established internal reporting systems in Japan andoverseas for handling consultations on human rights, including
those related to discrimination and harassment. Information
received will be appropriately handled based on the
Whistleblower Protection Act to shield employees making
contact or providing information from any disadvantage. Oncefacts are confirmed, and a compliance violation is deemed tohave taken place, we will impose sanctions on the violator
while also taking measures for corrective action andrecurrence prevention.

In accordance with Item 8 of our Global Compliance Code, “To
Respect Human Rights and to Improve Occupational Healthand Safety”, we practice corporate management that respects
the human rights of all employees and engage in related
initiatives to enhance the working environment. This code is in
keeping with the Universal Declaration of Human Rightsʼ
provision that “All human beings are born free and equal indignity and rights”, and the spirit of the ILOʼs Core Labor
Standards, which define the minimum labor standards thatmust 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. We
also conduct various types of training to ensure employee
awareness of these matters. Sysmex began participating in the
UN Global Compact in 2011, and we have clarified our
corporate stance in relation to the Compactʼs Ten Principles
regarding human rights, labor, the environment, andanti-corruption.

▶ Internal Reporting System▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management▶ Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy▶ Global Compliance Code

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Compliance
Compliance Management

Society

Education and Training on Understanding
Respect for Human Rights
Sysmex strives to prevent human rights abuses by conducting
training with the purposes of preventing harassment andensuring that employees have a correct knowledge of labormatters.

Compliance Promotion Initiatives▶ Respect for Human Rights

Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

FY2021 Results
・e-learning sessions on harassment during global

compliance training (for all Group employees)
・Training on harassment, including that concerning
LGBTQ+* and labor management (for newly
appointed managers, new employees, and mid-careerhires)
・Unconscious bias training (for general employees)
・HR compliance training (for senior management andmanagement grades)* General acronym whose letters refer to sexual minorities
regarding orientation/gender identification (lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer; the “+” represents
other diverse sexualities).

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Labor-Management Dialogue
Sysmex respects its workersʼ labor association and collective
bargaining rights, based on its participation in the UN Global
Compact and support for the ILOʼs Core Labor Standards.
Among all Sysmex Corporation employees, 62% of them aremembers of the Sysmex Union, our in-house labor union. (Asof March 2022) Sysmex Corporation engages in collective
bargaining with the Sysmex Union every year. In fiscal 2021, in
addition to regular council meetings, labor and management
met to discuss productivity improvement through optimizationof working hours and streamlining operations; working
environments having diverse employees and the personnel
system; responses to working environment changes due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and promotion of a “healthy company”.
Such meetings are also held at Group companies. Labor unions
have also been formed at overseas Group companies, including
Jinan Sysmex, Sysmex Vietnam, and HYPHEN BioMed. In
addition, Sysmex CNA has formed an employee groupconsisting of departmental representatives for quarterlylabor-management discussions on topics such as work
environments, management of work hours, and paid leaveacquisition status. Sysmex TMC also holds quarterlylabor-management meetings.

▶ Compliance Education

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Risk Management

Risk Management Structure

GOVERNANCE
Compliance
Compliance Management
Compliance Promotion Initiatives

Business ethics(including illegal transactions)

Risk items (cases)

Compliance Committee

Environment

Disaster

Environment Management
Committee

Occupational healthand safety

Procurement interruptions

Central Health and Safety
Committee

Security trade control

Accounting and taxes

Security Trade Control
Committee

Internal control concerning
financial reporting

Individual divisions
and subsidiaries

Finance

J-SOX Committee

Quality▶ Sysmex Report (Risk Management)

Quality Management
System Committee▶ Corporate Governance

Reporting regarding important risks

Information disclosure

Communication with Stakeholders

Internal Control Office (Secretariat)
Reporting regarding important risks
Information Disclosure
Committee

Enhancing Information Security

Internal Control Committee

Product cybersecurity

Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity

Sysmex established the Internal Control Committee tosupervise risk management of the Group as a whole andpromotes all risk management activities, including strategicrisks. The committee is chaired by the CEO, and its members
include relevant executive officers and Audit and Supervisory
Committee members (excluding outside members of theManaging Board). Outside members of the Managing Board
serve as observers.
By regularly assessing risks involved in such items as fair trade,
compliance (including corruption and business ethics), humanresources, occupational health and safety, the environment,
and accounting and finance (including tax payments), thecommittee identifies risks significantly aﬀecting the Groupʼs
operations and takes necessary countermeasures. In addition,
it monitors the status of risk management by relevant
committees, including the Compliance Committee, as well as
individual divisions and subsidiaries, and periodically reports to
the Managing Board. When a major risk that have a significant
impact on the Groupʼs business arises, the Internal Control
Committee also reports to the Managing Board and discusses
how to respond, following the PDCA cycle.

Managing Board

Product Cybersecurity
Committee▶ Risk Management Structure

Promoting Risk Management by Establishinga Dedicated Committee

Information management

Risk Management

Risk Management Structure

Information Security
Committee

Respect for Human Rights

Risk Management Structure

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Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity

GOVERNANCE

Establishment of a Business Continuity
Plan (BCP)
Response to Major Disasters

Compliance
Compliance Management
Compliance Promotion Initiatives
Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure▶ Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity

Enhancing Information Security
Communication with Stakeholders

Sysmex has formulated business continuity plans (BCPs) for
production, procurement, and other functions to ensure thecontinuity of important operations in the event of anearthquake, storm or flood damage, and other large-scaledisasters, as well as rapid recovery from such disasters.
In fiscal 2021, a fire occurred at an outsourced distribution
center and some of the inventories were damaged. However,
we managed to maintain stable supplies of products throughthe use of production facilities in Japan and overseas.

Main BCP Approaches:・ Decentralization of main raw material procurement(selection of production locations based on theconcept of local production for local consumption)
・ Decentralization of product storage according tostorage function (instruments, maintenance parts,
room temperature storage reagents, cold storage
reagents, and hazardous reagents)
・ Creation of mutual supply systems within thefactories, and securing alternative routes fortransportation of products
・ Prioritizing important products for supply to medical
institutions
・ Introduction of the Meister SRM information system
to shorten the existing disaster investigation period
from approximately three days to half a day.
・ Providing rules and manuals for disaster response
and conducting regular disaster drills
・ Introduction of an employee safety confirmation
system・ Installation of digital radios in each business office・ Provision of emergency supplies and items to
support employees staying at business offices andreturning home after a disaster・ Establishment of basic IT systems (assignment to an
external data center, creation of a systeminfrastructure that is quickly transferrable to a
backup system in emergencies)

Response to COVID-19
In response to COVID-19, we set up an anti-disaster project atthe beginning of the pandemic to ensure the stable supply ofour products and continued service and support for ourcustomers. This project also involved the implementation of
telecommuting for our employees in order to prevent the
spread of infection. We established a response flow in theevent of a positive case in the Company, and have put in placea structure that enables us to respond immediately.
Efforts to ensure stable, continuous supplies of products arecarried out in collaboration with relevant departments.
To continue our service and support for customers, in addition
to offering online support, we ensure that all employees who
visit medical institutions take precautions against infection.
This includes having them take their temperature daily, clean
their hands with rubbing alcohol at each visit to a facility, andwear masks and gloves.
In our efforts to protect employees against exposure to thevirus, we have urged all Group companies, including thoseoverseas, to adopt flextime, telecommuting, and web
conferencing, and have also conducted vaccinations at
workplaces. This has continued to provide a safe working
environment and we make efforts to maintain employment formembers across the Group (including part-time and temporary
workers).
▶ Other Responses to COVID-19▶ Undertaking the Never-Ending Mission of“Creating a Stable Supply of Reagents”

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Enhancing Information Security

GOVERNANCE

Enhancing Product Security andCyber Security
Product Security Initiatives

Compliance
Compliance Management
Compliance Promotion Initiatives
Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity▶ Enhancing Information Security

Sysmex has established a Product Security Policy for our
products and services and has established a Product Security
Incident Response Team (PSIRT) to manage product design
and manufacturing, as well as post-marketing vulnerabilities.
Sensitive information (including individual, patient, and test
subject information) obtained from our customers, and those
who have participated in research and development andexperiments, as well as advanced, original technology
regarding products and intellectual property are considered
important assets for management, and necessary measures aretaken to prevent information leaks and internal fraud.

Communication with Stakeholders

Regarding collaboration with external organizations, weparticipate in the Medical Device Cyber Security Council,
whose members include representatives from the Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfare, hospitals, and domestic medical
device manufacturers. We have also joined the Nippon CSIRT
Association and Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams (FIRST) to share information regarding threats fromemergencies and other significant incidents.
Internally, we have implemented specific measures including
rigorous management and regular review of access to
information, regular updates to security patches, login
restrictions by biometric authentication (facial and fingerprint
recognition) for laptop computers and mobile devices on loan
from the Company, and reviews of installed applications. In
addition to these operational and control measures, we also
installed endpoint detection and response (EDR) for PCs andserver devices as part of our ransomware countermeasures.

Acquiring Information Security Certification
Our Skyfront Research Campus in Kawasaki has obtained ISO
27001 certification for our Information Security Management
System (ISMS), and we are enhancing our information security
management for research involving gene sequencing and otherpersonal information. The service and support division of
Sysmex CNA has obtained the same certification. Sysmex UK
and Oxford Gene Technology have obtained Cyber Essentials*
certification as well as ISO 27001 certification, and takesurveillance review every six months.
* Certification system initiated by the UK government to improve corporatecyber security in 2014

▶ Overview of Global Information Security Regulations(Information Security Policy)▶ Product Security Policy

Information and Cyber Security Initiatives
We formulated the Global Information Security Regulations(Information Security Policy) to establish a Group-wide
information security management framework. This creates aninformation security management system for the entire Group
under the supervision and management of the Member of theManagement Board, the senior executive officer and senior
managing director, who acts as Information Security Officer,
with the DX Strategy Development Division at its core. In fiscal
2020 we also established a Sysmex Computer Security
Incident Response Team (Sysmex-CSIRT) to bolster our
initiatives.

Information and Cyber Security Education
At Sysmex, we provide annual e-learning on information
security for all our Group employees, as well as temporary
employees and independent contractors. In fiscal 2021, we
held cyber security training in multiple languages for all
employees in the Group. In addition, we recommended that
Sysmex-CSIRT members obtain international qualifications(ISC2 CISSP, SANS GIAC, CompTIA) to reinforce our response
to security incidents.

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Stakeholder Engagement

Communication with Stakeholders

GOVERNANCE

Through proactive dialogue with stakeholders, we strive to forge better relations. In addition, by incorporating their expectations and requirements into our business activities we will enhance theeffectiveness of our strategy and strive to realize a sustainable society.
Stakeholder

Societyʼs Requirement Related to Business

Customers- Ensuring the quality and safety of products and services- Enhancing customer satisfaction through products and services- Stable supply- Creating innovative products and services- Customer Support Center (for inquiries)- Customer Satisfaction Survey- Collection of the voice of the customer (VOC)- Customer training/user meetings- Scientific seminars- Website/social media

Employees- Ensuring long-term employment- Fair treatment in accordance with employeesʼ achievements- A workplace that enables employees to fulfill their potential- Accepting diversity- Providing opportunities for self-fulfillment and personal
development- Corporate Culture Survey- Mental health checkup- Voluntary reporting system (survey on employeeʼs visions of career design)- Diversity roundtable discussions- Internal reporting system- Labor and management council

Business
Partners- Fair and equitable dealing- Synergistic growth through mutual trust and dedicated work

- CSR surveys of suppliers- Supplier visits- Meetings with/visits to distributors- Training sessions for suppliers▶ Supply Chain Management

Shareholders
and Investors- Ensuring sound and transparent management- Commitment to reliable and innovative management- Maintaining sustainable growth potential- Finding a balance between the sustainability of the company
and society- Active information disclosure (transparency)- General meetings of shareholders and social events for shareholders- Technology presentation for institutional investors and analysts- Orientation briefings/company tours for individual investors- Business results briefings- Conference calls- Investor visits▶ IR information

Society- Contributing to advances in the field of healthcare and thedevelopment of a healthy society- Helping resolve issues facing local communities- Reducing environmental burdens through business activities- Encouraging employees to get involved in corporate citizenshipactivities- Collaboration with government agencies and international organizations- Participation in industry groups- Participation in local communities

Compliance
Compliance Management
Compliance Promotion Initiatives
Respect for Human Rights
Risk Management
Risk Management Structure
Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity
Enhancing Information Security▶ Communication with Stakeholders

Related Articles

Main Dialogue with Stakeholders▶ Quality and Safety Information▶ Enhancing Customer Satisfaction▶ Scientific Activities▶ Reforming Human Resource Management▶ Promotion of Diversity and Inclusion▶ Our Efforts toward Health Enhancement▶ Compliance Promotion Structure▶ Labor-Management Dialogue▶ Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare▶ Transparency in Relationships with Medical Institution▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities▶ Corporate Philosophy and Core Behaviors▶ Sysmex Report (Stakeholder Engagement)

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Evaluations and Results Related to Sustainability
EXTERNAL EVALUATION▶ External Evaluations

Selection for Global Sustainability
IndicesA growing number of investors are evaluating companiesʼ
sustainability not only from a financial perspective, but also
from non-financial environmental, social, and governance(ESG) perspectives, with the goal of making responsible
investments from a long-term viewpoint. Around the world, a
number of sustainability indices are used to benchmark
responsible investment. Sysmex has been selected fornumerous sustainability indices and rankings.

・Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (Fiscal 2016–)

・Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (Fiscal 2012–)

An ESG investment index published by the S&P Dow Jones
Indices in the U.S. This index evaluates corporate sustainability
from the perspectives of “economy, environment, and society”,
and is used to select companies expected to achieve long-termsustainable growth based on progressive, comprehensive
initiatives.
The World Index covers listed companies worldwide. The Asia
Pacific Index covers listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

・FTSE4Good Index Series (Fiscal 2008–)

An ESG investment index
announced by FTSE Russel, of the
London Stock Exchange Group of
the United Kingdom. Companies
deemed to be excellent are selectedbased on an evaluation of ESG
information disclosed by suchcompanies to the general public.
・FTSE Blossom Japan Index (Fiscal 2017–)

FTSE Russell of the United Kingdom
selects Japanese companies basedon superior responses related to ESG
matters. The index uses FTSE4Good
standards derived from international
standards such as SDGs.

・MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes (Fiscal 2011–)
・MSCI SRI Indexes (Fiscal 2013–)

An ESG investment index developed by MCSI Inc. of the U.S.
Morgan Stanley Group. Companies are selected based on an
evaluation that focuses on ESG issues considered important by
various indices, based on the industry characteristics of thecompanies it evaluates.

・MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index (Fiscal 2017–)

An ESG investment index of MSCI of the United States. This
index selects companies with relatively high ESG ratings inindividual sectors from among the top 500 Japanesecompanies by market capitalization.

・FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index (Fiscal 2022–)

FTSE Russell of the United Kingdom
selects Japanese companies withrelatively superior ESG initiatives ineach sector, utilizing the selection
criteria for FTSE4Good. For
companies with high emissions ofgreenhouse gasses, it selects only
those highly evaluated forcontributing to a transition toward a
low-carbon economy.

・MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)(Fiscal 2017, 2019-)
An ESG investment index of MSCI of the United States. This
index selects companies that excel in gender diversity fromamong the top 500 Japanese companies by market
capitalization in various sectors.

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Society

・S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index (Fiscal 2018–)

This index, developed by the S&P Dow Jones Indices of theUnited States, determines investment weights for companies
in the TOPIX (Tokyo Stock Price Index) universe, based on theirlevel of environmental information disclosure and carbon
efficiency (carbon emissions per unit of revenue).

・“Prime” Status Given by ISS ESG (Fiscal 2019–)

Assessment of sustainability ratings provided by ISS ESG (ESG
investment solutions unit of the U.S. company Institutional
Shareholder Services, the worldʼs leading proxy advisory firm).
Companies that are highly evaluated from ESG perspectives
are recognized as “Prime”.

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

・Ethibel Excellence (Fiscal 2011–)
・Ethibel Pioneer (Fiscal 2014–)

An index developed by Forum Ethibel, aBelgian non-profit organization.
Companies are selected that exhibit highperformance from the perspective ofcorporate social responsibility. This index
includes two sub-Indices, Excellence andPioneer. Companies in the Pioneer index
are selected from among those deemed
best in the Excellence index.

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Guideline
Comparison Table

・Euronext Vigeo Eiris World 120 Index (Fiscal 2018–)

This is a stock price index developed by Euronext, which
operates several security exchanges in Europe, and Vigeo Eiris,an ESG research company. It lists the top 120 companies
demonstrating superior ESG initiatives, selected from 1,500
major corporations in Europe, North America, and theAsia-Pacific region.

・Ethibel Sustainability Index (ESI) (Fiscal 2015–)

This index comprises companies selected
for Ethibel Excellence, based on
conditions such as floating market
capitalization.

・SOMPO Sustainability Index (Fiscal 2018–)

This index was established by Sompo Asset Management Co.,
Ltd. The index selects approximately 300 companies that excel
in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives.

・Global 100 (100 Most Sustainable Corporations in World)(2012, 2016, 2017, and 2021)
The 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, selectedby the Canada-based Corporate Knights. The selections areannounced during the World Economic Forum held in Davos,
Switzerland.

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Social DataPERFORMANCE DATA /INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER’S
ASSURANCE▶ Social Data

Customers
Item

Fiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Inquiries received by the Sysmex Customer Support Center

86,71680,88580,365

Customer satisfaction rating in the United States* (On a scale of 1 to 10)

9.22

9.28

9.27

Fiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Women

33

32

36

Men

11

27

36

Women

70

81

138

Men

1

1

1

Women (%)

98

100

100

Men (%)

100

100

100

129

84

106

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Pursuit of Quality and Trust* Research by IMV ServiceTrak

Environmental Data
Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

Employees▶ “Realization of an Attractive Workplace” on the Status of Sustainability Targets

Other Results1
Item
Employees taking childcare leave
Employees taking shorter work hours for childcare
Percentage of employees returning afterchildcare leave
Employees taking accumulated paid leave
Children in in-house daycare center
Reemployment of personnel leaving for reasons ofchildcare or nursing care
Turnover (Regular employees only, excluding people
who have reached mandatory retirement age)

Total during year

25

17

25

At fiscal year-end

22

17

25

New registrants

2

3

0

Employees reemployed

1

0

0

Percentage of reemployment

50

0

0

Turnover (employees)

67

57

75

Turnover ratio (%)

2.89

2.39

3.06

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Provision of a Comfortable
Working Environment

1 Target: Sysmex Corporation on a non-consolidated basis

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Item
Female managers ratio (Percentage of women at director level or above)

PERFORMANCE DATA /INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER’S
ASSURANCE

External Evaluation

Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Fiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

7.8

7.9

8.7

Female next-generation managers rate

(%)

21.5

21.8

22.4

Rate of mid-career hires in managerial positions

(%)

40

40

40

Salary comparison between men and women(Managerial positions)Base salary (Women: men)

101:100

101:100

97:100Total annual salary (Women: men)

101:100

101:100

96:100

Salary comparison between men and women(Non-managerial positions)Base salary (Women: men)

86:10087:10088:100Total annual salary (Women: men)

77:10078:10080:100

Total

79

52

60

Men

45

35

39

Women

34

17

21

Non-Japanese

12

4

4

Total

52

70

85

Men

42

61

63

Women

10

9

22

Non-Japanese

2

6

4

(%)

-

96

96

Contract employees

22

18

18

Newly graduated recruits2▶ Social Data

Environmental Data
Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance(%)

GovernanceMid-career hires2Internal fill rate
Promotion to regular employee

2

Number of interns accepted

Training results

Industrial accidents2

Temporary employees

10

3

15

Total

32

21

33

Total

144

594

952

Non-Japanese

13

0

0

Average training cost per employee (yen)98,00063,00077,000

Average training time per employee (hours)

27.7

34.7

41.1

Number of training programs

27

82

124

Rate of training for managerial positions (%)

13.6

17.8

18.4

Work-related deaths

0

0

0

Work-related injuries

2

2

3

Lost-time injuries frequency rate

0.86

0.67

0.49

Lost work day rate

0.08

0.06

0.05

Total workdays lost

458

336

312

5,828,206

5,987,268

6,125,461

Total actual number of working hours

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Promotion of Diversity andInclusion

Human Resource
Management

Human Resource
Development Programs

Promotion of Health andOccupational Safety

2 Some figures have been revised from previous reporting

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Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Employees

2,108（512）2,175（552）

2,259(538)

Average age

41.2

41.4

41.7

Average number of years of employment (years)

12.4

12.5

12.6

Average annual salary (thousands of yen)2

8,002

7,390

8,355

Sales per employee (millions of yen)

54.52

51.85

59.81

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Comparison Table

1 The number of employees excludes workers dispatched from Sysmex Corporation, but includes workers dispatched to Sysmex Corporation. For the number of temporary employees, the average for the year is indicated in parentheses.
2 The average annual salary amount includes wages outside of basic wages, as well as bonuses.

Item
Japan

▶ Social Data

Americas

Environmental Data
Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

External Evaluation

Fiscal 2019

1

PERFORMANCE DATA /INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER’S
ASSURANCE

Governance

Percentage of men andwomen in the Group

EMEA*
China
Asia PacificJapan
Americas
EMEA

Number of Group
employees

China
Asia PacificFiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Target

57.7

57.0

57.1

Women (%)

42.3

43.0

42.9

Regular employees, employees on loan,
and contract employees(excluding executives and temporary employees)

Men (%)

60.9

61.2

63.1

Women (%)

39.1

38.8

36.9

Men (%)

57.1

54.1

54.1

Women (%)

42.9

45.9

45.9

Men (%)

67.3

66.5

66.0

Women (%)

32.7

33.5

34.0

Men (%)

58.7

61.9

62.9

Men (%)

Women (%)

41.3

38.1

37.1

Men

2,107

2,180

2,220

Women

1,598

1,646

1,668

Men

755

769

846

Women

494

488

495

Regular employees, employees on loan,
contract employees, and executives

Regular employees, employees on loan,
and contract employees(excluding executives and temporary employees)

Men

1,388

1,446

1,526

Women

1,154

1,227

1,294

Men

527

520

514

Women

256

262

265

Men

583

602

619

Women

369

370

365

9,231

9,510

9,812

Scope

Fiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Sysmex Corporation

Approximately 460,000,000

Approximately 303,000,000

Approximately 780,000,000

Total

Regular employees, employees on loan,
contract employees, and executives* EMEA: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa

Corporate Citizenship Activities
Item
Expenditures for corporate citizenship activities

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Environmental DataPERFORMANCE DATA /INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER’S
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Material Balance

Fiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Electricity (thousand kWh)

51,254

48,15849,055City gas (thousand m3)

1,108

1,212

1,238

LPG (t)

19

16

19

LNG (t)000Heavy oil (kL)

0

0

0

Kerosene (kL)

24

1

1

Diesel oil (kL)

24

13

0

Gasoline for fleet in Japan (kL)

604

518

502

Diesel for fleet in Japan (kL)

10

10

8

Water use volume (thousand m3)

512

452

487

Oﬃce paper (t)

36

30

28

PRTR (t)000Social Data
▶ Environmental Data

Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

Sysmexʼs Business Activities

INPUT

OUTPUTiscal 2019

Fiscal 2020

Fiscal 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1) (t-CO2)

4,093

4,034

4,023

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 2) (t-CO2)

21,71015,476

15,901

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 3) (t-CO2)--

412,714

Waste emissions (t)

2,722

2,529

2,796

Recycling rate (%)

67

78

79

Wastewater volume (thousand m3)

287

270

273

PRTR (t)

0

0

0

R&D

Procurement

Production

Distribution

Sales,
Service andSupport

MedicalInstitutions

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Environmental Performance DataPERFORMANCE DATA /INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER’S
ASSURANCE

Item

Content

Consumption ofrenewable energy

Social Data
▶ Environmental Data

Energy consumption

Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

Consumption ofrenewable energy

Unit

INPUT

38,39940,67044,55142,28742,970City gas

1,474

600

1,097

1,108

1,212

1,238

21

24

19

19

16

19

0

0

57

0

0

0

0

35

0

0

0

0

31

29

29

24

1

1

21

17

38

24

13

0

210

1,302

1,288

6,704

5,871

6,085

734

689

619

604

518

502

25

23

18

10

10

8

467,211443,548

488,089

542,184

516,936

524,686

1,000 m3

LPG

t

LNG

t

Heavy oilkL

KerosenekL

Diesel oil

kLConsumption of other Gasoline (fleet)non-renewable energy Diesel oil (fleet)kL

Total consumption

GJ

Purchased water

1,000 m3

Amount of office paper usedt

PRTR inputt
CO2 emissions of energy consumption
from stationary combustion sources
CO2 emissions from fleet

t-CO2

Total emissions
OUTPUT

Greenhouse gas
emissions Scope 23

Total emissions

t-CO2

Scopes 1 + 2

Total emissions

t-CO2

Greenhouse gas
emissions Scope 33

Major business locations,
instrument factories, reagent
factories, sales offices, andother business sites in Japan;
major business locations,factories, and other businesssites in other countries

Electricity (renewable) 1,000 kWh

Total volume

Greenhouse gas
emissions Scope 13

Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2017 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Coverage2
37,193Groundwater
Water use volume

Scope1

Electricity (non-renewable) 1,000 kWh

CO2 emissions from logistics

t-CO2

Major business locations, instrument
factories, reagent factories, sales offices,and other business sites in Japan
Major business locations,
instrument factories, and reagent
factories in Japan; major businesslocations, factories, and otherbusiness sites in other countries
Major business locations,
instrument factories, andreagent factories in Japan
Major business locations, instrument
factories, reagent factories, sales offices,and other business sites in Japan
Major business locations,
instrument factories, reagent
factories, sales offices, andother business sites in Japan;
major business locations,factories, and other businesssites in other countries (Scopeof CO2 emissions from fleet
comprises vehicles in Japan
only.)

Sysmex Corporation

58

53

65

75

86

96

348

365

384

437

366

391

406

418

449

512

452

487

42

45

38

36

30

28

0

0

0

0

0

0

3,559

1,749

2,964

2,665

2,807

2,836

1,768

1,661

1,483

1,428

1,227

1,187

5,327

3,410

4,447

4,093

4,034

4,023

19,201

20,43819,38521,71015,476

15,901

24,52823,84823,83225,803

19,51019,924

Calculation Method and Other Notes

83％

36％
Total consumption = Σ (consumption by energy typeconversion factor4)
Groundwater intake

83％

36％

19,573

16,711

21,571

18,547

16,691

26,033

The amount of PRTR substances handled at business sitesthat handle chemicals in Japan

Emissions = Σ (fuel consumption

CO2 emission factor4)

83％
Emissions = Σ (purchased electricity consumption
CO2 emission factor5)+ Σ (purchased steam consumption
CO2 emission factor4)-

Emissions = Σ (freight weight transport distance CO2 emissions intensity6)
Shipment in Japan: CO2 emissions due to physical distribution fromwarehouses in Japan to customers and others in Japan(including branches and sales offices)
Overseas shipment: CO2 emissions due to physical distribution fromwarehouses in Japan to ports and airports in other countries* Excludes domestic shipments from headquarters parts centers(to ports and airports)

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Society

Content

Environment

Unit

Total emissions (excluding sales offices in Japan)

Independent Practitionerʼs Assurancet

Waste used for material recycling
Recycled waste (including energy recovery)

OUTPUT▶ Environmental Data

Waste emissions

Total amount of waste disposal
Material recycling rate
Recycling rate (including energy recovery)
Wastewater volume
PRTR output

Total emissions
Emissions
Transfers

Compliance

Violations of
Total amount of large fines
environmental regulations(e.g., air and water pollution) Number of sanctions other than fines
Significant spills andlosses of chemical
substances

Total number of cases
Total leakage volume％

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Performance Data / Independent
Practitioner’s Assurance

Fiscal 2016 Fiscal 2017 Fiscal 2018 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Coverage2

Major business locations, instrument
factories, reagent factories, sales
offices, and other business sites inJapan; major business locations andfactories in other countries

Total emissions

Social Data

Scope1Governance

Major business locations,
instrument factories, reagent
factories, and other businesssites in Japan; major businesslocations and factories in othercountries

Major business locations, instrument factories, and
1,000 m3 reagent factories in Japan; major business locations,factories, and other business sites in other countries
Major business locations, instrumenttfactories, reagent factories, sales offices,and other business sites in Japan
100 million yen Major business locations,
instrument factories, reagent
Cases factories, sales offices, andother business sites in Japan;
Cases major business locations,factories, and other businesstsites in other countries

1. Results in respective years cover the scopes shown for respective indicators. See below for details on the scopes forfiscal 2021.
Major business locations in Japan: Sysmex Corporation (Head Office, Technopark, and Solution Center)
Instrument factories in Japan: Sysmex Corporation (Kakogawa Factory and i-Square), Sysmex Medica, and Sysmex RA
Reagent factories in Japan: Sysmex International Reagents (Ono Factory and Seishin Factory)
Sales offices in Japan: Sysmex Corporation (Tokyo Office and other 20 branches)
Other business sites in Japan: Sysmex Corporation (Research and Development Center and 5 other sites)
Major business locations in other countries: Sysmex Europe, Sysmex Deutschland, Sysmex America, Sysmex Shanghai,and Sysmex Asia Pacific
Major factories in other countries: Sysmex Europe, Sysmex do Brazil, Sysmex Reagents America, Sysmex India, Sysmex
Asia Pacific, Jinan Sysmex Medical Electronics, Sysmex Wuxi, Sysmex Partec,
Sysmex Inostics, and HYPHEN BioMed
Other business sites in other countries: Sysmex Taiwan and Sysmex Korea
2. Coverage is calculated based on net sales by company.

2,106

1,482

2,255

2,722

2,529

2,796

1,436

1,361

2,117

2,591

2,411

2,689

814

1,044

1,264

1,560

1,711

1,929

1,309

1,213

1,617

1,744

1,884

2,130

128

148

500

847

527

559

57

77

60

60

71

72

91

89

76

67

78

79

189

273

292

287

270

273

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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Calculation Method and Other Notes
Waste emissions = general waste emissions +industrial waste emissions

82％

Amount of waste converted into valuables as a result of athird-party process. Includes waste converted into fuel (such as RPF)
Amount of waste reused, used for material recycling, orused for energy recovery (thermal recycling)
Total amount of waste disposal = total emissions - recycled
waste (including energy recovery)

83％
36％

Amount of PRTR emitted from business sites that handlechemicals in Japan
Amount of PRTR transferred from business sites that handlechemicals in Japan100％

3. Scope 1: GHG emitted directly by company facilities, factories, and fleet
Scope 2: GHG emitted indirectly by the company due to energy use
Scope 3: GHG emitted throughout the value chain in relation to products and services
4. Conversion factors and emission factors are based on the “Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures”.
5. Japan: Adjusted emission factors from the list of emission factors for each electric power company released inaccordance with the “Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures” (For submission in 2022)
Other countries: 2019 emission factors from the IEA Emission Factors 2021, IEA
In fiscal 2020, calculation methodology changed to the latest emission factors. The following emission factors wereused previously.
・Japan (fiscal 2016–2019): Adjusted emission factors from the list of emission factors for each electric power company
released in accordance with the “Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures” (For submission in 2017)
・Other countries (fiscal 2016–2017): GHG Protocol 2005
・Other countries (fiscal 2018–2019): 2016 emission factors from the Emissions from Fuel Combustion 2018, IEA
6. Emissions intensity is based on the “Common Guidelines for the Method of Calculating CO2 Emissions in the Logistics
Field Ver. 3.1.”

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LRQA Independent Assurance Statement

Relating to Sysmex Groupʼs Sustainability Activity within its Sustainability Databook 2022
and Sustainability Website for the Fiscal Year 2021
PERFORMANCE DATA /INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONER’S
ASSURANCEThis Assurance Statement has been prepared for Sysmex
Corporation in accordance with our contract.

Terms of Engagement
Social Data
Environmental Data
▶ Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

LRQA Limited (“LRQA”) was commissioned by Sysmex
Corporation (“the Company”) to provide independent
assurance on its disclosure information on Sysmex Groupʼs
Sustainability Activities within its Sustainability Databook
2022 and Sustainability Website (“the report”) for the fiscal
year 2021 (from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022), against theassurance criteria below to a moderate assurance and at themateriality of the professional judgement of the verifier using
AA1000 ASSURANCE STANDARD v3 TYPE 2 ASSURANCE –ADHERENCE TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PRINCIPLES, AND
RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF THE PERFORMANCEINFORMATION.
Our assurance engagement covered the operations andactivities relating the Company and its group companies andspecifically the following requirements:• Verifying conformance of Materiality-Related Disclosureswith AA1000 ACCOUNTABILITY PRINCIPLES 2018;• Verifying conformance with the Companyʼs reporting
methodologies for only the selected environmental & social
data listed below;• Evaluating the accuracy and reliability of data for only theselected environmental & social data listed below:1• Scope 1 GHG emissions (CO2 emissions of energy
consumption from stationary combustion sources, and CO2
emissions from fleet2) (tCO2)• Scope 2 GHG emissions (tCO2)3• Scope 3 GHG emissions (CO2 emissions from logistics)(tCO2)4• Energy consumption (GJ)
• Water use volume (thousand m3)• Industrial waste emissions in Japan (t)5• Female managers ratio (%)6
Our assurance engagement excluded the data and informationof the Companyʼs suppliers, contractors andany third parties mentioned in the report.
LRQAʼs responsibility is only to the Company. LRQA disclaims
any liability or responsibility to others as explained in the end
footnote. The Companyʼs responsibility is for collecting,aggregating, analysing and presenting all the data andinformation within the report and for maintaining effective
internal controls over the systems from which the report isderived. Ultimately, the report has been approved by, andremains the responsibility of the Company.

LRQAʼs Opinion
Based on LRQAʼs approach nothing has come to our attention
that would cause us to believe that the Company has not, in allmaterial respects:• Conformed with AA1000 ACCOUNTABILITY PRINCIPLES
2018• Met the requirements of the criteria listed above• Disclosed accurate and reliable materiality-related
information and environmental & social data as summarisedin Table 1 below
The opinion expressed is formed on the basis of a moderatelevel of assurance and at the materiality of the professional
judgement of the verifier.
1 GHG quantification is subject to inherent uncertainty.
2 Scope of CO2 emissions from fleet comprises vehicles in Japan only.
3 Market-based figure for emissions in Japan whereas location-based foroverseas.
4 Only transport from 5 distribution centres (i-Square, Bio-Square, Kansai,
Komaki) and the Head Office Parts Centre to a) primary domestic
destinations, b) domestic ports and airports (for overseas customers) andfrom domestic ports and airports to overseas ports and airports is in
scope, of which route b) at the Head Office Parts Centre is not includedin the calculation.
5 Scope of industrial waste emissions include major business locations,
instrument factories, and reagent factories in Japan only.
6 Only Sysmex Corporation is included in the calculation.
Note: The extent of evidence-gathering for a moderate assurance
engagement is less than for a high assurance engagement. Moderate
assurance engagements focus on aggregated information rather thanphysically checking source information at sites. Consequently, thelevel of assurance obtained in a moderate assurance engagement issubstantially lower than the assurance that would have beenobtained had a high assurance engagement been performed.

Table 1. Summary of Sysmex Groupʼs environmental &social data for the fiscal year 2021
Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 1(CO2 emissions of energy consumption fromstationary combustion sources and from fleet)

4,023 t-CO2e

Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2

15,901 t-CO2e

Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 3(CO2 emissions from logistics)

26,033 t-CO2e

Energy consumption

524,686 GJ

Water use volume

487 thousand m3

Industrial waste emissions in Japan

540 t

Female managers ratio

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LRQAʼs Approach
LRQAʼs assurance engagements are carried out in accordancewith AA1000 ASSURANCE STANDARD v3 TYPE 2
ASSURANCE – ADHERENCE TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY
PRINCIPLES, AND RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF THE
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. The following tasks were
undertaken as part of the evidence gathering process for thisassurance engagement:
Materiality-Related Disclosures• Reviewing the Companyʼs process for identifying anddetermining stakeholders to confirm that all the related
stakeholders are captured.
• Assessing the Companyʼs process for identifying anddetermining material issues to confirm that the right issues
were included in their Report.
• Reviewing the Companyʼs approach to stakeholder
engagement process to confirm that engagement related toissues raised by stakeholders is implemented.
• Verifying the Companyʼs KPI determination process andinformation disclosure methodologies to confirm thatsustainability performances to impact on environment andsocial are monitored and disclosed.
• LRQA conducted these tasks through interviewing key
personnel in charge of sustainability and reviewing
documents and associated records. To comply with theCompanyʼs “No Visitor” policy due to global spread of
COVID-19 infection, the interview was executed remotely bymeans of Microsoft Teams.

Environment

Governance

External Evaluation

Environmental & social data
• Auditing the Companyʼs data management systems toconfirm that there were no significant errors, omissions or
misstatements in the report. We did this by reviewing theeffectiveness of data handling procedures, instructions andsystems, including those for internal verification.
• Interviewing with those key people responsible for compilingthe data and drafting the report.
• Sampling datasets and traced activity data back to aggregatedlevels;• Verifying the historical environmental & social data andrecords for the fiscal year 2021; and• Employing remote verification approach to the headquarter
office, Sysmex Medica and Kakogawa Factory whereby
confirming the effectiveness of its data management systems
via emails and Microsoft Teams in order to abide by theCompanyʼs “No Visitor” Policy due to the global infection
spread of COVID-19.

Observations
Further observations and findings, made during the assurance
engagement, are:Materiality-Related Disclosures• Inclusivity:
We are not aware of any key stakeholder groups that havebeen excluded from the Companyʼs stakeholder engagement
process. Not only customers, employees and business
partners that The Company has addressed since its
foundation, but shareholders and society are also recognised

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as important stakeholders and the top management
expresses commitment for the stakeholders. We believe
ambitious efforts to make use of engagement outputs should
be made for further improvements.
• Materiality:
We are not aware of any material issues concerning theCompanyʼs sustainability performance that have been
excluded from the report. The Company reviewed anddetermined in line with its already established methodologies
the materiality in 2021 to address social issues related tosustainability. In this process, the Company identified thematerial issues in reference to key sustainability initiatives;
evaluated the materiality by using a dedicated matrix fromthe standpoint of both the Company and its stakeholders; andhad the decision approved by management.
• Responsiveness:
The Company has a formal process to capture issues raised bystakeholders and to respond them. The Company not only
consolidates inputs collected from relevant departments but
also holds regular discussions with experts, and its
performances on selected key issues are reported in a timely
manner on the website and in reports.
• Impact:
The Company establishes the system to account and disclose
information related to sustainability performance. The
Company discloses the information via Annual Report andSustainability Databook and has third-party assurance to theindicators interested by stakeholders. The Company proceeds
to determine KPI for material indicators based on themateriality reviewed in 2021.

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Environmental & social data
The Company should continue efforts for implementing quality
assurance and quality control (QA/QC) systems for the
management of relevant data.

LRQAʼs Standards, Competence andIndependence
LRQA implements and maintains a comprehensive
management system that meets accreditation requirements
for ISO 14065 Greenhouse gases – Requirements forgreenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use inaccreditation or other forms of recognition and ISO/IEC
17021-1 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies
providing audit and certification of management systems –Part1: Requirements that are at least as demanding as therequirements of the International Standard on Quality Control
1 and comply with the Code of Ethics for Professional
Accountants issued by the International Ethics Standards
Board for Accountants.

Environment

SignedGovernance

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Dated: 13 September 2022

Koji Tagami
LRQA Lead Verifier
On behalf of LRQA Limited
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LRQA ensures the selection of appropriately qualified
individuals based on their qualifications, training andexperience. The outcome of all verification and certificationassessments is then internally reviewed by senior management
to ensure that the approach applied is rigorous andtransparent.

The English version of this Assurance Statement is the only valid

This is the only work undertaken by LRQA for the Company
and as such does not compromise our independence or
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Copyright © LRQA, 2022.

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GRI Index
GUIDELINE COMPARISONTABLE▶ GRI Index

SASB Index

General Standard Disclosures (Core)
Disclosure
numbers

Requirements

References

Organizational Profile
102-01a. Name of the organization.

▶ Company Profile

102-02a. A description of the organizationʼs activities.
b. Primary brands, products, and services, including an explanation of any products or services that are banned in certain markets.

▶ Company Profile▶ Products & Solutions

102-03a. Location of the organizationʼs headquarters.

▶ Company Profile

102-04a. Number of countries where the organization operates, and the names of countries where it has significant operations and/or that are relevant to the topics
covered in the report.

▶ Company Profile▶ Subsidiaries, Associated Foundation

102-05a. Nature of ownership and legal form.

▶ Company Profile▶ Sysmex Report (Integrated Report)

102-06a. Markets served, including:i. geographic locations where products and services are offered;ii. sectors served;
iii. types of customers and beneficiaries.

▶ Company Profile▶ Information for Stakeholders

102-07a. Scale of the organization, including:i. total number of employees;
ii. total number of operations;iii. net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations);
iv. total capitalization (for private sector organizations) broken down in terms of debt and equity;
v. quantity of products or services provided.

▶ Company Profile▶ Offices▶ Financial Information

102-08a. Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by gender.
b. Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by region.
c. Total number of employees by employment type (full-time and part-time), by gender.
d. Whether a significant portion of the organizationʼs activities are performed by workers who are not employees. If applicable, a description of the nature andscale of work performed by workers who are not employees.
e. Any significant variations in the numbers reported in Disclosures 102-8-a, 102-8-b, and 102-8-c (such as seasonal variations in the tourism or agricultural industries).
f. An explanation of how the data have been compiled, including any assumptions made.

▶ Social Data

102-09a. A description of the organizationʼs supply chain, including its main elements as they relate to the organizationʼs activities, primary brands, products, and services.

▶ Press Release102-10a. Significant changes to the organizationʼs size, structure, ownership, or supply chain, including:i. Changes in the location of, or changes in, operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions;ii. Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for private sector organizations);iii. Changes in the location of suppliers, the structure of the supply chain, or relationships with suppliers, including selection and termination.

▶ Operating Risks▶ Press Release102-11a. Whether and how the organization applies the Precautionary Principle or approach.

▶ Basic Policy and Structure▶ Risk Management Structure▶ Response to Risks Related to Business Continuity▶ Environmental Management102-12a. A list of externally-developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes, or which it endorses.

The United Nations Global Compact, TCFD, Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, ILO Declaration on Fundamental

102-13a. A list of the main memberships of industry or other associations, and national or international advocacy organizations.

▶ Members of Japan Association of Clinical Reagents Industries (Japanese)

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Strategy102-14a. A statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (such as CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability
to the organization and its strategy for addressing sustainability.

▶ Sysmex Report (CEO Message)

102-15a. A description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.

▶ Sysmex Report (CEO Message, Sysmexʼs Value Creation,

Corporate Governance)▶ Environmental Management

Ethics and Integrity

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102-16

a. A description of the organizationʼs values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior.

▶ Corporate Philosophy and Core Behaviors

102-17a. A description of internal and external mechanisms for:i. seeking advice about ethical and lawful behavior, and organizational integrity;
ii. reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior, and organizational integrity.

▶ Compliance Management

Governance102-18▶ GRI Index

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a. Governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body.
b. Committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental, and social topics.

▶ Corporate Governance▶ Risk Management Structure▶ Environmental Management

Stakeholder Engagement102-34a. Total number and nature of critical concerns that were communicated to the highest governance body.
b. Mechanism(s) used to address and resolve critical concerns.

▶ Status of Sustainability Targets▶ Compliance Management102-40a. A list of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

▶ Communication with Stakeholders

102-41a. Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

▶ Respect for Human Rights

102-42a. The basis for identifying and selecting stakeholders with whom to engage.

▶ Sysmex Report (Stakeholder Engagement)

102-43a. The organizationʼs approach to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group, and an indication ofwhether any of the engagement was undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process.

▶ Sysmex Report (Stakeholder Engagement)

102-44a. Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, including:i. how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting;ii. the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics and concerns.

▶ Materiality

Reporting Practice102-45a. A list of all entities included in the organizationʼs consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents.
b. Whether any entity included in the organizationʼs consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents is not covered by the report.

▶ Editorial Policy▶ Offices▶ Subsidiaries, Associated Foundation

102-46a. An explanation of the process for defining the report content and the topic Boundaries.
b. An explanation of how the organization has implemented the Reporting Principles for defining report content.

▶ Materiality▶ Editorial Policy

102-47a. A list of the material topics identified in the process for defining report content.

▶ Materiality

102-48a. The effect of any restatements of information given in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements.

▶ Environmental Data
▶ Social Data

102-49a. Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the list of material topics and topic Boundaries.

▶ Materiality

102-50a. Reporting period for the information provided.

▶ Editorial Policy

Some figures have been revised from previous
reporting, owing to changes in calculation methods.

102-51a. If applicable, the date of the most recent previous report.

▶ Editorial Policy

102-52

a. Reporting cycle.

▶ Editorial Policy

102-53a. The contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.

▶ Editorial Policy▶ Inquiries regarding sustainability, corporate information,

102-54a. The claim made by the organization, if it has prepared a report in accordance with the GRI Standards, either:i. ʻThis report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core optionʼ;
ii. ʻThis report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Comprehensive optionʼ.

-or other topics related to Sysmex website

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102-55a. The GRI content index, which specifies each of the GRI Standards used and lists all disclosures included in the report.
b. For each disclosure, the content index shall include:i. the number of the disclosure (for disclosures covered by the GRI Standards);
ii. the page number(s) or URL(s) where the information can be found, either within the report or in other published materials;
iii. if applicable, and where permitted, the reason(s) for omission when a required disclosure cannot be made.

▶ Editorial Policy▶ GRI Index

102-56

a. A description of the organizationʼs policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report.
b. If the report has been externally assured:i. A reference to the external assurance report, statements, or opinions. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, a description of what has
and what has not been assured and on what basis, including the assurance standards used, the level of assurance obtained, and any limitations of the assurance process;ii. The relationship between the organization and the assurance provider;iii. Whether and how the highest governance body or senior executives are involved in seeking external assurance for the organizationʼs sustainability report.

▶ Independent Practitionerʼs Assurance

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Specific Standard Disclosures
Disclosure
numbers▶ GRI Index

Society

Requirements

References

Management Approach
103-01a. An explanation of why the topic is material.
b. The Boundary for the material topic, which includes a description of:i. where the impacts occur;ii. the organizationʼs involvement with the impacts. For example, whether the organization has caused or contributed to the impacts, or is directly linked tothe impacts through its business relationships.
c. Any specific limitation regarding the topic Boundary.

▶ Materiality

103-02a. An explanation of how the organization manages the topic.
b. A statement of the purpose of the management approach.
c. A description of the following, if the management approach includes that component:i. Policies
ii. Commitments
iii. Goals and targets
iv. Responsibilities
v. Resources
vi. Grievance mechanismsvii. Specific actions, such as processes, projects, programs and initiatives▶ Basic Policy and Structure▶ Materiality

103-03a. An explanation of how the organization evaluates the management approach, including:i. the mechanisms for evaluating the effectiveness of the management approach;ii. the results of the evaluation of the management approach;iii. any related adjustments to the management approach.

▶ Basic Policy and Structure▶ Materiality

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Resolution of Medical Issues through Products and Services
Indirect Economic Impacts
203-01a. Extent of development of significant infrastructure investments and services supported.
b. Current or expected impacts on communities and local economies, including positive and negative impacts where relevant.
c. Whether these investments and services are commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagements.

▶ Sysmex Report (Sysmexʼs Value Creation)▶ Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation▶ Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities

203-02a. Examples of significant identified indirect economic impacts of the organization, including positive and negative impacts.
b. Significance of the indirect economic impacts in the context of external benchmarks and stakeholder priorities, such as national and international standards,
protocols, and policy agendas.

▶ Sysmex Report (Sysmexʼs Value Creation)▶ Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation▶ Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities

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Local Communities

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413-01a. Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and/or development programs, including the use of:i. social impact assessments, including gender impact assessments, based on participatory processes;
ii. environmental impact assessments and ongoing monitoring;iii. public disclosure of results of environmental and social impact assessments;
iv. local community development programs based on local communitiesʼ needs;
v. stakeholder engagement plans based on stakeholder mapping;vi. broad based local community consultation committees and processes that include vulnerable groups;vii. works councils, occupational health and safety committees and other worker representation bodies to deal with impacts;
viii. formal local community grievance processes.

413-02

a. Operations with significant actual and potential negative impacts on local communities, including:i. the location of the operations;ii. the significant actual and potential negative impacts of operations.

▶ Sysmex Report (Sysmexʼs Value Creation)▶ Resolution of Medical Issues through Innovation▶ Improvement in Accessibility to Healthcare▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities

Responsible Provision of Products and Services▶ GRI Index

Procurement Practices
204-1

SASB Index

a. Percentage of the procurement budget used for significant locations of operation that is spent on suppliers local to that operation(such as percentage of products and services purchased locally).
b. The organizationʼs geographical definition of ʻlocalʼ.
c. The definition used for ʻsignificant locations of operationʼ.

▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Supplier Environmental Assessment
308-02a. Number of suppliers assessed for environmental impacts.
b. Number of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts.
c. Significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts identified in the supply chain.
d. Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which improvements were agreed upon asa result of assessment.
e. Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which relationships were terminated asa result of assessment, and why.

▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management▶ Environmental Consideration through Product Lifecycle

Supplier Social Assessment
414-02a. Number of suppliers assessed for social impacts.
b. Number of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative social impacts.
c. Significant actual and potential negative social impacts identified in the supply chain.
d. Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative social impacts with which improvements were agreed upon asa result of assessment.
e. Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative social impacts with which relationships were terminated asa result of assessment, and why.

▶ Strengthening of Supply Chain Management

Customer Health and Safety
416-02a. Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes concerning the health and safety impacts of products andservices within the reporting period, by:i. incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in a fine or penalty;
ii. incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in a warning;iii. incidents of non-compliance with voluntary codes.
b. If the organization has not identified any non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes, a brief statement of this fact is sufficient.

▶ Important Product Notices (only Japanese site)

Marketing and Labeling417-02a. Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by:i. incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in a fine or penalty;
ii. incidents of non-compliance with regulations resulting in a warning;iii. incidents of non-compliance with voluntary codes.
b. If the organization has not identified any non-compliance with regulations and/or voluntary codes, a brief statement of this fact is sufficient.

▶ Important Product Notices (only Japanese site)

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Realization of an Attractive Workplace
Employment

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401-01a. Total number and rate of new employee hires during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region.
b. Total number and rate of employee turnover during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region.

▶ Social Data

Some employment data is not disclosed
for reasons of confidentiality.

401-03a. Total number of employees that were entitled to parental leave, by gender.
b. Total number of employees that took parental leave, by gender.
c. Total number of employees that returned to work in the reporting period after parental leave ended, by gender.
d. Total number of employees that returned to work after parental leave ended that were still employed 12 months after their return to work, by gender.
e. Return to work and retention rates of employees that took parental leave, by gender.

▶ Social Data

Some employment data is not disclosed
for reasons of confidentiality.

Occupational Health and Safety
403-1

a. A statement of whether an occupational health and safety management system has been implemented, including whether:i. the system has been implemented because of legal requirements and, if so, a list of the requirements
ii. the system has been implemented based on recognized risk management and/or management system standards/guidelines and, if so,
a list of the standards/guidelines.
b. A description of the scope of workers, activities, and workplaces covered by the occupational health and safety management system, and an explanation ofwhether and, if so, why any workers, activities, or workplaces are not covered.

▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

403-4

a. A description of the processes for worker participation and consultation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the occupational health andsafety management system, and for providing access to and communicating relevant information on occupational health and safety to workers.
b. Where formal joint management–worker health and safety committees exist, a description of their responsibilities, meeting frequency,
decision-making authority, and whether and, if so, why any workers are not represented by these committees.

▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

403-5

a. A description of any occupational health and safety training provided to workers, including generic training as well as training on specific work-related hazards,
hazardous activities, or hazardous situations.

▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

403-6

a. An explanation of how the organization facilitates workersʼ access to non-occupational medical and healthcare services, and the scope of access provided.
b. A description of any voluntary health promotion services and programs offered to workers to address major non-work-related health risks,
including the specific health risks addressed, and how the organization facilitates workersʼ access to these services and programs.

▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety

403-9

a. For all employees:
i. The number and rate of fatalities as a result of work-related injury;
ii. The number and rate of high-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities);
iii. The number and rate of recordable work-related injuries;
iv. The main types of work-related injury;
v. The number of hours worked.
b. For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization:
i. The number and rate of fatalities as a result of work-related injury;
ii. The number and rate of high-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities);
iii. The number and rate of recordable work-related injuries;
iv. The main types of work-related injury;
v. The number of hours worked.
c. The work-related hazards that pose a risk of high-consequence injury, including:i. how these hazards have been determined;
ii. which of these hazards have caused or contributed to high-consequence injuries during the reporting period;iii. actions taken or underway to eliminate these hazards and minimize risks using the hierarchy of controls.
d. Any actions taken or underway to eliminate other work-related hazards and minimize risks using the hierarchy of controls.
e. Whether the rates have been calculated based on 200,000 or 1,000,000 hours worked.
f. Whether and, if so, why any workers have been excluded from this disclosure, including the types of worker excluded.
g. Any contextual information necessary to understand how the data have been compiled, such as any standards, methodologies, and assumptions used.

▶ Promotion of Health and Occupational Safety▶ GRI Index

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Training and Education

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404-01a. Average hours of training that the organizationʼs employees have undertaken during the reporting period, by:i. gender;ii. employee category.

▶ Human Resource Development Programs▶ Social Data

404-02a. Type and scope of programs implemented and assistance provided to upgrade employee skills.
b. Transition assistance programs provided to facilitate continued employability and the management of career endings resulting from retirement or
termination of employment.

▶ Provision of a Comfortable Working Environment

Diversity and Equal Opportunity
405-01a. Percentage of individuals within the organizationʼs governance bodies in each of the following diversity categories:
i. Gender;
ii. Age group: under 30 years old, 30-50 years old, over 50 years old;iii. Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups).
b. Percentage of employees per employee category in each of the following diversity categories:
i. Gender;
ii. Age group: under 30 years old, 30-50 years old, over 50 years old;iii. Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups).

▶ Social Data
▶ Sysmex Report (Integrated Report)

405-02a. Ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men for each employee category, by significant locations of operation.
b. The definition used for ʻsignificant locations of operationʼ.

We remunerate employees appropriately, according to factors such as
their occupations and qualifications, and base salaries are the same,
regardless of gender.

▶ GRI Index

SASB Index

Environmental Consideration
Materials
a. Percentage of reclaimed products and their packaging materials for each product category.
b. How the data for this disclosure have been collected.

▶ Environmental Consideration through Product Lifecycle

302-01a. Total fuel consumption within the organization from non-renewable sources, in joules or multiples, and including fuel types used.
b. Total fuel consumption within the organization from renewable sources, in joules or multiples, and including fuel types used.
c. In joules, watt-hours or multiples, the total:
i. electricity consumption
ii. heating consumptioniii. cooling consumption
iv. steam consumption
d. In joules, watt-hours or multiples, the total:
i. electricity soldii. heating soldiii. cooling soldiv. steam solde. Total energy consumption within the organization, in joules or multiples.
f. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.
g. Source of the conversion factors used.

▶ Environmental Data

302-03a. Energy intensity ratio for the organization.
b. Organization-specific metric (the denominator) chosen to calculate the ratio.
c. Types of energy included in the intensity ratio; whether fuel, electricity, heating, cooling, steam, or all.
d. Whether the ratio uses energy consumption within the organization, outside of it, or both.

▶ Environmental Data

302-04a. Amount of reductions in energy consumption achieved as a direct result of conservation and efficiency initiatives, in joules or multiples.
b. Types of energy included in the reductions; whether fuel, electricity, heating, cooling, steam, or all.
c. Basis for calculating reductions in energy consumption, such as base year or baseline, including the rationale for choosing it.
d. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.

▶ Environmental Data

301-03
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Water and Effluents
303-05a. Total water consumption from all areas in megaliters.
b. Total water consumption from all areas with water stress in megaliters.
c. Change in water storage in megaliters, if water storage has been identified as having a significant water-related impact.
d. Any contextual information necessary to understand how the data have been compiled, such as any standards, methodologies, and assumptions used,
including whether the information is calculated, estimated, modeled, or sourced from direct.

▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at

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Biodiversity
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a. Size and location of all habitat areas protected or restored, and whether the success of the restoration measure was or is approved byindependent external professionals.
b. Whether partnerships exist with third parties to protect or restore habitat areas distinct from where the organization has overseen andimplemented restoration or protection measures.
c. Status of each area based on its condition at the close of the reporting period.
d. Standards, methodologies, and assumptions used.

▶ Environmental Consideration through Product Lifecycle▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at

a. Gross direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
b. Gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.
c. Biogenic CO2 emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
d. Base year for the calculation, if applicable, including:i. the rationale for choosing it;ii. emissions in the base year;iii. the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions.
e. Source of the emission factors and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used, or a reference to the GWP source.
f. Consolidation approach for emissions; whether equity share, financial control, or operational control.
g. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.

▶ Environmental Management▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at

a. Gross location-based energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
b. If applicable, gross market-based energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
c. If available, the gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.
d. Base year for the calculation, if applicable, including:i. the rationale for choosing it;ii. emissions in the base year;iii. the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions.
e. Source of the emission factors and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used, or a reference to the GWP source.
f. Consolidation approach for emissions; whether equity share, financial control, or operational control.
g. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.

▶ Environmental Management▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at

a. Gross other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
b. If available, the gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.
c. Biogenic CO2 emissions in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
d. Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions categories and activities included in the calculation.
e. Base year for the calculation, if applicable, including:i. the rationale for choosing it;ii. emissions in the base year;iii. the context for any significant changes in emissions that triggered recalculations of base year emissions.
f. Source of the emission factors and the global warming potential (GWP) rates used, or a reference to the GWP source.
g. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.

▶ Environmental Management▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at

a. GHG emissions intensity ratio for the organization.
b. Organization-specific metric (the denominator) chosen to calculate the ratio.
c. Types of GHG emissions included in the intensity ratio; whether direct (Scope 1), energy indirect (Scope 2), and/or other indirect (Scope 3).
d. Gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.

▶ Environmental Management▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities at

Business Offices▶ Corporate Citizenship Activities

Emissions▶ GRI Index

305-01

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305-02305-03305-04

Business Offices▶ Environmental Data

Business Offices▶ Environmental Data

Business Offices▶ Environmental Data

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Comparison Tablea. GHG emissions reduced as a direct result of reduction initiatives, in metric tons of CO2 equivalent.
b. Gases included in the calculation; whether CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, or all.
c. Base year or baseline, including the rationale for choosing it.
d. Scopes in which reductions took place; whether direct (Scope 1), energy indirect (Scope 2), and/or other indirect (Scope 3).
e. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.

▶ Environmental Management▶ Reduction in Environmental Burden through Activities ata. Significant air emissions, in kilograms or multiples, for each of the following:i. NOX
ii. SOX
iii. Persistent organic pollutants (POP)iiv. Volatile organic compounds (VOC)v. Hazardous air pollutants (HAP)vi. Particulate matter (PM)vii. Other standard categories of air emissions identified in relevant regulations
b. Source of the emission factors used.
c. Standards, methodologies, assumptions, and/or calculation tools used.

This is not disclosed, as quantities of the relevant substances are
extremely small.

Business Offices▶ Environmental Data

Effluents and Waste
306-01a. Total volume of planned and unplanned water discharges by:i. destination;
ii. quality of the water, including treatment method;iii. whether the water was reused by another organization.
b. Standards, methodologies, and assumptions used.

▶ Environmental Data

306-02a. Total weight of hazardous waste, with a breakdown by the following disposal methods where applicable:
i. Reuse
ii. Recyclingiii. Compostingiv. Recovery, including energy recovery
v. Incineration (mass burn)vi. Deep well injection
vii. Landfill
viii. On-site storageix. Other (to be specified by the organization)b. Total weight of non-hazardous waste, with a breakdown by the following disposal methods where applicable:
i. Reuse
ii. Recyclingiii. Compostingiv. Recovery, including energy recovery
v. Incineration (mass burn)vi. Deep well injection
vii. Landfill
viii. On-site storageix. Other (to be specified by the organization)c. How the waste disposal method has been determined:
i. Disposed of directly by the organization, or otherwise directly confirmed
ii. Information provided by the waste disposal contractor
iii. Organizational defaults of the waste disposal contractor▶ Environmental Data

306-03a. Total number and total volume of recorded significant spills.
b. The following additional information for each spill that was reported in the organizationʼs financial statements:
i. Location of spill;ii. Volume of spill;iii. Material of spill, categorized by: oil spills (soil or water surfaces), fuel spills (soil or water surfaces), spills of wastes (soil or water surfaces),
spills of chemicals (mostly soil or water surfaces), and other (to be specified by the organization).
c. Impacts of significant spills.

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

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GovernanceTax207-01a. A description of the approach to tax, including:i. whether the organization has a tax strategy and, if so, a link to this strategy if publicly available;
ii. the governance body or executive-level position within the organization that formally reviews and approves the tax strategy, and the frequency of this review;iii. the approach to regulatory compliance;iv. how the approach to tax is linked to the business and sustainable development strategies of the organization.

▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives (Tax Strategy)▶ Risk Management Structure

207-02a. A description of the tax governance and control framework, including:i. the governance body or executive-level position within the organization accountable for compliance with the tax strategy;ii. how the approach to tax is embedded within the organization;iii. the approach to tax risks, including how risks are identified, managed, and monitored;
iv. how compliance with the tax governance and control framework is evaluated.
b. A description of the mechanisms to raise concerns about the organizationʼs business conduct and the organizationʼs integrity in relation to tax.
c. A description of the assurance process for disclosures on tax including, if applicable, a link or reference to the external assurance report(s) or
assurance statement(s).

▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives (Tax Strategy)▶ Risk Management Structure

GUIDELINE COMPARISONTABLE▶ GRI Index

SASB Index

Anti-Corruption
205-03a. Total number and nature of confirmed incidents of corruption.
b. Total number of confirmed incidents in which employees were dismissed or disciplined for corruption.
c. Total number of confirmed incidents when contracts with business partners were terminated or not renewed due to violations related to corruption.
d. Public legal cases regarding corruption brought against the organization or its employees during the reporting period and the outcomes of such cases.

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

Anti-Competitive Behavior
206-01a. Number of legal actions pending or completed during the reporting period regarding anti-competitive behavior and violations of anti-trust andmonopoly legislation in which the organization has been identified as a participant
b. Main outcomes of completed legal actions, including any decisions or judgments.

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

Environment Compliance307-01a. Significant fines and non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and/or regulations in terms of:i. total monetary value of significant fines;
ii. total number of non-monetary sanctions;iii. cases brought through dispute resolution mechanisms.
b. If the organization has not identified any non-compliance with environmental laws and/or regulations, a brief statement of this fact is sufficient.

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

Public Policy
415-01a. Total monetary value of financial and in-kind political contributions made directly and indirectly by the organization by country and recipient/beneficiary.
b. If applicable, how the monetary value of in-kind contributions was estimated.

There was no annual political contribution in fiscal 2021

Socioeconomic Compliance419-01a. Significant fines and non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and/or regulations in the social and economic area in terms of:i. total monetary value of significant fines;
ii. total number of non-monetary sanctions;iii. cases brought through dispute resolution mechanisms.
b. If the organization has not identified any non-compliance with laws and/or regulations, a brief statement of this fact is sufficient.
c. The context against which significant fines and non-monetary sanctions were incurred.

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

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References

Ratio of weighted average rate of net price increases (for all products) to theannual increase in the U.S. Consumer Price Index−

HC-MS-240a.2

Description of how price information for each product is disclosed to customers
or to their agents▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives＞Fair Marketing Activities

HC-MS-250a.1

Number of recalls issued, total units recalled▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

HC-MS-250a.2

List of products listed in the FDAʼs MedWatch Safety Alerts for Human Medical
Products database

HC-MS-240a.1
Affordability & Pricing

GRI Index▶ SASB Index

ACCOUNTING METRIC

HC-MS-250a.3

Product Safety

Number of fatalities related to products as reported in the FDA Manufacturer andUser Facility Device Experience

There were no results in fiscal 2021.

Number of FDA enforcement actions taken in response to violations of current
Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), by type

HC-MS-250a.4

Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated withfalse marketing claims

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

HC-MS-270a.2

Description of code of ethics governing promotion of off-label use of products▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives＞Fair Marketing Activities

HC-MS-410a.1

Discussion of process to assess and manage environmental and human healthconsiderations associated with chemicals in products, and meet demand forsustainable products▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust＞Sustainable Improvement Programs▶ Environmental Consideration through Product Lifecycle▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives＞Research Ethics

HC-MS-410a.2

Total amount of products accepted for takeback and reused, recycled, or donated,broken down by: (1) devices and equipment and (2) supplies▶ Environmental Consideration through Product Lifecycle▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

HC-MS-430a.1

Percentage of (1) entity's facilities and (2) Tier I suppliers' facilities participating inthird-party audit programs for manufacturing and product quality▶ Status of Sustainability Targets

HC-MS-270a.1

Ethical Marketing

Product Design & Lifecycle
Management

HC-MS-430a.2

Supply Chain Management

Description of efforts to maintain traceability within the distribution chain▶ Pursuit of Quality and Trust＞Sustainable Improvement Programs

HC-MS-430a.3

Description of the management of risks associated with the use of critical materials

HC-MS-510a.1

Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated withbribery or corruption

No incidents (As of March 31, 2022)

Description of code of ethics governing interactions with health care professionals▶ Compliance Promotion Initiatives

HC-MS-510a.2

Business Ethics

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