“Sustainability” recognizes that environmental health, social equity and economic vitality are interconnected, and all are critical in ensuring we create thriving, healthy, diverse and resilient business practices and communities for this generation and generations to come. To ensure that opportunities to carry out our business activities sustainably are identified and pursued, Tecan has a Sustainability Committee chaired by our CEO and a sustainability strategy that is integrated into the Group strategy. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the oversight of all Tecan's material topics. Integrating sustainability considerations into business decision-making equips Tecan for long-term success, strengthening the creation of value for our shareholders and other stakeholders and reflecting our core values.
HIGHLIGHTS 2025
Tecan is a pioneer and global leader in laboratory automation. Founded in Switzerland in 1980, the Company has more than 3,300 employees, with manufacturing, research and development sites in Europe, North America and Asia, and a sales and service network in over 70 countries. As part of Tecan’s commitment to having positive social and environmental impact a double materiality assessment was carried out in 2023. A total of eleven material topics were identified, each of which is described in this report. Each material topic has related actions to ensure effective management of the risks and opportunities it presents. Some material topics, such as Product Quality and Safety, have long been recognized as vital to Tecan’s business and have detailed associated policies and internal measurement of achievements. Other topics, such as Circular Economy, are at an earlier stage of integration into Tecan’s business practices and while steady progress has been made, related policy development, measurement and targets are still to come. This summary provides the goals and key 2025 achievements in each area. Tecan's external ratings improved once again in 2025, including from C to B in CDP Climate Change transparency, from a 50/100 to 54/100 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) score and from 66/100 to 75/100 with EcoVadis. Looking ahead to 2026, Tecan will expand collection of activity-based data from suppliers as a key step in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Ecodesign principles will be more fully embedded in the product development process, and deeper analysis will be carried out of Tecan’s impacts or dependencies on biodiversity. Tecan will continue to demonstrate good corporate governance and to strive for positive social impact. Through a mix of global and local activities, including leveraging the engagement of our Employee Resource Groups, Tecan will continue to maintain the conditions for a psychologically safe and emotionally healthy workplace.
ENVIRONMENT
CLIMATE IMPACT
Focus: Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated by our business activities.
Goal: Goal: Overall Net Zero Target: Tecan Group Ltd. commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050.
- Near-Term Targets: Tecan Group Ltd. commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year. Tecan also commits to increase active annual sourcing of renewable electricity from 34% in 2022 to 100% by 2025, and to continue active annual sourcing of 100% renewable electricity through 2030. Tecan finally commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2022 base year.
- Long-Term Targets: Tecan Group Ltd. commits to reduce absolute scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions 90% by 2050 from a 2022 base year.
2025 Highlights: Increase in purchase of renewable electricity from 87% to 100%, as per Tecan’s Science Based Targets commitment. Tecan's near-term scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction target has been achieved. Reduction in scope 3 emissions also achieved in 2025. Completion of energy audits at sites collectively responsible for two thirds of Tecan’s onsite energy consumption and setting a target to reduce energy consumption by 5% by 2030.
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Focus: Implementing ecodesign principles and reducing waste throughout our value chain.
Goal: Eventually to transition from a linear economic model to a circular economy.
2025 Highlights: Increasing product transparency with the achievement of ACT® EcoLabels for select disposable tip products; creation of a program to repurpose trade-in instruments for donation to educational organizations; launch of plastic waste take-back in the US.
SOCIAL IMPACT
BEING THE EMPLOYER OF CHOICE
Focus: Promoting employee learning and development, and a positive workplace culture.
Goal: Being the employer of choice in our industry.
2025 Highlights: Strengthened leadership development by introducing SLD Champions, tailored divisional SLD (Senior Leadership Development) sessions, and expanding global training programs, including "Leading with Impact" and "Change Readiness."; achieved Great place to Work certification in targeted countries. In the 2025 all-employee survey, 72% of respondents agreed that Tecan is a great place to work.
FAIRNESS, ACCESS, INCLUSION AND REPRESENTATION
Focus: Building a culture where all individuals at Tecan can “stay unique and make it count.”
Goal: An inclusive, psychologically safe environment where all employees feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to make an impact.
2025 Highlights: Our approach to workplace culture evolved with the introduction of FAIR, deepening our commitment to Fairness, Access, Inclusion and Representation. Completion of gender pay audits for Switzerland, Germany, and Austria showed that evidence for gender-based inequality remains low across all three locations.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Focus: Ensuring the health and safety of Tecan’s employees.
Goal: To fully implement Tecan’s Global Health & Safety program, replacing our current local H&S systems, and to keep the annual Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR) at or below that of the average of the previous three years.
2025 Highlight: In Tecan’s 2025 global employee survey, 87% of respondents reported that “this is a physically safe place to work”. In 2025, the average TRIR for the years 2023-2025 was 4.06.
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Focus: Our customers and partners are at the core of all our business activities.
Goal: High customer satisfaction and a prompt response to customer requests.
2025 Highlight: Tecan’s well-established After Sales Care process showed a vast majority of satisfied customers, with almost 90% describing themselves as “very satisfied” or “completely satisfied.”
GOVERNANCE
GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS
Focus: Consistently demonstrating good business practices, including in areas such as anti-bribery and anti-corruption, risk management and reporting.
Goal: Consistent adherence throughout Tecan to the spirit and provisions of our Code of Conduct.
2025 Highlight: Tecan’s Code of Conduct has been upheld throughout the company, with one Code of Conduct violation leading to the individual concerned leaving Tecan in 2025.
PRODUCT QUALITY AND SAFETY
Focus: Striving for excellence in product quality and safety by taking the time to fully understand our customers’ needs, always complying with national and international requirements, implementing those requirements in our products and our organization, and providing long-term customer care.
Goal: To continuously improve the quality of our products and processes and ensure the effectiveness of our quality management system.
2025 Highlight: Tecan successfully launched an electronic Quality Management System (eQMS) globally along with a
corporate audit program with a product centric and risk-based focus. 100% of Good Manufacturing Practices Health Authority/Regulatory Inspections of Tecan completed with zero observations.
CYBERSECURITY
Focus: Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data (e.g., customer and employee data), and protecting this data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
Goal: A cybersecure environment for every aspect of Tecan’s business.
2025 Highlight: Continuous integration of cybersecurity techniques into Tecan’s global Quality Management System in line with IEC 81001-5-1: Health software and health IT systems safety, effectiveness and security Part 5-1: Security Activities.
INNOVATION
Focus: Provide an enabling environment for product and service innovation, from improvements to disruptive or breakthrough innovations.
Goal: Grow Tecan’s business through product and service innovation.
2025 Highlight: Successful launch of Veya™, redefining laboratory automation by integrating cutting-edge pipetting technology with an intuitive touchscreen interface, guided workflows, AI monitored pipetting, and seamless integration with Tecan’s digital ecosystem.
RESPONSIBLE SOURCING
Focus: Managing the social, governance and environmental impacts of our procurement activities.
Goal: A value chain conforming to Tecan’s standards as set out in our Supplier Code of Conduct.
2025 Highlights: 2025 target achieved: suppliers representing 85% of production-related spend for Tecan's main production sites have committed to the standards set out in our Supplier Code of Conduct. In addition, 81% have been assessed on their ESG performance.