As Tecan’s CEO and chair of our Sustainability Committee, I am pleased to present this overview of our management of environmental, social, and governance impacts, our achievements in 2025 and our outlook for the future.
Moving into the CEO role in August 2025, Tecan’s Sustainability program was already familiar to me from my time as a member of Tecan’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors. As CEO, my immediate priority is to bring Tecan back to profitable growth, with the Company's sustainability perspective continuing to be embedded in our strategy. Tecan has had a clear sustainability roadmap since 2021, encompassing our supply chain, colleagues worldwide and our customers. Following this roadmap our program has developed every year, and our 2025 Sustainability Report reflects this maturity by including more targets and quantitative data relating to our material topics than ever before.
Initiatives focusing on our supply chain faced some delays in 2025 as we addressed the complex international trade situation. Despite this, Responsible Sourcing targets were achieved, overall progress continued, and the underlying strength of the program is reflected in our improved external sustainability ratings. An all-employee survey was carried out in 2025 and although our target of increased engagement relative to a 2022 baseline was missed, results were more positive than those from our 2024 “pulse check” survey. A high survey participation rate and more than 1,200 free-text inputs reflected the willingness of Tecan employees to contribute to further improving their workplace experience, as well as their confidence that input will continue to be acted on. Our activities in 2026 will include following up on these survey results, as described in the Social Impact section of this report.
Customer interest in our management of environmental impact continues to be strong. The societal transition away from fossil fuels has slowed, limiting our access to low-emissions logistics and making greenhouse gas emissions reduction more challenging. However, we continue to work to improve what we can control, such as purchasing 100% renewable electricity, carrying out energy audits at key sites and implementing energy reduction measures, and launching a plastic waste recycling program for customers in the US.
We are delighted that our Sustainability Report received an award in 2025, recognizing our efforts to describe management of Tecan’s material topics in a straightforward, accessible way. Transparency is also reflected in our achievement of My Green Lab® ACT® EcoLabel certification for select consumables, and our successful collaboration with Agilent to achieve ACT EcoLabel certification of the new Dako Omnis family of instruments also demonstrates the strong alignment of our sustainability approach and values with those of our customers.
Customer centricity remains key to our future success. As we look ahead, I am confident that Tecan’s product offerings, expertise and global relationships will enable us to pursue long-term, sustainable growth. Thank you for your continued interest in our sustainability journey.
Monica Manotas
Chief Executive Officer