Reduction in Environmental Burden through Business Activities

Sysmex is working on energy conservation through the introduction of equipment such as highly efficient air conditioning systems, LED lighting, and motion sensors, as well as demand-control systems for measuring and monitoring the amount of electricity needed to reduce direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions from our business sites.
In fiscal 2023, all electricity used by major domestic facilities, including reagent production factories and R&D centers, was switched to renewable energy sources. Sysmex RA, one of the Group’s key factories, received Net Zero Energy Building (ZEB¹) certification under the Building-Housing Energy-efficiency Labeling System (BELS²) for its new facility, which is scheduled to begin operations in April 2025.
Sysmex Europe’s reagent production factory has introduced ice thermal storage air conditioning systems³, in addition to having solar panels installed, covering approximately 35% of energy requirements for reagent production. In addition, Sysmex business locations in EMEA⁴ and the Americas have been increasing their usage of electricity derived from renewable energy.
Sysmex America has formed a cross-departmental Green Team to promote environmental activities with a view to obtaining LEED certification⁵ for its head office. It has also installed charging ports for electric vehicles, improved LED lighting, and installed solar panels, continuing to undertake various initiatives to acquire certification.

In order to control fuel consumption and reduce CO₂ emissions for the approximately 400 company vehicles in Japan, Sysmex Corporation has installed telematics services in the form of drive recorders in each vehicle to enable visualization of driving quality, such as each car’s eco-drive status and compliance with laws. It also conducts eco-driving training for all employees to improve the environmental awareness of each driver. With these activities being evaluated highly, Sysmex received a certificate of excellence in the fiscal 2024 Eco-Driving Activity Contest sponsored by the Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation. It has also promoted the replacement of its company vehicles with those that have greater fuel efficiency. By the end of fiscal 2024, approximately 60% of all our vehicles were replaced with hybrid or fuel-efficient vehicles.
We are also promoting the introduction of environmentally friendly vehicles and fuels across its global operations. Sysmex Brazil uses biofuels derived from sugarcane for its company cars and is expanding the use of electric vehicles for deliveries from its own warehouses to customers. Sysmex UK has eliminated diesel vehicles and replaced all company vehicles with hybrid models.

Sysmex uses water as a raw material in reagent production. Both tap water and groundwater are used. Recognizing that reducing water use is an important issue, Sysmex has set targets for decreasing water use in our Eco-Vision 2033, and it is making efforts to improve the efficiency of water use at reagent production sites.
At the Ono Factory, a reagent production factory, Sysmex has successfully reduced the number of line cleanings by increasing the number of consecutive production runs for the same product, after thoroughly confirming there would be no impact on product quality. In addition, by reviewing production processes, we have developed technology to recover and commercialize the reagents without discarding remaining liquid in the piping. These initiatives have contributed to reducing water use and lowering environmental impact from waste liquid.

Sysmex prioritizes the protection of water quality. We have created our own emission standards that we use to manage the wastewater from development centers and factories that use chemical substances, ensuring that waterways and groundwater are not affected.

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. Our manufacturing facilities are also working to switch to electronic production records and manuals, promoting our paperless initiative.

Sysmex uses chemical substances in its R&D and manufacturing processes. In addition to preventing losses or leaks, we strive to manage chemical substances appropriately to prevent damage to the health of our employees working onsite.

As a precaution against the danger of infection by biological substances, 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 other harmful substances, we work to prevent aerial drift, dispersion, and groundwater permeation through countermeasures that address both facilities and management methods. In these ways, we endeavor to keep emissions below standard statutory levels.

In response to the Fluorocarbons Emission Control Law, each Group company in Japan established a response manual, identifying and appropriately using fluorocarbon-containing instruments owned or managed by it, conducting inspections, and monitoring calculated amount of leaked fluorocarbons.