Green Procurement Standards

Through our global corporate activities in the healthcare field, we are contributing to the creation of a fulfilling and healthy society.

1. Objectives

In accordance with its environmental policy, the Sysmex Group strives to fulfill its corporate social responsibility by promoting global environment conservation. Accordingly, we endeavor to promote the manufacture of environmentally friendly products by encouraging the procurement of raw materials and parts that have low impact on the global environment. Sysmex aims to cultivate motivated environmental conservation activities among our suppliers and enable us to work together toward the development of a sustainable society.

2. Green Procurement Initiatives

The Sysmex Group practices “green procurement” to ensure that its procurement activities promote a reduction in the environmental impact of the Companyʼs products and reduce the environmental impact of all production activities, including those of our suppliers. We promote the two items below as specific green procurement initiatives.

  1. 1Promote the procurement of raw materials and parts that have lower environmental impact.
  2. 2Expand business with suppliers that take a proactive approach toward environmental conservation.

3. Scope of Application

These standards apply to the procurement of raw materials, parts and products by Sysmex Group companies.

4. Control of Chemical Substances in Products

The Sysmex Group requires the selection of materials and parts for the products it develops and produces to be based not only on the requisite quality, performance and economic feasibility, but also on the minimization of environmental impact. Therefore, raw materials and parts that do not employ the chemical substances described below shall be adopted:

  1. 1Substances prohibited according to restrictions on chemical substances contained in products shall not be contained.
  2. 2Those in which the chemical substance amounts defined under restrictions on chemical substances contained in products shall be monitored.
  3. 3Those for which the environmental impact of the chemical substance in terms of atmospheric pollution, water contamination, soil pollution, etc. shall be low.
  4. 4Environmental impact data for materials shall be disclosed.
  5. 5In relation to packaging materials, when all of the aforementioned factors are identical, that with the lowest volume of contained chemical substances shall be selected.

We ask our valued suppliers to:

1. Configuration and Operation of Environmental Management Systems

When commencing transactions with business partners, the Sysmex Group indicates clearly the importance it places on motivated environmental conservation activities. To this end, we confirm whether potential suppliers have in place environmental management systems certified by third parties.

  1. 1ISO 14001 certification
  2. 2Simplified environmental management system certification

2. Provision of Environmental Information on Raw Materials and Parts

The Sysmex Group asks suppliers to provide the following environmental reports in cooperation with Sysmexʼs environmental conservation activities:

  1. 1Data on harmful chemical substances contained in raw materials and parts
  2. 2Certification against the use of substances targeted by European RoHS regulations
  3. 3Information on raw materials and parts compliant with European RoHS regulations

3. Environmental Measures by Suppliers to Their Outsourcing Partners

The Sysmex Group also asks suppliers to request that their outsourcing partners configure environmental management systems and cooperate in providing environmental information. We ask suppliers to take responsibility for managing their outsourcing partners in this respect.