Data

In the previous sections of the Sustainability Report, Tecan’s management of material topics is described. The management of material topics generates data that can indicate if a revised approach or new business activities are needed: the data is used in business decisions. For material topics that generate a significant amount of data, such as management of environmental impact and Tecan’s role as an employer, the data related to these topics is shared here.

Environmental Data

Tecan calculates greenhouse gas emissions annually and aims to calculate scope 1 and scope 2 emissions and certain scope 3 emissions quarterly in future, once the data collection and management system to facilitate this is in place. Energy consumption, water use and waste data are also tracked annually, and increased frequency of collection of this data is being evaluated in 2024. An additional metric used to track progress towards our overall aim of emissions reduction is the collection of supplier environmental data. As the baseline year, 2022 was chosen for reasons of total global footprint data availability and quality.

Progress towards Tecan’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target is currently measured annually through the footprint calculation exercise. Progress towards being able to make this calculation more frequently than annually is measured and reported on internally quarterly, when the Management Board receives updates on the progress of the implementation of new a data collection and management system, as well as on the progress and results of Tecan’s Responsible Sourcing program.

Tecan’s greenhouse gas emissions decreased overall in 2023. This is attributable to factors including:

A small reduction in materials purchased and products sold;
Successful implementation of reduction in the distance products are shipped;
More specific data regarding use of sold products, enabling lower-emissions energy use to be assigned to a greater number of sold products.

Emissions due to business travel, driving and scope 1 energy use increased, and all areas present opportunities for emissions reduction in the near term.

Tecan will continue to pursue the emissions reduction and environmental management activities described in the Climate Impact section of this report.

	2023			2022	2021 (limited footprint)
	Consumption	GJ	(tCO₂e)	(tCO₂e)	(tCO₂e)
Scope 1: Direct energy use per primary source			1,994	1,729.78	613.69

Stationary combustion			936	952.60	383.28
Diesel (liters)	159.00	6.01	0.42	0.89	-
Natural gas (KWh)	4,062,595.60	16296.78	807	823.48	383.28
Propane (liters)	479,266.20	12444.62	128	128.23	-
Mobile combustion			911	671.30	154.91
Diesel (liters)	143,365.20	5421.92	381	300.35	77.37
Petrol (liters)	226,135.40	7703.07	529	370.95	77.54
LPG (liters)	350.0	9.17	1	-	-
Fugitive Emissions: Refrigerants (kg)	101.00		147	105.88	75.50

Scope 2: Indirect energy use per primary source			3,877	6,574.92	696.46

Electricity (KWh)
Grid (KWh)	7,285,077.00	26,226.28	3,796	6,481.52	527.26
Renewable (KWh)	11,012,898.40	39,646.43	-	-	-
Electric vehicles (KWh)	23,460.00	84.46	6	-	-
District cooling (KWh)	51,000.00	183.60	1	-	-
District heating (KWh)	659,962.30	2,375.86	74	93.40	169.20
Energy (GJ) total		110,398.20
Emission intensity (scope 1 + 2 emissions in tCO₂e/turnover in CHF million)			5.46	7.26	1.38

Total Scope 1+2 (tCO₂e)			5871	8,304.7	1,310.15

Scope 3: Other indirect emissions			432,326	474,048	2,770.13

Business travel (all sites)			7,372	5,676.00*	1,882.17
Accommodation (nights)			492	788.00	-
Air travel (pkm)			6,363	3,587.00	1,882.17
Ground travel (km)			373	1,160.00	-
Purchased goods and services			202,852	205,009.00*	18.15
Employee commuting and teleworking			2,476	2,051.00	393.05
Waste generated in operations (tonnes)			275	239.00	78.28
Fuel and energy related activities			1,843	1,921.00	398.48

TOTAL Scope 1+2+3 (tCO₂e)			438,197	482,352.00*	4,080.29

* 2022 Results have been restated in light of updated spend-based factors available. Therefore, 2022 results in this table do not match the numbers in the 2022 Tecan Annual Report. This restatement lowered Tecan's overall footprint by less than 5%.

Emissions are calculated in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas protocol and represented in tCO₂e. There are no biogenic CO₂ emissions. GWP (global warming potential) used is from the IPCC Report 2014 AR5, emissions factors used are mainly DEFRA BEIS 2023, IEA 2023 and CEDA 6 2023. The scope 2 data in the table above is market-based. The emissions consolidation approach used is operational control.

Calculations are based on activity so far as possible and otherwise on spend data. Spend data was either converted into activity data through estimations or directly calculated through spend-based emission factors. Any data gaps were filled through extrapolations based on averages per either number of full-time employees or square meters surface.

In 2022, scope 3(15) emissions were not reported as the amount, 1.64 tCO₂e, was deemed immaterial to Tecan's total global footprint. There are no scope 3(15) emissions in Tecan's 2023 footprint. In 2023, no steam was consumed or sold and no electricity, heating or cooling was sold.

Location-based approach

Scope	GHG Category	2023 (tCO₂e)	2022 (tCO₂e)
Scope 2		7,178.16	7,178.12
Scope 2	Electricity: Grid	3,768.84	6,019.33
Scope 2	Electricity: Renewable	3,330.43	1,065.39
Scope 2	Electricity: Electric Vehicles	3.72	-
Scope 2	Cooling	1.07	-
Scope 2	Heating	74.10	93.40
Scope 3
Scope 3	Fuel and energy related activities	2,369.70	5,148.73

Water and waste data

	2023		2022
	Amount	(tCO₂e)	Amount	(tCO₂e)
Waste generated in operations (tons)
Incineration	79.40	48	103.09	54
Incineration hazardous	54.06	49	8.82	22
Landfill	316.40	160	263.08	120
Landfill hazardous	-	-	16.33	3
Recycling	383.56	6	289.25	6
Unspecified	-	-	18.81	9
Unspecified hazardous	-	-	2.43	6
Radioactive treatment	-	-	0.29	-
Composting	31.40	0	-	-
Water (m³)	61,987.77	12	70,725.41	19

Waste is monitored and managed locally and waste data is collected from local site managers by Tecan’s Global Head of EHS (Environment, Health and Safety).

Total tCO₂e 2023

Total tCO₂e 2022

Calculated in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
* 2022 results have been restated in light of updated spend-based factors available. Therefore, 2022 results in this table do not match the numbers in the 2022 Tecan Annual Report. This restatement lowered Tecan's overall footprint by less than 5%.

Social impact data

Employee Data

This data is headcount data unless indicated otherwise and reflects the period January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023. Employees may have permanent or temporary contracts. Unless otherwise indicated, the data refers to all Tecan employees.

Certain Tecan employee benefits programs are specific to countries and / or influenced by local law. Tecan’s benefits always meet and may exceed legal requirements. Examples of benefits include life insurance, health care, disability and invalidity coverage, parental leave, other paid leave, retirement provision, stock ownership, global travel insurance, commuting subsidies, and company cars. Offer and acceptance of benefits is tracked internally but not reported, for reasons of business confidentiality. Analysis regarding the ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men is also carried out per country and reported where completed.

Gender diversity (# and %) of all employees globally, and by region

Region of operations	No. of female employees	Female employees (%)	No. of male employees	Male employees (%)	No. of not disclosed gender	Not disclosed gender em- ployees (%)	No. of all employees	All employess (%)
Asia Pacific	703	19.68	446	12.48	2	0.06	1151	100
North America	387	10.83	662	18.53	7	0.20	1056	100
Other Europe	233	6.52	408	11.42	0	0.00	641	100
Switzerland	219	6.13	506	14.16	0	0.00	725	100
Total global operations	1542	43.16	2022	56.59	9	0.25	3573	100

Gender diversity (# and %) of all employees globally by contract type

Contract type	No. of female employees	Female employees (%)	No. of male employees	Male employees (%)	No. of not disclosed gender	Not disclosed gender em- ployees (%)	No. of all employees	All employees (%)
Indefinite/permanent employees	1526	42.71	2000	55.98	8	0.22	3534	98.91
Fixed-term/temporary employees	16	0.45	22	0.62	1	0.03	39	1.09
Full-time employees	1390	38.90	1916	53.62	9	0.25	3315	92.78
Part-time employees	152	4.25	106	2.97	0	0.00	258	7.22
Non-guaranteed hours employees (casual workers, on-call employees, zero-hours contracts)	0	0		0	0	0	0	0

Number and % of employee contract types by region

Contract type	No. of employees on each contract type in Asia Pacific	% of employees on each contract type in Asia Pacific	No. of employees on each contract type in North America	% of employees on each contract type in North America	No. of employees on each contract type in Other Europe	% of employees on each contract type in Other Europe	No. of employees on each contract type in Switzerland	% of employees on each contract type in Switzerland
Indefinite/permanent employees	1142	99.22	1055	99.91	630	98.28	707	97.52
Fixed-term/temporary employees	9	0.78	1	0.09	11	1.72	18	2.48
Full-time employees	1151	100	1052	99.62	559	87.21	553	76.28
Part-time employees	0	0	4	0.38	82	12.79	172	23.72
Non-guaranteed hours employees (casual workers, on-call employees, zero-hours contracts)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The number of temporary employees in North America is lower in 2023 than in 2022 because in 2022 this figure included some individuals who were contractors. In 2023, these individuals are counted as contractors.

The majority of employee data is maintained within the SAP system, facilitating direct querying. However, one entity was not yet hosting their data on SAP in 2023, therefore required employee data was directly requested from local HR. Subsequently, this dataset was aligned and merged with the SAP dataset to form the source data used here.

Number of non-employees by contract type and percentage share of total workforce

Contract type Headcount	No. of workers on each contract type	Percentage (%) of workers within total workforce on each contract type
Contractors (independent, self-employed)	610	14.58
Agency workers (e.g. labor agency, recruitment agency workers)	610	14.58
Franchisee workers	0	NA
Third party on site workers (e.g. subcontracted service workers, third-party workers)	0	NA
Total number of employees in global operations	3573	85.42
Total workforce (employee + non-employee workers)	4183	100

Non-Employees / Contingent Contractors are: External Consultants, External Contractors, Temp by Agency (short term temporary contracts) and Board Members. Tecan engages the most common types of non-employee workers indirectly through employment agencies and directly with contractors. Workers who are not employees carry out tasks to support Tecan’s ordinary business activities.

Gender diversity (%) of the company’s governance bodies (Extended Management Board [EMB] and Board of Directors)

Age diversity (%) of the company’s governance bodies (Extended Management Board [EMB] and Board of Directors)

Gender diversity (%) of all employees globally by employee category

Gender diversity (%) of all employees globally by management level

Age diversity (%) of all employees globally by employee category

New employee hire rate (%) across global company by gender

Gender group	New hires across global operations	New hire rate (%)
Female employees	208	5.82
Male employees	249	6.97
Undeclared/Unknown	10	0.28
Non-binary employees	0	0.00
Total new employees globally	467	13.07

New employee hire rate (%) across global company by age group

Age group	New hires across global operations	New hire rate (%)
Employees under 30 years old	175	4.90
Employees 30-50 years old	210	5.88
Employees over 50 years old	80	2.24
Unknown age	2	0.06
Total new employees globally	467	13.07

New employee hire rate (%) across global company by region

Region of operations	New hires across global operations	New hire rate (%)
Asia Pacific	147	4.11
North America	147	4.11
Other Europe	93	2.60
Switzerland	80	2.24
Total new employees globally	467	13.07

Turnover rates, voluntary and involuntary, of global company by gender

Gender group	No. of voluntary turnover	Voluntary turnover rate (%)	No. of involuntary turnover	Involuntary turnover rate (%)	No. of all turnover	Total turnover rate (%)
Female employees	126	3.53	56	1.57	199	5.57
Male employees	138	3.86	74	2.07	230	6.44
Undeclared/Unknown	3	0.08	1	0.03	4	0.11
Non-binary employees	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Total global employees	267	7.47	131	3.67	433	12.12

Turnover rates, voluntary and involuntary, of global company by age group

Age group	No. of voluntary turnover	Voluntary turnover rate (%)	No. of involuntary turnover	Involuntary turnover rate (%)	No. of all turnover	Total turnover rate (%)
Employees under 30 years old	84	2.35	42	1.18	129	3.61
Employees 30-50 years old	149	4.17	61	1.71	214	5.99
Employees over 50 years old	32	0.90	28	0.78	88	2.46
Unknown age	2	0.06	0	0.00	2	0.06
Total global employees	267	7.47	131	3.67	433	12.12

Turnover rates, voluntary and involuntary, of global company by region

Region of operations	No. of voluntary turnover	Voluntary turnover rate (%)	No. of involuntary turnover	Involuntary turnover rate (%)	No. of all turnover	Total turnover rate (%)
Asia Pacific	108	3.02	27	0.76	148	4.14
North America	59	1.65	43	1.20	111	3.11
Other Europe	53	1.48	33	0.92	90	2.52
Switzerland	47	1.32	28	0.78	84	2.35
Total global employees	267	7.47	131	3.67	433	12.12

Percentage of all employees covered by collective bargaining agreements

% of employees covered by

collective bargaining agreements

Total global operations

10.80

Average number of hours of training provided per employee (FTE basis), by employee category

Employee category	Average hours of training provided per employee
Research and development management	46.47
Research and development non-management	44.57
Manufacturing and logistics management	54.18
Manufacturing and logistics non-management	53.10
Sales and marketing management	41.72
Sales and marketing non-management	40.63
Customer service management	48.89
Customer service non-management	43.85
General administration management	48.48
General administration non-management	44.15
Unable to assign	45.34

For additional information see the Social Impact section of the report. Included in the Learning and Development section of this report is information about the type and scope of programs implemented and assistance provided to upgrade employee skills. Transition assistance programs provided to facilitate continued employability and the management of career endings resulting from retirement or termination of employment are included in the general description of the other learning and development offerings provided. Line Managers are advised to once a year at minimum have a conversation with their team members about each member’s personal development plan. The management of career endings is handled case-by-case depending on local legal requirements and the circumstances.

Percentage of all employees (EE) who received a regular performance and career development review, also by gender

Gender group	% of employees who recieved a performance review	Number of employees who recieved a performance review	Total number of EE
Female employees	34.82	537	1542
Male employees	58.16	1176	2022
Undeclared/Unknown	0.00	0	9
Total global employees	47.94	1713	3573

Percentage of all employees (EE) who received a regular performance and career development review, by employee category

Employee category	% of employees who recieved a performance review	Number of employees who recieved a performance review	Total number of EE
Research and development management	85.27	191	224
Research and development non-management	70.53	146	207
Manufacturing and logistics management	55.14	118	214
Manufacturing and logistics non-management	21.63	374	1729
Sales and marketing management	89.58	129	144
Sales and marketing non-management	74.60	185	248
Customer service management	97.37	74	76
Customer service non-management	81.88	244	298
General administration management	74.46	172	231
General administration non-management	39.60	80	202
Total global employees	47.94	1713	3573

Tecan’s employee performance review process is described in the Social Impact section of the report, and is offered to all (100%) employees.

Health and Safety

Tecan’s Health and Safety program is set out in the section of this report. Below is the data related to the Health and Safety program.

	Tecan’s employees covered by Tecan’s occupational health and safety management system, which is described in the Health and Safety chapter of this report. Workers who are not employees but whose workplace is controlled by Tecan also benefit from this system. (GRI 4053-8ai)	3573 (100%)
	Employees working at locations where the occupational health and safety management system has been internally audited. At these sites, workers who are not employees but whose workplace is controlled by Tecan also benefit from this. (GRI 403-8aii)	717 (20.1%)
	Globally, Tecan has 650 workers who are not employees. For 2023, Tecan does not report which locations these workers are based at, and so does not report what % of these workers are at sites where the occupational health and safety management system has been internally audited. (GRI 403-8b)
GRI 403-9ai – 9bv follow:
	For all employees: The number and rate of fatalities as a result of work-related injury:	0, 0
	For all employees: The number and rate of high-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities):	0, 0
	For all employees: The number and rate of recordable work-related injuries:	20, 3.04 (LTIR 1.83)
	For all employees: The main types of work-related injury:	Cut, back pain
	For all employees: The number of hours worked:	6,568,675
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The number and rate of fatalities as a result of work-related injury:	0, 0
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The number and rate of high-consequence work-related injuries (excluding fatalities):	0, 0
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The number and rate of recordable work-related injuries:	0, 0
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The main types of work-related injury:	No injuries reported
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The number of hours worked:	This data is not available for 2023.
	Rates have been calculated based on 1,000,000 hours worked (GRI 403-9e)
	No workers have been excluded from this disclosure. (GRI 403-9f)
GRI 403-10ai – 10bi follow:
	For all employees: The number of fatalities as a result of work-related ill health:	0
	For all employees: The number of cases of recordable work-related ill health:	1
	For all employees: The main types of work-related ill health:	Musculoskeletal disorder
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The number of fatalities as a result of work-related ill health:	0
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The number of cases of recordable work-related ill health:	0
	For all workers who are not employees but whose work and/or workplace is controlled by the organization: The main types of work-related ill health:	No ill health reported
GRI 403-10ci – 10d follow:
	The work-related hazards that pose a risk of ill health, including: how these hazards have been determined: Insufficient ergonomics or inadequate workplace design was identified and recorded as a risk through the Group-wide risk assessment. Mitigation of the risk is being achieved by ensuring proper infrastructure is in place. In the reporting year, one case of ill health has been attributed to this work-related hazard. No workers are excluded from this disclosure.

Governance Data

Responsible Sourcing

Tecan’s Responsible Sourcing program tracks the results of program activities at every step of the process set out in the Responsible Sourcing section of this report. The metrics shown below in bold are included in the data shared in this report:

Percentage and number of suppliers annually that:

Have their sustainability performance assessed during the supplier qualification process
Sign Tecan’s Supplier Code of Conduct
Complete an EcoVadis assessment
Implement a corrective action plan
Were inspected or visited
Were further assessed via Tecan’s responsible sourcing escalation process
Tecan terminates a relationship with because of their poor sustainability practices

Screening is carried out simultaneously for impacts relating to Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics, and Sustainable Procurement. Tecan's Responsible Sourcing program was implemented during 2023. Suppliers working with Tecan before September, 2023, are being requalified in the process described in the Responsible Sourcing section of this report. Internal controls and program management revealed that after September, 2023, nine suppliers were qualified outside of the new supplier qualification process. This is being addressed and further steps taken to ensure the process is fully adhered to globally in future. Supplier feedback regarding the new process resulted in further clarification of the information being requested during supplier qualification and requalification. In Tecan’s 2023 annual letter to suppliers, a reminder of the importance of the Responsible Sourcing process was included. No (0) suppliers completed a corrective action plan in 2023, and no (0) supplier relationships were terminated because of poor supplier sustainability practices.

Percentage of new suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria		43% (40) new suppliers were screened in total in 2023; since September, 2023, 96% (22) new suppliers were screened.
Number of suppliers assessed for environmental impacts		2367 suppliers screened on EcoVadis IQ platform for environmental impacts
Number of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts		162 suppliers presented potentially high environmental risk in EcoVadis IQ initial screening process.
Significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts identified in the supply chain		Top 3 environmental potential risks in our supply chain identified via EcoVadis IQ risk screening: 1) Materials, Chemicals & Waste, 2) Energy consumption & GHGs and 3) Water
Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which improvements were agreed upon as a result of assessment		Of 162 suppliers in the potential high risk category 141 (or 87%) have now completed the assessment step of signing Tecan's Supplier Code of Conduct. No (0%) suppliers are yet at the stage of having been asked to implement a corrective action plan.
Percentage of suppliers identified as having significant actual and potential negative environmental impacts with which relationships were terminated as a result of assessment, and why		0
Operations and suppliers considered to have significant risk for incidents of: child labor		39 suppliers presented potentially high labor & human rights risk in EcoVadis risk screening
Operations and suppliers considered to have significant risk for incidents of: young workers exposed to hazardous work		39 suppliers presented potentially high labor & human rights risk in EcoVadis risk screening
Operations and suppliers considered to have significant risk for incidents of child labor either in terms of: type of operation (such as manufacturing plant) and supplier		In the EcoVadis IQ screening risk process the type of operation and location is taken into account.
Operations and suppliers considered to have significant risk for incidents of child labor either in terms of: countries or geographic areas with operations and suppliers considered at risk		In the EcoVadis IQ screening risk process the type of operation and location is taken into account.
Measures taken by the organization in the reporting period intended to contribute to the effective abolition of child labor		92% of the 39 suppliers presenting potentially high labor and human rights risk have now signed Tecan's SCoC as an early step in the Responsible Sourcing process. Additional measures include the establishment of Responsible Sourcing team, implementation of qualification criteria, currently requalifying suppliers.

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