Modern Slavery Act 2015: sample slavery and human trafficking

MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION FROM TIMOTHY MULLANE, PRESIDENT OF FUJIFILM IRVINE SCIENTIFIC, INC.

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation,

manufacturer and provider of cell culture, reagents, and medical devices in the biotechnology and life

science sector.

We are a part of the group of companies owned by FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation which has its head

office in Japan (“Fujifilm Group”).

As a global organisation providing customers with innovative product and service solutions around the

world, the Fujifilm Group is involved in the procurement of numerous materials, components and

services. In this role the Fujifilm Group acknowledges that it is responsible for ensuring the quality and

safety of its product and service solutions and appropriately managing the supply chain of materials,

components and services used in their production. The Fujifilm Group is also a significant user of

services within its organisation at both a global and local level. In response to ever increasing social

demands, the Fujifilm Group is keen to fulfil its social responsibilities across its entire supply chain.

The scope of this responsibility covers the global environment, ethics, human rights, health and safety

and other labour conditions of those working within the supply chain from a corporate social

responsibility perspective. FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation has signed up to United Nations Global

Compact, a voluntary initiative that encourages companies to undertake fair operations in the area of

human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

Under a partnership with its suppliers based on mutual understanding and trust, the Fujifilm Group aims

to build a more robust and sustainable supply chain through socially responsible procurement that

reduces business risks in the supply chain and increases the competitiveness and corporate value of all

parties in the chain. As part of these activities, the Fujifilm Group continues to improve its practices to

combat any kind of slavery and human trafficking. Companies within the Fujifilm Group are required

to conduct their activities in accordance with the Fujifilm Group Charter for Corporate Behaviour

and

the Fujifilm Group Code of Conduct which cover a variety of ethical business principles including the

prevention of slavery and human trafficking in the activities of such companies. For those of our

companies involved in the healthcare sector, the

Fujifilm Group Global Healthcare Code of Conduct

must also be complied with.

The Fujifilm Group Human Rights Statement

applies to all personnel in the Fujifilm Group. All business

partners associated with the provision of any products and/or services of any Fujifilm Group company

are also expected to comply with this Statement. This is driven by a belief that respecting the human

rights of workers in the supply chain increases productivity and moral action, which in turn leads to the

provision of better products and services, as well encouraging innovation. In addition the

Fujifilm

Group AI Policy establishes basic principles for the application of AI technology, such as respect for

human rights and fair and appropriate use of the technology, for our various businesses to guide the

drive to accelerate the use of technology to resolve social issues.

The Fujifilm Group aims to develop together with its suppliers by encouraging them to take initiatives

in CSR activities to spread such positive effects. Recognizing the slavery and human trafficking impact

of the conflict minerals issue, the

Fujifilm Group's stance toward the issue of responsible minerals

procurement is also made clear in more detail on the Fujifilm global website and Fujifilm Group

companies are obliged to undertake the required actions in this area.

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As part of the Fujifilm Group’s commitment to these principles, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation

continues to develop its Sustainable Procurement Promotion Program that covers (1) dissemination of

procurement-related policies (including. the newly revised (in March 2022) and renamed Fujifilm

Group Sustainable Procurement Guidelines for Suppliers (“Supplier Guidelines”) which cover items

listed in the Fujifilm Group Charter for Corporate Behaviour, Fujifilm Group Code of Conduct

and

Fujifilm Group Human Rights Statement that Fujifilm Group companies request their suppliers to

follow; (2) risk assessments of suppliers in high risk areas; and (3) requests to improve any supplier

facing CSR risks together with offers of support. The program is run cyclically to check on suppliers to

ensure improvements have been made. This Sustainable Procurement Promotion Program has been

adopted by Fujifilm Group companies in Japan (including FUJIFILM Corporation (a Japanese

subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation which owns the group of subsidiary companies to which

we belong) and certain Fujifilm Group companies in other parts of Asia, in Europe and in North

America. This Sustainable Procurement Promotion Program will continue to be introduced at other

Fujifilm Group companies around the world.

In addition, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation’s stated goal under its Sustainable Value Plan 2030 (SVP

2030), is to become a corporation that promotes social innovation involving all employees and action

on social issues from a long-term perspective. In connection with the 15 priority issues established in

the six areas of the environment, health, daily life, work style, supply chain and governance, enhancing

management of the entire supply chain from the viewpoint of Corporate Social Responsibility has been

established as one of the particular priority areas.

Thankfully by the end of the reporting year the global COVID-19 pandemic had eased significantly in

many parts of the world. Nevertheless, during the year in regions where COVID-19 remained a

significant threat Fujifilm Group companies continued their activities to help prevent the spread of

COVID-19 and to protect the safety and wellbeing of its staff and those of its suppliers and customers.

Unfortunately the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect some of the efforts to visit higher-risk

supplier sites to audit their CSR status (particularly in China) but all other CSR activities were again

unaffected in the year. Fujifilm remains vigilant and Fujifilm Group companies will continue to take

such actions as are appropriate in this area during the coming year.

ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

Beginning in 1934 as Japan's pioneering photographic film maker, the Fujifilm Group has leveraged its

imaging and information technology to become a global presence known for innovation in healthcare,

graphic arts, optical devices, highly functional materials and other high-tech areas. The Fujifilm Group

has nearly 74,000 employees worldwide and operates in most countries around the world. The Fujifilm

Group has a global annual turnover of over £15.4 billion.

Irvine Scientific was founded in 1970, now known as FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc. after Fujifilm

Group acquisition in 2018. FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc. has over 530 employees and operates

globally in NA, EMEA, and APAC REGIONS.

OUR BUSINESS

Our business is organized into two business units: Medical and Life Science Business Units offering

solutions to research, industrial, and clinical application. Our product portfolios include

biopharmaceuticals, in vitro fertilization, and diagnostic/reagents offering off the shelf (OTS) and

customized products and service solutions.

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OUR SUPPLY CHAINS

Our supply chains include both domestic and overseas business partners sourcing of raw materials to

include, but not limited to: chemicals, packaging, laboratory testing, and to uphold business partners to

the highest Quality standards. We maintain strong supply chain management with internal controls of

our business partners. Our vendors must conform to FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc.’s expectations

and criteria to align with various auditing governing bodies.

OUR POLICIES ON SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains

or in any part of our business. We comply with the Fujifilm Group Charter for Corporate Behaviour

Fujifilm Group Code of Conduct, and Fujifilm Group Human Rights Statement which reflects our

commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing

and promoting this approach in our supply chains to prevent and mitigate any human rights abuses

OUR PROCESSES TO PREVENT SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

All Fujifilm Group staff around the world are required to abide by the Fujifilm Group Charter for

Corporate Behaviour, Fujifilm Group Code of Conduct, and Fujifilm Group Human Rights Statement

in order to ensure that all Fujifilm Group companies exhibit and promote ethical business activities.

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation conducts annual screening of priority risk issues (including potential

ones) in business processes at all Fujifilm Group companies. All Fujifilm Group companies identify

priority risk issues, plan and execute necessary measures to address those issues, and manage their

results. Priority issues for the Fujifilm Group as a whole, based on the review results for each Fujifilm

Group company, and the results of action implemented are reported to, and deliberated on by, the

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation ESG Committee and reported to the Board of Directors of FUJIFILM

Holdings Corporation. This includes human rights issues. Human rights are specified explicitly as one

of the perspectives requiring attention at each Fujifilm Group company in review of our priority risk

issues. If a Fujifilm Group company has identified any human rights risk, it is required to develop and

implement preventive and mitigating measures.

In the reporting year, FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation

started using external risk screening services for vetting suppliers for potential unethical business

activities to enable early initial responses (also see Further Steps section below).

For the products that we sell that are ultimately sourced from FUJIFILM Corporation or from certain

Fujifilm Group companies in other parts of Asia, Europe and North America (if any), procurement staff

in those companies are expected to operate the Sustainable Procurement Promotion Program in order

to seek to establish that suppliers act in accordance with the Supplier Guidelines.

As part of our own initiatives to identify and manage risk for products that we source ourselves and for

services, our procurement staff work to mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in

our supply chains by obligating suppliers to permit and cooperate with any regulatory inspections of

their facilities relating to the supplied products and/or services, or their production. Additionally, our

suppliers warrant that all goods and services sold to us have been produced, sold, delivered, and

furnished in strict compliance with all applicable laws and regulations including equal employment

opportunity and Affirmative Action.

SUPPLIER ADHERENCE TO OUR VALUES AND ETHICS

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The Fujifilm Group promotes actions to ban slavery and human trafficking from its supply chain mainly

with the framework of ethical procurement.

For the products that we sell that are ultimately sourced from FUJIFILM Corporation or from Fujifilm

Group companies in certain other parts of Asia and in North America (if any), suppliers of those

products are requested to commit to ethical business principles in a number of areas where human rights

can be affected - these include the prohibition of forced labour, child labour and inhumane treatment

(including in the context of conflict minerals) as set out in the Supplier Guidelines.

More and more Fujifilm Group companies also use the Fujifilm Group Supplier CSR Checklist to assess

suppliers’ compliance with the Supplier Guidelines where considered necessary. As a result of suppliers

completing these Checklists, primary suppliers in Japan, Europe and the USA have been assessed as a

low CSR risk. These Fujifilm Group companies continue to extend the request to complete these

Checklists to other suppliers in Japan, Europe and the USA. In the reporting year Fujifilm Group

companies received more than double the number of completed Checklists than in the previous year.

Fujifilm Group companies also began providing feedback sheets to each supplier after receipt of a

completed Checklist which includes scores and comments on where improvements (if any) are

necessary, including on human rights-related items. In cases where significant risk is identified, Fujifilm

Group companies continue to conduct on-site CSR audits using expert teams from Fujifilm Group

company production sites. Again China and Vietnam were the main countries where issues arose with

further risk assessment being required on 42 suppliers which resulted in carrying out on-site audits of

24 suppliers out of 42. Due to the continued prevalence of COVID-19 however (particularly in China),

some of the planned onsite visits were cancelled, and the achievement rate was again lower than in the

two years before COVID. The results of these activities raised similar issues to the previous year with

problems such as issues with overtime hours, the labour/human rights management system (response to

child labour, elimination of discrimination etc.) and deficiencies in the management of chemicals and

toxic substances being identified. Again improvements have been confirmed in the important items at

all suppliers where expert teams conducted onsite visits up to the end of the year.

For products that we source ourselves and for services, our suppliers warrant that all goods and services

sold to us have been produced, sold, delivered and furnished in compliance with all applicable laws and

regulations.

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc. is committed to ethical behaviors. We adhere to our internal Standards

of Business Conduct and Compliance with Law Program which outlines the legal and ethical standards.

Each employee has a personal obligation to uphold peers, customers, vendors, and the general public.

Employees must operate as good corporate citizens, and comply with all federal, state and local laws

and regulations applicable to their respective businesses, including: requiring those with who we do

business to conduct themselves in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; remaining alert and

sensitive to situations that could result in any fraudulent, illegal, unethical, improper actions by any

employee, agent or representative; and upholding the principals and practices of equal employment

opportunity, non-discrimination and workforce diversity.

As part of the FUJIFILM Group, we also share in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Commitment to continue to the sustainable development of society by putting into practice the

FUJIFILM Group’s Corporate Philosophy and realizing its vision through sincere and fair business

activities. The CSR system consists of a committee at the highest level to ensure that the systems are

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implemented and adhered. The following systems under the CSR program are used for compliance with

supply chain transparency laws and regulations:

• FUJIFILM Group Charter for Corporate Behavior

• FUJIFILM Procurement Policy

• FUJIFILM Standards of Business Conduct and Compliance with Law Program (US)

TRAINING

To ensure an understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains

and our business, we provide training to our procurement staff.

FURTHER STEPS

To combat human rights risks within the supply chain, Fujifilm Group companies will continue to

promote actions with the framework of ethical procurement. As mentioned earlier FUJIFILM Holdings

Corporation started using external risk screening services for vetting suppliers for potential unethical

business activities. As of July 2023 this service covers about 600 suppliers, mainly those in China, but

there are plans to register 2000+ suppliers in a wider geographical area within the current year.

Following a review of the effectiveness of the steps we have taken in 2023 to ensure that there is no

slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains we intend to take the following further steps to combat

slavery and human trafficking: adopt and support all corporate policies related to business ethics and

respect for basic human rights, and periodically review our policies and procedures to help maintain

compliance with internal policy and external laws.

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes the

slavery and human trafficking statement for FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc. for the financial year

ending 31 March 2023.

_____________________________

Timothy Mullane

President and Chief Operating Officer, COO

FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc.

Date: September 30, 2023

This statement was approved by the Board of Directors of FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific, Inc. on

September 30, 2023.

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