Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental Sustainability
• Culture, People, and Community
• Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced scrap rates from 30% to less than 1%, saving 3.5 tons of plastic.
• Purchased carbon-free energy for corporate headquarters and some Bethlehem manufacturing sites.
• Implemented on-site composting programs in Ottawa and Minneapolis.
• Sponsored company-wide clean-up events during Earth Day 2022.
• Migrated to Amazon web services, lowering the digital footprint and reducing server electricity use by approximately two-thirds.
• Purchased 232 tons of carbon offsets for corporate air travel.
• Created a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory Report for Bethlehem, PA sites covering 2021 emissions.

Social Achievements

• Participated in the New York City AIDS Walk.
• Provided OraQuick® In-Home HIV tests for the CDC’s “Together Take Me Home” program.
• Became a founding member of the U.S. Business Action to End HIV.
• Rang the closing bell for the Nasdaq Stock Market on World AIDS Day.
• Launched a new service for metatranscriptomic sequencing and analysis of gut microbiome samples.
• Received de novo authorization from the FDA for the OMNIgene®·GUT Dx microbiome collection device.
• Collaborated with Mars Petcare to research pet health through microbiome sequencing.
• Hosted a webinar on leadership from historically marginalized communities.
• Hosted educational webinars featuring Shannon McKay of He She Ze and We.
• Offered a Next Level Mentorship program.
• Hosted a monthly book club focusing on marginalized voices and perspectives.

Governance Achievements

• Executive compensation is market-driven, targeting the 50th percentile of the peer group and predominantly performance-based.
• Board’s discretionary ability to adjust annual incentive bonus pool funding is limited to +/- 10%.
• No excise tax gross-up or “single trigger” change-in-control severance in executive employment agreements.
• Strong stock ownership/retention requirements for executives and directors.
• Compensation recoupment (“clawback”) policy in place.
• No hedging or pledging of company stock allowed by executives.
• Policies in place including Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Anti-Corruption Policy, and Policy on Interactions with Healthcare Professionals.
• Stated policy that CEO and Chair of the Board roles should be separate.
• 86% of Board members are independent, 71% identify as female or an underrepresented minority, and average Board tenure is 3.9 years.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing material waste
• Reducing carbon emissions
• Raising awareness of sustainability

Mitigation Strategies

• Continuously seeking to reduce usage of plastics and other high-impact materials.
• Implementing manufacturing and operations process improvements to reduce scrap.
• Responsible waste management, including recycling and composting.
• Quantifying all sources of carbon emissions.
• Monitoring and reducing specific sources of carbon emissions (energy usage, digital footprint, travel).
• Purchasing carbon credits to offset emissions from essential business travel.
• Creating a culture of environmental awareness.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Sustainable Development Goals

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 5: Gender equality
• Goal 3: Good health and well-being
• Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
• Goal 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
• Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
• Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

OraSure's products and initiatives contribute to these goals through improved access to healthcare, promoting health equity, and sustainable business practices.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• New packaging and labeling configuration for InteliSwab®

Awards & Recognition

• Winning Company by Women on Boards 50/50

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Product quality and safety
• Customer satisfaction
• Corporate governance and leadership
• Economic performance
• Innovation
• Risk management
• Strategic partnerships
• Data privacy and security
• Affordability, pricing, and access to healthcare
• Employee attraction and retention
• Supply chain management

Environmental Achievements

• Implemented new packaging reducing paper usage by an estimated 1,500 tons and plastic by 90 tons for InteliSwab® COVID-19 Rapid Test.
• Consolidating operational footprint to reduce scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by an estimated 10%.
• Significant reduction in non-conformance rates and scrap, cutting scrap removal costs by almost 50%.
• Initiated a pilot project to reduce air handling in clean rooms, projecting ~50% reduction in natural gas and electricity usage.

Social Achievements

• Improved employee retention rate (from 13% in 2022 to 7% in 2023) through enhanced employee engagement efforts.
• Publicly recognized for work to empower women.
• Launched a continuous improvement program with 20% workforce participation.
• Implemented a new 1:1 check-in tool, new manager training, departmental lunch & learns, team-building activities, and employee appreciation events.

Governance Achievements

• Consolidated 3 separate quality systems into 1 global system.
• Improved training effectiveness.
• Successfully completed 15 external assessments of the quality system.
• Implemented 1 electronic QMS.
• Had 0 product recalls.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increased scope 1 and 2 emissions from 2021 to 2022 due to business growth and expansion of facilities.
• Supply chain disruptions (addressed through resilience assessments of suppliers and backup plans).

Mitigation Strategies

• Consolidating production and warehouse operations to reduce future emissions.
• Increasing automation of processes to reduce future emissions.
• Resiliency assessments of suppliers and backup plans to address supply chain risks.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Resiliency assessments of suppliers
• Compliance with California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the UK Modern Slavery Act

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• New packaging for InteliSwab® COVID-19 Rapid Test

Awards & Recognition

• Recognition by Lehigh Valley Business and Central Penn Business Journal for work to empower women.