Our experience with regulatory authorities worldwide sets us apart. This means we can navigate the regulatory path, satisfy requirements and drive your success.

Sustainability

Business with integrity

We are committed to conducting business lawfully, ethically, and with high integrity. These core values and principles are essential to our company's long-term success.

Governance and cyber security KPIs

Compliance

Our initiatives

Compliance and ethics

Our Compliance Program is led by the Head of Global Legal Affairs and Compliance and further supported by the Global Compliance Manager and the Compliance Committee, which consists of leaders from Legal, Internal Audit, HR, Trade Compliance, SEC Reporting and Clinical and Medical Affairs.

The program is underpinned by our Corporate Code of Conduct and Ethics, global compliance policies, regular employee training programs, and reporting channels such as the QIAintegrity Line. Together, these programs and initiatives help ensure that our employees conduct business in full accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.

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Responsible procurement

Our commitment to responsible sourcing is reflected in several key initiatives and practices. We require all procurement employees to undergo training on the Supplier Code of Conduct.

Acceptance of a QIAGEN Purchase Order generally constitutes acceptance of the Supplier Code of Conduct and related procurement requirements, as applicable. This reinforces our commitment to ethical standards. We engage in discussions with key suppliers through strategic review meetings, which also cover ESG topics. Our updated Supplier Code of Conduct places increased emphasis on sustainability, circularity, and environmental stewardship. In instances of non-conformity with our Supplier Code of Conduct, we actively work with the supplier to develop a corrective action plan and monitor their conformity.

Collaborating with suppliers is a key component of our efforts to progress towards our greenhouse gas reduction targets. We work with key suppliers on sustainability initiatives and monitor progress toward science-based climate targets to support our climate commitments.

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Tax accountability

We are committed to conducting business lawfully, ethically, and with the highest degree of integrity. These fundamental values and principles are key to our long-term success and the basis of our tax strategy.

Tax is part of our corporate governance and is supervised by the Managing Board. Our tax function is centrally managed and controlled by our Global Tax Department, which is part of the Global Finance organization. It is led by the Global Head of Tax, who reports to the Chief Financial Officer.

We seek and engage in open dialogue with our stakeholders, including relevant tax authorities, our shareholders, customers, business partners, employees, governments, regulators, NGOs, and the communities in which we operate.

Data and cyber security

Our commitment

Preserving the trust of our customers, partners, and employees is at the heart of everything we do. Our commitment to data security goes beyond compliance – it's about safeguarding the security of our services, products and sensitive information entrusted to us.

Our approach focuses on minimizing cyber risks. By making appropriate investments in cyber-resilience and continuously enhancing our security measures, we seek to provide stakeholders – customers, patients, end-users, and employees – with confidence that cyber security is a priority across our organization. We aim to meet and go beyond industry standards, supporting a secure environment that fosters innovation.

Our cyber security initiatives

Our cyber security awareness culture is strong. We have mandatory cyber security awareness trainings for all employees. We also conduct regular 'phishing' simulations, providing all staff members with an opportunity to interact in a safe manner with up-to-date phishing threats as observed from real threat actors. We offer frequent awareness webinars and workshops on important security topics. Additionally, the cyber security team regularly conducts incident response exercises to evaluate the organization's established procedures.

To facilitate information and knowledge exchange, we have joined well-known industry and governmental cyber security communities like the Information Security Forum (ISF), Allianz für Cyber-Sicherheit and Health-ISAC.