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Illumina releases 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report, expanding access to genomics and accelerating global impact
Illumina releases 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report, expanding access to genomics and accelerating global impact
About this update from Illumina, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, May 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today published its annual Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report. The report highlights the company's continued progress in expanding equitable access to genomics while delivering measurable impact for patients, communities, and health systems worldwide. It reinforces Illumina's mission-driven culture, sustainability goals, and commitment to genomics for good.\n\"More than 20 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Rare disease patients face years-long diagnostic odysseys to find answers. Health systems are under growing pressure to deliver better outcomes with fewer resources. Genomics can help meet these challenges, but only if it is integrated into real-world settings at scale,\" said Jacob Thaysen, CEO of Illumina. \"The exceptional pace of sequencing on Illumina platforms—over 10 human genomes per minute in 2025—is a strong signal that we are meeting the moment, bringing us closer to a future where personalized medicine improves outcomes for all.\"Expanding access to genomics at scale across the globeIllumina is enabling cost-effective, scalable technologies while championing global policies and initiatives to improve access to genomic medicine. In 2025, Illumina partnered with governments, health systems, and research institutions for population-scale genomics, sovereign data stewardship, and national precision health initiatives that reflect local needs and priorities. The Illumina Corporate Foundation supported efforts around the world to bring next-generation sequencing to patients without access. Illumina contributed to international policy efforts to prioritize rare disease in public health and participated in rare disease hackathons where our new technologies and employee expertise interrogated genomic challenges.Continuing leadership in sustainability, community engagementIllumina recognizes that human health and environmental health are fundamentally linked, driving the company to reduce its environmental footprint across business practices while supporting customers' ability to sequence more sustainably. Since 2019, Illumina has reduced product packaging by 87%, surpassing its 2030 target. Over the same period, the company has reduced Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 74% and achieved 100% renewable electricity for the fourth c...