JOINN released its sixth annual Sustainability and ESG Report covering the 2025 calendar year, detailing progress on governance, environmental stewardship, employee welfare and supply-chain oversight.
Governance and Oversight • The board’s Audit Committee remains the highest decision-making body for ESG matters, conducting quarterly reviews and annual target assessments. • All 10 directors received an average of 17.35 training hours, with female representation on the board at 40%. • No material non-compliance cases were recorded across product liability, data security, corruption or unfair-competition areas during the reporting period.
Innovation and R&D Capacity • Core R&D staff totalled 1,974, representing 73.5% of JOINN’s 2,649 employees. Turnover among these key specialists stayed below 1%. • The company participated in 25 industry conferences, led or joined multiple national research projects and secured eight new or renewed research honours, including National Enterprise Technology Center accreditation. • Intellectual-property assets reached 196 authorised rights, comprising 30 invention patents and 77 trademarks.
Product Responsibility and Quality • All non-clinical safety studies passed internal quality-assurance inspections and external OECD GLP and Beijing regulatory reviews without major findings. • No product recalls or customer complaints with material impact were reported. • ISO 9001 certification has been obtained for selected subsidiaries; digital quality-management systems and audit-trail functions now cover newly installed laboratory platforms.
Supply-Chain and Data Security • Supplier base stood at 836 companies, 99% located in Mainland China. On-time delivery rate met the 95% target. • JOINN finalised preparations for ISO 27001 certification; automatic audit coverage for new lab systems reached 100%, with zero data-security incidents recorded.
Human Capital and Community • Female employees accounted for 65.8% of total headcount; staff aged 30 or below represented 55.3%. • All employees received statutory social insurance, housing-fund contributions and supplemental commercial insurance. • Average training hours reached 9.25 for women and 12.85 for men; 73.81% of entry-level staff received training. • No work-related fatalities occurred for the third consecutive year; work-injury lost days totalled 558. • JOINN advanced rural-revitalisation efforts through localised laboratory-animal breeding bases in Guangxi and Yunnan, integrating waste composting into regional agriculture.
Environmental Performance • Total greenhouse-gas emissions were 37,280.93 tCO₂e (Scope 1: 796.91 t; Scope 2: 36,484.02 t), equal to an intensity of 0.22 tCO₂e per RMB10,000 of revenue. • Electricity consumption reached 44.89 million kWh; comprehensive energy use intensity stood at 486.99 kWh per RMB10,000 of revenue. • Wastewater discharge totalled 171,120 tonnes; all effluent met national and municipal standards via an in-house 200 m³/day treatment facility. • Hazardous-waste output fell to 351.95 tonnes, down 10.5% year-on-year, while non-hazardous waste reached 485.23 tonnes. • JOINN reported full compliance with environmental regulations and zero fines or penalties.
Outlook The company plans to pursue ISO 27001 certification, expand low-carbon technology upgrades, and further integrate climate-risk assessment into enterprise-wide risk-management processes to support long-term sustainable growth.