Global

Citizenship
Report
2008
“We hope to convey to you how we
conduct our business sustainably.”

Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: LIFE)

We are a biotechnology company providing the life science community
with instruments, consumable reagents and services to shape discovery and
improve life. Created through the merger of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied
Biosystems Inc. in 2008, Life Technologies has more than 50,000 products.

The company had sales of more than $3 billion in 2008, employs a workforce
of 10,000 people in more than 100 countries and possesses a rapidly growing
intellectual property estate of approximately 3,600 patents and exclusive
licenses. At Life Technologies, our goal is to make scientific research and
application easier, faster and more reliable, so we can make life even better.

About This Report:

This report covers 2008 performance data and activities. We also capture
some events that took place in early 2009 to help provide a clearer picture
of who we are as a newly formed company. This report covers Invitrogen
and Applied Biosystems, unless otherwise noted. It does not address the
performance of our joint ventures, third-party manufacturers, suppliers or
contractors. Through this report, we hope to convey to you how we conduct our
business sustainably; living as a global citizen is at the core of our values. We
look forward to developing a dialogue with our stakeholders and welcome your
feedback through our website, www.lifetech.com.

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 Letter from the Chief Executive Officer
November 2008 marked a milestone in the history of two great companies,
as Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems came together and created Life
Technologies – an entity that can change the future of science and medicine.

While we are a scientific company at heart, recognizing how our work touches
humanity is at the core of our commitment to succeed. Our systems and products
have a critical impact on society, from enabling basic research on disease and
cures, to helping determine the safety of what we eat and drink, to providing law enforcement with 21st
century forensic tools to fight crime. We help scientists develop cleaner fuels, better therapeutics and
healthier crops, using the power of innovation to improve the human condition one discovery at a time.

While we are proud of the responsibility we shoulder in moving science forward, we know that
to be a truly great company we must also be a responsible global citizen. We must be dedicated to
unyielding ethics, sustainable business practices and giving back to our communities. In the following
pages, you will read about our citizenship efforts, but I would like to highlight a few of our recent
accomplishments:

- Since 2004, we have reduced our energy consumption by 32 percent and CO 2 emissions
by 36 percent per unit of sale.

- We have enhanced our “design-for-environment” program, which re-engineers our product

development processes, reducing packaging waste, energy usage, toxic materials and our
carbon footprint at every phase of development, from product ideation to end-of-life disposal.

- 100 percent of our employees have taken ethics training and are well versed in our Protocol,
the company’s guide to ensuring that our business is conducted in accordance with legal and
ethical guidelines.

- We established the Life Technologies™ Foundation, providing grants that aim to demystify and
celebrate the world of life science. We also donate millions of dollars in products and provide
funding for global disaster relief.

- Each year, all employees are given paid leave to participate in local volunteer projects.
In May 2009, nearly 3,200 employees contributed more than 13,000 hours of volunteer time
in over 100 projects worldwide.

Our citizenship efforts helped Invitrogen (prior to the merger with Applied Biosystems) to be named
to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as a leader in the biotechnology sector, ranking among the top
10 percent of large companies worldwide for sustainability. After the merger, Life Technologies was
named to the FTSE4Good Index Series, an equity index that facilitates investment in companies that
meet global citizenship standards.

In short, we value a culture that is deeply dedicated to the future of science, respects our
environment and is committed to doing the right thing. Global citizenship is not a destination,
but a journey – one that Life Technologies will undertake for years to come.

Greg Lucier, Chairman and CEO

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Shaping discovery, improving life
Life Technologies touches humanity in many ways every day. Through our efforts, we
enable accelerated scientific exploration that drives scientists to discoveries that make life
even better for all of us. Following are just three examples of how we have had an impact.

The Genographic Project, a research partnership between the National

Geographic Society and IBM Corporation, with field support from the Waitt Family
Foundation, traces the human family back to its African origins 60,000 years ago.
Ten research centers around the world are analyzing DNA samples from more than
100,000 people in indigenous populations to chart our global migration through
changes in genetic markers. Life Technologies supplies the DNA sequencing
technology for this project, including advanced genetic analysis instruments, reagents
and software, as well as providing training and designing custom assays. These
technologies enable a variety of research that includes, for example, the analysis of
single-point mutations in mitochondrial DNA of all subjects, in addition to the study of
familial changes in the male Y chromosome.

Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (FSMA) is a not-for-profit

organization that funds collaborations in drug discovery. Spinal muscular atrophy is
an inherited disorder affecting one in 6,000 births; it disrupts nerve cell communication
between the spinal cord and the body’s muscles, resulting in severe muscle weakness
and, in its more extreme form, infant mortality. Life Technologies and deCODE
chemistry and biostructures collaborate with FSMA to provide assay technologies,
Fa m ilies of SM A target validation tools and drug metabolism platforms to discover first-in-class, novel
therapeutics for this disorder. Life Technologies scientists used their ProtoArray™
protein microarray technology to identify a potential protein target for drug candidates.

The 2009 Swine Flu outbreak spurred Life Technologies to accelerate the
detection of Influenza A (H1N1) by providing instrument systems and other components
to public health laboratories across the United States. This enabled testing consistent
with the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) methods for the virus
in all 50 states. Life Technologies is also working with public health agencies around
the world to support the World Health Organization and national testing methods. We
manage our response to agencies around the world through a 24-hour-a-day task force,
responding to requests for instrumentation, reagents, services and support.

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 Contents
Commitment to Science
We shape discoveries in personalized and regenerative medicine, and
develop life science tools that further research, improve life and protect our
environment. Life Technologies spends more than $300 million a year in
research; every day, hundreds of thousands of scientists across the globe
use our products and services to advance science.
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Commitment to Ethics
Life Technologies requires high standards of ethical conduct and accountability
from our employees, contractors and suppliers. Our bioethics committee
facilitates greater understanding of the ethical and social implications of the
discoveries we make possible and works with government and regulatory
bodies to shape policy.
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Commitment to People
We strive to be the employer of choice by creating an environment in which
people can do their best work. Our programs communicate the company’s
sense of responsibility to our employees and our desire to help them succeed.
We foster a professional workplace that promotes teamwork, diversity
and trust.
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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

Life Technologies is dedicated to protecting the environment and promoting
the health and safety of our employees, our customers and our communities.
We promote employee ownership of safety and health issues. We comply with
regulatory requirements and strive to create products with life cycles that tread
lightly on the environment.
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Commitment to Community and Education

The cornerstone of our commitment is Global Volunteer Day, when employees
around the world join in projects that support the community. Employees
have also supported disaster relief efforts worldwide. The Life Technologies™
Foundation, through hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, supports
a wide range of educational programs.
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Commitment to Science

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Commitment to Science
Partnering on the
Cutting Edge of
Innovation
We exist to make scientific research
easier, faster and more reliable.
Life Technologies’ key strength lies
in our wealth of life science knowledge
and our ability to remain on innovation’s
cutting edge.
Each year we spend more than $300
million on research and development –
more than any other life science tools
company.
The breadth and depth of our offerings
help standardize scientific research
and accelerate discovery. According to
Percepta Associates Inc., our products
are found in more than 90 percent of U.S.
laboratories and have become a part of
nearly every research laboratory in the
world.
We believe in creating strong
collaborations with our customers,
and connecting to our employees, our
investors and our industry colleagues.
The Countess™ Automated
Cell Counter
We know the next great idea will
come from bench researchers who best
understand what they need to move
science forward. To that end, we work
with our customers to create solutions
to their most complex problems. This
customer-centric innovation was
the basis for products such as our
Countess™ Automated Cell Counter, which
automated a tedious manual task, and
our redesigned, award-winning GIBCO ®
cell culture bottle. We also sponsor a The award-winning GIBCO ®
cell culture bottle
competitive grant program that supports
external collaborations between our
scientists and university investigations;
in 2009, 20 such grants will be awarded.
With more than 3,600 patents and
in-license agreements to complement
our own research, Life Technologies is
unmatched for bringing true innovations
to market. We are a partner of choice for
the life science community, recognized
as a leading supplier of tools and
instruments, as well as the company that
can turn ideas into reality.
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Commitment to Science

An Era of
Personalized
Medicine
We stand at the threshold of a new
era in healthcare, one where our own
cells become therapeutics with the
power to cure, and medical care
focuses on preventing disease rather
than treating it.
Life Technologies provides researchers
with the tools to make personalized
medicine a reality. Today, our products
enable cutting-edge, tissue-engineered
transplants and research into
innovative cell therapy. With the most
comprehensive suite of products and
services for advancing stem cell research
and cell therapy, we partner with our
customers to push the boundaries of
regenerative science and medicine.
We are also a leader in DNA
sequencing. We have been at the
forefront of genomic discovery for more
than 25 years, pioneering innovations
that made possible the first decoding of
the human genome. Our award-winning
SOLiD™ System continues to provide
increases in sequencing throughput
at a significantly reduced cost. Today,
we bring together Applied Biosystems’
expertise in sequencing instrumentation
with the premier Invitrogen brand of
reagents to serve our customers across
the sequencing continuum. We also
continue to innovate, developing a third-
generation, single-molecule sequencing
solution that, with our existing systems, The award-winning
will bring widely affordable sequencing SOLiD™ system
ever closer.
With instruments that unlock the
secrets of our DNA, and products and
services that advance the promise of
regenerative science, Life Technologies
is helping usher in the era of personalized
medicine.

Using Biology in
Commercial Applications
Whether helping identify criminals or
detecting harmful organisms in our food
supply, Life Technologies’ products are
used every day in markets that extend
beyond life science research.
We are the market leader in forensic
DNA technologies. Our solutions are used
by law enforcement officials worldwide
for criminal and missing-person
E. coli bacteria
investigations, making the world
a safer place.
In food and water safety testing, we
are leading the shift to next-generation
technologies for detection of Salmonella,
E. coli and other pathogens in food,
pharmaceuticals or pesticides in
water. Our products also ensure that
pharmaceutical manufacturing remains
safe and free from contamination.

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Commitment to Ethics

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Commitment to Ethics

Our Corporate
Governance
Because of our goal to help discover how
life works and to create a safer, healthier The Protocol –
world, we must be committed to integrity Our Code of Conduct
and always earn our customers’ trust.

The Life Technologies

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Our corporate governance guidelines, constitutes acceptable and
published on our website, www.lifetech. unacceptable behavior,
com, are standards that the Board of
consistent with our legal
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strategic planning, nominating and obligations, global values
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and international business. We
invite you to read The Protocol.
In addition to The Protocol, other
policies and procedures are
available on our external and
internal websites.

Life Technologies’ headquarters in Carlsbad, California.

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Commitment to Ethics
Our Bioethics
Committee
The Life Technologies Bioethics
Committee guides the responsible
use of biotechnology to improve lives,
accelerate scientific exploration and
protect our environment with a mixture
of enthusiasm, caution and humility.
The committee facilitates a greater
understanding of the ethical and social
implications of scientific developments in
biotechnology and focuses on upholding
the highest standards of ethics and
integrity. The committee deliberates
over policy questions, communicates
Life Technologies’ positions on bioethical
issues and addresses issues such as
stem cell research, cloning, use of
genetic information, biological diversity,
animal care and related topics.
To shape policies that foster safe,
effective and beneficial products, we
work with state, federal and international
legislative and regulatory bodies. Our
public policy work supports a number
of areas:
- Biomedical research funding and
stem cell research
- Intellectual property policies that
foster and reward innovation
- Regulatory and reimbursement
frameworks that drive the onset
of personalized medicine
- Alternative-fuel policies
- DNA-based techniques for human
identification, crime solving and
food safety
Contributions to
Public Policy
Our public policy deliberations
that affect the life sciences and
related communities include direct
communications with policy makers
and their staff, as well as work with
trade associations and coalitions
such as the Biotechnology Industry
Organization (BIO), the California
Healthcare Institute (CHI), the
Personalized Medicine Coalition
(PMC) and United for Medical
Research. Through these groups,
we develop information and
positions in concert with other
companies, as well as leading
research universities and national
patient advocate groups such as the
American Heart Association and
American Cancer Society. We work
with BIO to brief members of the
U.S. Congress and officials of the
National Institutes of Health, Food
and Drug Administration, other
branches of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, and
the President’s Council on Bioethics
on issues of importance to the life
sciences industry.
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Commitment to People

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Commitment to People

Recruiting
the Best Talent
At Life Technologies, we strive to be
the employer of choice by creating
an environment in which people can
do their best work.

We encourage collaboration and

teamwork, open debate, personal
integrity, honest communication and
individual achievement. We require
accountability and reward fairly in
accordance with performance. We allow
people to take risks, explore ideas and
find solutions. We value original thought,
innovation and creativity, and provide
the process, structure and tools
to support these values.

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Commitment to People
Managing
Our Talented
Workforce
At Life Technologies, we have a deep
sense of responsibility to our employees
– helping them grow, learn, develop
and ultimately succeed in driving the
scientific discoveries that will make
life even better for us all.
We want our organization to be a place
where people are excited about the work
opportunities available to them, where
they can fulfill their career objectives
and where they have the chance to do
great work.
Delivering on this commitment, we
focus our talent-management efforts
on the following key areas: 1. leadership
behaviors and expectations, 2. individual
and company-wide goal alignment,
3. talent assessment, and 4. learning
and development.
1. Leadership Behaviors
and Expectations
To drive a high-performing culture,
we believe it is important to promote
clear, consistent expectations about
what it means to be a Life Technologies
employee. Therefore, we created our
leadership behaviors, an articulation
of the characteristics and behaviors
that we believe will:
- Help us achieve our vision, strategic
imperatives, goals and objectives
- Promote the high-performing culture
we strive to sustain
- Enable people to be successful
at Life Technologies
2. Individual and Company-wide
Goal Alignment
As a company, we are aligned around
three strategic imperatives: Own
the Customer, Find a Better Way and
Win Together. Employees and teams
align individual and organizational
objectives around these core objectives.
Together, we establish work plans and
set measurable targets to help Life
Technologies achieve its objectives. We
believe in sharing success as individuals
and collectively as an organization.
3. Talent Assessment
Life Technologies makes assessing
and improving employee contributions
a high priority. Quarterly dialogues
between supervisors and employees
provide ongoing coaching and feedback,
while enhancing development and career
planning. We believe this emphasis on
feedback and coaching is a much better
focus than performance ratings, which
we have eliminated.
4. Learning and Development
We are committed to developing
our employees through our learning
programs and offerings and on-the-
job training. We believe in having our
leaders teach our future leaders, so our
executives take an active role in talent
development – from quarterly coaching
dialogues to courses – improving
connectivity, collaboration
and communication.
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Commitment to People
Employee
Engagement
Rewarding Our People
The talent and dedication of Life
Technologies’ employees is the
foundation of our past, current and
future success. To that end, our reward
programs provide a competitive total
rewards package (base salary, incentives
and benefits) that pays for performance-
based, on-business success; individual
results; and behaviors consistent with our
long-term goals.
Like our shareholders, we view pay
not as an entitlement, but as a reward
for success. We believe overall pay
should rise and fall with our business
results, our potential for future
contribution and the value we create
for our shareholders. Our annual bonus
plan, the Incentive Compensation Plan
(ICP), provides eligible employees at all
levels the opportunity to gain financially
from the results they help generate.
Life Technologies also uses long-term
incentive awards to recognize individuals
in key positions, reward contributions,
and motivate and retain employees with
potential for future contribution.
We also provide tools and resources
that help create balanced, productive,
healthy lifestyles. From personalized
healthy-living programs to backup
care, adoption assistance, educational
reimbursement and scholarship benefits,
we offer many programs that enhance the
personal lives of our employees and their
families.
Impact of the 2008 Merger
on Employees Women’s Influential
Due to the similarity in size and the
diversity of operations between the Network (iWIN)
former independent companies Invitrogen
A women-sponsored organization,
and Applied Biosystems, the integration
team identified a level of redundancy iWin provides opportunities for
in combining the two companies. As a all Life Technologies employees
result, a limited percentage of positions to learn through informal
are being impacted through consolidation connections with leaders, peers
of functions and sites. In every case, and outside speakers. One example
affected employees are being treated with
is our mentor program. This
dignity and respect, and all employees
receive a fair and equitable severance employee-run program connects
package in accordance with local employees with mentors from
statutory requirements, including access various functions and divisions.
to outplacement services, if applicable. The program provides seminars,
Our workforce transition is guided by training and social events to
the following principles:
cultivate employee-mentor
- Treat people with dignity and respect relationships and build personal
- Engage top talent and professional skills through
- Ensure business continuity less-formal networking. The
- Legally protect the company program has grown to more than
- Deploy common processes globally 550 participants in North America
- Ensure our actions reinforce our
and is expanding into Europe
desire to be an employer of choice
and the Asia-Pacific region. The
We understand that this transition is program has become a key element
difficult, not only for affected employees, and driver to creating a culture
but for colleagues who remain with the of collaboration and building
organization. As a result, we maintain connections among employees.
– and expect our leaders to maintain –
frequent and transparent communication
with employees. Leaders are equipped
with talking points and frequently asked
questions (FAQs), and are encouraged to
meet with their teams to provide a forum
for open dialogue and questions. We also
use various communications vehicles,
including town halls, webcasts, emails
and small group meetings.
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Commitment to People

Embracing
Diversity
Life Technologies is committed to
fostering a professional workplace that
promotes teamwork, diversity and trust.
We expect everyone to follow a simple
standard of treating all employees, and
others we encounter in the workplace,
fairly and with respect.
We are proud to be an equal
opportunity employer committed to
a diverse and inclusive workforce as
indicated on Table 1. As a result, we
provide equal employment opportunities
to all employees and applicants without
regard to race, religion, color, national
origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity and/or expression, age, disability,
marital status, veteran status or any
other classification protected by law. Our
policies prohibit all unlawful harassment,
discrimination, retaliation or intimidation,
and all employees are expected to
promptly report any violations of our
policies.
We also embrace the diversity of our
workforce, not just through demographic
composition, but also in thought, culture,
education and experience. Our innovation
and success are a direct result of this
diversity. We encourage collaboration
and teamwork, open debate, personal
integrity, honest communication and
individual achievement.
We look for bright, talented individuals
who are interested in gaining hands-
on, meaningful work experience. Our
Summer Internship Program provides
students with relevant experience and a
first step toward employment following
graduation. University Relations targets
diverse student organizations by
participating in networking dinners and
corporate presentations. The program
works with the Society of Women
Engineers (SWE), Society of Hispanic
Professional Engineers (SHPE) and
National Society of Black Engineers
(NSBE), among others.
We are currently working with the
California State University system to
leverage federal and state funding
supporting veterans’ education,
continuing education and transition
into the workforce. This effort includes
special apprenticeship programs and
federal support of internships for science,
technology and mathematics students.
Our outreach strategy includes
hosting community networking events;
sponsoring science-awareness
events, such as the San Diego Science
Festival; and speaking at smaller
venues within the community. Members
from diverse associations such as the
Athena Association for Education and
Development of Women, National Urban
League, and Association for Women in
Science are invited to network with the
Life Technologies executive leadership
team.

Table 1: Life Technologies Ethnicity and Gender Diversity – 2008

Ethnicity Diversity Gender Diversity

(US-only) (global)
Minority*Representation Women

Total workforce 36% 43%

Management (Managers 33% 37%

and senior managers)

Leadership 21% 28%

(Directors, senior directors,
vice presidents)

Executive 13% 12%

(Senior vice presidents
and above)

* Minority ethnic groups include: Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander,
American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, and two or more races.

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Commitment to People

Supporting
Supplier Diversity
Our Supplier Diversity Program is
designed to ensure that businesses of
diverse backgrounds and ownership
have the opportunity to become valued
suppliers.
Our diversity policy provides all
qualified providers of goods and services
a fair opportunity to become our
suppliers. We seek suppliers from all
segments of the business community,
with special emphasis on minority,
women-owned, veteran-owned, service-
disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone
and disadvantaged businesses. Life
Technologies was profiled in the February
2009 issue of the National Veteran-Owned
Business Association’s magazine for our
development and use of a veteran-owned
printing company.
In addition, Life Technologies’ robust
business with the U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) and other federal
and governmental agencies includes
expanding our supplier base using small-
business enterprises.
Key elements of our Supplier Diversity
Program for 2009 include outreach
through attendance at key external
matchmaking events, and “In-reach”
through awareness training of the Global
Procurements buyer community and
quantitative compliance through strong
performance goals (Table 2).

Table 2: Small-Business Spending Performance

2007 2008* 2009 goal

Small business $219,858,545 $186,386,572 $262,500,000

Small disadvantaged $6,800,635 $2,247,005 $2,625,000

Woman-owned $22,667,837 $15,685,903 $19,950,000

HUB Zone $2,156,027 $2,425,352 $2,625,000

Veteran-owned $3,429,363 $5,827,435 $5,250,000

Service-disabled veteran-owned $764,148 $2,608,729 $2,625,000

* Decline in small business spending in 2008 was due to overall reduction in domestic spending.

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Global Citizenship Report

Commitment to Safety and

Environmental Sustainability

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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

Safety and
Environmental
Sustainability
As a company involved in improving
the human condition, Life Technologies
Corporation is dedicated to protecting
the environment and promoting the
health and safety of our employees,
customers and citizens in the
communities in which we operate.

Our EHS mission focuses on four EHS Management

building blocks: health and safety,
environmental sustainability, product
stewardship and regulatory compliance.
As part of our continuous search for
improvement, our process establishes
four-year goal periods and includes
monthly progress reports, followed by
evaluation of resource allocations to
ensure that targets are met. Our first
four-year goal period concluded in 2008
and applied to legacy Invitrogen only.
New four-year performance goals are
now set for Life Technologies, including
both Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems,
to be concluded by 2012. 1
The EHS organization uses a
comprehensive approach to manage
EHS functions along the supply chain,
from R&D and suppliers through
manufacturing and distribution sites.
Our approach consists of the Global EHS
Achievement Program and the Global
EHS Audit Program, which are available
on our website, www.lifetech.com. Both
programs are applied to all of our sites
and stakeholders globally.

1
 Note: Many reported parameters have multiple components. Energy, for example, has three: electricity, natural gas and heating oil fuels. Each component includes unit conversions
from various international regions. Each year, we refine and improve the data accuracy in order to report true EHS impacts. This internal review sometimes identifies errors in site
reporting, calculation factors and other sources. When errors are uncovered, we correct the previously reported parameters and identify these corrections in the reports. Most of these
changes are not large and do not necessarily affect the trends, but we report them so our readers can revise their assessments. For the 2009 report, we enhanced our data validation
system by including a review from a senior engineer in our Madison, WI, facility, with expertise in data validation. We continuously look for further ways to verify that our data gives an
accurate portrayal of our history and progress.

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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability
Health and Safety
We recognize our employees as our
greatest asset. Therefore, their health
and safety lie at the foundation of our
efforts to build a talented and engaged
workforce.
A fully productive employee must be
safe first. As a result, we provide our
people and contractors with the tools and
training they need to do their jobs safely
every day.
We use U.S. Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) standards
to report all work-related injuries and
illnesses globally. We express this as a
rate, based on 100 employees working
2,000 hours annually.
We measure health and safety
performance against two metrics:
1. OSHA-recordable injury and illness
rate and 2. the Days Away and Restricted
Figure 1:
Workplace Injury and Illness Rates.
Results are based on 100 employees
working 2,000 hours annually.
2004
baseline
1.7
1.3 target
2008
0.7 target
1.3
2008
baseline
0.7
0.98
2012
target
0.52
Injury and illness recordable case rates
DART (Days Away and Restricted Time) rates
Time (DART) rate. Since 2004, we
have reduced our OSHA-recordable
and DART rates by 40 percent and 59
percent, respectively. This translates
into 71 fewer injuries and 11,031 fewer
restricted or lost days, and, therefore,
more employees working safely.
Estimated cost avoidance from
improved safety performance totaled
$5,010,416 in workers’ compensation
and indirect costs.
We have identified that over 70 percent
of our injuries are ergonomic in nature.
Our ergonomic program focuses
on awareness training and hazard
mitigation. We continually evaluate
manual processes and implement
automated substitutions or other
engineering controls where feasible.
The 2008 baseline in Figure 1 accounts
for the combined safety performance
of both legacy companies. As we
continuously work toward our ultimate
goal of an injury-free workplace, we
plan to achieve a reduction in our
injury and illness rates by 25 percent
from 2009-2012. The grassroots safety
teams will continue to mitigate hazards
and build an even stronger behavior-
based safety culture in a collaborative
2.0 relationship with our management group
and local regulators. We will continue
to focus our efforts on ergonomics,
biosafety and powered industrial truck
operation.
Safety Culture Change
In 2008, in an effort to reduce
injuries, Life Technologies
partnered with Culture Change
Consultants to implement change
through grassroots safety
leadership. This program was
piloted at our sites in Carlsbad,
California; Frederick, Maryland;
and Grand Island, New York.
At our Grand Island site, three
teams, with members from all
levels and various functions,
were trained to identify hazards
and unsafe behaviors. Employees
can now implement changes and
correct not only their own, but
also their coworkers’ behaviors.
Management’s responsibility for
the safety of their teams is also
solidified. The result is a safer
workplace with 12.5 percent fewer
injuries and 44.5 percent fewer
lost work days. The culture change
will continue with training for
supervisors and team leaders on
identifying behavioral safety issues
and leading toward an injury-free
workplace.
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Safety
Recognition
The success of our safety program
is attributed to building a strong
safety culture based on employee
accountability and ownership, which
is aligned with the OSHA Voluntary
Protection Program (VPP). The sites in
Table 3 have been recognized by OSHA
or the equivalent in their country.

Table 3: Worldwide Recognition for Safety

Eugene, Oregon VPP Merit Status

New Zealand ACC WSMP (Workplace Safety

Management Practices)
Tertiary Level

Warrington, UK Five-Star Award from

the British Safety Council

Singapore WSH Council bizSAFE Star

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Employee Health To promote employee wellness

and continual reduction of work-

and Wellness related injuries and illnesses, Life

Technologies contracted WorkCare , ®

an occupational healthcare provider.

The service includes virtual nursing
and advanced first aid to all U.S. and
Canada employees. In addition, Life
Technologies provides free biometric
screenings and wellness initiatives,
including programs for:

- Weight loss

- Smoking cessation

- Diabetes management

- Stress management

- Nutrition counseling

- Hypertension control

- Fitness planning

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Environmental
Sustainability
Environmental sustainability at Life
Technologies is an ongoing process to
adapt the way we operate to reduce
our environmental footprint. Climate
change, resource conservation and
waste reduction are key elements of
our environmental agenda. We have
made substantial “green progress”
and have established more aggressive
eco-efficiency goals for 2012.
Energy Efficiency
Energy use from manufacturing,
cold storage and information technology
infrastructure is our most critical
environmental impact. In 2004, we issued
a Global Energy Conservation Policy to
improve energy efficiency. We also expect
to reduce the costs of energy at our
manufacturing facilities.
We report our energy consumption in
gigajoules indexed to millions of dollars
in net sales. Energy-saving projects
resulted in a 32-percent reduction
in energy consumption since 2004,
surpassing our 10-percent goal.
This saved more than $10 million
in energy costs.
At our Carlsbad, California, site, we
replaced older, inefficient lighting with
new, fluorescent lighting. This project
alone will reduce our energy consumption
by 10 percent and emissions of CO 2 by
an estimated 700 tons annually.
Our Singapore operation’s energy
conservation measures include
timers and motion sensors on air
conditioners and lighting, and reduction
of lights in areas where natural light is
available. These changes have reduced
consumption by 3.7 percent annually
at the same time site activity has been
increasing – translating to 87,000
kilowatt-hours (kWh) and 52 tons of CO 2 .
Moving forward, our goal is to further
reduce energy consumption by 25
percent indexed to net sales by 2012.
In partnership with local power
authorities, we are performing energy
efficiency audits to identify where we
will save energy.

Figure 2:
Energy Consumption (GJ/US$ million of sales)

2004 475
baseline

2008 322 target

Solar panels at Life Technologies site

in Pleasanton, California.

2008 242
baseline

2012 182 -25%

target

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Environmental Sustainability

Climate Change
The most challenging global issue of
our time, climate change will dramatically
impact the planet billions of people call
home. Taking action to reduce emissions
of greenhouse gases that increase the
earth’s temperature is a core element of
our environmental sustainability agenda.
In 2008, Life Technologies joined
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Climate Leaders program,
an industry/government partnership
aimed at developing comprehensive The Life Technologies LEED-certified building
climate-change strategies. Through this For example, our Grand Island, in Pleasanton, California.
partnership, we commit to long-term New York, facility chose to utilize
reduction targets of greenhouse gases hydroelectric power, as opposed to Figure 3:
and annual reporting by completing a coal-fired, when installing a new CO2 Emissions (tons/US$ million of sales)
corporate-wide inventory of greenhouse electric service.
gas emissions. By taking this proactive +
approach, we are well positioned to meet
As a part of the Leadership in 2004
upcoming regulations in our carbon- 63
Energy and Environmental Design baseline

constrained future.
(LEED) certification process, our
Of all the greenhouse gases relevant 2008 41 target
manufacturing facility in Pleasanton,
to our business (CO 2 , CH 4 , N2 O and
California, installed a 50-kW solar
CFCs), CO 2 is the most prevalent,
array to supplement power
accounting for more than 95 percent of
to the site.
our total emissions. We have reduced
CO 2 emissions by 36 percent from our
2004 baseline (Figure 3). More than 80 2008 31
percent of our CO 2 emissions result from baseline

our energy use; therefore, our progress These two projects eliminated 100
2012 23 -25%
toward energy efficiency correlates tons of CO2 from our inventory. target

directly with our reduction in CO 2

emissions.
Furthermore, we encourage employees
to use video- and teleconferencing
where possible to reduce air travel.
Virtual meeting software is available
to employees for making presentations
and for holding meetings. In 2008, Life
Technologies employees conducted
more than 5,000 video meetings,
464,000 teleconferences and 5,000
Web conferences.
Moving forward, our goal is to reduce
CO 2 emissions by 25 percent by 2012.
We will meet this target by following
our energy conservation strategy and
furthering our reporting mechanisms
to include CO 2 emissions from business
travel, product transportation and
supply chains.

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Environmental Sustainability

Water Conservation As a result, from 2004 to 2008, we

Clean water is critical to sustaining
life. Therefore, we strive to improve our
overall efficiency in water use. All of our
consumable products use water, whether
mixing or diluting active ingredients, or
cleaning and washing equipment used
to manufacture them. We measure our
water usage and evaluate ways to reduce
and reuse water in our manufacturing,
support utilities, landscaping and
sanitation processes.
Figure 4:
Water Consumption (m3/US$ million of sales)
2004 397
baseline
2008 356 target
realized a 10-percent reduction in water use. Partnering with
Collaborating with the City of
Carlsbad, our headquarters switched its the Water Authority
landscaping supply to recycled water,
As California heads into its
saving 700,000 gallons of clean, potable
water each month. The system uses “gray third year of a drought, every
water,” drawn from the local wastewater drop of water counts. One-
treatment plant at an intermediate step third of our employees live and
before full reclamation. work in California, and it is our
In 2008, our Grand Island site responsibility to promote water
implemented a new procedure for
conservation. In partnership
cleaning serum tanks that utilizes less
water for the same level of cleaning with the San Diego County Water
efficacy. This improvement saves nearly Authority (SDCWA), our Carlsbad,
400,000 liters of water for injection California, site piloted a new water
(part of the cleaning process) per year. audit program. We are currently
In addition to water savings, using less implementing water conservation
water for injection, which requires energy
projects that resulted from the
to heat, is also saving energy and CO 2 .
In 2008, Life Technologies consumed audit and expect savings in excess
800,000 cubic meters of water, establishing of 2 million gallons per year.
our new baseline. To further our
conservation efforts, we set an
aggressive 2012 goal of 25-percent
reduction in water use indexed to
net sales.

2008 252
baseline

2012 189 -25%

target

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Environmental Sustainability
Waste Disposal, Air Emissions
and Wastewater Effluents
Our wastes, emissions and effluents
are related to the materials we use
and dispose of when we manufacture
products. Our manufacturing processes
require mainly organic solvents, but also
hazardous chemicals, biological agents
and water for cleaning. As a result,
solvent use significantly affects our
waste, emission and effluent footprint.
We comply with applicable permits and
licences and focus on pollution reduction
to minimize our impact, taking costs
and benefits into account.
Waste Disposal
By eliminating waste, we not only help
the environment, but we also reduce
our operating costs. Hazardous waste
disposal per unit of sales has decreased
by 16 percent since 2004, surpassing our
goal of 10 percent.
Figure 5:
Hazardous Waste Generation
(kg/US$ million of sales)
2004 472
baseline
2008 395 target
2008
517
baseline
2012 387 -25%
target
Organic solvents make up our largest Figure 6:
hazardous waste stream, generated Nonhazardous Waste Generation and Recycling
by our oligonucleotide manufacturing (kg/US$ million of sales)
operations. Because of its high Btu value
(energy content), over 90 percent of this
waste is recycled into fuel that fires
cement kilns. 2004 1762
As part of the bioprocessing baseline
377
operation in Auckland, New Zealand,
25,000 kilograms of plastic bottles 1473
2008 target
containing residual biological materials target
442
(and therefore by-product waste)
are generated every year. Instead of
disposing of these contaminated bottles
as biohazardous waste, we now grind
the plastic, wash it with recycled water
and sell the clean plastic to a recycler.
2008 1115
This not only reduces our disposal of
hazardous waste, but also adds to our
baseline
333
operational efficiency.
2012 836 -25%
In 2008, Life Technologies managed 25%
more than 1,600 metric tons of hazardous
target
416
or regulated waste. This makes up the
new baseline for the 2009-2012 goals. Nonhazardous Waste
Moving forward, our goal is to reduce Recycling
hazardous waste disposal by 25 percent
indexed to net sales.
We also track our nonhazardous In total, Life Technologies managed
waste disposal and recycling. From 4,575 metric tons of nonhazardous
2004 to 2008, we reduced the disposal waste in 2008. Through improved waste
of nonhazardous waste per unit of sales reduction and recycling initiatives, we
by 16 percent. now recycle 23 percent of the total
In Singapore, a small country where nonhazardous waste generated.
landfill space is scarce, our operation
makes waste reduction a key priority. The
site changed from recycling corrugated
cartons to returning them to vendors for
their reuse. Reuse of materials reduces
waste at the earliest point, which is
environmentally preferable to recycling.
This effort resulted in a reduction in
corrugated waste of more than 66
percent annually, equating to more
than 48 metric tons annually.
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Environmental Sustainability
Air Emissions
The largest source of air emissions
comes from the solvents used in
oligonucleotide manufacturing. These
emissions are tracked through local
permits; we have not received a citation
or notice to comply from 2004 to 2008.
Additionally, the emissions of toxic
release inventory (TRI) compounds are
documented by our U.S. operations
as required by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
Wastewater Effluents
Our process wastewater discharges
are treated either onsite or through
a publicly owned treatment works
(POTW). We regularly assess wastewater
discharges at our facilities and have
procedures in place to comply with local
discharge requirements.
In 2007, at our Grand Island, New
York, facility, we exceeded the flow limit
specified in our permit. In collaboration
with the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation, we
identified a groundwater leak into our
treatment system. Upon isolating the
leak, the flow was restored within permit
limits and no notices of violation were
received.
Oligonucleotide manufacturing site in Scotland, United Kingdom.
In 2007, our New Zealand facilities
found that the pH of their wastewater
discharges was exceeding permit limits.
Working with local regulators, they
discovered the source of the issue and
made the proper adjustments. This
cooperative effort ensured the site’s
ongoing compliance.
Annual Report
In 2008, we launched our first
online annual report, an award-
winning, interactive product that
not only gave our shareholders
a more unique glimpse into our
company, but also helped us
protect the environment
by eliminating the
printing of thousands of
copies of a glossy-paper
annual report. Based
on the number of paper
reports we printed in
2007, we estimate that
we saved at least 325
trees by moving our
annual report to an
electronic format.
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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

Product Stewardship
Life Technologies strives to continuously improve the health effects, safety and
environmental impact of our products, processes and services through our Product
Stewardship program. We go beyond compliance, incorporating Design-for-Environment
principles through the product lifecycle, from ideation to end-of-life.
Our Product Stewardship program is divided into three sections:

Design for Environment (DfE) – creates innovative techniques

and strategies that minimize environmental impact of products
and processes. DfE conducts lifecycle assessments, applies
green chemistry principles and uses sustainable packaging.
The outcome is less hazardous materials, less pollution,
less packaging and less waste.

Product Safety – addresses health and safety concerns not

mitigated by DfE initiatives. Hazards of Life Technologies’
products are communicated through labeling and product
literature. For our instrument business, we ensure compliance
with product safety standards, certifications and testing
requirements. For our chemical products, Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDSs) are generated in multiple languages.
Our products are shipped and packaged according to
international transportation regulations.

Product Compliance – ensures that our products and

materials can be sold and distributed globally. This includes
meeting chemical control and controlled substances laws,
and complying with requirements for movement and use of
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and other human-
or animal-derived materials. All new instruments meet
regulations restricting hazardous substances and
end-of-life directives.

In 2008, we achieved our goal of completing 100 percent of new product assessments
for MSDS, label content and shipping information. Moving forward, Life Technologies
is committed to increasing sustainable packaging by 25 percent and applying green
chemistry principles to decrease dangerous-goods transportation by 25 percent from
2009 to 2012.
By rethinking our products and our relationships with our supply chains and especially
our customers, Life Technologies is dramatically increasing productivity, reducing costs,
fostering product and market innovation, and providing customers more value with less
environmental impact. Reducing the use of toxic substances, incorporating sustainable
packaging practices and having instrument take-back programs are just a few of the
initiatives we have taken to become better product stewards.

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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

Sustainable
Packaging
Sustainable packaging means reducing, reusing and recycling materials, as well as
reducing waste. For example, to minimize the environmental impact of the crate that
ships our SOLiD™ System genetic analysis instrument, we built the box stronger than
we would if it were going to see one-way use. Now we can use it again and again, which
also allows us to design features to allow field engineers to quickly unload and set up
at the customer’s site. The packaging system is cost-neutral when comparing one-way
crate and disposal costs with a returned, refurbished crate.

1. Our expanded polystyrene coolers

for cold shipment were “right-sized,”
meaning they were redesigned to
remove 30 percent of polystyrene from
our cold-stored product life cycles and
from our customers’ landfills. Today,
we continue to investigate novel means
to improve the efficiency of packaging Cooler in box Mini cooler Mini-mini cooler
material in our coolers and decrease the
need for refrigerated transport.

2. Right-sizing can also be applied to

secondary packaging. For example, we
are optimizing product kits to remove
excess space and increase package
density. Using smaller shipping boxes
Using standard New package Before and A small change
reduces our material consumption and box filled 100% filled after can make a
transportation costs, also reducing big impact!
the environmental impact of the
transportation system.

3. Corrugated kit boxes that are

manually folded and filled are being
replaced by a lightweight foil package
that can be automatically filled. This
reduces material usage by 87 percent,
lowers transport costs and reduces
disposal impact.

4. New packaging was also designed for

the Invitrogen™ UltraPure™ Agarose
product line, eliminating 75 percent of
the plastic used in previous packaging.

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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

A Collaborative
Effort
While we strive to minimize the
environmental impact of our products
and reduce their packaging amounts,
we don’t always get it right.

Recently, one of our customers asked

us, “Are you people for real?” after
receiving a small vial surrounded by
excessive packaging. As you can see
in the image, the scientist’s order for
“A” arrived wrapped in “B” and “C,”
with an insert card “D” declaring our
commitment to be “environmentally
sustainable” by offering our manuals
online instead of in paper format.
While we have honest intentions,
this is clearly not representative of our
principles. We were both inspired and
humbled by this experience. Ultimately,
we welcomed this type of interaction so
that we can continuously improve our
environmental programs and better
service our customers. This picture
is now embedded in our training
materials and presentations to serve
as an example.

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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

Green Chemistry
A.
Green Chemistry embraces chemistry
as an environmental solution through
eliminating the use or generation of
hazardous substances in the design,
manufacture and application of
chemical products.
Examples of our application of
green chemistry principles include:

A. Reformulating a component of
the Purelink™ Quick Gel Extraction
Kit, making it nonhazardous for
transport.

B.
B. Promoting SYBR Safe DNA Gel
®

Stain as a less toxic alternative

to ethidium bromide.

C. Offering SimplyBlue™ SafeStain for

those involved in protein research.
This nonflammable, less-toxic and
noncorrosive Coomassie dye stains
protein electrophoresis gels. The
competing product is corrosive and C.
must be used with flammable and
toxic solvents.

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Commitment to Safety and Environmental Sustainability

Regulatory
Compliance
We are committed to complying with all
applicable environmental, health, and
safety laws and regulations.

We audit our sites regularly to ensure

that we meet permit discharge limits and
reporting requirements.
We measure our regulatory compliance
by tracking Notices of Violations (NOVs),
written notices from a regulatory agency
identifying noncompliance. Our goal was
to have zero NOVs from 2004 through
2008. While we had no NOVs in 2004
and 2006, we received an NOV from
OSHA at our site in Eugene, Oregon, in
2005. In 2007, we received three NOVs
from the San Diego County Department
of Environmental Health at our site in
Carlsbad, California, and two NOVs from
the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
Invitrogen
at our Eugene site. We have diligently product packaging
implemented corrective actions to
prevent these noncompliant activities
from reoccurring. Our goal for 2009 to
2012 remains zero NOVs.

Life Technologies distribution center in Carlsbad, California.

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Global Citizenship Report

Commitment to
Community and Education

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Commitment to Community and Education
Giving Back
At Life Technologies, we have a deep
respect for the communities in which
we live and work.
Through the Life Technologies™
Foundation, our Community Relations
department and individual business
units, we routinely donate employee time,
money and products to nonprofit and
local community organizations.
Global Volunteer Day
A cornerstone of Life Technologies’
citizenship initiatives is Global
Volunteer Day, an annual event where
all employees are provided time off to
volunteer for group service projects in
their communities. In 2009, nearly 3,200
employees volunteered more than 13,000
hours to their communities in more than
100 projects around the globe.
Since the launch of Global Volunteer
Day in 2005, the company has donated
approximately 30,000 employee hours to
nonprofit causes throughout the world.
Projects run a full spectrum, from
environmental cleanups and engagement
activities with seniors, to painting family
shelters and animal rescue facilities and
hosting science fairs for children.
Global Volunteer Day
Curriculum Developement
Many schools and educational
programs have utilized the talents
of Life Technologies professionals
to develop curricula for science
and biotechnology courses:
- Scientists at the Eugene, Oregon,
site developed a food-contamination
experiment with a genetic solution,
and presented this hands-on
experience at a local high school.
- A group at our Austin, Texas, site
participated in the University of Texas
Girlstart program to increase interest
in science among middle school girls.
- Engineers and scientists from the
Foster City, California, site routinely
visit local classrooms as part of
National Engineers Week to increase
awareness of and interest in careers
in mathematics, science and
engineering.
Facility Tours
Life Technologies offers tours
of its facilities to provide a clearer
understanding of our activities and
enhance communication by opening
our plants to visitors, investors,
educators and student groups.
Typical tours include stops in
manufacturing and our world-class
West Coast distribution center.
Sixteen organizations participated
in tours in 2008, including
California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger and his staff.
We plan to launch this program
in 2009 at several additional
U.S. sites.
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Commitment to Community and Education
Financial
Commitment
The philanthropic arm of our company,
the Life Technologies™ Foundation,
is dedicated to advancing science
education and increasing scientific
literacy worldwide. By teaming with
researchers across the country, the
Foundation strives to demystify the
world of life science and empower
today’s children to become tomorrow’s
scientific leaders.
In 2008, the Foundation donated
approximately $500,000 to nonprofit
organizations, and additional funding
has been committed for contributions in
calendar year 2009. Donations have been
made to support organizations such as:
E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
We are a financial sponsor of BioBlitz,
the Foundation’s key program in which
children, students and adults work
alongside professional naturalists,
wildlife managers and research scientists
to observe and record as many of the
native flora, fauna and fungi as possible.
Life Technologies’ CEO Gregory Lucier
also serves on the Foundation’s Board
of Directors.
Aquatic Adventures Science
Education Foundation
We awarded a $10,000 grant to the
SEA Power High School Program,
which supports 12 science-related
internships during each academic year
for underserved, inner-city youth. Each
student is provided with work experience
to examine potential career paths in the
sciences.
High Tech High
This program teaches students in the
U.S. and East Africa advanced skills
in molecular biology and conservation
science while assisting in the study,
awareness and prevention of the African
Elephants at the San Diego Zoo
bush meat trade. Through the program,
high school biotechnology students
developed a one-hour documentary that
won the prestigious Environmental Film
Impact award at the American Film
Festival, held in Washington, D.C.,
this year.
Medical College of Wisconsin
We awarded $5,000 to the 2009 Women
in Science program, led by faculty,
leadership and volunteers to address
inequities facing women in the academic
sciences.
UCSD Foundation San Diego Festival
We demonstrated support for the
University of California at San Diego’s
first annual, month-long San Diego
Science Festival. This festival showcases
the role of science and technology in the
lives, the region and the future of San
Diego. The festival enhances the general
public’s understanding of how critical
science is to their everyday lives and
welfare, the U.S.’s vital leadership role
in science, and how science education
motivates today’s students to become
tomorrow’s science leaders.
The Zoological Society of San Diego
We support conservation-education
field trips and the conservation-biology
summer institute for science teachers.
Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad
For more than 55 years, the Boys &
Girls Club of Carlsbad has been providing
youth development programs to the
Carlsbad community. Life Technologies
has continued to strengthen its
commitment to the Boys & Girls Club
through a substantial gift to help fund
the construction of the Bressi Ranch
Clubhouse, a new education center,
which will bolster their community
presence with increased membership,
program delivery and awareness.
Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT)
This program provides surplus
materials and money that provides
interactive learning experiences for
students in science, math, technology
and the arts.
The Community Relations Department
also funds smaller-scale science
education programs totaling over
$500,000 annually for internships and
sponsorships to schools and science-
based nonprofits across the U.S., like
the Science Factory Museum, Bay Area
Biotech Education Consortium (BABEC),
Neurosciences Institute, Milwaukee
School of Engineering and Association
for Women in Science (AWIS), as well
as community organizations near our
facilities, such as Bike for Breath, Paddle
for Life and the Rotary Duck Race.
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Commitment to Community and Education
Product
Donations
Life Technologies donates products and
instruments to non-profit organizations
for educational purposes.
In 2008, we donated nearly $20,000
in products to several educational
organizations, including Aquatic
Adventures, whose mission is to educate
urban youth about science, the ocean and
nature through tuition-free programs.
Other organizations receiving in-kind
donations include the BioBus program,
which runs a mobile laboratory program
throughout the state of Connecticut, and
San Dieguito Academy’s biotechnology
Disaster Relief
Both Invitrogen and Applied Biosystems
have supplied disaster relief, including
cash and products, to organizations
helping the victims of nearly every major
catastrophe worldwide during the last
several years, including the 2009 Swine
Flu outbreak, Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita, earthquakes in Asia (and the recent
earthquake in central Italy), as well as
wildfires in Southern California.
Following the collapse of the World
Trade Center towers on September 11,
2001, Applied Biosystems quickly
organized the Soaring Eagles program
education program for high school
students.
The company’s information technology
staff routinely donates used or outdated
hardware and software, including laptops
and cell phones. Donating this equipment
provides fiscal assistance to the
nonprofit organization, provides a small
tax advantage for the corporation, and
prevents usable material from ending
up in landfills.
to provide genetically based human
identification technology, using the
cell’s hardier and more numerous
mitochondrial DNA, to the New York
Chief Medical Examiner to aid in
identifying victims. We also donated
genetic analysis equipment and software
to help process the large number of
samples from victims and their relatives.
Recently, the Life Technologies™
Foundation instituted a policy to donate
up to $10,000 cash to any major disaster
relief efforts occurring where we house
a facility, and will match all employee
donations dollar for dollar.
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Recognition for Our Commitment
At Life Technologies, we are proud of the efforts we have put forth and the
results we have produced. However, it has been a journey to get here and
we are committed to continuing to do better. Notwithstanding, we have been
recognized as a global citizen by the following organizations:

The former Invitrogen Corporation was selected as a new member of the

Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and named leader
of the biotechnology sector for 2008. We ranked in the top 10 percent of
the world’s 2,500 largest companies in terms of sustainability for our
performance in corporate governance, labor practices, talent development,
community involvement, workplace safety, climate change and environmental
management.

Additionally, in March 2009, Life Technologies was named to the FTSE4Good

Index Series, an equity index series that facilitates investment in companies
that meet globally recognized citizenship standards. The index is an evaluation
of approximately 2,400 companies against stringent social, ethical and
environmental criteria by FTSE International Limited, jointly owned by the
London-based Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange. Currently,
about 900 companies have been included in the FTSE4Good Index.

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For more information, visit our website: www.lifetech.com.

For additional resources, visit:

United Nations Millennium Goals

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/environ.shtml

United Nations Environment Programme

http://www.unep.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

http://www.ipcc.ch/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

http://www.wbcsd.org

World Water Council

http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/

An Inconvenient Truth
http://climatecrisis.net/

Ceres: Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity

http://www.ceres.org/

World Economic Forum

http://www.weforum.org/en/index.htm

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