EXACT SCIENCES 2023 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (SASB) INDEX

These tables provide data and information using the SASB Health Care Delivery standard, which we believe best represents the nature of Exact Sciences' operations. We also include indicators from the Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals standard. The data represents full-year 2023 performance.

Category

Code

Accounting Metric

Information

Energy

(1) Total energy consumed, (2) percentage grid electricity,

(1)

32,154,754 kWh of electricity, 767,784 therms of natural gas

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(2)

59%

Management

(3) percentage renewable

(3)

0%

39 U.S. tons of medical waste

Total amount of medical waste, percentage (a) incinerated,

(a)

31%

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(b)

0%

(b) recycled or treated, and (c) landfilled

(c)

69%

For details, see: Waste Management in our 2023 ESG Report

(1) 101 U.S. tons of hazardous waste

Waste

(a)

81%

Management

(b)

11%

Total amount of (1) hazardous and (2) nonhazardous

(c)

8%

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pharmaceutical waste, percentage

(2) 4,818 U.S. tons of nonhazardous waste

(a) incinerated, (b) recycled or treated, and (c) landfilled

(a)

7%

(b)

45%

(c)

47%

For details, see: Waste Management in our 2023 ESG Report

Percentage of patient records that are Electronic Health

Not reported

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For details, see: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection in our 2023 ESG Report

Records (EHR) that meet "meaningful use" requirements

Patient Privacy &

Electronic Health

We have technical, administrative, and physical safeguards in place to help protect

Records

Description of policies and practices to secure customers'

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against unauthorized access to, use, or disclosure of patient and employee

protected health information (PHI) records and other

information and data we collect and store.

personally identifiable information (PII)

For details, see: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection in our 2023 ESG Report

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EXACT SCIENCES 2023 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (SASB) INDEX

Category

Code

Accounting Metric

Information

(1) Number of data breaches, (2) percentage

Not reported

Patient Privacy &

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involving (a) personally identifiable information (PII) only and (b)

protected health information (PHI), (3) number of customers

For details, see: Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection in our 2023 ESG Report

Electronic Health

affected in each category, (a) PII only and (b) PHI2

Records

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Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal

Material legal, regulatory, and monetary issues are disclosed in our annual 10-K and

proceedings associated with data security and privacy

quarterly 10-Qs.

Exact Sciences takes every viable step to make testing available, accessible, and

Discussion of strategy to manage the mix of patient insurance

affordable, and we offer financial assistance programs for eligible patients with

HC-DY-240a.1

financial hardship.

Accessfor Low-

status

For details, see: Access to Tests in our 2023 ESG Report

Income Patients

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Amount of Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

adjustment payments received

HC-DY-250a.1

Average Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Total Performance

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

Score and domain score, across all facilities

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Number of Serious Reportable Events (SREs) as defined by the

Not reported

National Quality Forum (NQF)

Quality of Care &

Patient

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Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Score per Hospital

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

Satisfaction

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Excess readmission ratio per hospital

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

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Magnitude of readmissions payment adjustment as part of the

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)

HC-DY-260a.1

Description of policies and practices to manage the number of

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

Management of

prescriptions issued for controlled substances

Controlled

Percentage of controlled substance prescriptions written for

Substances

HC-DY-260a.2

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services

which a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) database

was queried

Pricing & Billing

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Description of policies or initiatives to ensure that patients are

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing servicesĂ

Transparency

adequately informed about price before undergoing a procedure

For details, see: Access to Health Care in our 2023 ESG Report

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EXACT SCIENCES 2023 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (SASB) INDEX

Category

Code

Accounting Metric

Information

We have a Patient Support Team providing informational resources to

Discussion of how pricing information for services is made

patients who have questions about our products and services, including

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insurance coverage

publicly available

Pricing & Billing

For details, see: Access to Tests in our 2023 ESG Report

Transparency

Number of the entity's 25 most common services for which

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pricing information is publicly available, percentage of total

Not reported

services performed (by volume) that these represent

Employee Health &

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(1) Total recordable incident rate (TRIR) and (2) days away,

(1)

0.49 per 200,000 hours worked

Safety

restricted, or transferred (DART) Rate

(2)

0.33

(1) Voluntary and (2) involuntary turnover rate for: (a)

(a) Not applicable - Exact Sciences does not employ physicians.

(b) Not applicable - Exact Sciences does not employ health care

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physicians, (b) non-physician health care practitioners, and (c) all

other employees

practitioners.

Employee

(c) Voluntary: 8.4%, involuntary: 4.6%

Recruitment,

We are committed to providing safe and healthy work environments for

Development &

our employees, where equal opportunity and diversity in thought,

Retention

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Description of talent recruitment and retention efforts for

experience, perspective, and background are commonplace. Note, we do

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health care practitioners

not employ health care practitioners.

For details, see: Human Capital in our 2023 ESG Report

Description of policies and practices to address: (1) the physical

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risks due to an increased frequency and intensity of extreme

For details, see: TCFD Index in our 2023 ESG Report

Climate Change

weather events and (2) changes in the morbidity and mortality

Impacts on

rates of illnesses and diseases, associated with climate change

Human Health &

Infrastructure

Percentage of health care facilities that comply with the Centers

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for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Emergency

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services.

Preparedness Rule

Fraud &

Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal

Material legal and regulatory issues are disclosed in our annual 10-K

Unnecessary

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proceedings associated with Medicare and Medicaid fraud

and quarterly 10-Qs.

Procedures

under the False Claims Act

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EXACT SCIENCES 2023 SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD (SASB) INDEX

Category

Code

Accounting Metric

Information

Employees involved in sales and marketing receive regular compliance training on the

laws, regulations, and codes that govern interactions with physicians and other

HC-BP-270a.2

Description of code of ethics governing promotion of off-label

customers, on the promotion of our products, and on our Code of Business Conduct and

use of products

Ethics.

Ethics

For details, see Business Ethics in our 2023 ESG Report

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Description of code of ethics governing interactions with health

See ourCode of Conduct on Interactions with Health Care Professionals

care professionals

We design and conduct all clinical studies in accordance with the general principles set

forth in the International Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research Involving Human

Safety of Clinical

HC-BP-210a.1

Discussion, by world region, of management process for ensuring

Subjects (by the Council for International Organizations for Medical Sciences), USFDA

Trial Participants

quality and patient safety during clinical trials

Title 21 CRF §11, 50, 54, 56, 812, & 814, the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical

Association), and ICH GCP E6.

For details, see: Clinical Research Programs & Standards in our 2023 ESG Report

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Number of (1) facilities and (2) beds, by type

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services.

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Number of (1) inpatient admissions and (2) outpatient visits

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services.

As of 2023, we screened more than 14 million patients with Cologuard and tested

Activity Metrics

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Number of patients treated

nearly 1.3 million patients with Oncotype.

For details, see: Taking Care of the People We Serve in our 2023 ESG Report

Not applicable - Exact Sciences provides laboratory testing services.

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Number of drugs (1) in portfolio and (2) in research and

(1)

See Our Testson our website to learn more.

development (Phases 1-3)

(2)

See Our Pipeline & Dataon our website to learn more.

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