WALTHAM, Mass. – PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE: PKI), a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment, today announced the publication of its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report. The report details the Company’s progress against its global sustainability goals set in 2010 for environmental health and safety (EHS), community activities and product stewardship.

“In the past year, we’ve made strong progress in our corporate social responsibility focus areas related to our mission to improve human and environmental health,” said Robert F. Friel, chairman and chief executive officer, PerkinElmer. “Moving ahead, on a worldwide basis, we will continue to implement operational excellence to improve PerkinElmer’s environmental profile, incorporate sustainability principles into our product innovation, and increase employee engagement in the communities in which we live and work in.”

New and ongoing milestones in PerkinElmer’s three strategic pillars of its CSR program noted in the 2011 report include:

EHS Highlights

• In 2010, PerkinElmer announced its commitment to reducing Scope 1 and 2 global greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent by 2013, compared to a 2009 baseline. The Company exceeded this goal two years early, with an 11% greenhouse emissions reduction reported in 2011.

• Overall Company water use declined in 2011 as a result of decreases at several sites, particularly the Santa Clara wafer manufacturing facility, which saw an overall 7% decline in water use. The addition of pH- and conductivity-monitoring controls for fume scrubber water at the facility helped reduce consumption by over 5,000 cubic meters that year.

• Company carbon emissions associated with fuels decreased by 45%, due to improved control of building HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) systems; reduced fuel use in PerkinElmer fleet vehicles; and installation of high efficiency natural gas boilers at two large facilities to replace older gas and oil fired equipment. PerkinElmer continues to opt for more fuel- and carbon-efficient choices when replacing facility equipment on an ongoing basis.

Community Engagement Highlights

• In March 2011, PerkinElmer launched the Japan Disaster Relief effort in response to the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear contamination crisis faced by the country. Partnering closely with PerkinElmer Japan teams, leading Japanese universities and government organizations, the Company was able to deploy equipment and expertise to help determine and map the extent of radioactive contamination, as well as measuring risks to food and water supplies shortly after the disaster.

• The 2011 inauguration of the “For the Better Days” community volunteering program, resulted in 12% of the company’s employees worldwide participating in 39 events, contributing over 5,000 volunteer-hours to activities such as environmental cleanup or humanitarian assistance.

• PerkinElmer employees successfully completed the Cambodia Clean Water Project, in partnership with Journeys Within Our Communities, (JWOC), providing funds, equipment and expertise for digging and repairing wells for 1,000 villagers in Siem Reap province.

Product Stewardship Highlights

• PerkinElmer continues to embed product stewardship principles into the life cycle of instruments and other offerings, with special emphasis on periodic product reviews, building supply chain awareness, environmentally responsible packaging and distribution, and equipment for parts reuse and recycling.

• The Spectrum Two™ FT-IR platform, designed to reduce environmental impact, won the 2011 Silver Instrument Business Outlook (IBO) Design Award for analytical instruments. The system features a compact footprint, and contains 75% recyclable parts by weight.

• The recently released Optima 8X00 ICP-OES instrument series utilizes a “PlasmaCam” inside the system that allows service technicians to diagnose customer concerns remotely without traveling to the site, reducing the services environmental footprint of the device.

• PerkinElmer also introduced expanded electronic download availability of instrument manuals, minimizing the need for printed documentation or CDs to be created and shipped.

The 2011 CSR Report was prepared using elements of the Global Reporting Initiative G3 Guidelines and represents a balanced and accurate presentation of PerkinElmer’s economic, environmental and societal performance.

To read the new CSR report visit www.perkinelmer.com/csrreport and to learn more about PerkinElmer’s CSR efforts, go to www.perkinelmer.com/CSR