Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental sustainability and climate change
• Healthy eating
• Physical activity
• Housing
• Transport and connectivity
• Community safety and security
• Open space and natural features
• Social infrastructure
• Social cohesion and connectivity
• Environment and health

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Rapid population growth in NSW, particularly in Greater Sydney, requiring health-focused planning to manage potential negative health outcomes and address health inequities.
• Urban sprawl leading to physical inactivity and poor health outcomes.
• Low density suburban development increasing car dependency, decreasing walkability, and lowering neighbourhood cohesion.
• Inadequate access to healthy food and physical activity opportunities in some areas, particularly for low-income families and those in rural communities.
• Unaffordable housing creating problems such as crowding and insecurity.
• Poor housing conditions affecting public health.
• Climate change impacts such as extreme weather events, heat stress, and spread of infectious diseases.
• Crime and fear of crime affecting the use of public spaces.
• Alcohol-related harm increasing with higher density of alcohol outlets and longer opening hours.
• Noise, odour, and light pollution impacting quality of life and health.
• Inadequate access to social infrastructure in some areas.

Mitigation Strategies

• Development of the Healthy Built Environment Checklist to assess built environment factors impacting health and support engagement with planning processes.
• Promoting health-focused planning to deliver quality local environments and liveable communities.
• Encouraging mixed housing types, walkable neighbourhoods, and micro-features to support health.
• Promoting active transport options, such as walking and cycling, and improving public transport services.
• Improving access to quality open spaces, including green space and recreational facilities.
• Encouraging housing that supports human and environmental health, dwelling diversity, affordable housing, and adaptability.
• Implementing crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) strategies.
• Addressing alcohol-related harm through place-based approaches and policy interventions.
• Minimising noise, odour, and light pollution through appropriate land use planning and buffer zones.
• Providing access to a range of social infrastructure facilities to meet community needs.
• Promoting community resilience to climate change impacts.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events (floods, bushfires, cyclones)
• Heatwaves

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 3: Good health and well-being
• Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

The checklist contributes to these goals by promoting healthy and sustainable built environments.

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced energy consumption through initiatives like office air conditioning temperature control and resource classification recycling area.
• Promoted environmentally friendly tableware and reduced the use of disposable chopsticks.

Social Achievements

• Established employee welfare committee, organizing travel activities and planning annual festival gifts.
• Provided regular health check-ups and group insurance for employees.
• Implemented continuing education and training programs for employees.

Governance Achievements

• Established the 2nd Audit Committee and the 5th Salary and Remuneration Committee.
• Implemented measures for the performance evaluation of the Board of Directors.
• Purchased liability insurance for directors.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain disruptions due to raw material shortages and longer delivery times.
• Price competition in the power supply and broadband markets.
• Difficulty in recruiting and retaining communication professionals.
• Exchange rate fluctuations affecting export competitiveness.
• Potential risks associated with climate change.

Mitigation Strategies

• Strengthened cooperation with local suppliers in mainland China to reduce costs.
• Developed high value-added products to enhance competitiveness.
• Established a sound welfare system to attract and retain talent.
• Implemented hedging measures to mitigate exchange rate risks.
• Actively improved the efficiency of resource use and developed green energy products.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• The contract between the company and its major suppliers contains the declaration of non-use of environmental hazardous substances.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Solar energy management solutions
• Energy storage systems
• Energy-efficient power supplies

Awards & Recognition

• 2021 Excellence Award for IoT Information Security

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Economic Performance
• Information Security
• Supplier Social Assessment
• Supplier Environmental Assessment
• Employee Diversity and Equal Opportunity
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Risk Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Innovative Product R&D and Marketing

Environmental Achievements

• Energy intensity decreased by 1.19 GJ/revenue (NTD million) compared to 2022.
• Replaced 85 LED panel lights, saving approximately 12,410 kilowatt-hours of electricity and reducing carbon emissions by about 6,143 kg CO2e.
• Cumulative online transaction capacity of energy storage sites reached 52.35MW, helping increase renewable energy utilization.

Social Achievements

• Total employee training hours reached 3,030.5 hours.
• 100% of senior managers at the managerial level and above are local residents.
• Among the 24 senior executives, 6 are women (25%).
• Launched "Friendly Workplace Diversity for You and Me" activity.
• Enhanced employee benefits (special leave, childcare allowance, scholarships).

Governance Achievements

• Total training hours of the Board of Directors reached 63 hours.
• Performance evaluation of the Board of Directors reached 100/100.
• Performance evaluation of Functional Committees reached 98.1/100.
• Obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information Security Management System certification.
• Won 2023 TCSA Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards, ESG Gold Medal.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Rapid changes in industry trends and market conditions, numerous competitors.
• Russia-Ukraine war leading to increased raw material and transportation costs.
• Energy storage projects demanding substantial funds.
• Changes in energy-related regulations.
• Climate change impacts (extreme weather, supply chain disruptions).
• Information security threats (hacker attacks, data leakage).

Mitigation Strategies

• Stable management strategy, profitability maximization.
• Exchange rate hedging strategies.
• Investment in technology R&D, new product and market opportunities.
• Risk management policies and procedures.
• Developing alternative sourcing strategies.
• Strengthening information security protection measures, employee awareness.
• Advance production or overtime to meet shipping requirements during extreme weather.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 15% of major suppliers annually; 5 on-site audits.

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier evaluations including social responsibility and environmental management.
• Requirement for suppliers to comply with RoHS, REACH, and conflict minerals regulations.
• Supplier Sustainable Development Code of Conduct.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather events (typhoons, heavy rainfall, droughts)
• Supply chain disruptions
• Increased transportation costs
• Equipment damage

Transition Risks

• Policy and regulatory risks (energy tax-related regulations)
• Market risks (changes in customer behavior)
• Technology transition risks (low-carbon technologies)

Opportunities

• Increased demand for low-carbon products
• Development of renewable energy-related industries and services
• Participation in carbon trading/renewable energy/energy storage markets

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2021, SASB Standards for HARDWARE industry, TCFD

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, IECQ QC 080000, ISO 27001:2022

Third-party Assurance: SGS Taiwan Ltd.

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 3
• Goal 4
• Goal 5
• Goal 7
• Goal 10
• Goal 13
• Goal 16

Initiatives contribute to these goals through employee well-being, education and training, gender equality, renewable energy, reducing inequality, climate action, and stakeholder engagement.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Slim adapters (120W~180W)
• Slim 240w programmable industrial power supplies
• Products designed for easy disassembly and recycling
• BH-2000 AC charging pile
• EV-EMS charging pile energy management system
• MAX series inverters

Awards & Recognition

• 2023 TCSA Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards, ESG Gold Medal