Appotronics Corporation Limited
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021)
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality
- Social responsibility
- Corporate governance
- Safety management
Environmental Achievements
- ALPD® laser projection solutions ran 188 million hours in total, saving a total of 338 million kWh power consumption, and reducing about 148 million cubic meters of carbon dioxide emissions arising from power generation
- No environmental violations in 2021, with the total emissions of waste gas and wastewater not exceeding the standards
- Average water consumption and the average electricity consumption per product decreased by 33.33% and 28.61% on a year-on-year basis respectively at Shenzhen Bao’an Plant
- 11% reduction in overall energy saving and emission reduction for the internal data center
Social Achievements
- 50% year-on-year growth for own-brand household business
- Supported Shenzhen government for the urban strategic construction of a “child-friendly city”, receiving 5 batches of 97 visitors from the Children’s Public Welfare Visit Project
- Made contributions to the establishment of adolescent creative space in Qianxi City, Guizhou Province
- Launched two restricted share incentive plans
- Total number of employees reached 1,565, up nearly 34% over that of the previous year
Governance Achievements
- Established and improved an integrated ESG management, communication, and coordination mechanism
- Established four special committees under the Board of Directors
- Disclosed 209 announcement documents in 2021
- Obtained the “Safety Production Standardization Certificate”
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Repeated outbreak of the epidemic in China
- Risks that core suppliers cannot supply parts promptly
- Risks of impairment of accounts receivable, inventories, and fixed assets
- Risk of increasingly fierce market competition
- Risks in intellectual property rights
- Risks in implementing investment projects
- Risks in the management of cinema light source
- Risks in the arbitration with GDC
Mitigation Strategies
- Constantly enhance our resilience to move forward
- Developed alternative sourcing strategies
- Implemented risk prevention and control into the whole process of enterprise operation
- Minimize costs to promote popularization of laser mini projectors
- Implement two strategies to improve the competitive of own-brand products
- Work with leading customers to promote the early large-scale implementation of the vehicle-mounted display business
- Explore new application scenarios
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- choose to purchase environmentally friendly raw materials
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- ALPD® phosphor laser display technology
Awards & Recognition
- 2020 Shenzhen Mayor Award of Science and Technology
- 2021 Leader in Quality Development
- Gold Award of Guangdong Patent Award for four consecutive years
- Advanced Grass-root Party Organization of Shenzhen