Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

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Environmental Achievements

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Social Achievements

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Governance Achievements

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Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Widespread business impersonation via phone calls and text messages, impacting brand reputation and consumer trust.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed Watchmen reputation protection service, including Whoscall certified numbers and an impersonation detection system to detect and mitigate fraudulent activities.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

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Opportunities

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Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Sustainable Products & Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

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Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Fraud Prevention

Social Achievements

• Partnered with various government agencies (Taiwan National Police Agency Criminal Investigation Bureau, Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea, Thai Police Cyber Taskforce, Fukuoka city government, Malaysia police and Selangor state government) to fight fraud.
• Whoscall identified over 405.4 million scam calls and messages for global users in 2022.
• Auntie Meiyu verified/debunked suspicious information 1.67 million times in 2022.

Governance Achievements

• Developed AI systems to detect fraudulent domains (in partnership with Criminal Investigation Bureau).

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Over 400 million scam calls and messages circulating worldwide.
• High rates of phone number leakage in several countries (75% in Malaysia, 65% in Taiwan, 56% in Japan).
• Over 2,000 new fraudulent domains created monthly.
• Proliferation of scams via messaging software (LINE, Telegram).
• Significant cryptocurrency investment losses (over US$100 billion in 2022).
• Rise in loan fraud via social media ads, LINE, and text messages.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developed Whoscall for unknown number identification, spam blacklist, and suspicious message filtering.
• Collaborated with Constella Intelligence to analyze phone number leaks.
• Developed Watchmen Reputation Protection Service to detect fraudulent information in real-time.
• Developed Auntie Meiyu, an AI-powered fact-checking chatbot.
• Partnered with Chainsight for blockchain data analytics and fraud detection.
• Provided insights and warnings through Roo.Cash to help users avoid loan scams.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Data Security and Privacy
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Employee Satisfaction
• Building a Fraud-Free World

Environmental Achievements

• Implementing a regular “Remote-First” policy not only provides better flexibility and efficiency, but also conserves energy and reduces carbon emissions

Social Achievements

• Whoscall blocked over 10 bn malicious calls and messages across the globe
• Detected over 5 mn pieces of fake information on instant messengers
• Saved over 500 loan fraud victims
• 187 Employees from 9 different countries with an average age of 33 and 40% female managers
• Providing more flexible paid leave than required by law
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Governance Achievements

• Obtained ISO 27001 Information Security Management certification in 2020
• Obtained ISO 27701 Privacy Information Management certification in 2021

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities