Climate Change Data

Sea Sonic Electronics Co., Ltd.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:1437.70 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:0%
Total Energy Consumption:8,548 GJ/year
Water Consumption:14.32 million liters/year
Waste Generated:70.63 tons/year
Carbon Intensity:0.43 tCO2e/million revenue in 2023

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • GHG emissions intensity (scope 1 + scope 2 emissions per million revenue) decreased by 10.11% compared to the previous year.
  • Group energy intensity (total energy consumption per million revenue) decreased by 9.86% compared to the previous year.
  • Waste recycling and management in 2023 fully complied with relevant local regulations, with no environmental violations occurring.
  • Promoting digital product manuals to replace paper ones, reducing paper usage.

Social Achievements

  • Introduced a Human Rights Policy in 2023, adhering to labor laws and international human rights conventions.
  • Approximately NT$220,000 was sponsored in the field of social inclusion in 2023.

Governance Achievements

  • Sea Sonic Electronics ranked among the top 21-35% of public companies in the 10th Corporate Governance Evaluation.
  • The proportion of female directors reached 28.57% in 2023.
  • Voluntarily published its first sustainability report in 2024, disclosing governance results in line with TCFD and SASB.
  • Established a TQRDCE evaluation system for suppliers, with 93.1% of new suppliers passing the environmental and social screening mechanisms.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Dongguan Seasonic plans to install solar power generation by 2030.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Dongguan Seasonic plans to optimize the burn-in room energy recovery scheme from 2024 to 2026.
  • Dongguan Seasonic plans to implement the ISO 50001 energy management system in 2024.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) by 1% from the 2021 baseline year.
  • Maintain group energy intensity below 2.5.
  • Maintain greenhouse gas emissions intensity below 0.43.
  • Introduce packaging materials that are durable and recyclable.

Environmental Challenges

  • Rising raw material costs
  • Increasing energy costs
  • Enhanced emission disclosure obligations
  • Regulatory risks
  • Failed investments in new technology
  • Increased greenhouse gas emission pricing
  • Changes in rainfall patterns and extreme climate variations
Mitigation Strategies
  • Constant monitoring of raw material supply and price changes, taking appropriate responsive measures.
  • Increasing local procurement and production to reduce transportation costs.
  • Planning to disclose the 2022 and 2023 group-wide inventory data with the guidance of external consultants by 2024.
  • Adopting high-energy-efficiency equipment to manufacture more efficiently, transport, and plan for long-term use of renewable energy to achieve carbon reduction goals. Establishing product carbon footprint management mechanisms and gradually implementing low-carbon measures.
  • Installing water storage devices, purchasing flood barriers, biannual cleaning of underground drains, and constructing a supply chain risk diversification plan by region.
  • Increase investment in green financial products.
  • Adopting more efficient transportation methods
  • Using more efficient production processes
  • Utilizing new technologies

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 23/year

Responsible Procurement
  • TQRDCE evaluation system
  • Environmental and social screening mechanisms
  • Declaration of Metal Conflict-Free

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Changes in rainfall patterns and extreme climate variations
Transition Risks
  • Rising raw material costs
  • Increasing energy costs
  • Enhanced emission disclosure obligations
  • Regulatory risks
  • Increased pricing of greenhouse gas emissions
Opportunities
  • Acquisition of insurable new assets and regions
  • Adopting more efficient transportation methods
  • Using more efficient production processes
  • Utilizing new technologies
  • Recycling and reuse
  • Developing climate adaptation and insurance risk solutions

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards (2021 edition), SASB, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 14064-1:2018, ISO 50001 (planned for 2024)

Third-party Assurance: SGS (moderate assurance level Type 1 under AA1000 AS V3)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 1
  • SDG 3
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 7
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 17

Sea Sonic Electronics integrates the SDGs into its sustainability strategies and operational activities, considering the entire business operation process.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Energy-efficient power supplies with 80 PLUS certifications

Awards & Recognition

  • EHA 2023 Readers’ Award
  • EHA Award 2023 for Best PSU – PRIME TX Series
  • 2023 iF Design Award (MagFlow series fan hexagon box packaging)
  • 2023 D&B ESG Registered
  • 2023 JD.com Digital Department Outstanding Partner Award
  • 2023 ‘Best Brand’ in Traditional and Gaming Power Supplies