RiTdisplay Corporation
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:7,107.835 KgCO2e/year
Water Consumption:32,890 tons/year
Waste Generated:213 tons/year
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental Protection
- Labor Relations
- Anti-Corruption
- Compliance
- Human Rights
- Sustainable Development
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced CO2 emissions by 0.8% from 7,167.335 KgCO2e in 2021 to 7,107.835 KgCO2e in 2022. Reduced waste volume by 1% each year. Recycled used water.
- ISO 14001:2015 certification (2021/12/13~2024/12/13)
Social Achievements
- Implemented various employee care benefits including marriage, funeral, and emergency assistance; holiday gift vouchers; employee cafeteria and parking; resident professional doctor; family days and year-end banquets; special benefits for elderly family members; birthday and childbirth cash gifts; hospital visitations; employee trips; shopping discounts.
- Employee training and development achievement rate of 79% in 2022.
- Maintained a positive labor-management relationship with no labor disputes in the past five years.
- Female employees account for an average of 45.9% of the workforce, while female managers account for an average of 37%.
Governance Achievements
- Established an audit committee and remuneration committee.
- Implemented “Standard Operation Procedures for Handling Directors’ Request”.
- Formulated “Regulations Governing Related Parties Transactions” and “Subsidiary Management Regulations”.
- Established “Procedures for Prevention of Insider Trading” and “Procedures for Handling Material Inside Information”.
- Formulated “Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles” and “Procedures for Ethical Management and Guidelines”.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Explore electrolysis technology and establish technological barriers.
- Develop Micro LED & Mini LED product applications.
Medium-term Goals:
- Form strategic alliances with international major corporations.
- Long-term focus on recruiting and training R&D talents.
- Continuously strengthen professional capabilities in financial risk control management.
- Introduce high-end and automated production equipment.
- Establish a comprehensive quality management system.
- Integrate the battery energy business within the group.
- Continuously research and develop core technologies.
- Continuously expand global branding and distribution channels.
- Expand the Chinese market.
Short-term Goals:
- Gradually shift business focus to smart homes, industrial tablets, and power tools.
- Expand low-speed electric vehicle battery modules.
- Promote different specifications of PMOLED to existing customers.
- Accelerate the development of market-oriented products and enhance customization capabilities.
- Develop high-efficiency, long-life, and high-brightness products.
- Develop higher-resolution and higher pixel density color products.
- Monitor the development of the pandemic and meet customer's emergency demands.
- Deepen relationships with existing customers and expand the ozone product line.
- Accelerate the development of new large customers.
- Enter the ozone generator market.
- Expand the development of ozone modules.
Environmental Challenges
- Intense competition in the display industry.
- Shrinking demand for consumer electronics products that heavily used PMOLED.
- Semiconductor shortages in 2022.
- Excess inventory after the lifting of COVID-19 quarantine measures.
- Price competition for lithium battery module products.
- Global PMOLED peers expanding production capacity.
- Rapid changes in market demand and short product life cycles.
- Risk of patent infringement.
- Relatively high PMOLED product prices.
Mitigation Strategies
- Reducing production costs, expanding development of new application types and customer bases, optimizing operational expenses through Lean management.
- Developing advanced technologies such as Micro LED and Mini LED.
- Creating new businesses (e.g., lithium battery industry).
- Developing niche products with higher resolution and larger size for industrial applications.
- Offering customers integrated modules.
- Improving management performance and reducing costs.
- Continuing technological development and enhancing quality stability.
- Quickly responding and resolving customer issues.
- Optimizing production efficiency through new processes and de-bottlenecking engineering.
- Obtaining higher development profits and market share at the initial stage of the new product life cycle.
- Lowering selling prices and optimizing product costs in the later stages of the product life cycle.
- Signing long-term patent licensing contracts with patent owners.
- Actively developing various patented technologies.
- Strengthening process technology and improving yield rates to reduce material costs.
- Diversifying product applications across various consumer markets.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Formulated “Supplier Management and Assessment Methods”
- “Human Resources Policy Agreement” prohibited suppliers from hiring child labor.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Opportunities
- Green energy development
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Ozone water generators
- Lithium-ion battery modules for energy storage
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:14,671,664 tCO2e/year (consolidated)
Scope 1 Emissions:63,138 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:14,608,496 tCO2e/year
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental Protection
- Labor Relations
- Corporate Governance
- Ethical Corporate Management
- Sustainable Development
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 35.09% compared to 2021 (consolidated). Implemented energy-saving measures, waste reduction and recycling initiatives.
- Obtained ISO 14001:2015 certification (valid until December 13, 2023).
Social Achievements
- Implemented various employee welfare measures including group insurance, annual health check-ups, and various subsidies.
- Maintained a low employee turnover rate (3.50%, 7.80%, and 4.80% for different periods in 2022-2024).
- Obtained ISO 45001:2018 certification (valid until December 12, 2023).
Governance Achievements
- Established an Audit Committee and a Remuneration Committee.
- Implemented robust internal control systems and conducted regular audits.
- Complied with corporate governance best practices and ethical corporate management principles.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Integrate the battery energy business within the group to expand into green and environmental-friendly energy industries.
- Continuously research and develop core technologies to maintain leading industry technology and create differentiation.
- Explore electrolysis technology and establish technological barriers.
- Continuously expand global branding and distribution channels.
- Expand the Chinese market by leveraging local supply chain advantages.
- Micro LED & Mini LED product application development.
Medium-term Goals:
- Form strategic alliances with international major corporations.
- Long-term focus on recruiting and training R&D talents.
- Continuously strengthen professional capabilities in financial risk control management.
- Introduce high-end and automated production equipment.
- Establish a comprehensive quality management system.
Short-term Goals:
- Low-power lithium battery modules for smart homes, medical equipment, industrial tablets, and power tools.
- Lightweight power battery modules for low-speed electric vehicles.
- Accelerate the development of market-oriented products and enhance customization capabilities.
- Develop high-efficiency, long-life, and high-brightness products.
- Develop higher-resolution and higher pixel density color products.
- Expand the ozone product line.
- Accelerate the development of new large customers.
- Enter the ozone generator market.
- Expand the development of ozone modules.
Environmental Challenges
- Weak demand in the display market due to intense competition, adjustments in global strategies by major customers, and geopolitical factors.
- Price reductions did not stimulate new demand.
- PMOLED demand limitations.
- Intensifying price competition for lithium battery module products.
- Risk of R&D talent attrition.
- Rapid changes in market demand and short product life cycles.
- Risk of patent infringement.
- Relatively high PMOLED product prices.
Mitigation Strategies
- Actively creating new businesses (e.g., lithium battery industry).
- Diversifying display business (TFT LCD and AMOLED).
- Strict cost control to enhance market competitiveness.
- Developing custom new products and ensuring higher development profits and market share during the initial stage of their life cycle.
- Adjusting selling price and optimizing product costs in cooperation with customers.
- Accelerating the transformation of the display business.
- Improving management performance and reducing costs.
- Continuing technological development and enhancing quality stability.
- Quickly responding and resolving customer issues, understanding market trends.
- Establishing mechanisms for personnel development and the accumulation of production parameters.
- Fostering a conducive working environment and implementing institutionalized reward systems.
- Mandating confidentiality agreements and preserving data on developed technologies.
- Continuous improvement of formulas, display color technology, and manufacturing process technology.
- Diversifying into different application categories and customer bases.
- Signing long-term patent licensing contracts.
- Actively developing various patented technologies.
- Strengthening process technology and improving yield rates, reducing material costs.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Strategic partnerships with suppliers for specialized driver IC materials.
- Diversifying sources for raw materials like glass substrates and cover plates.
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
- Regulatory changes, market shifts
Opportunities
- Development of energy-efficient products
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: IFRS, Regulations Governing the Preparation of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers
Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018
Third-party Assurance: Ernst & Young
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- High-efficiency, high-brightness color products
- Household, networking, and medical products designed for extended operational lifespan
- Transmissive display products
- OLED integrated embedded touch products
- Passive Matrix MicroLEDs
- High-reliability OLED display components for automotive use
- Smart water meters
- Organic TFT (OTFT) AMOLED displays
- Smart battery modules for handheld devices
- Battery modules for E-bikes, drones, electric motorcycles
- Medium-sized energy storage cabinets
- Small-scale home energy storage systems
- Liquid-cooled large-scale energy storage systems