Climate Change Data

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