Climate Change Data

RITEK CORPORATION

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:23,725,644.47 KgCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:84,555.43 KgCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:23,641,089.05 KgCO2e
Water Consumption:112,616 m3
Carbon Intensity:8.38 KgCO2e/thousand dollars of revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Acquired ISO14001 certification
  • Implemented water recycling measures
  • Installed energy-saving measures (compact fluorescent bulbs, control devices on FAB air conditioning)
  • Waste treatment conducted before emission, meeting EPA standards

Social Achievements

  • Established RITEK Cultural Foundation to sponsor cultural heritage activities for remote schools
  • Provides employee benefits including labor insurance, national health insurance, group insurance, periodical health checkups, employee dormitory, and annual travel allowances
  • Established complete educational training system

Governance Achievements

  • Established Audit Committee (three independent directors)
  • Established Remuneration Committee
  • Implemented Board performance assessment
  • Established Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
  • Established Procedures and Guidelines for Ethical Corporate Management

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Aggressively devote in B2B market expansion to seize the demand of AD of end database center
Medium-term Goals:
  • Focus on individual market operation
  • Establish global sales locations
  • Aggressively develop global regional markets
Short-term Goals:
  • Perfect global sales organization
  • Establish distribution system
  • Aggressively acquire various professional certifications

Environmental Challenges

  • Decreasing consumer market demand for discs
  • Impact of COVID-19 on global market development and sales
  • Material shortages and price increases
  • Highly competitive memory card/USB/SSD market
  • Constantly updating technology and shorter life cycle of flash memory
Mitigation Strategies
  • Focus on B2B professional market (Archival filing)
  • Investment in ISO16963 long-life product certification
  • Introduce high-capacity, high-speed, high-specification products
  • Diversified and multifunctional products to extend product life cycle
  • Coordinated action with material suppliers to control high material prices
  • Improve yield of products, invest in research for niche products

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Notice suppliers for related environmental green production standards and request for providing relevant certificates
  • Irregular audits of suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

  • Outstanding Award (US Event DV magazine)
  • DVD Product Award (Germany Computer Bild)
  • Quality Product Award Selected by Readers (CHIP)
  • Quality Brand and Consumer Trustworthy Brand awards (China Information World)
  • Top 100 Brand in Vietnam and Vietnam High Quality Brand
  • Top 100 Brands in Taiwan, Taiwan Quality Brand, and Golden Trade Award
  • Taiwan Excellence and Quality Design Award
  • RITEK DVD stands on top of Player Selection (PCDIY) for consecutive nine years