Climate Change Data

Hotron Precision Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Protection
  • Employee Welfare
  • Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Acquired ISO 14001:2015 Environment Management System Certificate
  • Acquired ISO 50001 power management system third-party certificate
  • Implemented various energy-saving and waste reduction measures in offices and factories
  • Suzhou plant engaged in ISO14064-1:2018 greenhouse gas inventory

Social Achievements

  • Established Employee Welfare Committee
  • Provided group accident insurance and business travel insurance
  • Regular health check-ups for employees
  • Various employee welfare measures (year-end party, funeral/wedding subsidies, birthday allowance, holiday allowance, travel subsidy)
  • Employee training programs (new employee training, professional skills training, supervisory skills training, other training)

Governance Achievements

  • Established Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee
  • Implemented corporate governance best practices
  • Regularly evaluates external auditors’ independence
  • Established corporate governance officer
  • Established "Risk Management Policy and Procedure"

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Developing electric vehicle products (high-voltage charging guns and internal high-voltage wiring)
Medium-term Goals:
  • Accelerating internationalization efforts
  • Integrating group company resources
  • Expanding connector development in telecommunications, consumer electronics, and automotive industries
  • Seeking favorable investment opportunities
Short-term Goals:
  • Developing high-end high-frequency transmission cables
  • Optimizing outsourced production efficiency
  • Expanding automated production equipment and processes
  • Developing new customer sources
  • Enhancing automation in production
  • Manufacturing electric vehicle charging connectors

Environmental Challenges

  • Intense price competition, decline in gross profit
  • Significant fluctuations in raw material prices
  • Steadily increasing labor costs in mainland China
  • Impact of the U.S.-China trade war and import tariffs
  • Global economic downturn, high raw material prices, inefficient international transportation, shortages of key electronic components
Mitigation Strategies
  • Investing in R&D of new technologies and processes
  • Developing new products to enhance product quality
  • Promoting automation in production
  • Actively developing new customer sources
  • Conservative approach to copper procurement
  • Recruitment of skilled professionals
  • Continuous improvement of production processes towards automation
  • Investment in automated production equipment
  • Reinforcement of outsourced production and manufacturing
  • Expansion of production capacity
  • Establishing Hotron Vietnam to adopt a localized production and distribution system

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Environmental Protection Production Commitment
  • Code of Conduct – Responsible Business Alliance
  • Guarantee of not using conflicts minerals
  • Metal source investigation and not using conflicts metal declaration
  • Ethical conduct commitment

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Abnormal climates (flood, drought, wind disaster)
Transition Risks
  • Changes in environmental regulations
  • Increased costs of raw materials
Opportunities
  • Demand for renewable energy products

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Environmentally friendly, halogen-free products