Climate Change Data

鈺創科技股份有限公司

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021, 2022)

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:3,052 tCO2e/year
Water Consumption:69 thousand cubic meters
Waste Generated:35 thousand tons

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Protection
  • Employee Well-being
  • Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon emissions by approximately 5% from 3,230 tons of CO2e in 2019 to 3,052 tons of CO2e in 2020.
  • Implemented various energy-saving and carbon reduction strategies, including waste classification, control over sanitary consumables, and improvement of freezer balance.

Social Achievements

  • Provided employee benefits exceeding Labor Standard Act requirements, including flexible leave, stock trusts, employee stock options, group insurance, and childcare measures.
  • Awarded the National "Friendly Workplace" certification in 2008 and recognized for excellent EAPs in 2011.
  • Awarded Family LOHAS and Health LOHAS Awards in 2014 for promoting work-life balance.

Governance Achievements

  • Held 4 Board of Directors’ meetings and 4 Audit Committee meetings in 2020 with 100% attendance rate (except for one director with 75% attendance).
  • Established Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee to submit suggestions to the Board of Directors.
  • Formulated internal regulations, including diversity policies for Board members and ethical conduct guidelines.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Provide specialty, stacked, customized memory products and services.
  • Innovate non-standard memory product business models.
  • Expand services to international clients.
  • R&D new AI memory technologies and innovate IP application business models.
Short-term Goals:
  • Accelerate global business expansion.
  • Increase sales of KGD and industrial/automotive memory.
  • Expand Type-C product line and audio/video capture systems.
  • Occupy the 3D depth image application market.

Environmental Challenges

  • DRAM market sensitivity to supply and demand changes.
  • Cost pressure from competing with mainstream companies in high-capacity memory.
  • Increased costs of miniaturization (foundries, masks, testing, etc.).
  • Global geopolitical risks.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Global business development strategies and regionalized services.
  • Increased strategic clients and market share.
  • Advanced manufacturing processes and innovative memory product lines.
  • Prioritizing profit and accelerating business expansion.
  • Monitoring international situations and industry trends for flexible responses and risk control.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Require suppliers to sign EICC (RBA) Code of Conduct, Environmental Protection Statement, and Non-use of Conflict Minerals Statement.
  • Outsourcers must have IECQ QC080000 or SONY GP certification.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IFRSs

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001:2015

Third-party Assurance: PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan

Awards & Recognition

  • National "Friendly Workplace" (2008)
  • Excellent EAPs (2011)
  • Family LOHAS and Health LOHAS Awards (2014)
  • Bronze Award by TTQS (2020)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:58 tCO2e (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:60 tons (2020)
Scope 2 Emissions:2,997 tons (2021)
Total Energy Consumption:5,666 K kWh
Water Consumption:66,692 tons
Waste Generated:58 tons

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Protection
  • Employee Well-being
  • Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced electricity consumption by about 8% over three years (2018-2021)

Social Achievements

  • Awarded the National "Friendly Workplace" in 2008
  • Selected as an excellent EAPs business unit in 2011
  • Awarded Family LOHAS Award and Health LOHAS Award in 2014 for work-life balance

Governance Achievements

  • Increased the number of Independent Directors in 2021
  • Established Compensation Committee and Audit Committee
  • Formulated internal regulations and rules, including diversity policy for Board of Directors

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • R&D new memory technologies for AI generation
  • Innovate business models for cooperative application of IP achievements
Medium-term Goals:
  • Provide specialty, stacked, customized, and application-driven memory products and services
  • Break through and innovate the business model of non-standard memory products
Short-term Goals:
  • Accelerate global business expansion
  • Increase sales of KGD and industrial and automotive application memory
  • Expand Type-C product line and audio and video capture systems

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions due to chip shortages
  • Geopolitical risks
  • Increased semiconductor miniaturization costs
  • Potential impact of climate change (water shortage, power limitations, flooding)
Mitigation Strategies
  • Maintaining long-term collaboration with multiple foundries to ensure wafer supply
  • Implementing global business development strategies
  • Developing high value-added special memory product lines
  • Improving the recovery time of operation-related support systems
  • Implementing a mechanism to handle material abnormal events

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Requiring suppliers to sign EICC (RBA) Code of Conduct, Environmental Protection Statement, Non-use of Conflict Minerals Statement

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Water shortage
  • Power limitations
  • Flooding
Transition Risks
  • Changes in energy and environmental regulations
Opportunities
  • Use of energy-efficient electrical appliances

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: IFRSs

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001:2007

Third-party Assurance: PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • KOOLDRAMTM (long retention time DRAM)
  • RPC® DRAM (world's smallest form factor DRAM)

Awards & Recognition

  • National "Friendly Workplace" (2008)
  • Excellent EAPs business unit (2011)
  • Family LOHAS Award and Health LOHAS Award (2014)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:3,297.61 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:100.32 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:3,197.29 tCO2e/year
Water Consumption:65.22 ML/year
Waste Generated:0 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Protection
  • Social Responsibility
  • Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced energy consumption by 6.45% in 2020, 7.10% in 2021, and 4.27% in 2022 through various energy-saving projects.
  • Achieved 100% compliance with ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system.

Social Achievements

  • Launched employee well-being programs, including health checkups, sports clubs, and employee assistance programs.
  • Community investment of NT$7,650,000 in 2022.

Governance Achievements

  • Established anti-corruption training for all employees (263 employees in 2022).
  • Implemented ISO 27001:2022 information security management system.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieve 30% renewable energy by 2030.
Short-term Goals:
  • Reduce carbon emissions by 20% by 2035.

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions due to geopolitical factors and the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Climate change related risks (physical and transition risks).
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed alternative sourcing strategies to mitigate supply chain risks.
  • Implemented TCFD recommendations to address climate-related financial risks and opportunities.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% coverage in 2022

Responsible Procurement
  • Green procurement practices, including the use of environmentally friendly materials and adherence to RoHS and REACH regulations.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Natural disasters (earthquakes, typhoons, floods)
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes, market shifts
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2021, TCFD, SASB

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, AA1000 AS v3

Third-party Assurance: 格瑞國際驗證有限公司

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • KOOLDRAM®, RPC DRAM®

Awards & Recognition

  • 2022 Hsinchu Science Park R&D Achievement Award and Innovative Product Award
  • 2022 New Taipei City Government's Anti-epidemic Assistant APP Award
  • 2022 Hsinchu Science Park Excellent Vendor Innovative Product Award