Browave Corporation
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Total Carbon Emissions:10,335 tCO2e/year (2022)
Water Consumption:12,824 m3/year (2022)
Waste Generated:550 kg/year (2022)
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental Protection
- Employee Welfare
- Corporate Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 74 tons in 2020 and 6 tons in 2021; however, there was an increase of 4.8 tons in 2022, resulting in a cumulative reduction of 75.2 tons from 2019 to 2022. Achieved ISO 14001 certification.
- Reduced general business waste by 93% in 2022.
- Reduced water consumption by 12.1% in 2022.
Social Achievements
- Implemented various employee welfare measures including wedding, funeral, childbirth, travel subsidies, festival gifts, group insurance, and regular health checks.
- Provided internal and external education and training programs for employee career development.
- No labor disputes.
Governance Achievements
- Established an Audit Committee in June 2020.
- Established a Remuneration Committee.
- Implemented “Procedures for Ethical Management and Guidelines for Conduct”, “Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles”, “Code of Ethical Conduct”, and “Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles”.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Continue to develop products related to the optical communication industry, and gradually expand product applications from telecom and network operators to the consumer product market.
Medium-term Goals:
- Improve manufacturing process to meet the trend of environmental protection and green product development.
- Strengthen the division of work between Taiwan and Mainland China.
Short-term Goals:
- Continuously improve existing products and strengthen quality control.
- Continuously develop products that meet market needs.
Environmental Challenges
- Customized products are difficult to produce in large quantities in a standardized manner, affecting production efficiency.
- Highly volatile optical fiber market.
- Concerns about higher costs due to US-China trade war tariffs.
Mitigation Strategies
- Working on a standardization system for some products.
- Holding regular production and sales meetings to improve efficiency.
- Selecting customers and product applications, building automation capabilities, and focusing on mass production of specific products.
- Flexible production lines adjustable to market changes.
- Requiring compound production skills for personnel.
- Establishing a new production facility in Southeast Asia (commencing full-scale production in 2023) to manage tariff risks, diversify risks from natural disasters, and enable flexible scheduling.
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- Requires suppliers to submit written declarations of compliance with ROHS and non-use of hazardous substances.
- Signs quality agreements with major suppliers requiring compliance with labor laws and regulations.