The Company insists on corporate governance, values ​​social responsibility, and proactively balances various stakeholders’ interests, in order to move on in line with the international development trend as the first priority, create a competitive, energy-independent and sustainable circular business strategy, practice the social participation and environmental protection sustainable development goals, respond to the global net-zero trend, and achieve the net-zero emission sustainable business by 2050 in response to the national policy.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

• The Company proactively values the issue about greenhouse gas emissions. In addition to planning the use of eco-friendly packaging materials for launched products and products under R&D, it also plans to select suppliers that satisfy the green procurement policy.
• The Company plans to reduce carbon emissions by 0.5~1% each year and 3% in total in 2028. The Company is proactively communicating to colleagues that they should turn off lights, control the temperature of air conditioners, save water, and purchase the equipment with eco labelling or in compliance with the green procurement policy for the Company as possible as they can.

Promotional Measures and Achievement Status

During the monthly meetings in 2024, the Company promoted the energy-conservation policy proactively, including requiring colleagues to turn off the air conditioners promptly after the meetings, confirming that colleagues who need to work overtime on holidays can work at the same time to reduce the time they spend in using the lights and air conditioners. Additionally, the Company selects the electrical appliances with energy-conservation labelling when planning to purchase the office appliances (such as refrigerators/lights), and the products posing minimum hazard to the environment when planning to purchase any other supplies. For example, the Company adopts ABC-type fire extinguishers completely.

In order to address the potential risks and opportunities that climate changes pose on the Company currently and in the future, the Company continues to care and implement environmental protection-related issues and environmental improvements. Therefore, based on the water resource or waste management policy, the Company primarily aims at energy conservation, reduction, change of habits and effective control.

Water Resource Management

For the time being, the Company is engaged in small batch production by its pilot plant, but doesn’t consume massive quantity of water for production. Upon evaluation, it is not necessary for the Company to execute the management policy on water consumption, intensity and water reduction preliminarily. Notwithstanding, the Company has disclosed water consumption data for the past two years voluntarily. Further, in response to the energy-conservation and carbon reduction strategy, the Company adopts relevant recycling methods to recall all recyclable goods, and also regularly promotes and audits the energy conservation, water conservation, reuse of recycled goods, and zoning of air conditioners and lighting control, in order to properly use resources and reduce carbon emissions by 0.5~1% in the same year and 3% in total in 2028.

Waste Management

In 2024, the Company promoted that employees should bring their own cups with them to reduce the generation of paper or plastic waste, including purchase of beverages in barrels for the monthly meetings and allowance of employees to bring their own cups with them to reduce the generation of plastic waste. Meanwhile, the palladium alloy consumed during the development by the Company’s key component development unit is recycled properly to reduce the generation of metal waste. In 2023 and 2024, the Company has recycled the palladium alloy for twice, and the palladium alloy weighing 544.5 grams in total was recycled.

Note: This includes the Taipei headquarters and the Zhonghe factory.

Note: This includes the Taipei headquarters and the Zhonghe factory.