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To promote sustainable development; facilitate economic, environmental and social progress; and implement sustainable operations and management of the company, the company has established “Corporate Social Responsibility Best Practice Principles” based on the resolution of the Board of Directors on Apr. 29, 2014 and established “Corporate Social Responsibility Committee” chaired by the chairman in 2019. The principle is renamed to “Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles” in 2022, and the Committee is renamed to “Corporate Sustainability Committee” in 2021. Apart from promoting sustainable development by the General Administration Division as the executive secretary, the Committee also has five teams of sustainable operations team, green economy team, risk governance team, sustainable supply chain team and corporate philanthropy team in charged by management personnel of related departments and divisions. The committee’s work progress will be discussed regularly at the executive meeting yearly, while the implementation situation will be reported to the board of directors in the fourth quarter and the result will be disclosed on the company’s website simultaneously. Please refer to ESG.

The performance of 2024 has been reported to the Board meeting on the 8th of November 2024. In addition, the 2023 Sustainability Report was approved by the Board of Directors on 8 August 2024. The Board of Directors will continue to pay attention to the promotion of sustainable development and give advice in a timely manner.

The company has passed ISO 14001:2015 (Validity period: from Dec. 14, 2021 to Dec. 13, 2024) and ISO45001:2018 (Validity period: from Feb. 23, 2022 to Feb. 22, 2025) certification for the purpose of ensuring proper management over workplace safety and health. It has a Quality Insurance & safety Department that is dedicated to promoting and supervising workplace safety.

The company strives to prevent occupational disasters and safeguard labor safety and health. According to its industrial mandate, the company maintains a management system that ensures environmental safety and health, and identifies unacceptable risks by taking into account major environmental considerations and occupational safety and health. It monitors possible risks and hazards caused by the environment and personnel. Using the PDCA management method, it continuously plans, implements, checks, improves and enhances its environmental safety and health performance.

The company’s operating procedures related to working environment and employee safety include: protective measures such as general safety operations, elevated safety operations, hot work safety operations, electrical safety operations, hanging safety operations, milling hole safety operations, stacker safety operations, confined space safety operations, organic solvent safety operations, cleanroom safety operations, environmental safety and health inspections, safety equipment management, emergency response management, hazard education and management, site audits, self-inspection operations, etc., and employee safety.

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In 2024, the company invested NT$20 million in the "FIRST BANK 1ST ISSUE OF SENIOR UNSECURED FINANCIAL DEBENTURES IN 2021" (bond abbreviation: P10 First Bank 1, code: G159A3), which was approved by the Taipei Exchange as a sustainable bond.