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Sustainable Envrionment

▶️Low-Carbon Operations      ▶️Climate Change Strategy and Management     

▶️Cleantech Strategy and Development

WPG Holdings committed to achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050 and attaining Net Zero Emissions in own operations including office buildings and warehouses by 2030. The current scope of greenhouse gas inventory includes Taiwan, China, and all overseas regions for Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (indirect emissions) and designated areas of Scope 3 on Greenhouse Gas emissions data (refer to 3.2.3 of this report, including upstream and downstream transportation, business travel, fuel and energy-related activities); the inventory coverage is expected to be increased to 100% by 2025 to meet the consolidated financial reporting boundary.

Environmental Management

WPG Holdings fully understands the importance of environmental protection. To effectively promote and implement environmental management, the Linkou, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dongguan warehouse have all been certified with ISO14001: 2015 environmental management system to establish a complete organization, policies and related management practices to reduce the impact on the environment during operations.

Environmental Management Focus Projects

Green Building and Green Office Management

In 2016, WPG Holdings launched the project of TPE One Building to consolidate and centralize the different offices in Taipei to the WPG Holdings headquarters. By adhering to the concept of "One Building", WPG Holdings not only shortened the distance between employees of each group, improved the efficiency of data transmission and communication, but also implemented resource concentration and sharing to maximize the use of resources, avoided using unnecessary energy, and reduce carbon emissions to further implement energy conservation and environmental protection.

Green Building Gold Certificate

WPG Holdings headquarter building was designed and constructed with the aim to obtain the Green Building Certificate. The Company used various environmentally friendly green building materials and installed energy-saving facilities and equipment. In 2020, WPG Holdings successfully obtained Green Building Gold Certificate issued by the Ministry of the Interior.

Greenhouse Gas Management

In order to realize the vision of sustainable development, WPG Holdings strengthens climate control, actively saves energy and reduces carbon emissions in its daily operation and strives to reduce the impact on the ecological environment. Since 2015, WPG Holdings has conducted annual inventories and disclosures of Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas emissions (indirect emissions) generated from energy use. Starting from 2021, the company has gradually expanded the inventory scope and established a greenhouse gas inventory mechanism in accordance with the ISO14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Inventory Standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).So far, the information about locations covered has already included Scope 1, Scope 2, and designated Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas emission data for offices and self-owned warehouses in the territories of Taiwan and China, and all overseas territories.

  • Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal

  • WPG Holdings Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Past Three Years

Energy Management

In terms of energy management, the main focus of WPG Holdings is to control energy consumption in real time through smart equipment, and to enhance the added value of data through the digitization of systems data for effective analysis, management and improvement. Furthermore, for built facilities and equipment, regular maintenance and repair are carried out annually and aging equipment replaced. The logistics warehouse has also replaced major power-consuming equipment, including air conditioning, lighting, and refrigeration equipment, with energy-efficient models to reduce energy consumption. In addition to said smart equipment installation and regular equipment maintenance, WPG Holdings also formulates relevant energy management through data analysis and norms. For example, control over elevators, lighting and air conditioning during peak and off-peak hours, and seasonal water temperature control, etc. In the future, the Company will also evaluate the installation of solar panels in logistics warehouses and AI lighting in offices.

  • Energy Management Goals

In order to achieve the 2030 Net Zero emissions target for the operating sites and the 2050 Net Zero emissions target for WPG Holdings, the current planning for energy management (including renewable energy) of WPG Holdings are as follows:

  • Strategy and Goals of Renewable Energy

In order to achieve the net zero emission goal by 2050, WPG Holdings will save the energy as the first priority reduction measure. The power consumption of major operating locations will be analyzed to strengthen the management of power consumption at each location. WPG Holdings will expand the use of renewable energy step by step, and adopt “purchase of REC, procurement of green power, and self-construction” as the strategic tools to achieve the milestones for the Group’s renewable energy utilization rate.

Paper Resource Management

Water Resource Management

WPG Holdings' corporate headquarters building and Linkou warehouse are equipped with rainwater harvesting systems for automatic irrigation. The harvested water is used solely for plant maintenance, aiming to recycle and reuse water resources. Facilities and equipment are regularly maintained, serviced, and upgraded, such as replacing automatic faucets to reduce energy consumption. Additionally, all office locations are monitored in real-time or through regular data collection to control water resource usage, implementing corresponding improvements as control measures.WPG has obtained third-party confirmation reports in the past three years.

 

Waste Management

WPG Holdings conducts waste management according to 2 types: office area and logistics warehouse. Due to the nature of our business, WPG Holdings does not produce hazardous waste, and our office waste and warehouse waste are exempted from the Standards for Dening Hazardous Industrial Waste. The target of waste reduction in the Taiwan office area of WPG Holdings is 1% per year by 2022, and 3% by 2025.WPG has obtained third-party confirmation reports in the past three years.

  • Waste Management Goals

    To achieve the control over said waste, WPG has set the following waste goals. In the future, it will proactively implement the waste reduction practices and continue to evaluate the possibility for improving the goals:

  • Office Area Waste

In accordance with the nature of the industry, WPG Holdings attaches great importance to office waste management. We encourage and enhance the employees' environmental awareness through clear waste classification, recycling, and various environmental management measures.

Since 2017, WPG Holdings has implemented and advocated resource recycling actions and has classified and weighed the recycled resources to understand the current status of recycling and the effectiveness of the implementation. For the purpose of further responding to waste reduction, since November 2020, when entering the Company's headquarters building, no personal trash cans were provided, and the recycling bins (also for food waste) were set up in the pantry on each floor. The trash was classified and discarded in the pantry by the employees themselves, hoping to strengthen the development of environmental protection habits and green awareness through daily self-management. From 2022 onwards, WPG Holdings will also conduct a statistical survey on the amount of domestic waste to serve as the basis for carbon reduction action planning.

WPG Holdings is actively concerned about the flow of wastewater and waste materials. In terms of wastewater, a wastewater drainage pipe was built on the first floor of the Headquarters building to divert wastewater to the city's sanitary sewer to reduce environmental pollution. On waste disposal, Recyclable resources are handled by legal waste disposal vendors (excluding confidential documents, which will be handled by professional document destruction vendors), while the rest will be handled by legal waste disposal vendors. A centralized garbage storage room is set up on the underground floor for general garbage and resource recovery, and food waste refrigeration equipment is also provided to enhance the reuse value of food waste.

  • Logistics Warehouse Waste

Recyclable waste such as damaged pallets and waste plastic films will be collected and weighed first, and then recycled by the supplier. Taking 2021 as the base year, the warehousing waste has been reduced by 65.6% until 2023.