Low-Carbon Operations

WPG Holdings values the importance of environmental protection. Our warehouses in Linkou, Hong Kong, and Singapore have obtained ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system certification in order to effectively promote and implement environmental management and reduce environmental impacts during the operating process.

WPG headquarter construction was completed in November 2020. All WPG subsidiaries located in Taipei City had successively moved into the headquarter for a centralized workforce. By adhering to the concept of "One Building", WPG not only shortened the distance between employees of each Group, improved the efficiency of communication, but also maximized resource utilization and reduced carbon emissions. WPG headquarter used various environmental 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.

• Energy-saving Equipment and Green Building Material

The energy-saving equipment and green materials in the headquarter include: dual Low-E glazing for the exterior wall to effectively isolate external air temperatures, reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions from air conditioning, and use low-pollution green building materials including low VOC paint for the entire building, gypsum board, calcium silicate board, and laminate hard plastic sheet, with LED panel light ceiling frame and lightweight partition design, as well as energy-saving equipment such as energy efficient inverter air conditioners, energy-saving LED lighting, and water-saving devices.

• Energy Activation and Recycling

PV panels are installed at the top of the building to collect solar energy during the day as a power source for street lighting on the first floor. The building is installed with rainwater harvesting and automatic irrigation systems, which can store rainwater for the rooftop garden and street trees on the first floor. Meanwhile, the first floor is designed with permeable pavements and a water tank to collect rainwater for recycling and adjustment of ground temperature.

• Centralized Waste Treatment to Reduce Pollution

Apart from using green building materials to build energy-saving facilities, we are also active in waste disposal and streamflow. Sewer and discharge pipes are built on the first floor to discharge all wastewater to the municipal sanitary sewer, thereby reducing the environmental pollution. On the ground floor, a centralized waste storage room was established for the classification and treatment of general garbage and recycling and refrigerated storage for food waste was set up to increase the value of food waste recycling.

• Smart Energy Management

To meet the requirement of Green Building, smart facilities and equipment are installed, such as AI facial recognition access control system, environmental control system, BIM (Building Information Modelling) management platform, multi-functional smart business machines, smart conference rooms, and electric vehicle charging stations, etc. The smart systems can collect and analyze data to effectively keep track of current consumption, reduce resource consumption, and optimize resource utilization and distribution, in order to achieve smart energy management and digital maintenance management.

Environmental Management Data

• Greenhouse Gas Management

So as to achieve the vision of sustainable development, WPG Holdings has strengthened climate governance in daily operations, to save energy and reduce carbon usage actively and autonomously, committed to reducing the impact on the ecological environment. The Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas (indirect emissions) generated by energy use has been verified and disclosed annually since 2015. In 2021, the verification was further expanded to cover Scope 1 Greenhouse Gas (direct emissions) and some Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas; except the data has not been verified at Dongguan warehouse due to the launch in May 2021, the emission data of other bases have obtained ISO 14064-1:2018 certificate.

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• Energy Management

Regarding energy management, WPG Holdings controlled the real-time energy consumption through the installation of smart equipment. Through the digitalization of system data, the added value of various data was enhanced, and effective analysis, management, and improvement were accomplished. With the intention of ameliorating the energy management of WPG Holdings, the office area had set an annual electricity saving goal of 1%. The established equipment was also regularly maintained and replaced to reduce energy consumption. As for the mechanical and electrical equipment, air conditioners and other equipment were regularly maintained. The logistics warehouses were all replaced with energy-saving LED lamps.

• Water Resource Management

The annual water saving goal of 1% is set in the office area of WPG Holdings. The Company’s headquarters and Linkou warehouse are equipped with rainwater recycling and automatic watering facilities to achieve the purpose of water resource recycling and reuse.

• 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. With a focus on saving resource consumption, the unusable cartons in the logistics warehouse of WPG Holdings are handed over to the waste clearance and transportation companies for recycling and reuse.

Climate Change Strategy and Management

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

As a global corporate citizen, WPG Holdings supports and responds to the Paris Agreement, dedicating efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the vision of low-carbon sustainability. WPG Holdings attaches great importance to environmental protection in daily operations and is committed to mitigating impacts on the local ecological environment and considers legal compliance as one of its basic requirements. There were no material legal incidents in the environmental area in 2021.

In 2020, the Risk Management Service Department of WPG Holdings referred to Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework, including governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets, proposed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB). The governance of climate change risks and opportunities was conducted. The four aspects above are described as follows:

• Related management plan

In response to the key risks and opportunities due to climate change, WPG Holdings has formulated the following management plans for low-carbon operations and the promotion of green value chains:

Cleantech Strategy and Development

In response to the global climate change and the trend of energy saving and carbon reduction, cleantech (low energy consumption, low pollution, and low emissions) development, not only helps slow global warming and maintain ecological balance but also shows great business potential. We believe it serves as a critical driving force for company performance, innovative mindset, and diversied corporate development. As a distributor/agent in the semiconductor component supply chain, WPG Holdings does not participate in product manufacturing processes, but our eld application engineers (FAE) actively develop cleantech-related product solutions through R&D cooperation with our customers with the aim to assist in transforming and upgrading towards low-carbon and high-value industry.

In order to accelerate the development and application of cleantech, WPG Holdings has been seeking an innovative business model, and formulated 3 major development strategies:

• Provide Systematic Solutions

Since 2021, WPG Holdings provided services for IT system integrators and OT system integrators in Asia and Greater China, building a bridge for end-to-end (edge-to-cloud) applications, integrating networking solutions, and combining industrial ODM/OEM/ISV solutions to choose the appropriate solution for system aggregators. Furthermore, WPG Holdings assisted in building and cultivating the knowledge in the industry, promoting diverse energy-saving and carbon-reducing applications, and developed 6 cases of application solutions through the collaborative promotion of ecosystem partners:

• Develop Innovative Applications in Key Sectors

Focus on the key niche market and develop product solutions with high-performance and low-energy consumption product solutions. In 2021, WPG Holdings strived for further improvement in the eld of low-energy power supply. In terms of quantity, increasing the number of solutions to 58; as for quality, we top-up developed a patented project of Full-bridge LLC converter, completed 1800KWDC-DC high-efficiency conversion.

• Create Platform-based Ecosystem

WPG Holdings established a cleantech Section on WPGDADATONG platform to connect upstream suppliers (IDM/fabless) and downstream customers’ information and resources to create a sharing ecosystem, and at the same time to raise awareness for cleantech solutions. In 2021, cleantech-related solutions were developed for 16 upstream suppliers (IDM/fabless) among 90 product items. In addition, WPG Holdings created an Aggregator promotion model with the IoT team from Intel in 2021, focusing on the development of energy-saving and carbon-reduction technologies and the application of carbon footprint reduction. There are currently about 70 partners participating and providing 18 energy-saving solutions in 6 categories.

For more information, please refer to WPGDADATONG

Cleantech Development Results

WPG Holdings developed a total of 105 cleantech-related solutions and published on WPGDADATONG platform in 2021, accounting for nearly 46% of the total annual development solutions we developed, and the solution-related revenue increased by nearly 40% compared with the previous year.

The cleantech-related solutions covered 9 major application categories, includes: