Social Participation

▶️Industrial Interaction ▶️Social Impact

WPG Holdings actively engaged with industrial associations and established an instant communication service platform by organizing and participating in a variety of activities. This platform assists members in sharing knowledge resources and increasing opportunities for external strategic alliances and partnerships. The company aims to enhance the industrial network position and height of Taiwan's distributors. Leveraging the company's core expertise, WPG Holdings actively assists in promoting various aspects of supply chain management, fulfilling corporate social responsibilities. In 2022, WPG Holdings did not involve in any political donations.

In order to cooperate with the supply chain to create environmentally sustainable values, WPG Holdings has participated in climate initiatives and joined the Taiwan Climate Partnership (TCP) as a corporate member, hoping to combine the strengths of all partners to achieve net zero emissions.

Industry Co-Creation

Passing on the Wisdom Lecture" from Taipei Electronic Components Suppliers' Association

Taipei Electronic Components Suppliers’ Association “Passing on the Wisdom Lecture”

To promote on-the-job learning for practitioners in the electronic component and distribution industry, and to strengthen the cultivation of talents, as well as to enable the continuous transmission of knowledge and experience in the supply chain and access industry, the Taipei Electronic Components Suppliers’ Association held the “Passing on the Wisdom Lecture”.

In 2023, WPG Holdings invited the senior executives of WPG Holdings, industry experts, famous entrepreneurs, and scholars to be speakers, and invited a total of 670 persons including the employees of our members and industrial practitioners to participate.

Chinese Management Intelligence Sharing Association (MISA)

Based on the experience transfer as the core value, the Chief Sustainability Officer of WPG Holding, K.D. Tseng, serves as the Chairman of MISA, and a number of veteran entrepreneurs serve as business gurus to pass on management wisdom to growth and transformation business leaders.The MISA Academy planed a rich and diversified management curriculum, and via the “MISA Multimedia Academy,” the online/offline learning leads the entrepreneurs to accelerate the growth of transformation. In 2023, new innovation service workshops and ESG international leadership classes and other speeches were added, expecting that the corporate leaders may follow the trend and grow rapidly.

Association information, please refer to MISA

Taiwan Industrial Holding Association（TIHA）

Since its establishment in 2005, the Taiwan Industrial Holding Association (TIHA) has achieved remarkable business results with its industrial holding management model. In order to share experiences, stimulate management thinking and promote the concept of industrial holding models, the Taiwan Industrial Holding Association (TIHA) was established in 2019, with Chairman Simon Huang of WPG Holdings serving as the first Chairman of TIHA. Through the TIHA, it is hoped to increase the exchange and experience sharing with industry, government, and academia, and to promote more industrial cooperation or various strategic alliances.

The Association regularly communicates with government departments on sustainability issues. In the “Taiwan Industrial Holdings Association’s Suggestions Project Conference” convened by Vice Premier Cheng Wen-Tsan of the Executive Yuan in March 2023, the Securities and Futures Bureau provided the supplementary explanation to the Ministry of Finance in writing, indicating that “An investment holding company is engaged in control of operations in nature, not trading of securities as its profession”. In July, the Ministry of Economic Affairs officially announced the added business item code “IH01010 Industrial Holding Company.” According to the instruction from Executive Yuan, the Administration of Commerce, the Ministry of Economic Affairs organized the symposium on “Questions about Recognition of Expenses by Ministry of Finance” to respond to the uniform practices on the issue about recognition of expenses.

Taiwan Industrial Holding Association continues to promote the knowledge of industrial holding, gathers experts and scholars in various fields for reviewing and releasing the “Overview of Industry Holding Portfolios” as the basis for professional knowledge in industrial holding. Meanwhile, it found the Podcast channel “industrial holding Interview Room”. In Season 1 episodes, the M&A attorney-at-Law, Jack J.T. Huang, securities expert, Hsien-Hua Huang, and chairmen of WPG sub-groups, K.Y. Chen, K.D. Tseng and Min-Jen Hsu, and Chairman Simon Huang were invited to have an excellent conversation about the process of forming an industrial holding company, respectively. WPG Holdings also continues to conduct brilliant exchanges on industrial holding concepts through seminars on industrial holding issues. In 2023, the Association was honored to invite Honorary Professor Jung-Jui Du of College of Management, National Taiwan University as a special consultant to develop the “Pre- and post-industrial holding e-book teaching material framework” and work with the team to launch the “e-book teaching material project” and courses.

The Chief Sustainability Officer of WPG Holding, K.D. Tseng (left), and Chairman Simon Huang (middle) recording the Podcast channel program “Industrial Holding Interview Room.” Source: Taiwan Industrial Holdings Association.

Experience Inheritance Published Work

To promote the development of the industrial holding model in Taiwan, the Association expands the investment by the industrial holding companies in Taiwan, roots in Taiwan, arranges international operation layout through the industrial holding headquarters, constructs the perspectives and expectations for the development of the industrial holding headquarters in Taiwan and puts forward relevant policy recommendations. The Association gathered Chairman Simon Huang, Chairman Feng-Chiang Miao of Chinese National Federation of Industries, and President Chien-Yi Chang of Taiwan Institute of Economic Research to have a wonderful talk on the consensus reached in the Association’s Headquarters. We were also honored to have the Vice Premier Cheng Wen-Tsan of the Executive Yuan write the foreword to support the discussion. As a result, we received the support from 83 suppliers, totaling 101 members, to publish the “TIHA Mission Promotion Report.”

Youth Training

WPG Holdings hopes to be a support for young people, providing young people with resources to make themself become the best guider in solving social problems, and continue to promote various youth science and technology competitions, to stimulate young people’s innovative capabilities, and take root for Taiwan’s science education. It also continues to provide scholarship to colleges and universities every year to subsidize the R&D and training of future scientific and technological talents.

Tech Friends Maniac Campus Design Competition

Industry-academia Collaboration to Practice ESG Sustainable Talents

Scholarship and Internship Projects

In 2023, WPG Holdings provided scholarships, internship projects and laboratory projects in many universities. It not only encourages young people to study but also provides excellent students with practical experience. At the end of studies, the students may become formal employees; therefore, a win-win situation may be created between WPG Holdings and students.

WPG Holdings Scholarship/fellowship for Students from Low-income Family in the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taipei University of Technology

Since 2011, the WPG Holdings Education Foundation has offered the “WPG Scholarship” to students from the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of National Taipei University of Technology, offering five scholarships each semester in 2023. Through financial support, students from disadvantaged backgrounds will not lose their education due to family hardships or changes and will be able to complete their studies with the support of the community. In order to encourage students to develop their professional abilities, the scholarship program is included in the selection criteria, and it is expected that the scholarship will not only help to alleviate financial hardship, but also become an aid to the beneficiaries in their academic growth.

“Supply Chain Management Program” Industry-Academia Project

WPG Holdings has partnered with the College of Business, National Chengchi University since 2010 to sponsor and support the “Supply Chain Management Industry-Academia Collaboration Project.” As of 2023, the Project has entered its 13th anniversary. The Collaboration aims to organize the knowledge of supply chain management in Taiwan and create a complete set of supply chain management teaching materials and plans, in order to provide supply chain management talents to Taiwan’s industries as the ultimate goal.

“Information Technology Internship Program,” National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and National Taipei University of Technology

The Information Technology Internship Program has been implemented under the cooperation with National Yunlin University of Science and Technology and National Taipei University of Technology for many years. In 2023, Soochow University joined the program for the first time. WPG Holdings will be able to nurture professionals for the industry, and at the same time, allow students to apply what they have learned in practice, enhance their competitiveness in the workplace, and explore different possibilities and explore themselves through practical experience in the workplace. WPG Holdings also helps students to identify their future career paths. In 2023, eleven IT interns were recruited and five of them were directly transferred to full-time employees after the internship, achieving the goal of campus career integration.

“Laboratory Project” of Ming Chi University of Technology, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Taipei University of Technology

Based on the practical application of semi-conductor components as the core, YOSUN Group held by WPG Holdings cooperated with Ming Chi University of Technology, National Taiwan Normal University, and National Taipei University of Technology, respectively, in certain laboratory projects. Professors lead students to conduct research including High Power LAB, EV-Power LAB and AI LAB to develop solutions for high-power electricity management and motor control, micro power management and artificial intelligence for vehicles, computer vision and signal processing, and implement the experimental results into the industry for practical application and promotion.