Implementation of Sustainable Developments
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| 1.Does the Company establish a governance structure for promoting sustainable developments and set up an exclusively (or concurrently) dedicated sustainability unit with senior management being authorized by the Board to handle relevant issues under the supervision of the Board? | V | In order to enhance the management of sustainable development responsibilities, the general manager's office was responsible for promoting sustainable development before. In accordance with the Code of Practice for Corporate Governance and Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles, the Company established the "Sustainable Development Committee" under the Board of Directors in November 2024 to fulfill its sustainability goals and enhance sustainable governance. The "Sustainable Development Committee" assist the Board of Directors in developing the company's sustainable development policies and strategic planning based on the authorization of the Board of Directors, and guides the implementation of the company's sustainable development plans and information disclosure matters. Under the committee, four working groups have been established: the "Corporate Governance," the "Sustainable Environment," the "Social Responsibility," and the "Sustainability Disclosure." These groups plan and implement sustainability issues relevant to the company's operations and stakeholders, formulate corresponding strategies and action plans, and develop sustainability-related initiatives within their respective domains while executing annual programs. The working group reports the progress of its work to the Sustainable Development Committee, so that the sustainable development strategy can be fully implemented in the company's operation. The Committee convenes at least once a year and reports the execution progress, future action plans, and the review of sustainability report disclosures to the Board of Directors. During board meetings, directors' suggestions regarding greenhouse gas inventory and implementation status are also taken into consideration. Through the promotion and execution by the Sustainability Development Committee, the company aims to effectively implement its sustainability development goals. |
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| 2.Does the Company conduct risk assessments on environmental, social and corporate governance issues related to the Company’s operations in accordance with the materiality principle, and formulate relevant risk management policies or strategies? (Remark 2) | V |
In oreder to fulfill our commitment to stakeholders and respect and safeguard their interests, the Sustainable Development Committee and representatives from internal departments of our company jointly convened a meeting to identify and consider the scope and boundaries. The Company integrated the issues of concern raised through regular communication channels and assessed their impact on the company's operations. Subsequently, we prioritized and categorized them into significant consideration areas based on their high level of concern and impact, making them the substantive issues for primary communication.
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3. Environmental issues (1) Does the Company establish environmental management system designed to fit industry characteristics? |
V |
(1) Based on the ISO14001 environmental management system, the Company has established an environmental management standard to implement various environmental management requirements and push improvement continuously. The validity period of the best new certificate is from December 20, 2024 to December 19, 2027. |
(1) None. |
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(2) Is the Company committed to improving the energy efficiency and utilizing renewable materials that have low environmental impact? |
V |
(2) The Company promotes various energy saving measures, and selects the equipment designed for high energy efficiency and energy saving. Setting environmental management objectives and countermeasures in order to reduce the usage of energy and water, and the energy consumption of enterprises and products, and takes appropriate procedures and measures to prevent or mitigate possible impacts on the environment. |
(2) None. |
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| (3) Does the Company assess the present and future potential risks and opportunities of climate change for the entity, and takes measures to respond to climate-related issues? | V |
(3) With countries worldwide strengthening their carbon reduction targets and policies, aiming for net zero emissions by 2050, there is increased pressure on business operations and customer demands for sustainable supply chains. In response to the global trend towards low-carbon transformation amid climate change, the Company has been planning investments to reduce carbon emissions, aiming to mitigate the risks of future carbon taxes and rising energy costs. When facing the impact of climate change, the Company's energy and environmental protection costs are gradually increasing. The Company internally responds to environmental impacts through the implementation of various projects. For issues related to climate change, the evaluation and implementation methods are as follows:
For detailed information, please refer to the Company's Sustainability Report and the Corporate Sustainability section on our official website: www.jihlin.com.tw. |
None. |
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| (4) Does the Company calculate its GHG emissions, water consumption and total waste weight in the past two years, and formulate policies for energy conservation, reductions of carbon, GHG and water consumption, or other waste management? | V |
1. The carbon emissions in the past two years are as follows
Note: All greenhouse gas emission data have been independently verified by an accredited third-party organization. 2.The water consumption for water resource management in the past two years are as follows:
3.The waste management data in the past two years are as follows:
4.The Company's policies on energy conservation and carbon reduction, greenhouse gas reduction, water consumption reduction or other waste management are as follows: (1)Energy consumption and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: (2)Water resource management: (3)Waste Management: |
None. |
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4. Social issues (1) Does the Company formulate appropriate management policies and procedures according to related laws and regulations and the International Bill of Human Rights? |
V |
(1) The Company recognizes and follows internationally recognized human rights standards such as “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, “The United Nations Global Compact”, “United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, “International Labor Organization.” Each year, the Company regularly reviews its own operations, value chain, new business activities (such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures) and other related activities by paying attention to major social issues, data monitoring, and questionnaires in order to identify and evaluate the groups at risk and potential human rights risks, formulates a control plan for human rights issues based on potential risks, and continuously monitors and improves the implementation results of the plan. In order to protect the employees’ right, the Company firmly believes that every employee should be treated fairly. Sexual harassment prevention measures, complaints and punishments are stipulated in Chapter 11 of the Personnel Management Measures to protect the rights and interests of employees. The human rights protection education and publicity will be given to the new employees by the HR department in the pre-employment training every year. In 2024, a total of 440 hours of education and publicity is conducted for total 55 new employees. The course content includes anti-discrimination, anti-discipline, forced labor, freedom of association, and explanation of religious beliefs. The Company's human rights management policies and specific plans are summarized as follows:
We will continue to pay attention to human rights protection issues and promote relevant education and training in the future to raise awareness of human rights protection and reduce the possibility of related risks. |
None. |
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(2) Does the Company formulate and execute reasonable employee welfare measures (including compensation, leaves and other benefits), and have the operating performance or results properly reflected in employee compensation? |
V |
Employees' compensation Employees' welfare Workplace Diversity and Equality Equal remuneration for work and equal opportunities for promotion for men and women are implemented, and more than 32% of senior positions are retained for female employee to facilitate sustainable and inclusive economic growth. In 2024, female employees accounted for 44.76% of the entire workforce while 36.00% of the supervisory positions were held by female employees, increasing to 1.35% and 3.35% compared to last year, respectively. Business performance is reflected on employee compensation |
(2) None. |
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(3) Does the Company provide a safe and healthy work environment and provide safety and health training regularly? |
V | Warning signs about safety precaution are posted in the Company’s working place for workplace safety and health, and the education and training for employees are implemented periodically. In order to provide a safe working environment, the Company actively implements environmental 5S activities in the workplace to maintain cleanliness of the workplace and equipment safety protection measures. We also continue to provide relevant care measures and management for the health and safety of employees, and conduct regular employee health checks every year. The Company continues to operate the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The Company passed the third-year verification of the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System and obtained the certificate in December 2023. The certificate is valid from January 11, 2024 to January 10, 2027. This year, the amount of occupational accidents among employees of the Company was 1. The types of occupational accidents include 1 cases of "cutting hurt and abrasions". The ratio of other occupational accidents is 0.35%, and occupational safety training were done for occupational accident departments. he company regularly conducts hazard identification and risk assessment for safety, health, and hygiene working conditions. For items with higher risk levels, control measures or emergency response measures are proposed. For hazardous operations such as the operation of stamping machine, safety operation procedures have been established, and departments have implemented relevant education and training on operation procedures and hazard prevention. Regarding the measures for personal safety and environmental protection in the employees' workplace area, the company's factory premises are equipped with emergency stop buttons and basic safety protections for all hazardous equipment. Lockout-tagout measures are implemented effectively, and high-voltage electrical boxes are securely locked. Hazardous equipment is equipped with complete reminders for wearing protective gear (e.g., signage at the entrance of noise operation areas). Protective gear such as protective clothing, protective mask, earplugs, earmuffs, and gloves are provided on-site, and colleagues are supervised to ensure their proper use. To effectively prevent fire disasters, each factory area of the company implements fire protection measures in accordance with the Fire Services Act (such as fire protection plans, fire self-defense teams, various inspection checklists, etc.). Adequate fire safety equipment or devices, such as fire extinguishers, fire hydrants, and emergency lighting, are installed. Fire safety equipment inspections and declarations are completed by the end of November each year, and annual fire safety inspections of the factory area are conducted in coordination with the fire brigade. Regular maintenance is carried out to ensure the effectiveness of various fire safety equipment. To implement personnel response and evacuation in the event of a disaster, emergency accident handling and response procedures have been established in each factory area. Additionally, fire drills and emergency response education and training are conducted twice a year. This year, we have also strengthened training for employees on the use of firefighting equipment, enabling them to quickly operate firefighting tools during a disaster to achieve effective disaster response. In addition, the company has conducted chemical spill drills and respiratory protection plan exercises to enhance employees' response abilities and protective knowledge when facing chemical spills and hazardous gas environments. Safety data sheets are placed in areas where chemicals are used, and translated versions are provided for foreign employees. Additionally, strict control measures are in place for on-site chemic |
(3) None. |
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(4) Has the Company established effective career development training programs for employees? |
V | The Company makes a plan of comprehensive training for managers and employees, including new employee orientation, general education, advanced training, supervisor training, etc., to help employees in continual learning and growth through multiple learning methods. There are 2,852 people who completed the career training in 2024 with a total training hours of 4,447 hours. |
(4) None. |
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(5) Has the Company complied with related regulations and international standards for issues of customer health and safety, customer privacy, marketing and labeling of products and services, and formulated relevant consumer or customer protection policies and complaint procedures? |
V |
The Company sets up a standard screening process for raw material suppliers who have to sign quality agreement, and continues to track the update of SDS, RoHS and EMRT. All of them must meet relevant requirements and specifications for the commitment to product safety. The trust of customers has always been one of the Company's core values. Therefore, the Company has established a system and policy about customer data secrecy management, and sets up a customer data secrecy team to manage and protect the privacy of customer-related confidential information. The Company insists on giving the highest level of protection and protects the confidential information of customers through the internal audit on personal information, external verification, crisis prevention and training. The Company always adheres to the cooperating with customers in ISO, IATF and RBA auditing, and can also deal with customer complaints within the deadline to protect customers' rights and interests. |
(5) None. |
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(6) Has the Company formulated supplier management policies that require suppliers to follow relevant regulations on issues such as environmental protection, OSH, or labor rights, and the implementation results? |
V |
The Company adheres to the “Guidelines for Supplier Management” and sets out selection criteria of environmental protection, human rights protection, safety, health and sustainable development for suppliers as well as requirements and expectations in aspects of environment, safety and health risks, ban on child labor, labor management, zero breaches on the fundamental rights of workers, ethical standards and business ethics. The Company has set up the supplier counselling project. Through supplier selection, performance evaluation, training, based on collaboration, our sustainability requirements are carried out in the daily management of supply chain on the basis of cooperation. The Company stipulates that suppliers must fully comply with the following requirements:
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(6) None. |
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5. Has the Company referred to the internationally accepted report preparation standards or guidelines for its preparation of sustainability report or other reports which disclose the Company's non-financial information? Do the aforementioned reports obtain a third-party assurance or verification statement? |
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The Company compiles the Annual Corporate Sustainability Report in accordance with the GRI guidelines issued by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and referring to SASB standards for disclosing relevant indicators and ESG information. The Company compiles the 2023 Annual Corporate Sustainability Report in 2024 and published it on the MOPS and the Company's website. The Company will consider obtaining the assurance or assured opinion of the third-party verification body for the previous disclosure report in the future. |
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6. If the Company has established its sustainable principles according to “Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies”, please specify any discrepancy between the policies and their implementation: The Company has established “Code of Practice for Corporate Social Responsibility “and implemented corporate social responsibility, and shall take notice of the rights and interests of interested parties. The Company attaches focus on environmental, social and corporate governance factors and incorporates them into the Company's management policies and operational activities while pursuing sustainable development and profitability. Please refer to (5) Implementation of Sustainable Developments and Non-compliance under III. Corporate Governance (page 57 to 86) of this Annual Report or Annual Corporate Sustainability Report. |
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7. Other important information to facilitate better understanding of the Company's sustainable practices:
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Remark: The principle of materiality refers to issues related to environment, society and corporate governance that have a significant impact on company investors and other stakeholders.


