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Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) continues to promote net-zero transformation and follow the climate related financial disclosure (TCFD) framework to carry out the assessment of corporate climate change risks and opportunities, and fully implement ISO system validation to put forward various internal carbon reduction strategies with a systematic and scientific management approach. We provide a wide range of green financial services and actively negotiate with customers and suppliers. With steady and solid performance, we have made the CDP Climate Change A List for three consecutive years, and have been ranked at the Leadership Level for five years in a row, the best result in Taiwan’s financial industry. The CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), established in 2003, focuses on exposing the performance of corporate organizations in carbon management. With the accelerated global trend towards 2050 net-zero carbon emissions, CDP has paid more attention to the actual performance of enterprises on climate change issues, and extended to forests, water, biodiversity and other areas, and has been linked with many international organizations, for example: Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which is currently the most important corporate carbon management performance reference for international institutional investors. Carbon reduction is a scientific exercise in letting the numbers speak for themselves. Yuanta FHC uses the SBT methodology to control the Yuanta Group’s carbon emission targets, and performs phase reviews every five years, and refines the carbon reduction efforts. Yuanta FHC passed the SBT target review last July and is the second financial institution in Taiwan to pass the review. The pace of carbon reduction in internal operations is in line with the 2050 net-zero trend. Yuanta FHC actively responds to Taiwan’s renewable energy regulations to drive a new trend in the use of green power in Taiwan’s financial industry. Since last year (2022) in December in the second phase of renewable energy supply, including Yuanta Securities, Yuanta Bank, Yuanta Life, Yuanta Funds, and Yuanta Futures five major subsidiaries, a quarter (1/4) of Yuanta Group’s entire Taiwan business locations have gradually adopted renewable energy. The Yuanta Group’s overall green power usage will advance by ten percent (10%) this year, making us the most extensive financial player in Taiwan. Yuanta FHC has incorporated ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) concepts into the business strategy and has just been ranked number one (No. 1) in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment for the world in the group of diversified financial services and capital markets, and has been listed on both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index for four consecutive years. Net-zero carbon transition by 2050 is a must. We set short-, medium-, and long-term goals and strategies in advance, and plan our management actions on a rolling basis every five years, in line with international trends, and to leverage our financial influence. In addition to carbon reduction in our own operations, we have been reducing carbon in the supply chain through zero-carbon credit cards, internet banking services, and the carbon labeling inventory of the Mr. Investor APP, and has also transparently presented the carbon inventory of investment and financing, and actively negotiated with customers and suppliers on various actions to reduce carbon, calling on all walks of life to attach importance to sustainable development. We will work together with the economy, society, and the environment, to continue to innovate and progress, and to implement the Yuanta Group’s strategy roadmap for sustainable development.

In response to Taiwan’s national green procurement policy, Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) has taken practical action to love the earth and extend the sustainability influence to the supply chain, and as of the end of November this year (2022), the cumulative amount of green procurement exceeded NT$210 million, a twofold increase over last year. Yuanta FHC has been commended by the Taiwan government for 11 consecutive years for the green procurement and supplier management to drive a green production chain and reduce procurement risks. On December 26, Deputy Minister, Chih-Hsiu Shen, of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) of the Executive Yuan presented the award in person, recognizing Yuanta FHC’s performance in taking the initiative to practice green consumption. As a green pioneer in environmental change, we not only reduce the negative impact of our own operations on the environment, but also prioritize the purchase of products with labels of environmental protection, energy saving, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) sustainable forestry, and carbon reduction. We help increase the market share of green products and work with suppliers to implement sustainable practices, including the continuous execution of ISO 20400 sustainable procurement guidelines and the establishment of a systematic sustainable procurement process. As many as 98% of Yuanta FHC’s suppliers are local companies in Taiwan, mainly in the fields of information technology, construction & repair, and printing, of which information is the most important. In addition to the implementation of green procurement, Yuanta FHC has included education and training on a variety of topics in supplier conferences from 2019 onward to strengthen suppliers’ understanding of international sustainability trends such as green procurement and net-zero carbon emissions, to deepen the concept of sustainability, and to encourage suppliers to make good use of corporate social sustainability. Yuanta FHC actively builds a green corporate culture and a green-friendly workplace, and promotes the knowledge and practice of sustainable procurement to all employees through long-term education and training to heighten the concept of green procurement. This year, Yuanta FHC held four procurement quarterly meetings and six procurement learning sessions to put into practice the spirit of sustainable procurement. From our own operations to our suppliers and employees, we have continued to exert sustainable influence and build a sustainable financial ecosystem. Yuanta FHC has been recognized by domestic and international professional institutions and has been listed as a constituent stock of both the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index for four consecutive years, and has been ranked number one (No. 1) in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment for the group of diversified financial services and capital markets. In order to encourage private enterprises and organizations to implement green procurement and promote the concept of green consumption, the EPA of the Executive Yuan holds an annual recognition ceremony for private enterprises whose green procurement amount reaches NT$50 million or more. This year, a total of 121 companies were honored.