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Energy and GHG Emissions
Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Inventory System and Energy Management System

Yuanta is highly aware of the impact climate change has on the economic, financial, and legal environment. As such, in addition to diversifying our operations and developing new businesses based on our existing niches, we also adjust our operating procedures, business strategy, and investment decisions as necessary. On top of this, through education and training, we raise our employees' understanding of climate risk and improve their ability to adapt accordingly, reducing potential operating risks to the Company while also continuing to strive for environmental sustainability.

Since 2015, Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) has started to implement ISO 14001 environmental management system to establish an environmental management framework, formulate environmental policies, plan environmental improvement goals and targets, and propose continuous management improvement plans. Based on the ISO 14001 environmental management system framework, we have been promoting ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory, ISO 50001 energy management system, and ISO 14046 water footprint inventory, which have been implemented year by year to effectively carry out carbon reduction, energy saving, water conservation, and business waste control, and to comprehensively improve environmental management efficiency.

About GHG Inventory and Target, Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) has signed the "Science Based Targets (SBT)" in 2019 and verification in July 2022. FHC completed the GHG inventory of categories 1 and 2 and disclosure of investment and financing assets for every year , and is the first comprehensive financial company in Taiwan to initiate. Announced that in the future, it will continue to deepen the inventory of carbon footprints, exert financial influence to promote the low-carbon transformation of the entire industry, and practice the goal of sustainable finance.

ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System
(Date of first certification: 2022.03.22; Expiry date: 2025.03.21)

Yuanta continues to promote a variety of measures to reduce our environmental impacts and move toward establishing a green corporate culture. In addition to creating a green and friendly workplace, we are also working to encourage customers, employees, and their families to get involved in green initiatives and work together to achieve the goals of environmental sustainability. To promote and manage environmental issues within the Yuanta Group, Yuanta started ISO 14001 environmental management system implementation in November 2015, beginning with Yuanta FHC. The Yuanta Financial Tower and Datong Building passed verification in March 2016. The implementation expanded to include Yuanta Life location on the 16th through 18th floors of Hongtai Building in January 2017. Yuanta FHC and its 9 subsidiaries all have implemented the system and passed the verification, with a 100% coverage rate. Yuanta will continue to maintain the system operational and strive to pass verification.

ISO 14064-1:2018 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory
(Date of certification: 2023.04.24; Inventory year: 2022)

Yuanta began to implement the ISO 14064-1 GHG Inventory System in 2015, with subsidiaries Yuanta Securities and Yuanta Funds passing certification in May and September of 2016 respectively. In 2020, we undertook ISO 14064-1:2018 inventory of GHG emissions and Yuanta FHC and our subsidiaries passed certification with a 100% coverage rate. In the future, we will continue to conduct GHG inventory every year in order to grasp the actual effectiveness of our company’s energy saving and carbon reduction.

GHG Emissions (metric tons of CO2e) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Category 1 975.18 1,361.94 1,492.17 1,660.71 1,436.98
Category 2(Location Base) 24,792.44 20,150.58 22,388.11 20,593.33 18,562.91
Category 2(Market Base) 24,525.94 19,896.08 22,128.53 20,407.59 18,562.91
Category 1 & 2 25,767.52 21,512.51 23,880.29 22,254.04 19,999.89
Carbon Intensity (metric tons of CO2e per NT$ billion of revenue) 254.42 199.92 206.53 186.63 218.57
Data Coverage (%) 100 100 100 100 100
Category 3 ~6 6,440.30 5,667.59 6,440.28 4,035.19 125,777.62
Note:
From 2019 onwards, it is based on the new version of ISO 14064-1:2018 inventory; the new version is divided into: Category 1 (direct GHG emissions), Category 2 (indirect GHG emissions from input energy), Category 3 (indirect GHG emissions from transport), Category 4 (indirect GHG emissions from products used by the organization), Category 5 (indirect GHG emissions from the use of the organization’s products), and Category 6 (indirect GHG emissions from other sources).
ISO 50001:Energy Management Systems
(Date of certification: 2021.05.28; Expiry date: 2024.05.27)

Since 2016, the Yuanta Group has gradually introduced the ISO 50001 energy management system to continuously evaluate and implement energy-saving plans through a systematic management framework and process in order to achieve effective improvement of energy performance. In 2020, Yuanta Financial Tower, Taipei Datung Building, Taipei Chengde Building, Taipei Baoqing Building, Taichung Building, Tainan Yongkang Building, Tainan Fucheng Building, Kaohsiung Building, Kaohsiung Mingcheng Building, and Taichung Chongde Building, a total of ten Yuanta self-owned buildings have obtained ISO 50001 energy management system certification. The original target of having all of the Yuanta Group’s owned buildings certified by 2021 has been achieved ahead of schedule.

Inventory Boundary of All Owned Buildings in Taiwan Yuanta Financial Tower Taipei Datung Building Taipei Baoqing Building Taipei Chengde Building Taichung Building Taichung Chongde Building Tainan Fucheng Building Tainan Yongkang Building Kaohsiung Building Kaohsiung Mingcheng Building Yecaiji Building
Covered Companies Financial Holdings
Securities
Bank
Venture Capital
Securities Finance
Securities Securities
Bank
Securities
Bank
Securities
Bank
Futures
Securities
Bank
Life (Insurance)
Funds
Securities Finance
Securities
Bank
Life (Insurance)
Securities
Bank
Securities
Bank
Futures
Bank Funds
Standard Version ISO 50001:2018
Date of First Certification 2018/05/28 2017/04/23
Expiry Date 2024/05/27 2023/04/22
Promoting Energy-Saving and Carbon-Reduction Measures

Greenhouse gas emissions mainly stem from energy use. The Company’s services generate the largest amount of carbon emissions from electricity consumption. To fight global warming together, we implemented the ISO 50001 system. In addition, through replacement of old energy-consuming equipment, promotion of energy use management programs, and educational efforts, Yuanta FHC works to boost employee awareness of energy conservation, carbon reduction, and environmental protection. In this way, we can reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions of the Company’s operations and strive for environmental friendliness.

Major Energy-Saving Actions in 2022
Description of Energy-Saving and Carbon-Reduction Project Estimated Reduction in Electricity Consumption
(kWh)
Estimated Reduction in Energy Consumption
(MJ)
Estimated Carbon Reduction Performance
(metric tons of CO2e)
Project Input Cost
(NT$ thousand))
renewed LED energy-saving lighting fixtures 158,531.25 570,712.50 80.69 2,951
Water dispenser energy saving plan 30,384 111,002.40 15.69 36
Air conditioner replacement 31,758 114,328.80 16.16 4,969
Total 221,123.25 796,043.70 112.55 7,956
Smart Monitoring Implementation

In order to calculate the energy consumption situation with data, real-time and continuous information, Yuanta FHC is the first to introduce “Chunghwa Telecom iEN Smart Energy-Saving Service - Building Energy-Saving System" in 2019. The project is carried out in six steps: current situation evaluation, system introduction evaluation, simulation of results, on-site installation, field acceptance, and official launch.Sensor points and system feeders are deployed in six owned buildings,and real-time metered measurements are used to obtain basic information on electricity consumption of high-energy consumption equipment. Through the system’s real-time online monitoring, we can grasp the continuous energy consumption situation to evaluate the operation efficiency of high energy-consuming equipment, which is the basis for scientific setting of long-term carbon reduction targets.

Renewable Energy Procurement

Yuanta Group has actively responded to the changes in Taiwan’s renewable energy laws and regulations by subscribing to green power and purchasing renewable energy certificates (T-RECs) through our subsidiaries since 2016, and by purchasing T-RECs with the signing of ownership and the power purchase agreement (PPA) from the renewable energy power producer (bundling of certificates) for resupply of green power from 2021 onwards. The cumulative purchase of 6,615,958 kWh by 2023 has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 3,326.23 metric tons of CO2e, which is equivalent to the amount of carbon absorbed by 342.91 hectares of forest.

Yuanta Group has actively responded to the changes in Taiwan’s renewable energy laws and regulations by subscribing to green power and purchasing renewable energy certificates (T-RECs) through our subsidiaries since 2016. Starting in 2021, we have purchased renewable energy based on the type of public office, mainly from solar power generation sites, and have required power generation sites to provide actual photographs and planning descriptions. We have purchased and utilized renewable energy power (green power) with the bundling of certificates, primarily from solar power generation sites that do not affect the land or the environment. In addition, the cumulative use of green power through the renewable energy PPAs at each business location in 2023 has reached the mid-term target ahead of schedule, with a total of 2,643,358 kWh of electricity resupplied and a reduction in GHG emissions of 1,326.96 tons of CO2e, which is equivalent to the amount of carbon absorbed by 136.8 hectares of forests.

Yuanta Group Renewable Energy Green Power Usage
Item 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Green Power Resupply (kWh) - - 156,700 945,900 2,643,358
Renewable Energy Certificates (kWh) 500,000 500,000 370,000 - -
Total Cumulative Renewable Energy Usage (kWh) 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,026,700 3,972,600 6,615,958
Coefficient of Carbon Emission of Electricity (kg CO2e) 0.509 0.502 0.502 0.495 0.495
Carbon Reduction (metric tons CO2e) 254.5 256 264.4 468.22 1,308.46
Note:
  1. The amount of electricity resupplied from green power is the solar energy that is recognized by the National Renewable Energy Certification Center of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the solar energy that has been bundled with a certificate.
  2. The total cumulative renewable energy usage is the sum of the renewable energy certificates and green power resupply over the years.
Primary Energy Usage
Item Description 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Non-renewable Energy Usage Total Electricity Consumption (kWh) 44,353,757 37,805,960 43,984,518 41,022,562 36,454,150
Other energy consumption (oil) (GJ) 5,622 5,159 6,160 5,147 4,402
Total Heating Value (GJ) 165,214 141,285 164,533 152,828 135,637
Energy Intensity (GJ /(metric tons of CO2e per NT$ billion of revenue) 1,631.26 1,312.96 1,422.94 1,281.68 1,482.34
renewable Energy Usage Green Power / Renewable Energy Certificates (kWh) 500,000 500,000 510,000 527,341 945,920
Heating Value (GJ) 1,800 1,800 1,836 1,896 3,405.32
Data Coverage (%) 100 100 100 100 100
Note:
  1. The scope of annual energy usage is consistent with the scope of GHG emissions.
  2. The Yuanta Group’s main energy usage is purchased electricity consumption, while the value of heating, cooling, and steam consumption is zero.
  3. The Yuanta Group has no self-produced energy and no energy-selling activities. Therefore, energy sales of electricity, heating, cooling, and steam equal zero.
  4. All conversion values are calculated with reference to the conversion units published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and the “2020 Energy Statistics Handbook - Energy Products & Energy Units Table” of Taiwan’s Energy Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
  5. The total electricity cost from 2017 to 2019 is calculated by the average electricity price of the “2018 Energy Statistics Handbook - Annual Electricity Price List” of Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs. The calculation for 2020 is based on the Yuanta Group’s actual expense costs.
  6. The data coverage rate is the percentage of the locations included in the statistics to the total number of locations in the current year.