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In order to reduce the impact of its operations on the environment and to promote and manage environmental issues within the Yuanta Group in a more systematic manner, Yuanta FHC has formed an “Environmental Sustainability Group” through the administrative departments of Yuanta FHC and subsidiaries to develop environmental management systems (including relevant environmental protection and management measures pertaining to water conservation, energy saving, GHG reduction, etc.), purchase low energy-consuming office supplies and equipment, properly manage waste, implement supply chain management, and increase green procurement.

The “Environmental Sustainability Group” promotes the Yuanta Group’s implementation of the four major ISO standard systems. Since 2015, Yuanta FHC has started to implement the ISO 14001 environmental management systems to establish an environmental management framework, and to formulate environmental policies, plan environmental improvement goals and targets, and propose continuous management improvement programs.

In addition, the Yuanta Group has been implementing ISO 14064-1 GHG emissions inventory, ISO 50001 energy management systems, and ISO 14046 water footprint inventory in accordance with the ISO 14001 environmental management system framework, and has been effectively executing carbon reduction, energy saving, water conservation, and business waste control to improve the overall environmental management efficiency.

Since 2015, Yuanta FHC has responded to the climate change questionnaires of the international non-profit organization CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project); in January 2016, Yuanta became an investor signatory of CDP’s Climate Change, Water, and Forests Projects. Through responding to these questionnaires, we evaluate the various risks and opportunities attendant to climate change and then implement a range of carbon reduction and energy-saving actions and green financial services to reduce the impacts of our operations on the environment. We hope that while implementing sustainable development, we will also be able to motivate other companies to join with us in responding to the global trend toward the reduction of carbon emissions.

In the 2020 CDP climate change questionnaire, the Company achieved high scores in GHG emissions, emission reduction activities, risk disclosure, and value chain negotiation, and was awarded “Leadership Level A,” which is not only the highest CDP rating, but also the best result in the domestic financial industry. In the future, we will continue to respond to the CDP questionnaire and support CDP’s investor plans, proactively committing ourselves to environmental friendliness and to working on climate change issues.

1. From 2019 onwards, it is based on the new ISO 14064-1:2018 for GHG inventory, the new and old versions of the corresponding names: Category 1 for Scope 1 (direct GHG emissions), Category 2 for Scope 2 (indirect GHG emissions from input energy), Category 3 ~ 6 for Scope 3 (other indirect GHG emissions).
2. The long-term goal for carbon reduction in Category 1 and 2 is set at 51% by 2050, with a 31% reduction expected in 2034.
3. 2021 is expected to control the Yuanta Group-wide carbon emission target through the SBT methodology (base year is 2017), with a phased review every five years, and to refine carbon reduction actions.