Community Service - Yuanta Financial Holdings

Community Service

The Group believes “the power to effect change begins with caring＂. Through working with schools and charitable organizations, we can use our operating locations at the core for community development and provide a space for cultural and public welfare exhibitions. We built a community assistance safety net and deepened our interactions with society to become a relay station for community communications. Using the power of our volunteers, we can stay on top of environmental issues and reduce the negative impacts cities have on the environment and make our living environment more inclusive, safe, and sustainable. Primary objectives include:

Through our subsidiaries´ extensive network of operating locations and Group volunteers from across Taiwan, we utilize our reach in neighborhoods across Taiwan to deepen interactive links with the community and assist in resolving issues of concern to residents.
To protect the environment, we will use our influence to organize public service activities and utilize the power of our volunteers to address environmental issues and create positive links between society, the economy, and environmental protection.

Operational/ Social/ Environmental Benefits

Attracted 467,000 instances of brand exposure.
Yuanta Bank integrated philanthropy into our core business to create the Yuanta Bank social welfare credit card. Currently, there are 272 cards in circulation, which were used for NT$4.444 million in transactions that resulted in NT$8,600 in charitable donations.
Programs benefitted 7,677 people for a cumulative total of 41,000 beneficiaries.
6 groups benefitted from related programs. A total of 24 groups have benefitted.
Volunteers cleared beaches of 3,837 kilograms of trash. As of this year, we have cleaned 7,944 kilograms of trash from beaches.
As of this year, we have held a total of 10 beach, hiking trail, and river cleanups, 4 of which occurred this year.
Adopted historical monuments and community space to protect our cultural assets.
Adopted trees to implement urban greening and reduce carbon.
Utilized the Groups’ numerous operating locations and points of service, such as ATM machines and electronic credit card statements, to increase exposure of issues surrounding for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and improve community protection network.
Provided NT$1.8 million in sponsorship for a cumulative total of NT$7.741 million as of this year.

Yuanta Charity Blood Drives

We hold 3 blood drives each year and have received the Blood Donation Enterprise Award 5 years in a row. This year, we donated nearly 3,000 bags of blood. Also, we worked with the National Police Agency 165 Anti-Fraud Hotline's social media fan site to hold the Antifraud Blood Drive and expand participation to different groups of society.

Green Action, Clean Beaches, Clean Mountains

A total of 467 volunteers cleaned for a combined 1,868 hours and collected 3,837 kilograms of trash.

“Surrounding Abused Children with Love” Program

Yuanta Financial Holdings and Yuanta Foundation have long been dedicated to caring for children and have responded to the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families 's “Surrounding Abused Children with Love＂program. Since 2012, working as a partner of the program, we have integrated our resources to promote the Good Neighbor Child Protection Program. As the only financial institution to respond to the campaign, Yuanta worked with its subsidiaries to promote child protection information through its official website, social media, ATM operation interface, electronic statements, and other self-media. We also took advantage of our high concentration of offices and used the 305 sales offices across Taiwan to strengthen the reporting system, fully utilizing the benefits of virtual and physical integration, and establishing a comprehensive notification channel that extends from each office to the community to form a point-line security network.

In addition, the Group also calls on colleagues to join in the public service and act as the most powerful “super hero＂ of child protection, advocating social responsibility and implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasizing the importance of proactive behavior, calling for the courage to report in a timely manner in order to effectively reduce the occurrence of child abuse, thereby helping the next generation and providing a safe environment that children can happily grow up in.

Support for Former Inmate Program

Promoting rehabilitation care through Yuanta Culture and Education Foundation for more than 10 years, in 2020, the Ministry of Justice awarded Yuanta the “Group of Merit in Helping to Promote Rehabilitation and Protection＂in recognition of Yuanta's longstanding commitment to rehabilitation. We purchased products made in correctional institutions, encouraged self-reliance among inmates, while also serving as a public service platform to bring in a variety of resources. We also assisted in setting up skills training classes. Through activities held to promote after-care services of inmates, we invite members of the public to give former inmates a chance to transform their lives.