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Yuanta Financial Holding Company and Yuanta Cultural and Educational Foundation (Foundation) take warm actions to care for the society and have cooperated with Fu Jen Catholic University’s (FJCU) Taiwan Rural Education and Care Center for a long time for the “Yuanta-FJCU Dreams Take Flight Project of Fostering Talent for the Remote Areas.” The Project holds two growth camps and scholarship award ceremonies each year to encourage the recipients to strive for academic excellence. The 2022 Second Semester Growth Camp and Scholarship Award Ceremony was held recently at Banqiao Music Park. A total of 109 high school, vocational school, college, and master’s degree students passed the screening process to receive the grants. The theme of this camp is “The Journey of the Heart,” in which psychologists are invited to guide students to understand their emotions, learn to accept themselves and love themselves. The students will be able to face failure when they encounter setbacks, relieve themselves when they feel anxiety and negative emotions, and gain different insights and reflections on life from others through story sharing. The chief executive officer of Yuanta Foundation, Robert Yang, said that Yuanta and FJCU have been cooperating with each other for a long time, and they are like family members who accompany the students to learn and grow. He hopes that the students will have spiritual communication and understanding with their “family members” around them. He also encouraged the students to display the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and construct a strong foundation for the future by building on their strengths, despite the life-changing rhythms of the pandemic. According to FJCU’s Taiwan Rural Education and Care Center, the scholarship program not only provides material assistance, but more importantly, support and care. Each semester, we learn about the students’ lives and studies through written reviews, and via the input of teachers at each endpoint, we gain insight into the students’ growth process. Regular growth camps are held to bring out different sparks of life through different themes, and to allow students from different schools to get to know each other and support and cheer each other on. Chu, who is currently studying at the National Taiwan University of Sport, shared his journey at the camp. Although he was not born into a wealthy family, by upholding the conviction of “retreating for progress and reversing for the smooth,” he believes that he can overcome challenges in the future and has the opportunity to turn his life and fate around, encouraging students to never give up. Only by persisting in giving love and care can we turn momentum into support. For more than twelve (12) years, the Yuanta-FJCU Dreams Take Flight Project has been implemented to encourage underprivileged students to persevere in their dreams and continue to advance through multi-faceted companionship and care, and has provided 1,994 scholarships to 132 university students and 6 master’s degree students.

As an international benchmark enterprise for sustainability, Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) echoes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and integrates environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) concepts into the corporate culture and operational strategies, implementing sustainable practices, making continuous progress and innovation, becoming a force for social and environmental change, and actively promoting a better future for future generations. We have been awarded the “Global Views Monthly ESG Corporate Sustainability Award” again this year (2023), and for the third (3rd) consecutive year, we have been awarded Exemplary Award in the category of “Comprehensive Performance - Financial Insurance Industry,” and will continue to exert sustainable influence to lead the sustainable transformation. Global Views Monthly first established Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards in 2005, and this year it is entering its nineteenth (19th) year. Since there is a new consensus among governments and companies to use the terms ESG and sustainability, the content and criteria of the awards have been slightly revised to keep up with the times, and from this year onwards the name has been changed to “Global Views Monthly ESG Corporate Sustainability Awards.” The evaluation covers all aspects of corporate sustainable strategic planning, low-carbon environment, stakeholder engagement, transparency of information disclosure, corporate governance, organizational behavior and performance, etc., in order to fully evaluate the overall ESG performance of the company. In the face of the risks, opportunities, and challenges brought about by climate and social changes, Yuanta FHC has adopted a scientific and systematic approach to environmental management, introduced ISO standards to enhance management efficiency, combined with an internal carbon pricing mechanism to actively reduce Yuanta Group’s carbon emissions, and further expanded the green influence by launching zero-carbon and low-carbon products and working with customers to respond to low-carbon living. We have not only been ranked at the Leadership Level of the CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) for five (5) consecutive years, but this year we were also recognized by the Supplier Engagement Rating Leaderboard, ranking in the top eight percent (8%) of 15,000 companies worldwide. Yuanta FHC has been building a happy and healthy workplace in all aspects and constructing an environment of diversity, equality, and inclusion. Through the establishment of hardware facilities and the promotion of strategies, including workplace-related certifications, leave superior to the law, and employee assistance programs (EAPs), employees are encouraged to maintain a work-life balance and practice talent development, gender equality, and workplace safety, which has been recognized by domestic and international professional organizations. Yuanta FHC has also been nurturing outstanding talents for the society by promoting the “Yuanta Scholarship for Outstanding Underprivileged Talent” and the “Yuanta-Fu Jen Catholic University Dreams Take Flight Project” to encourage students to continue their studies and recruit outstanding talents from them. From study to employment, we cultivate talents and care for the society with warm actions. Yuanta FHC has set sustainability performance indicators as the standard for corporate development and customer communication, and has achieved remarkable results. We have been selected as a member of both the Dow Jones Sustainability World and Emerging Markets Indexes (DJSI) for four (4) consecutive years and has been recognized with National Sustainable Development Award, the highest honor in the national sustainability field. We have also been invited to become a member of the Coalition of Movers and Shakers for Sustainable Finance of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission to play the role of a leading goose in the field of sustainability and create a sustainable future together.