Sustainable Development Strategy - Yuanta Financial Holdings

Sustainable Development Strategies

Sustainability Vision－Becoming an International Benchmark Enterprise for Sustainability; Inclusive with Society and Coexisting with the Earth, Carrying Dreams to Create a Better Future Together.

We integrate ESG principles into our corporate culture and operational strategies, implement medium- to long-term goals and action plans, and continuously update them in alignment with international standards and trends, actively realizing our sustainability vision.

Sustainability Commitment－Collaborate, Community Inclusion, Coexistence

Committed to “co-creating” a future of “inclusion” and “coexistence” that benefits both humanity and the land.

Core Values

The core values of the Company's corporate culture are “seizing opportunities and creating customer wealth＂, “focusing on performance and enhancing employee wellbeing＂, and “innovating value and enhancing shareholder rights＂. While deeply committed to financial business development and profit creation, the Company also places great emphasis on positive development in the areas of corporate governance, sustainable finance, customer rights, employee care, environmental sustainability, and social welfare.

Setting Sustainability Goals, Six Key Aspects of Sustainable Development

Upholding Yuanta Group’s service philosophy of “Fulfilling Your Biggest Dreams” and building upon the “Dream (D.R.E.A.M.)” sustainable development strategy, we have reinforced the core concept of “the financial industry channeling capital and supporting businesses in their transformation.” As a result, the sustainable development strategy has evolved into “DREAMS.”

Sustainable Governance Operating Model

Sustainable Development Committee

The Company follows the Sustainable Development Guidelines of Yuanta Financial Holding Company, the Corporate Governance Guidelines of Yuanta Financial Holding Company, and the Integrity Management Guidelines of Yuanta Financial Holding Company to fully implement the concept of sustainable corporate development. The Company established the Sustainability Committee in November 2018 as a functional committee of the board of directors. The committee was renamed as the “Sustainable Development Committee” on March 15, 2022, as approved by the 39th meeting of the eighth board of directors.

In order to implement sustainable development policies, the Sustainable Development Committee has established the “Integrity Management Office” and the “Corporate Sustainability Office,” which are composed of relevant personnel from the Company and its subsidiaries, and are responsible for the day-to-day promotion and coordination of their respective duties, and the regular reporting of work plans and implementation results to the Sustainable Development Committee.

The “Corporate Sustainability Office” is the core division for promoting corporate sustainability and comprises six functional groups, namely Corporate Governance Group, Sustainable Finance Group, Customer Care Group, Employee Care Group, Environmental Sustainability Group, and Community Engagement Group, with members consisting of senior executives of the Company and its subsidiaries. The office holds quarterly meetings and regularly reports to the Board of Directors on important issues and implementation of resolutions after passing the Sustainable Development Committee.

Primary Objectives of the Sustainable Development Committee

Assisting in integrating the values of integrity management and corporate sustainable development into the Company’s operational strategy.
Cooperating with laws and regulations to establish measures to ensure integrity management and fulfill corporate sustainable development.
Supervising and implementing the Company’s policies of integrity management and corporate sustainable development, and evaluating the effectiveness of their execution.
Other matters related to the formulation and monitoring of the implementation of policies on integrity management and corporate sustainable development.

Sustainable Development Policy

With reference to the Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles for TWSE/TPEx Listed Companies, the Company has formulated the “Sustainable Development Guidelines of Yuanta Financial Holding Company” and the “Sustainable Development Policy and Management Measures of Yuanta Financial Holding Company ” to manage our actual ESG practices in environmental, social, and economic aspects. In addition, we keep an eye on domestic and overseas developments in sustainability and the issue of climate change, and conduct reviews to improve related systems and regulations accordingly.