In order to implement the concept of sustainable management and improve the Company’s management system in the three major areas of environmental protection, social responsibility and corporate governance to achieve the goal of sustainable development, the Company’s Board of Directors passed a resolution on March 15, 2024 to establish a “Sustainable Development Committee” and formulated the “Sustainable Development Committee Organization Charter”. The committee is a functional committee under the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors is responsible for supervising the Company’s formulation of sustainable development strategic goals and management policies.
In accordance with Article 4 of the “Sustainability Committee Organization Charter”, the Company’s Sustainability Development Committee consists of a Chairman, an executive secretary, and an ESG task force. The Chairman is Director Huang, Ching-Yun, the convener of the Sustainability Development Committee, and the executive secretary is Team Leader Cheng of the Management Department. The ESG task force is composed of 18 departments based on the three major categories of E (environment), S (society), and G (governance).
The Company’s sustainable development-related operations are carried out by the ESG task force led by the chairman, committee member Sun, Kuo-Hua and executive secretary. They manage the major sustainable development themes identified by the Company, set short, medium and long-term goals and implement them. The Sustainability Committee shall hold meetings at least twice a year and report to the Board of Directors on the progress of sustainable development at least once a year.
The main duties of the Sustainable Development Committee are as follows:
- Formulate the Company’s sustainable development policies and strategies, and revise them in accordance with relevant regulations.
- Oversee the Company’s sustainable development policy direction and promotion plan, and regularly track the implementation progress.
- Review major issues of concern to stakeholders and supervise the establishment of effective communication and response mechanisms with stakeholders.
- Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s sustainable development plan and report the annual implementation results to the Board of Directors.
- Review of the Sustainability Report.
- Other matters that the Committee is directed to handle as per resolution of the Board of Directors.
Member
| Title |
Name |
Major experience/educational background |
| Convener
Director |
Huang, Ching-Yun
(Amy Huang) |
- PhD in Business Administration, European University
- General Manager, Walrus Pump Co., Ltd.
- Chairman, You Chang Investment Co., Ltd.
- Chairman, Invesco Ltd.
- Chairman, WALRUS INTERNATIONAL MARKETING CO., LTD.
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| Committee Member
Independent Director |
Da-Pai Shen |
- PhD in Financial Economics, Tulane University
- Professor, Department of Accounting, Soochow University
- Director of ESG Sustainable Development Research Center, Soochow University
- Independent Director, KGI Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
- Independent Director, Pili International Multimedia Co., Ltd.
- Independent Director, Dimension Computer Technology Co., Ltd.
- Supervisor, APFC LTD.
- Supervisor, Blockcurrency Technology Inc.
- Director, BMC Venture Capital Investment Corporation
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| Committee Member
Independent Director |
Ming-Hong Hsieh |
- PhD in Business Administration, National Taipei University
- Professor and Director of Doctoral Program, School of Management, Shih Chien University
- Vice Dean of the School of Management, Shih Chien University
- Associate Professor of Department of Accounting of China University of Technology
- Accounting Systems Analyst of Accenture Co., Ltd.
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| Committee Member
Senior Manager |
Sun, Kuo-Hwa |
- Senior Manager, Walrus Pump Co., Ltd.
- General Manager, SUZHOU WALRUS PUMP CO., LTD.
- Assistant Manager, Qisda Corporation
- Manager, Innolux Corp.
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