Response to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In response to issues such as climate change, uneven regional development, and uneven distribution of wealth, the United Nations issued 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets in 2015. The SDGs set out the global development vision and goals for 2030 with national governments and businesses all being asked to work together for the sustainable development of the planet. As a member of the global village, GIGABYTE draws upon the corporate action guide of the SDG Compass to review our connection and contributions to the SDGs in terms of the value chain and voluntary engagement. We picked 6 high-priority goals and 3 voluntary targets most closely aligned with our core abilities. The core spirit of each goal was then incorporated into the visions of our CSR strategy map, and the guiding principles were adjusted accordingly to ensure that every sustainability action was connected to the global consensus for co-prosperity.

Actions Responding to SDGs

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Linked targets
12.2, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.8

Responding Actions

  • Release the “GIGABYTE Guidelines of Sustainable Procurement” and “GIGABYTE Harmful Chemical Substances Requirements” and request all suppliers to comply with the regulations.
  • Request the suppliers to abide by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct and not use minerals from conflict sources.
  • Use a tiered management system to evaluate suppliers’ quality and sustainability performance holistically, and conduct high-risk supplier screening quarterly.
  • Introduce product life cycle assessment, release Product Environmental Reports to reveal 16 environmental impact aspects.
  • Promote the 333 Reduction Plan and the Reduction Reward Program to respond to low-carbon, energy-conservation, and circulation goals from corporate culture, research and development of products, to manufacturing processes.
  • Set the Group′s product packaging and incoming packaging reduction plan to reduce the use of packaging and increase the ratio of regenerated materials, targeting to cease disposable packaging by 2030.

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Linked targets
8.2, 8.5, 8.7, 8.8

Responding Actions

  • Appropriate 3% of revenue every year to research and develop innovative technologies and products to bring more convenient technology life to the world.
  • A reasonable salary is a guarantee to employees. Profits from economic growth are also shared with all employees through welfare points and allowances in addition to fixed pay.
  • Based on the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and other Corporate Code of Conduct set by international regulations to build an equal and diverse workplace.
  • Implement 4 zero-tolerance requirements along the supply chain to protect human rights, including the use of child labor, forced labor/prison labor, discharge of untreated toxic and hazardous substances or materials to implement labor human rights, and Behaviors that cause immediate injury to employees.
  • Continuously provide computer hardware and technology education resources to the organizations that support people with disabilities to help them to get a job.

SDG 13 Climate Action

SDG 13 Climate Action

Linked targets
13.2, 13.3

Responding Actions

  • Set a Groupʼs emission reduction target, conduct greenhouse gas inventory every year, and get verified by a third party to track the status and trend of greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Introduce SBTi tools and standards to connect with the worldwide goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5°C.
  • Introduce Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework to identify climate-related risks and opportunities and conduct climate scenario analyses, and publish an independent TCFD report.
  • In response to the future normalization of carbon tariffs in international trade, deepen supply chain capabilities for managing carbon emissions. Analyze the carbon intensity of materials and water risks associated with critical suppliers.
  • Respond to the UNEPʼs Trillion Tree Campaign and cooperate with the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation to launch the “Make Earth Green Again” program. Between 2017 and 2020, 75,000 trees were planted, and 62,500 trees will be planted in the second cooperation between 2023 and 2027. and fulfilled the commitment to planting 75,000 trees for the earth between 2017 and 2020.
  • Take climate actions locally, including adapting the afforestation lands in Pinglin of New Taipei City, planting 2,860 trees, and developing the “Green Cli-Mate FUN!” courses exclusive for Taiwan students in elementary school.

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being

Linked targets
3.4, 3.8, 3.9

Responding Actions

  • Implement employee health tiered management and hold diverse health promotion activities and lectures.
  • Promote the Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) to completely take care of employeesʼ mental and physical health.
  • The bases in Taiwan initiate blood donation activities every year to support the countryʼs blood demand and look forward to reducing the mortality rate of blood-related diseases.
  • Apply 5G, AI, and AIoT to the medical field and develop precision medicine and Telecare technologies to benefit more medical personnel and patients.
  • Avoid environmental and human body burdens through controlling hazardous substances and developing friendly products to ensure the health and safety of consumers as well as the ecosystem.

SDG 11 Sustainability Cities and Communities

SDG 11 Sustainability Cities and Communities

Linked targets
11.6, 11.7

Responding Actions

  • Build the G-HOME GIGABYTE Sustainable Eco-Roof with the concepts of energy conservation, low maintenance and interference, and ecological co-prosperity.
  • Actively promote the concept of roof-greening to extend urban greenways.

SDG 4 Quality Education

SDG 4 Quality Education

Linked targets
4.4, 4.5, 4.7

Responding Actions

  • Establish educational training and career development plans for the employees based on 3 main axes: competence training, professional training, and self-development.
  • Hold technology education activities such as the Digital Love and the Bring Technology to Campus to minimize the digital gap between generations or urban and rural areas.
  • G-HOME GIGABYTE Sustainable Eco-Roof received Environmental Education Facility and Field Certification and GIGABYTE co-organized Plant-for-the-Planet Academies between 2017 and 2020 to actively promote citizen sustainability education.

SDG 14 Life Below Water (Voluntary Response)

SDG 14 Life Below Water

Linked target
14.1

Responding Actions

  • Establish the corporate volunteer club, “Go Green Club”, and launch the “Thousand Mile Trek – Go Green Taiwan” project that aims at walking around Taiwan on foot and picking up trash along the way to respond to the problem of marine debris with practical actions.
  • Launch “The Ocean is Our Home” project that adopts a part of coastlines in Dayuan, Taoyuan, and commits to safeguarding the ocean for a long time.
  • Support the “Project Blue 1095” program, initiated by Business Today magazine, which aims to recycle and transform marine trash into new citizen slippers, give new value to marine trash, and fulfill the ideals of the circular economy.

SDG 15 Life On Land (Voluntary Response)

SDG 15 Life on Land

Linked target
15.5

Responding Actions

  • Respond to the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundationʼs goal to empower children around the world to be Climate Justice Ambassadors. From 2017 to 2020, we trained 1,367 Climate Justice Ambassadors and will help cultivate around a thousand Ambassadors between 2023 and 2027.
  • Adopt forestland in Pinglin of New Taipei City and appeal to employees and partners of the value chain for planting trees by hands.
  • Hold working holiday activities, respond to the ecological conservation issues such as Taiwan Leopard Cat and algal reefs.
  • Support urban bee-keeping to spread the ecological value of G-HOME and show concerns for the problem of bee disappearance.

SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Linked target
17.17

Responding Actions

  • Initiate the “Reduction. Sharing. Love the Earth” Alliance since 2018 to call on suppliers to achieve the “333 Reduction Plan” goal.
  • The demand for data centers increases in response to the advancement and popularization of intelligent technology. We cooperate with customers to develop immersion cooling solutions for data centers that reduce energy consumption and thus realize green manufacturing and carbon neutrality.
  • Work with social enterprises and NPOs, invite people to attend events, initiate group buying for support, and promote public welfare.
  • Join the New Taipei City Enterprise Disaster Prevention Partnership Alliance, donate disaster prevention equipment, and assist in disaster prevention activities.
  • Utilizing the Company’s core competency, donate computers and peripheral equipment to schools to promote industry-academic collaboration and cultivate young talent.
  • Promote sustainability through activities such as second-hand markets and Earth Day activities, and invite communities to participate.