CSR Summary

Key Performance Summary

2023-Corporate governance performance

The 2023 annual revenue reached a record high of NT$41,296,217,000, representing a year-over-year increase of 6.78%.
The Company attaches great importance to gender equality in Board member composition and aims to increase the number of female directors. Currently, the Board composition is 86% male (6 directors) and 14% female (1 director).
No illegal act or incident of corruption violating integrity principles occurred in 2023. All employees complied with ethics regulations and practiced the Company’s philosophy of ethical management. Furthermore, each employee attended an average 15.9 hours of relevant training to raise their awareness of ethical management.
Ranked among the top 21~35% of companies in the 2023 corporate governance evaluation.
A total of 4 recovery drills were conducted at EMC, Elite Electronic Material (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., and Elite Electronic Material (Huangshi) Co., Ltd., focusing on the inter-plant switching of major equipment and services and testing of backup data recovery.

2023-Sustainable supply chain performance

The 2023 Prismark results revealed that the Company held a 28% market share in halogen-free/green materials, retaining the leading position.
A low-carbon formula was adopted, replacing petroleum epoxy resins with resins composed of 25% bio-based content, which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 tons per year.
Local procurement ratios for copper foil (the Company’s main raw material) are as follows: Taiwan plants ≧99%, Elite Electronic Material (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. ≧35%, Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. ≧34%, and Elite Electronic Material (Huangshi) Co., Ltd. ≧55%.
The ratios of copper foil containing recycled copper are as follows: Taiwan plants ≧100%, Elite Electronic Material (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. ≧87%, Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. ≧ 97%, and Elite Electronic Material (Huangshi) Co., Ltd. ≧90%.
100% of suppliers have signed the Social Responsibility Commitment and the Declaration of Conflict-Free Metals. Among the suppliers that completed the audit, no factories were deemed unqualified due to corporate social responsibility or environmental safety and health management systems performance.

2023-Environmental protection performance

●Energy Management
Total energy consumption per unit of sales was reduced by 8% in 2023 compared to 2022.
The use of heavy oil was reduced to zero in 2023.
The renewable energy utilization rate reached 1.2%.
Carbon intensity (Categories 1 + 2) increased by 4.27% in 2023 compared to 2022.
●Pollutant Management
The amount of air pollution generated by the Taiwan plants was reduced by 18% in 2023 compared to 2022.
The recyclable ratio of municipal waste increased by 6.7% in 2023 compared to 2022.
The intensity of total waste generation was reduced by 31.58% in 2023 compared to 2022.

2023-Sustainable Supply Chain Performance

EMC has more than 4,200 employees. Most employees are under the age of 50, accounting for more than 95% on average.
The scope of education and training for junior management, middle management, and senior management was expanded to narrow the gap between the Company’s managerial positions.
The training hours exceeded 25 hours per person.
Except for Huangshi Plant, the turnover rate at other plants was lower than 30%.
An employee care system was established to promote employees’ trust in the Company.

2023-Safe workplace performance

The implementation rate of occupational safety and health education and training programs reached 100% (achieving 15.5 hours).
The Company continued to add relevant safety protection measures to the plants’older model in-service machines. These measures aim to eliminate accident risks during operation and actively promote personnel’s hazard awareness. (For example, adding spray ball devices to glue-mixing tanks, adding a hydraulic lifting function to the packaging work platform, adding safety light curtains to the substrate cutting and packaging machine’s stacking crane at Elite Electronic Material (Zhongshan) Plant.)