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Huaku Development follows relevant environmental laws and regulations to properly protect the environment and shall endeavor to promote a sustainable environment when engaging in business operations and internal management. In response to the climate change impact and regulations that are becoming more severe and tougher, carbon reduction has become the priority goal for companies. Huaku Development identifies the future transformation risk of greenhouse gas emissions according to the TCFD framework and implements management on potential impacts.

Since 2020, Huaku Development has adopted autonomous inventory inspection on the carbon emissions generated from the daily operation, and implements improvement and enhancement of the internal environment, equipment and employee environmental awareness according to the Company’s “Energy Saving, Carbon Reduction and Environmental Management Policy”, in order to achieve objective of effective management via various channels and methods. Furthermore, we expect to start to implement ISO14064-1：2018 greenhouse gas inventory inspection in 2023, in order to more comprehensively and precisely understand the carbon emissions data of the organization, thereby accelerating the reduction of carbon emissions.
 

Climate Change Risk Assessment and Response

The greenhouse effect has caused significant changes in the global climate, resulting in frequent natural disasters such as floods, droughts, forest fires and snowstorms. Climate conditions will also affect water safety and the disease transmission, posing potential risks to sustainable business operations for the company.

According to the TCFD framework, Huaku Development analyzes the impact of climate topics on the risks and opportunities of the Company and establishes relevant strategies with respect to four main core elements: governance, strategy, risk management, indicators and goals. Huaku Development adopts the following method to identify climate risks and opportunities, and includes the analysis in the overall risk management policy. The Sustainability Team and Risk Management Team periodically review the risk management matters of each unit, and perform periodic review follow-up. For the climate impact and our response measures, please refer to our Sustainability Report for the year 2022.
 


Management Procedures

The Management Department will formulate, promote and maintain the relevant environmental management programs and encourage all employees to take practical actions to participate in the program, in order to implement energy saving and carbon reduction, and effectively enhance the effectiveness of the use of the company's resources. The specific measures are as follows:

 

Item Measures
Energy and carbon reduction and
greenhouse gas emissions
  • Provide energy-saving and carbon-reduction education and training from time to time and conduct awareness-raising on related issues.
  • Set timer for air conditioning operating hours and to control temperature in office.
  • Control the lighting by area and turn off the light after hours.
  • Replace old equipment from time to time.
  • Set hibernation mode for business machines and computers.
  • Clean equipment and maintenance regularly to improve the efficiency (e.g., air conditioning maintenance and cleaning).
  • Set up indoor plants.
  • Display the office floor chart to indicate the location of lights and air-conditioning switches to remind employees to turn off the lights and save energy and encourage them to turn off the lights during lunch break.
Reduce water consumption
  • Adjust the amount of water coming out of the faucet (e.g., adjust the flow of water or install a water-saving faucet device)
  • Advise employees to turn off the water temporarily between rinsing and scrubbing steps when they wash their hands.
Cut down the paper consumption and waste
volume
  • Implement garbage sorting and recycling in the office.
  • Hire a cleaning agency to properly destroy documents and dispose wastes regularly.
  • Promote electronic administrative processes and use e-forms to reduce paper and toner usage.
  • Donate or recycle scrapped computer equipment.
  • Encourage employees to use reusable tableware and to minimize the use of disposables (e.g., paper cups, chopsticks or cup/bottle water).
  • Encourage employees to print on both sides to cut down the paper usage.
  • Use and recycle eco-friendly toner for desktop printer.
Use FSC certified paper
  • Use the FSC certified copy paper in the office.
  • Provide the FSC certified daily necessities (e.g.,tissue paper and toilet paper).


Status of Accomplishment and Future Goals

Huaku Development Co., Ltd. has been reducing its energy use and resources every year by taking the above specific measures.

The Company has set a goal of reducing electricity consumption by 0.5% per year since 2020. We will keep track of the status of this goal regularly.
 

Item 2021 2022
GHG emissions Scope1(Direct) 13.62 ton 10.89 ton
Scope2(Indirect) 55.68 ton 54.61 ton
Water consumption  962 ton 1,299 ton
Total weight of waste 2.30 ton 1.92 ton
Note:
  1. The numerical range in the above table is the office of Huaku Development.
  2. The direct emission in the office is mostly company vehicles, and the indirect energy emission in the office is mostly electricity. The electricity carbon emission coefficients are using the latest announced value by the Energy Bureau. In 2021, a retroactive adjustment was made to the electricity carbon emission coefficients, resulting in the use of 0.509 kgCO2e/kWh, whereas in 2022, it was revised to 0.495 kgCO2e/kWh.
  3. Office waste mainly comprises general non-recyclable and recyclable domestic waste. The data above pertain to nonhazardous waste statistics.
  4. For more information on environmental aspects, please refer to the 2022 Sustainability Report.