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1 Ethical Business Practices Refers to the company's business ethics in its operations (including anti-corruption, anti-monopoly, and anti-competitive practices). Does the company have relevant strategies and management measures in place? Additionally, has the company disclosed any violations of relevant regulations or related incidents to the public?
2 Economic Performance Refers to the company's operational financial performance, profitability, and stability. This topic also includes the company's planning in other financial aspects.
3 Product Safety and Quality Refers to the company's systematic actions taken throughout the product lifecycle to address safety issues, including compliance with product safety regulations and voluntary standards. It also includes the company's management efforts to provide customers with stable and high-quality products.
4 Green Energy and Net Zero Emissions As international attention to global warming intensifies and various national regulations promote renewable energy and net-zero carbon emissions, companies need to focus on the transition to green energy and net-zero emissions in order to enhance competitiveness and brand value.
5 Talent Attraction and Retention Refers to the company's proactive efforts in recruitment and retention to ensure talent stability and attract qualified candidates. Companies should assess whether the compensation and benefits they offer are competitive within the industry, listen to employee needs and feedback, in order to attract more talent, reduce turnover, and build long-term talent stability for sustainable business growth.
6 Innovation, R&D, and Patents Refers to the company's ability and management in industry innovation, research and development, and patent acquisition. Companies should consider whether continuous innovation is necessary to maintain a market leadership position. If so, they need to evaluate whether relevant strategies and actions are in place, such as encouraging employee participation in innovation activities and whether they can provide more efficient, environmentally friendly, or low-carbon products or services based on customer needs.
7 Occupational Health and Safety Refers to the provision of a healthy and safe workplace for employees as a key aspect of human rights protection. Companies should focus on creating an inherently safe work environment, emphasizing injury prevention, and implementing management practices and initiatives to promote employee health.
8 Customer Privacy Refers to the company's protection of customers' (including end customers, consumers, and business clients) rights to personal privacy, personal space, and confidentiality of customer data, along with the related policies and management practices.
9 Air Pollution Emissions Refers to the management of air-polluting gases generated during the company's operations or manufacturing processes. Companies are required to disclose the total annual emissions of various air pollutants and are encouraged to also disclose the relevant regulatory emission standards.
10 Information Security The company emphasizes information security by providing adequate protection and safeguarding of customer or consumer information assets, preventing unauthorized access, use, disclosure, destruction, modification, or damage. This is crucial for the company's long-term sustainability.
11 Energy Management Energy plays a crucial role in the company's operations, including energy usage and consumption throughout the various stages of production processes or services provided. This also includes the management policies, systems, actions, and performance targets aimed at achieving energy conservation. Additionally, the company is required to disclose internal and external energy consumption, energy reduction, and the energy demand reduction for products and services.
12 Waste Management Companies should understand the waste generated by their operations and the environmental and social impacts that have already occurred or may occur, as well as how to manage these impacts. This includes practices such as whether hazardous waste is handled by qualified contractors and whether recycling, reuse, or regeneration activities are implemented. Companies are required to disclose the total weight of waste generated, as well as the amount of waste directly disposed of and transferred for disposal.
