A total of 104 employees, family members, and partners participated in the cleanup. Over the course of two hours, participants collected and sorted 106 kilograms of marine debris, including 30 kilograms of plastics, 12 kilograms of glass, 10 kilograms of Styrofoam, and 54 kilograms of other waste. Beyond restoring the cleanliness of the coastline, the hands-on cleanup and waste sorting provided participants with a direct understanding of the long-term impacts that everyday waste can have when it enters the natural environment.

From GlobalWafers to Our Partners: Expanding the Collective Effort to Protect Our Oceans

Environmental protection requires long-term commitment as well as collective participation. This year, GlobalWafers further expanded the beach cleanup by inviting supply chain partners to take part, extending sustainability engagement beyond the company and into its broader network of collaboration.

With employees, family members, and partners working side by side, the beach cleanup served not only as an environmental initiative, but also as an opportunity to bring different stakeholders together around a shared commitment to sustainability. Through hands-on participation, environmental responsibility moves beyond policies and targets and becomes something that each participant can put into practice, helping to expand the positive impact of collective action.

A Beach Cleanup That Became an Outdoor Environmental Classroom

One of the most heartwarming scenes of this year’s event was seeing many employees bring their children along to participate.

Across the beach, parents could be seen crouching beside their children, helping them identify different types of marine debris—from plastic bottle caps and Styrofoam to discarded fishing gear—and explaining how these materials can affect marine life and coastal ecosystems. The children, meanwhile, explored the beach as if on a treasure hunt, excitedly calling to their families whenever they discovered litter before working together to sort what they had collected.

These simple interactions transformed the cleanup into an environmental lesson grounded in real-life experience. By collecting, observing, and sorting waste firsthand, children gained a better understanding of the relationship between discarded materials and the natural environment. At the same time, parents were able to pass on the importance of caring for the environment through shared experience and conversation. When environmental awareness becomes more than knowledge and turns into a meaningful family experience, the values of sustainability can take root naturally in the next generation.

Starting with One Coastline, Building Lasting Sustainability Impact

GlobalWafers has remained committed to coastal conservation and beach cleanup activities in the Zhunan area since 2020. The 2026 event marked the seventh consecutive year of the initiative. Over the years, employees and their families have helped turn environmental protection into tangible action. By further inviting supply chain partners to participate in 2026, GlobalWafers is continuing to extend the reach of these efforts beyond the company itself.

Protecting the oceans cannot be achieved through a single event; it requires sustained commitment and continued action. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to integrate employee engagement, environmental education, and supply chain collaboration into its environmental initiatives, extending sustainability from business operations to families, partners, and local communities, and working together to leave a cleaner and healthier natural environment for future generations.

GlobalWafers’ Italian subsidiary, MEMC Electronic Materials S.p.A. has undertaken a range of initiatives spanning the ocean, manufacturing sites, and urban green spaces, covering marine ecosystem conservation, pollinator protection, digital monitoring, and urban habitat creation. By extending biodiversity conservation to surrounding communities, GlobalWafers continues to create measurable environmental benefits, enhance ecosystem resilience, and generate positive value for the local natural environment.

Protecting Marine Ecosystems and Returning Waste to the Resource Cycle

The ocean supports rich biodiversity and plays an essential role in climate regulation and human well-being. However, marine and coastal waste continues to place pressure on species and habitats. Reducing pollution and preventing waste from re-entering the natural environment are therefore important aspects of marine conservation.

Since August 2024, GlobalWafers’ Italian subsidiary has partnered with international marine conservation organization Ogyre, working with local fishing communities in Italy, Brazil, Indonesia, and Senegal to recover marine and coastal waste. The partnership not only helps reduce marine pollution and protect vulnerable habitats, but also supports sustainable livelihoods and community development through local participation, balancing environmental and social values.

Each June, initiatives such as World Oceans Day bring greater international attention to marine conservation and help raise public awareness of ocean-related issues. In June 2026, GlobalWafers participated in the Ogyre Ocean Challenge for the second consecutive year, recovering more than 400 kilograms of marine and coastal waste during the month. As of July 2026, more than 7,000 kilograms had been recovered since the partnership began, with continued progress toward the long-term goal of collecting 15 metric tons by mid-2028.

Recovered waste is sorted according to material type and recyclability. Recyclable materials such as plastics can be transformed into textiles, furniture, or industrial materials, allowing resources to re-enter the circular economy. Non-recyclable materials are properly treated and disposed of in accordance with applicable requirements. By removing marine waste and reducing the risk of microplastics entering the environment, the initiative continues to expand its marine conservation benefits.

In addition, every kilogram of recovered waste is tracked, quantified, and certified through Ogyre’s digital system, providing transparency and traceability for the program’s results. From pollution reduction and resource circularity to community participation, these efforts also support SDG 14, Life Below Water, particularly its goals of reducing marine pollution and protecting marine and coastal ecosystems.

For more information, please visit the dedicated project page: Ogyre x GlobalWafers – MEMC

Creating Pollinator-Friendly Habitats at Manufacturing Sites

Pollinators play an important role in plant reproduction, maintaining ecosystem health, and global food security. To support pollinator habitats and reproduction, GlobalWafers continues to implement beekeeping, digital monitoring, and habitat creation initiatives at its Novara and Merano sites in Italy, enabling manufacturing sites to contribute to local biodiversity.

In 2026, GlobalWafers further expanded its corporate beekeeping program. The two sites in Italy currently host a total of 10 beehives equipped with the HiveTech digital hive monitoring system. Sensors continuously track key indicators such as temperature, humidity, hive weight, and colony activity. The data can be transmitted in real time to a digital platform for analysis, helping monitor colony health and seasonal changes while reducing the frequency of manual inspections and disturbance to the bees. This enables conservation activities to gradually move toward a more scientific and data-driven management approach.

Beyond managed honeybees, GlobalWafers’ Italian subsidiary has also extended its conservation efforts to solitary bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and other wild pollinators. A total of five insect hotels have been installed across the two sites to provide spaces for nesting, resting, and reproduction. Particularly in industrial and urban environments where natural habitats are relatively limited, these small-scale ecological facilities help increase available habitats and create a more pollinator-friendly living environment.

Environmental education materials have also been placed near the insect hotels to help employees better understand the importance of pollinators and biodiversity. In this way, habitat enhancement also serves as an opportunity to strengthen environmental awareness and participation. These initiatives support SDG 15, Life on Land, particularly its focus on ecosystem protection, habitat improvement, and halting biodiversity loss.

Extending Biodiversity Action into Cities and Bringing Nature into Urban Environments

Biodiversity conservation should not be limited to corporate sites. Through cross-sector collaboration, conservation efforts can extend into surrounding communities and urban environments, further expanding the positive impact on nature conservation.

Since January 2026, GlobalWafers has participated in the Novara City in Green initiative promoted by the Municipality of Novara in Italy. Through more ecologically friendly green-space management practices, the initiative increases urban habitats, enhances ecosystem resilience, and strengthens the city’s ability to adapt to climate change.

GlobalWafers currently provides funding and sponsors maintenance activities to support differentiated mowing practices across three local urban green spaces. By reducing frequent mowing, native flowering plants are able to complete their growth, flowering, and seed-setting cycles while continuing to provide food sources for pollinators throughout the growing season. Nectar-rich plants have also been added to these green spaces to further enhance plant and habitat diversity.

To evaluate the effectiveness of these measures, biodiversity monitoring in the relevant areas is conducted by the University of Eastern Piedmont, with ongoing observation of pollinator populations and ecological changes. This allows urban green-space management to go beyond greening and use scientific monitoring to assess long-term ecological benefits.

Compared with conventional high-frequency green-space maintenance, this nature-based management approach not only helps increase habitat diversity, but can also reduce fuel consumption associated with mowing as well as irrigation and fertilizer use. It can also improve soil fertility, enhance carbon sequestration and the absorption of air pollutants, help mitigate the urban heat island effect, and create richer habitats for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.

These efforts also support SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, demonstrating how biodiversity conservation can extend from corporate sites into urban environments and how ecologically informed management can better integrate nature into everyday city and community life.

From Local Action to Nature-Positive Outcomes: Responding to Global Biodiversity Trends

As nature-related risks receive increasing attention, biodiversity has evolved from a traditional environmental conservation issue into an important consideration in corporate risk management and sustainability decision-making.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) emphasizes that companies should pay greater attention to their dependencies, impacts, and related risks concerning nature, while continuing to reduce negative impacts and increase positive impacts. The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) guides companies to understand nature-related risks and opportunities more systematically through governance, strategy, risk and impact management, and metrics and targets. GRI 101: Biodiversity 2024, which became effective in 2026, further raises expectations for corporate attention to biodiversity impacts, management approaches, and information transparency.

GlobalWafers continues to identify biodiversity-sensitive areas and assess operational risks to understand the relationship between its operations and the natural environment. The Company also promotes local conservation initiatives in response to the natural conditions and community needs of different locations. From marine waste recovery and pollinator habitat creation to urban green-space improvement, the practices undertaken by GlobalWafers’ Italian subsidiary demonstrate how biodiversity management can extend from risk identification and impact reduction to cross-sector collaboration and nature conservation.

Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to focus on nature and biodiversity by combining the local practices of its global operations, deepening risk identification, impact management, and ecological conservation, and enhancing ecosystem resilience. Through these efforts, the Company aims to create long-term sustainable value for the natural environment, local communities, and future generations.

The Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility evaluates corporate sustainability competitiveness across four dimensions: corporate governance, corporate commitment, social engagement, and environmental sustainability. In 2026, GlobalWafers achieved a score of 8.46 in environmental sustainability, demonstrating outstanding performance and reflecting the Company’s continued efforts to integrate sustainability into its operational management and long-term development strategy.

Advancing Low-Carbon Transformation Across Global Operations

As the global transition toward net zero accelerates alongside continued growth in the semiconductor industry, GlobalWafers is advancing decarbonization through energy efficiency, renewable energy, circular economy initiatives, and supply chain management. The Company officially joined the RE100 initiative in 2022 and, in 2025, accelerated its target for achieving 100% renewable electricity across global operations to 2040. In addition, the Company’s greenhouse gas reduction targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) this year, supporting its long-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions across the value chain by 2050. Through these efforts, GlobalWafers continues to extend its low-carbon transition beyond its own operations and across the broader value chain.

Talent Sustainability as a Foundation for Long-Term Competitiveness

In the CommonWealth Talent Sustainability Award assessment, GlobalWafers demonstrated strong performance in areas including workplace health, diversity, equity and inclusion, and talent investment and development. GlobalWafers believes that talent is a key driver of sustainable growth, innovation, and global expansion. Through comprehensive talent development programs, professional training, career planning, international exchanges, and industry-academia collaboration, the Company continues to cultivate globally competitive professionals. GlobalWafers also promotes a diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) workplace through employee care, health and wellness initiatives, family support, and equal development opportunities.

Creating Long-Term Sustainable Value Through Responsible Growth

Receiving both the Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility and the CommonWealth Talent Sustainability Award reflects GlobalWafers’ continued efforts to translate sustainability from a corporate commitment into an integral part of business management and day-to-day operations. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to uphold its philosophy of “Responsible Growth,” further strengthening sustainability governance, low-carbon transformation, talent development, and social engagement while working with stakeholders to build a more resilient, inclusive, and competitive sustainable future.

In 2026, GlobalWafers further expanded its corporate beekeeping program. The two sites in Italy currently host a total of 10 beehives equipped with the HiveTech digital hive monitoring system. Sensors continuously track key indicators such as temperature, humidity, hive weight, and colony activity. The data can be transmitted in real time to a digital platform for analysis, helping monitor colony health and seasonal changes while reducing the frequency of manual inspections and disturbance to the bees. This enables conservation activities to gradually move toward a more scientific and data-driven management approach.

Beyond managed honeybees, GlobalWafers’ Italian subsidiary has also extended its conservation efforts to solitary bees, bumblebees, butterflies, and other wild pollinators. A total of five insect hotels have been installed across the two sites to provide spaces for nesting, resting, and reproduction. Particularly in industrial and urban environments where natural habitats are relatively limited, these small-scale ecological facilities help increase available habitats and create a more pollinator-friendly living environment.

Environmental education materials have also been placed near the insect hotels to help employees better understand the importance of pollinators and biodiversity. In this way, habitat enhancement also serves as an opportunity to strengthen environmental awareness and participation. These initiatives support SDG 15, Life on Land, particularly its focus on ecosystem protection, habitat improvement, and halting biodiversity loss.

Since January 2026, GlobalWafers has participated in the Novara City in Green initiative promoted by the Municipality of Novara in Italy. Through more ecologically friendly green-space management practices, the initiative increases urban habitats, enhances ecosystem resilience, and strengthens the city’s ability to adapt to climate change.

GlobalWafers currently provides funding and sponsors maintenance activities to support differentiated mowing practices across three local urban green spaces. By reducing frequent mowing, native flowering plants are able to complete their growth, flowering, and seed-setting cycles while continuing to provide food sources for pollinators throughout the growing season. Nectar-rich plants have also been added to these green spaces to further enhance plant and habitat diversity.

To evaluate the effectiveness of these measures, biodiversity monitoring in the relevant areas is conducted by the University of Eastern Piedmont, with ongoing observation of pollinator populations and ecological changes. This allows urban green-space management to go beyond greening and use scientific monitoring to assess long-term ecological benefits.

Compared with conventional high-frequency green-space maintenance, this nature-based management approach not only helps increase habitat diversity, but can also reduce fuel consumption associated with mowing as well as irrigation and fertilizer use. It can also improve soil fertility, enhance carbon sequestration and the absorption of air pollutants, help mitigate the urban heat island effect, and create richer habitats for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.

These efforts also support SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities, demonstrating how biodiversity conservation can extend from corporate sites into urban environments and how ecologically informed management can better integrate nature into everyday city and community life.

Since August 2024, GlobalWafers’ Italian subsidiary has partnered with international marine conservation organization Ogyre, working with local fishing communities in Italy, Brazil, Indonesia, and Senegal to recover marine and coastal waste. The partnership not only helps reduce marine pollution and protect vulnerable habitats, but also supports sustainable livelihoods and community development through local participation, balancing environmental and social values.

Each June, initiatives such as World Oceans Day bring greater international attention to marine conservation and help raise public awareness of ocean-related issues. In June 2026, GlobalWafers participated in the Ogyre Ocean Challenge for the second consecutive year, recovering more than 400 kilograms of marine and coastal waste during the month. As of July 2026, more than 7,000 kilograms had been recovered since the partnership began, with continued progress toward the long-term goal of collecting 15 metric tons by mid-2028.

Recovered waste is sorted according to material type and recyclability. Recyclable materials such as plastics can be transformed into textiles, furniture, or industrial materials, allowing resources to re-enter the circular economy. Non-recyclable materials are properly treated and disposed of in accordance with applicable requirements. By removing marine waste and reducing the risk of microplastics entering the environment, the initiative continues to expand its marine conservation benefits.

In addition, every kilogram of recovered waste is tracked, quantified, and certified through Ogyre’s digital system, providing transparency and traceability for the program’s results. From pollution reduction and resource circularity to community participation, these efforts also support SDG 14, Life Below Water, particularly its goals of reducing marine pollution and protecting marine and coastal ecosystems.

For more information, please visit the dedicated project page: Ogyre x GlobalWafers – MEMC

Conventional oil pumps rely on oil-sealing mechanisms and require oil for operation as well as regular oil replacement, resulting in additional maintenance and waste oil disposal requirements. To further reduce energy and consumable use associated with equipment operation, GlobalWafers has introduced oil-free dry pumps to replace conventional oil-sealed systems. While meeting the operational requirements of the crystal growth process, this equipment upgrade helps reduce both energy and resource consumption.

The project has already been implemented on selected crystal growth equipment. Actual operating results demonstrate tangible benefits in energy efficiency, waste reduction, and equipment maintenance:

• Improved energy efficiency: Compared with conventional oil pumps, each crystal growth unit can reduce electricity consumption by approximately 29%, equivalent to annual savings of approximately 30,718 kWh.
• Reduced consumables and waste: The oil-free design eliminates the need for pump oil, reducing waste oil generation by approximately 0.11 metric tons per unit per year.
• Lower carbon emissions: Based on Taiwan’s electricity emission factor, each unit can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 14.3 metric tons per year.
• Optimized equipment maintenance: Eliminating the need for regular oil replacement helps simplify maintenance procedures and improve equipment management efficiency.

GlobalWafers will continue to identify opportunities for process optimization and equipment upgrades, implementing practical improvement measures to enhance energy and resource efficiency. Through these efforts, the Company remains committed to advancing green manufacturing and progressing toward its goals of low-carbon operations and sustainable development.

Deployment of High-Efficiency Variable-Speed Chillers with Next-Generation Refrigerants

The chilled water system is one of the major energy-consuming facilities within the site. To improve energy performance, the company replaced conventional fixed-speed chillers with high-efficiency variable-speed units equipped with next-generation refrigerants. In addition to enhancing operational efficiency, the project supports evolving international refrigerant management trends by phasing out equipment that utilized R-123 refrigerant. The upgrade delivers both energy-saving benefits and improved environmental performance.

Enhancing Pump Efficiency with Ceramic Composite Coating Technology

As semiconductor manufacturing facilities operate continuously around the clock, chilled water systems are subject to sustained high-load conditions. Over time, pump flow passages may experience erosion, cavitation, and corrosion, increasing surface roughness and resulting in greater friction losses and reduced operating efficiency.

To address these challenges, GlobalWafers introduced advanced ceramic composite coating technology for chilled water and cooling water pumps. By applying protective coatings and optimizing the internal flow passage surfaces, the solution reduces frictional resistance between the fluid and flow passages, thereby improving pump operating efficiency. The technology further enhances the performance of existing equipment while delivering energy-saving benefits and supporting the circular economy concept of “repair in place of replacement.”

Together, the two improvement initiatives deliver the following benefits:

• Energy savings: Approximately 954,573 kWh per year
• Cost savings: Approximately NT$3.91 million in annual electricity costs
• Carbon emissions reduction: Approximately 446 metric tons per year
• Improved equipment efficiency: Continued improvement in energy efficiency and equipment operating performance through the deployment of high-efficiency equipment and performance enhancements to existing equipment

Through equipment upgrades and technical optimization, these initiatives have improved energy efficiency and demonstrate GlobalWafers’ continued efforts to advance energy conservation, carbon reduction, and green manufacturing. Going forward, GlobalWafers will continue to pursue energy-efficiency improvements for chilled-water systems and evaluate opportunities to extend relevant technologies and improvement practices to other pump systems, further advancing green manufacturing and the transition toward low-carbon operations.

The Infineon Green Award recognizes suppliers that have demonstrated achievements in environmental commitment and sustainability practices. As the semiconductor industry places increasing emphasis on supply chain decarbonization and product carbon information disclosure, collaboration between customers and suppliers has gradually expanded beyond product quality, delivery, and technical capabilities to include energy use, carbon footprint management, and environmental information disclosure.

GlobalWafers’ receipt of the Best Improvement award recognizes the company’s continued advancement of various sustainability initiatives in recent years, including joining RE100, committing to setting science-based targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), accelerating the use of renewable energy, improving the transparency of product carbon footprint information, and achieving strong results in CDP’s Climate Change and Water Security assessments. These actions reflect GlobalWafers’ ongoing efforts to integrate sustainability goals into operational management and actively respond to customer expectations for a low-carbon supply chain and greater transparency in product carbon information.

In recent years, GlobalWafers has continued to reduce the environmental impact of its operations through the adoption of renewable energy, improvements in energy efficiency, optimization of processes and equipment, and product carbon footprint management. This award not only demonstrates customer recognition of GlobalWafers’ sustainability efforts, but also reflects the semiconductor value chain’s shared focus on climate action and supply chain decarbonization.

GlobalWafers sincerely appreciates Infineon’s recognition of the company’s sustainability progress, as well as the continued collaboration between the two companies on low-carbon supply chain initiatives. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to advance its work in energy management, product carbon footprint management, and supply chain collaboration, working together with customers and industry partners to support the low-carbon transition of the semiconductor supply chain.

The award highlights the importance of collaboration across the semiconductor value chain to accelerate decarbonization, increase product carbon footprint transparency, and support customers’ sustainability objectives.

The Temperature Rising Index for Pathways (TRIPs), jointly established by CommonWealth Magazine and Tunghai University, is a public assessment platform that evaluates Taiwanese companies’ carbon reduction progress and temperature-rise pathways. Through science-based tools, the platform helps companies evaluate the alignment between their decarbonization commitments and implementation progress. Its assessment methodology categorizes companies based on their carbon reduction targets and current performance, compares their decarbonization pathways with international climate science models, and estimates the projected global temperature increase associated with each company’s emissions pathways through the end of this century. This year’s forum brought together representatives from more than 80 companies across the technology, manufacturing, financial, and service sectors to discuss how enterprises can use science-based management to track carbon reduction progress, strengthen climate governance capabilities, and move toward net-zero emissions.

With net-zero emissions by 2050 as its long-term direction, GlobalWafers continues to strengthen climate governance and carbon reduction management, while aligning its decarbonization targets with international climate standards. In 2026, the Company’s greenhouse gas reduction targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), marking concrete progress in GlobalWafers’ science-based approach to carbon reduction management. In terms of energy transition, GlobalWafers has also brought forward its Group-wide target for 100% renewable energy use from 2050 to 2040, and has set interim milestones of 35% by 2030, 55% by 2035, and 100% by 2040.

To increase the share of renewable energy use, GlobalWafers’ global sites are gradually advancing energy transition based on local energy conditions through self-built solar power plants, power purchase agreements, and the purchase of renewable energy certificates. Among these efforts, Danish subsidiary Topsil has commissioned its self-built solar power plant and become the Group’s first semiconductor crystal growth facility powered entirely by self-generated renewable electricity, serving as an important demonstration site for the Group’s green manufacturing and renewable energy transition. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to anchor its efforts in “Responsible Growth,” deepen climate governance, improve energy efficiency, and work with customers, suppliers, and stakeholders to foster a more resilient and competitive sustainable semiconductor value chain.

Science‑Based Emission Reduction Targets: Driving Net-Zero Transformation Across the Value Chain

The Science Based Targets initiative is an internationally recognized framework for low-carbon transition, designed to assist corporations and organizations in setting GHG reduction targets in line with the latest climate science. Its standard framework ensures that corporate decarbonization targets are aligned with the decarbonization pathway of the Paris Agreement, supporting efforts to limit global warming to within 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

Regarding near-term targets, GlobalWafers commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 63% by 2035 from a 2022 base year. For Scope 3, GlobalWafers focuses on three primary emission sources: “Purchased Goods and Services” (Category 1), “Capital Goods” (Category 2), and “Fuel- and Energy-Related Activities” (Category 3). GlobalWafers commits to reducing absolute GHG emissions from these categories by 37.5% by 2035 from a 2024 base year. In terms of long-term targets, GlobalWafers commits to reducing absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 90% by 2050 from a 2022 base year. GlobalWafers also commits to reducing absolute GHG emissions across all Scope 3 categories by 90% by 2050 from a 2024 base year, and to achieve net-zero emissions across the entire value chain by 2050.

Extending decarbonization across the entire value chain requires companies to integrate their global operations and upstream and downstream supply networks, while advancing decarbonization transformation through long-term governance and systematic action. GlobalWafers will continue to follow the standards of the Science Based Targets initiative, deepen decarbonization management across the entire value chain, and collaborate with supply chain partners to advance GHG reduction action, strengthening the climate resilience and sustainable competitiveness of the overall value chain.

Driving Low-Carbon Transition: Deepening Operational Decarbonization and Value Chain Collaboration

GlobalWafers continues to advance its low-carbon transition, implementing decarbonization strategies across both operations and the value chain. In terms of internal operations, GlobalWafers promotes green manufacturing through process optimization and equipment upgrades, including replacement of high-efficiency equipment, adoption of heat pump technology, and process redesign, combined with improvements in energy efficiency, deployment of low-carbon technologies, and optimization of resource circularity, to reduce carbon emission intensity per unit of product. In parallel, GlobalWafers is expanding the use of renewable energy through multiple approaches, including the development of on-site solar power installations, the signing of long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), and the procurement of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). These efforts are steadily increasing the share of renewable energy across GlobalWafers’ global operations, supporting its commitment to achieving 100% Renewable Energy (RE100) across all global production sites by 2040. Furthermore, GlobalWafers has established an internal carbon pricing mechanism and supports natural carbon sinks and engineered carbon capture to enhance climate risk and opportunity management, strengthening overall operational resilience.

For value chain decarbonization, GlobalWafers has established a raw material supplier tiered management mechanism. This initiative encourages suppliers to conduct product carbon footprint inventories and obtain third-party verification. GlobalWafers also invites major emissions-intensive suppliers to commit to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and continuously tracks suppliers’ decarbonization pathway plans and execution progress. Meanwhile, the Company collaborates with key value chain partners to deepen decarbonization engagement and gradually expand the impact of its GHG reduction efforts   across the entire semiconductor value chain.

Doris Hsu, Chairperson of GlobalWafers, stated: “GlobalWafers’ GHG reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative, confirming that the Group’s decarbonization pathway is aligned with internationally recognized climate science standards. In response to the global trend toward net-zero transition, We will continue to deepen green manufacturing and strengthen value chain collaboration, steadily advancing toward its GHG reduction targets. GlobalWafers regards sustainable development as a key foundation of long-term competitiveness, striving to create long-term, resilient, and sustainable value for the environment, society, and stakeholders.”

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The CDP Supplier Engagement Assessment (SEA) evaluates how companies extend climate action beyond their own operations into the value chain through governance frameworks, supplier collaboration, greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, and target setting. It serves as a key indicator of a company’s maturity in value chain climate governance.

To advance value chain decarbonization, GlobalWafers has implemented a tiered management mechanism for raw material suppliers, encouraging them to conduct product carbon footprint assessments and obtain third-party verification. Currently, 80% of its key raw material suppliers have met the Company’s decarbonization requirements, including committing to set Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) near-term targets by 2026 and completing product carbon footprint assessments for major products by 2025. In parallel, GlobalWafers collaborates with high-emission suppliers to participate in the SBTi, while continuously tracking the implementation of their decarbonization commitments and transition progress. GlobalWafers also works closely with key value chain partners to deepen low-carbon collaboration and technical exchange, progressively expanding climate action across the broader semiconductor supply chain.

Guided by its philosophy of “Responsible Growth,” GlobalWafers continues to optimize its low-carbon operations while actively partnering with suppliers and customers to advance climate action and build a more resilient and sustainable value chain. The Company is also strengthening its sustainability governance and environmental management across multiple dimensions—from organizational governance frameworks and decarbonization pathway planning to water resource management—thereby enhancing its overall climate action capabilities and laying a solid foundation for long-term sustainable development.