The Medal of Economic Contribution is a professional medal presented by Taiwan’s MOEA to recognize individuals who have made exceptional contributions to economic affairs, including enhancing international economic and trade standing, promoting investment and industrial upgrading, and advancing technology and business management. Doris’ receipt of the medal not only recognizes her achievements over the years in advancing corporate transformation, technology development, and global expansion, but also demonstrates how Taiwanese enterprises, backed by their long-accumulated strengths in technology, manufacturing, and management, continue to exert influence on global industrial development.

Under Doris’ leadership, SAS has continued to expand its business portfolio in response to industry trends, cultivating new businesses over the years through strategic investments, resource integration, and technology development. The company has gradually evolved into a diversified industrial group spanning renewable energy, semiconductors, automotive components, and other sectors, while continuing to contribute to the energy transition and industrial upgrading.

Starting from Taiwan, GlobalWafers has long invested in semiconductor materials technology R&D and global expansion, gradually establishing a manufacturing network spanning Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Today, GlobalWafers operates 18 sites across nine countries, serving major customers worldwide while continuing to advance new capacity in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Through these efforts, the company is deepening connections between Taiwan and the international semiconductor industry and contributing to the development of critical technologies and the resilience of the global supply chain.

Doris noted that this honor belongs to the teams at SAS and GlobalWafers who have worked alongside her throughout the journey, as well as to the customers, partners, and Taiwan’s semiconductor industry that have supported the companies over the years. Looking ahead, SAS and GlobalWafers will remain rooted in Taiwan while strengthening their connections with the world, further advancing technology and talent development, and working with industry partners to promote industrial upgrading and the energy transition.

The FTSE4Good Index Series, developed by FTSE Russell, is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong ESG practices. The indices are widely used by market participants to create and assess responsible investment funds and other financial products. Companies selected for inclusion must pass rigorous screening across a range of critical ESG themes, including corporate governance, anti-corruption, climate change, labor standards, and supply chain management.

Since 2022, GlobalWafers has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series for five consecutive years (2022–2026). In 2026, GlobalWafers received an overall FTSE Russell ESG score of 4.1 out of a maximum score of 5, outperforming the semiconductor industry average of 3.3 and the global technology industry average of 2.9. Across individual ESG themes, GlobalWafers achieved full scores of 5 in both corporate governance and anti-corruption, as well as scores of 4 in water security, environmental supply chain, labor standards, and social supply chain. These results reflect the company’s continued efforts to strengthen its governance framework, uphold business integrity, protect labor rights, and promote responsible supply chain management.

GlobalWafers’ continued inclusion once again recognizes its long-term efforts in advancing sustainable development. Looking ahead, the company will continue to strengthen sustainability governance and information disclosure, deepen its climate action, employee care, and supply chain management, and actively advance sustainability practices to create long-term value for all stakeholders.

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.

During the visit, the Italian team hosted the delegation with a company presentation and a guided tour of FAB300, introducing GlobalWafers’ global operations, product and technology development, as well as the Italian site’s investment and progress in 12-inch wafer manufacturing. Through this exchange, the delegation gained a deeper understanding of GlobalWafers’ role in the European semiconductor supply chain and witnessed the concrete results of a Taiwanese company’s long-term presence in the international market and commitment to local collaboration.

MEMC Electronic Materials S.p.A. has been deeply rooted in Novara for many years and serves as an important manufacturing and technology hub for the Group in Europe. The Novara site has a solid foundation in wafer manufacturing and strong engineering capabilities. It has long served European semiconductor customers while maintaining close collaboration with local industries, academic and research institutions, and supply chain partners. With the development and advancement of FAB300, the Italian site continues to strengthen GlobalWafers’ advanced manufacturing footprint in Europe, serving as an important hub in supporting European customers and supply chain resilience.

During the visit, Minister Lin expressed his appreciation for GlobalWafers’ operational achievements and investment in Italy, and gave positive recognition to the Company’s role in promoting technological, industrial, and talent exchanges between Taiwan and Italy. Both sides also discussed student exchanges between Taiwan and Italy, as well as talent development in STEM fields, with the aim of promoting more cross-border exchanges and talent development through stronger links between education and industry.

The visit highlighted the important role of GlobalWafers’ Italian operations in the European semiconductor supply chain, while also reflecting the Group’s development model of combining global operations with local collaboration. GlobalWafers will continue to strengthen the manufacturing capabilities, technical support, and customer service of its regional sites, further deepening its global operational footprint.

Jointly conducted by the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the Taipei Exchange, the 2025 evaluation covered 1,810 listed and TPEx-listed companies, with only 40 TPEx-listed companies ranked in the top 5%. GlobalWafers’ continued position among the top-tier performers reflects its performance in board operations, information disclosure, shareholder rights protection, and sustainable governance.

Guided by its philosophy of “Responsible Growth,” GlobalWafers continues to enhance its governance framework, improve operational transparency, and integrate sustainability into daily management and stakeholder communication. Notable achievements include:

• Continued improvement in global sustainability ratings: GlobalWafers continues to advance climate action, water resource management, and supply chain sustainability management. In 2025, the company received an “A” Leadership Level rating in CDP’s Water Security assessment and was recognized as a Supplier Engagement Leader, the highest rating of “A” in CDP’s Supplier Engagement Assessment, for two consecutive years in 2024 and 2025..
• Recognition for employee care and inclusion: GlobalWafers values employee care and workplace equality, and addresses employee needs through a variety of initiatives. In addition to receiving the “Excellence Award for Promoting Workplace Equality” from the Hsinchu Science Park Bureau for three consecutive years, the company has also promoted job redesign initiatives and received the Ministry of Labor’s “Outstanding Employment Award for Senior Workforce” for two consecutive years.
• Excellence in board diversity and independence: Among the eight board members, three are female directors, accounting for 37.5% of total seats, and four are independent directors, representing 50%, contributing to enhanced board decision-making quality and oversight effectiveness.
• Strong intellectual property management and protection of R&D achievements: GlobalWafers has consistently obtained AA-level certification under the Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS) for six consecutive times and was honored with the Hsinchu Science Park Bureau’s “2025 Science Park R&D Accomplishment Award,” making it the only company to receive this award in 2025.

In addition, GlobalWafers’ parent company, Sino-American Silicon Products Inc. (SAS), and affiliated companies Actron Technology Corporation (Actron) and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC) were also ranked among the top 5% of TPEx-listed companies in this year’s evaluation. Taiwan Speciality Chemicals Corporation (TSC) participated in the evaluation for the first time and was ranked within the 6% to 20% tier, highlighting the Group’s outstanding overall governance performance. GlobalWafers remains committed to integrity-driven governance and sound operations. The company will continue to advance its corporate governance and sustainable development practices, creating long-term value for shareholders, customers, employees, and society.

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.

In the 2025 assessment, GlobalWafers advanced from an A- in 2024 to an A Leadership rating in “Water Security.” The Company also maintained a B Management rating in “Climate Change,” reflecting its continued efforts to strengthen environmental governance and steadily advance climate action.

In terms of water security, GlobalWafers achieved A-level recognition across 7 of the 11 assessment categories, including business strategy, opportunity disclosure, targets, risk disclosure, environmental policies, dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities process, and governance, highlighting the Company’s strong emphasis on and long-term commitment to water resource management. GlobalWafers regards water resource management as a critical foundation for operational resilience and supply chain stability. The Company continues to invest in improving process water efficiency, expanding wastewater recycling and reuse systems, and strengthening water risk identification and management mechanisms to reduce environmental impact. These efforts have delivered tangible results: in 2024, total water withdrawal decreased by 575.9 million liters compared with 2023, and the water recycling rate at the Company’s Taiwan sites reached nearly 60%, demonstrating ongoing improvements in water management performance.

With respect to climate action, GlobalWafers follows the SBTi and has formally committed to setting science-based greenhouse gas reduction targets, with a long-term target to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire value chain by 2050. Since joining the RE100 initiative in 2022, the Company has continued to accelerate renewable energy adoption by improving energy efficiency, advancing low-carbon processes and equipment optimization, and implementing a diversified strategy that includes Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), and self-developed renewable energy facilities. In June 2025, GlobalWafers further announced that it would accelerate the timeline for achieving 100% renewable energy usage across all subsidiaries under the RE100 initiative, advancing the original target from 2050 to 2040. This move underscores the Company’s proactive ambition to respond to the development of a sustainable semiconductor value chain.

Guided by its philosophy of “Responsible Growth,” GlobalWafers continues to advance environmental initiatives and accelerate the Group’s green transformation through cross-site knowledge sharing and best-practice exchange. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will further strengthen the execution of relevant strategies and measures, working together with value chain partners to move toward a more resilient and sustainable future.

Amid the rapid evolution of the semiconductor industry and the growing challenge of an aging workforce, GlobalWafers remains firmly committed to its core values of being people oriented, acting with integrity, demonstrating passion, striving for excellence, and pursuing innovation. The Company regards its employees as the cornerstone of long term development and continues to strengthen workplace safety, health, and career development through institutionalized management and the integration of advanced technologies. These efforts reflect GlobalWafers’ long standing commitment to the Social dimension of ESG. This sustained and systematic approach has translated into tangible outcomes. Chung-Jung Huang, Vice President of Manufacturing at GlobalWafers’ Taisil branch, was honored by Taiwan’s Ministry of Labor with the Friendly Employment Excellence Award for Outstanding Promotion. The recognition acknowledges his long term dedication and concrete achievements in advancing age friendly employment, enhancing workplace safety, and implementing ergonomic improvements across manufacturing operations.

Under this vision, the manufacturing team led by Vice President Chung-Jung Huang has consistently focused on workplace safety, human factors engineering, and the promotion of employment opportunities for middle aged and senior employees. Over recent years, the team has accumulated a series of notable accomplishments. In 2023, the team received the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Ergonomic Hazard Prevention Best Practice Award, recognizing its success in reducing musculoskeletal injury risks among frontline workers, improving high risk operational processes, and systematically integrating ergonomic principles into daily operations. In 2024, the team was further recognized by the Workforce Development Agency with the Golden Employment Award for Job Redesign, honoring its efforts to support stable employment and continued career development for senior employees through thoughtful job redesign. In 2025, the Friendly Employment Excellence Award for Outstanding Promotion further highlighted the team’s long term impact and leadership in fostering a friendly and inclusive workplace.

In practical implementation, GlobalWafers established structured mechanisms for continuous improvement and job redesign, encouraging frontline employees to actively participate in process optimization, safety enhancement, and work design adjustments. This approach effectively transforms hands on operational experience into institutionalized and replicable improvement outcomes. At the operational level, Poka Yoke mistake proofing concepts were introduced from the source, supported by visualized workflows, task decomposition, and the deployment of assistive devices, adjustable fixtures, and appropriate protective equipment. These measures significantly reduce physical workload and human error risks for middle aged and senior employees, while enhancing overall operational safety and product quality stability.

In addition, GlobalWafers combined technological integration with industry academia collaboration to further optimize workplace design. By introducing AI based image recognition systems, automated warehousing solutions, and AGV autonomous vehicles, manual handling and transportation burdens were reduced. GlobalWafers also collaborated with National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University to evaluate shift arrangements, sleep quality, and work adaptability from an occupational health perspective, using these insights to continuously refine work design and management practices. In terms of occupational health management, proactive source reduction and substitution measures for chemical usage were implemented. IPA was replaced with alcohol in 5S cleaning processes, effectively reducing long term chemical exposure risks and demonstrating the Company’s strong commitment to employee health and safety.

These comprehensive initiatives have delivered measurable results. Over the past six years, the proportion of middle aged and senior employees has steadily increased. This clearly demonstrates that friendly employment practices and health oriented job design effectively enhance employee retention and organizational stability, laying a solid talent foundation for long term corporate sustainability. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to deepen its friendly workplace initiatives, fostering a safe, respectful, and supportive working environment, and working together with employees to advance sustainable development that benefits the Company, society, and its people.

GlobalWafers continues to invest in the development of materials and process technologies related to third-generation semiconductors, strengthening the process capabilities and supply stability of its SiC and GaN products to meet the growing demand for advanced materials in high-power and high-efficiency applications. Through the in-house development and continuous optimization of critical process technologies, the company has enhanced the process maturity and mass production capability of its SiC products, while gradually expanding its product portfolio in line with market demand. In the GaN segment, GlobalWafers has established product lines with scalable supply capability and continues to work closely with customers to advance product qualification and adoption. These products have received positive market feedback for their performance and quality. Overall, through steady R&D investment and process optimization, GlobalWafers continues to strengthen its key role in the global semiconductor supply chain and supports the ongoing advancement of the industry.

In recent years, GlobalWafers has continued to build a solid portfolio of research and development achievements at its Hsinchu and Zhunan sites, securing multiple patent positions in key process and materials technologies. With a strong focus on third-generation semiconductor–related technologies, this patent portfolio has helped establish a comprehensive and robust technological barrier. GlobalWafers has implemented the Taiwan Intellectual Property Management System (TIPS) for 13 consecutive years and has passed AA-level certification five times. The TIPS framework enhances systematic management of intellectual property acquisition, protection, and utilization, while enabling effective translation of R&D outcomes into patent portfolios or trade secret protection, thereby strengthening corporate competitiveness. The adoption and continuous optimization of the TIPS system played a critical role in demonstrating the company’s R&D capabilities and contributed positively to external recognition through this R&D Accomplishment Award.

GlobalWafers places strong emphasis on the cultivation and development of R&D talent. Internally, the company continues to expand its R&D teams at key research sites and actively recruits senior professionals to deepen its expertise in advanced materials and process technologies. Externally, GlobalWafers actively participates in various government-sponsored programs and industry–academia collaborations, promoting supply chain development and talent pipeline integration, and demonstrating tangible results in bridging academia and industry and fostering semiconductor talent.

Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to place R&D at the center of its strategy, focusing on the advancement of high-performance and energy-efficient process technologies to support a wide range of applications, including electric vehicles, 5G, and AI. Through ongoing patent deployment and industry–academia collaboration, the company will further strengthen its technology accumulation and innovation momentum. By leveraging its R&D capabilities, GlobalWafers will continue to steadily advance the development of advanced materials and process technologies, helping customers enhance product performance and supply stability, while serving as a key and reliable partner in the global semiconductor value chain.

Significant Breakthrough in 150 mm Gallium Arsenide Ingot Productivity Wins Gold Tower Award

The “United Crystal Forging Team” launched a productivity breakthrough and cost optimization project targeting one of the company’s major product lines in response to sustained growth in global demand for power semiconductor applications. By integrating years of accumulated crystal growth expertise with process simulation, mechanical design experience, and flexible application of QC tools, the team conducted repeated verification and fine-tuning of critical process parameters. As a result, unit productivity of 6-inch gallium arsenide ingots was successfully enhanced, effectively overcoming existing capacity constraints. This achievement not only improved production efficiency but also further strengthened the GlobalWafers’ overall competitiveness in responding to market demand.

Optimization of Epitaxial Silicon Wafer Flatness Earns Bronze Tower Award

The “Crystal Flatness Excellence Team” from GlobalWafers Taisil Branch focused on enhancing the flatness of epitaxial silicon wafers. Through Pareto analysis, the team identified key factors affecting flatness and established clear improvement targets. Improvement measures were then implemented systematically and standardized to ensure consistent execution. Following the completion of the improvement initiatives, all three key flatness metrics achieved a high level of target attainment. The successful outcomes were subsequently extended to other product lines, delivering substantial revenue benefits while further stabilizing product quality and process performance.

Guided by the Industrial Development Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and organized by the Corporate Synergy Development Center, the Taiwan Continuous Improvement Award was established in 1988 and has grown over nearly four decades into Taiwan’s most prestigious cross-industry improvement platform. This year’s competition attracted 137 companies and institutions with 253 teams, generating improvement benefits exceeding NT$19 billion. GlobalWafers’ continued recognition in the competition reflects not only sustained advancements in process optimization and quality enhancement, but also the long-term dedication and collaborative efforts of our employees. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to deepen its technological capabilities, strengthen quality management, and cultivate talent, creating lasting value for the global semiconductor industry.

GlobalWafers recently participated in United Microelectronics Corporation’s (UMC) 2025 UMC Low-Carbon Supplier Awards Ceremony and Sustainability Sharing Forum and stood out among 16 suppliers recognized for outstanding carbon reduction performance, receiving the higher honor of the event, the Carbon Reduction Pioneer Award. Following last year’s recognition with the Carbon Reduction Leadership Award, GlobalWafers advanced to a higher level of distinction this year. The award reflects the Company’s long-term commitment and tangible results in energy efficiency, carbon reduction, green manufacturing, and information transparency, as well as strong recognition from its customer. At the ceremony, GlobalWafers was also invited to share its practical achievements in energy conservation and carbon reduction, quoting a line from Tao Yuanming’s poetry, “叩門拙言辭,” to illustrate that the path toward carbon reduction may not rely on eloquent rhetoric, but instead requires steady and sincere actions at every step. This philosophy echoes GlobalWafers’ pragmatic approach to advancing its net-zero transition.

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GlobalWafers continues to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy across its global operations, bringing forward its RE100 target to 2040 and formally committing to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Beyond setting more ambitious carbon reduction targets, the Company has strengthened its decarbonization efforts through equipment upgrades, process optimization, renewable energy deployment, and supply chain engagement. As of the third quarter of 2025, renewable energy accounted for 7.48% of total electricity consumption across GlobalWafers’ operating sites, sourced through self-generation, unbundled renewable energy certificates, and renewable energy contracts. In parallel, GlobalWafers steadily advances circular economy practices, enhances information transparency, and actively responds to stakeholder concerns, further reinforcing the forward-looking and resilient nature of its sustainability strategy.

From last year’s Carbon Reduction Leadership Award to this year’s Carbon Reduction Pioneer Award, the continued recognition underscores customer confidence in GlobalWafers’ carbon reduction achievements and symbolizes the Company’s consistent and steadfast progress on the path toward net zero. Looking ahead, GlobalWafers will continue to move forward with a pragmatic and disciplined approach, further strengthening energy efficiency, increasing the share of renewable energy, and working closely with supply chain partners to jointly build a more resilient and sustainable semiconductor ecosystem.