Hon Hai is the sole company in Taiwan’s manufacturing industry to be awarded the accolades for their ESG initiatives

Hon Hai Technology Group (TWES:2317)(Foxconn), the world's largest technology manufacturer and service provider, has been again honored for the dedication towards building sustainable operations. Hon Hai won three gold awards at the Taiwan Sustainability Action Award (TSAA) and was also given high recognition for how the company implemented the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into our ESG initiatives, while also integrating with the international community, and establishing a replicable successful business model.

Taiwan Academy of Corporate Sustainability (TACS) established the Taiwan Sustainability Action Award (TSAA) to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions achieved in the implementation of the SDGs in the past year and announced the award list on 13 October. As part of the submission, Hon Hai shared the work of three projects—"Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Emissions", "Technology Education", and "Global Lighthouse". Each of these projects was awarded the gold award, affirmation of the company’s ESG efforts.

In November 2020, Hon Hai announced their plans of achieving "Climate Action 100+ Net Zero Emissions" with the objective of fulfilling the goals of SDG7 Affordable and Clean Energy, and SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production. According to the "Paris Agreement", Hon Hai set the goal of achieving the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In 2020, the total clean energy consumption has reached 1,048.56 million kWh, which is the equivalent of 62 times of Taipei 101’s annual electricity consumption. The CO2 emission per revenue has dropped by 4.44%, the actual energy saving rate was 5.18%, and the benefit of energy saving was nearly NT$1.339 billion. In addition, Hon Hai also announced and introduced the UL2799 zero waste landfill standard and Turbo Waste management system, and set corresponding "zero waste goals" for different manufacturing processes in January 2021.

In response to the goals, SDG1 No Poverty and SDG4 Quality Education, Hon Hai and Foxconn Education Foundation have published Taiwan’s first high school textbook for AI, " Introduction to Artificial Intelligence", with their next project set for Taiwan’s first high school textbook on quantum. In parallel, Hon Hai organized high school student teacher training camps, student camps, quantum hackathons, AIGO series, and other activities in the AI and quantum technology areas, in partnership with the Taipei City Government and the Institute for Information Industry. To further build the technological competitiveness of Taiwan, Hon Hai endeavors to continue their efforts in the education of the next generation of talents in the science and technology field. With a forward-looking vision for on global technological development, Hon Hai  will continue to spearhead efforts in supporting Taiwan’s bid to become known for their advanced technologies across the world.  

As the leader of the global electronics manufacturing industry, Hon Hai’s territory spans 24 countries and regions with 137 factories all over the world. To establish a smart manufacturing model for the global manufacturing industry, Hon Hai has continued to improve the operations and manufacturing fields, with the digital transformation of “Foxconn 2.0”. While Hon Hai Te strives towards the goal of “Foxconn 2.0”, the company will continue to focus on “Intelligence” as the core, through Integration Innovation Design Manufacture (IIDM) services, dedicated to creating smart manufacturing and supply chain with integrated software and hardware options, which fulfils the goals of SDG9 Industry, Innovative and Infrastructure, and SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production.

As the company made efforts towards digital transformation for smart manufacturing, its Shenzhen campus was first awarded the accolade of being a Lighthouse Factory by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2019, followed by the Chengdu campus in 2021. The accolade is awarded to manufacturing leaders who have been successful in applying Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to achieve profitable growth without increasing their environmental footprint. Confronted with fast-growing demand and labour skill scarcity, Foxconn Chengdu adopted mixed reality, artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) technologies to increase labour efficiency by 200% and improve overall equipment effectiveness by 17%.  

In September 2021, Zhengzhou and Wuhan were also awarded the accolade— Hon Hai now has 4 WEF lighthouse factory certifications.

As the sole company in Taiwan’s manufacturing industry to win three gold awards in the first Taiwan Sustainability Action Award (TSAA), Hon Hai’s sustainable actions have been recognized in the three fields of ESG. The company will continue to strive towards the principle of, "SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT = EPS + ESG" by focusing on ESG initiatives while building a sustainable corporate environment.

圖說：鴻海拿下三項金獎 永續行動深獲TSAA肯定 董事長特助暨發言人巫俊毅代表領獎。