Environmental policies and outcomes

Environmental policies and outcomes

◆Environmental policies

Follows the pace of environmental awareness, environmental protection, energy conservation and carbon reduction have become the consensus of the industry and are also basic elements for enterprises to pursue sustainable development. Avertronics has obtained ISO 14001 environmental management system certification, and has also setup environmental policies and implemented them to achieve the goals of saving energy, preventing and reducing environmental pollution, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

◆Greenhouse Gas Verification

The "Greenhouse Gas Inventory Implementation Committee" was established to implement various tasks of greenhouse gas verification and reduction, with a view to reducing direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions year by year. and develop greenhouse gas reduction strategies.

Avertronics’ greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory is primarily focused on Our headquarters as the reporting entity, with organizational boundaries defined by operational control. Starting in 2026, Avertronics will extend guidance to our subsidiaries to support the implementation of ISO 14064-1 standards and the establishment of internal GHG inventories. The ESG Task Force provides quarterly progress reports to the Board of Directors regarding these initiatives.

Regarding Our headquarters' performance, the 2022 inventory was conducted internally. In 2023, Avertronics completed the inventory for the prior year’s data and obtained a third-party assurance statement from BSI. Internal inventories for 2024 and 2025 have been finalized but have not yet undergone external verification. The inventory results are presented in the table below.

Taichung Plant: Using 2021 as the base year, we aim for a 1% annual reduction in carbon equivalents, reaching a 5% total reduction by 2030. Other Subsidiaries & Taichung second Plant: Using 2025 as the base year, we target a 5% reduction by 2030.

14064-1 Statement

Water Resource and Waste Management

◆Water Resources Management

We continue to promote the concept of "water saving" to our employees to achieve the purpose of saving water. The statistics of water resources management in the past two years are as follows:

◆Waste Managemet

Avertronics committed to environmental protection. Industrial waste generated during the manufacturing process is collected, classified and temporarily stored in a waste storage area, afterwards cleanup by the Environmental Protection Agency for processing. Waste in the factory is stored and cleaned regularly comply with storage regulations.