Our 2025 Sustainability Goal

2025 Sustainability Goal

The 2025 goals extended our commitment to the environment and society. With our core competencies and professional skills, ASUS brings about proactive and positive changes to humans and the environment, thereby enhancing ASUS' green competitiveness, creating shared value with the society, and making substantive contributions to SDGs.

Climate Action

Net-Zero

Goals	Actions/Achievements in 2021
Reduce 50% of carbon emissions from ASUS global operations centers by 2030	Completed greenhouse gas inventory for global operations and third-party certification. Carbon emissions from operational electricity consumption dropped by 15.8% YoY in 2021. Monitored changes in renewable energy legislation and analyze renewable energy market trends and capacit Analyzed medium to long-term demand of renewable energy
Use 100% renewable energy in Taiwan-based operations centers by 2030
Use 100% renewable energy in global operations centers by 2035
Ensure that each year’s key products demonstrate energyefficiency that’s 30% above the Energy Star standard	Established the product energy management platform Business and home laptops launched in 2021 exceed Energy Star standard by 37.6%
Ensure that key suppliers achieve a 30% reduction in carbon intensity by 2025 seminar and carbon reduction forum	Completed the greenhouse gas inventory Established greenhouse gas inventory guidelines, online courses, and online technical consultation groups Identified emission hot spots in 9 production processes

Circular Economy

Circular

Goals	Actions/Achievements in 2021
Promote sustainable procurement and increase the use of environmentally friendly materials in products and packaging by 100%	Increased the use of post-consumer recycled resin (PCR) in products and used 100% recycled pulp or FSC-certified paper for paper packaging The use of environmentally friendly materials increased by 21% compared to 2020
Boost green competitiveness and increase the proportion of Eco Labels in revenue by more than 50%	Launched the "Green Product Project" and set short, medium, and long-term targets for specific products The proportion of Eco Labels increased by 65.1% in revenue compared to 2020
Enhance safety in the R&D system and attain 100% coverage of international information security standards by 2025	Information-security standards must be implemented during inventory-taking, in order to evaluate information-security management and implementation procedures.

Responsible Manufacturing

Responsible

Goals	Actions/Achievements in 2021
Achieve labor and human rights goals by completing 100% of RBA third-party audits of key suppliers and ensure that any necessary corrective actions are taken	100% key suppliers completed the RBA third-party audits and improvements for deficiencies Updated the ASUS Supplier Code of Conduct and included human rights indicators
Use responsible mineral by sourcing 100% tantalum, tin, tungsten, gold, and cobalt from qualified smelters	Maintained 100% of tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold sourced from qualified smelters Increased the ratio of cobalt sourced from qualified smelters to 41% Identified key suppliers of cobalt and requested annual conversion plan to qualified smelters
Strengthen information security across the supply chain by ensuring that key suppliers demonstrate 100% compliance with information security regulations	Incorporated supplier information security management system (ISO 27001) and added information security provisions to the contract Invited key suppliers to the ASUS Information Security Month meeting to share their information security practices.

Value Creation

Shared

Goals	Actions/Achievements in 2021
Intensify digital transformation and innovation efforts with the goal of a 100% increase in sustainable value creation	Worked with important business partners in strategic cooperation and commenced discussions on sustainable digital transformation and innovative circular development projects
Strengthen industry/academia cooperative projects to cultivate more than 1,000 talents	Immersive workplace learning of over 3 months had trained a total of 116 talents Organized in-person/online seminars, corporate mentors, resume support, and career talks for 1,350 young participants