Materiality Analysis

Materiality Analysis

Materiality Analysis

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The Assesment Process

Identification

Sources of sustainability topics：

sustainability standards and specification(GRI, RBA, TCFD, CDP, etc.) UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), responsible investment, industry trends and stakeholder engagements.

Extracted 16 topics to investigate the level of impact.

Impact Evaluation

Stakeholder Questionnaires and Interviews ：

  • 48 sets of crucial stakeholder questionnaires
  • 11 sessions of interviews with stakeholders

Evaluate level of impact of 16 topics

Validation of Materiality

Aligning assessments by sustainability team with external stakeholder perspectives.

Validation of 6 highly material topics

Regular Reviews

Establish management policies and objectives for highly material topics, and review on a quarterly basis.

Conduct materiality identification process every 2 years to check the degree of impact of the topic

Stakeholders Engagement

ASUS identified stakeholders with major influences on ASUS, including seven stakeholder categories of employees, customers, supply chain, and business partners, investors, governments and NGOs, academic units and society (i.e., community and media). Through diverse channels, we carry out exchanges and engagements regularly and from time to time to understand stakeholders' expectations, and, at the same time, the information sources are used for evaluations of sustainability topics and impacts:

Importance to ASUS

ASUS considers employees as the most important stakeholders. ASUS cultivates employees' professional skills and provides sound occupational environments for employees based on its business philosophy and becomes an employer favored by employees.

Engagement Method

  • CEO On-Live
  • Information portal website , website/ 　system announcement, meetings

Engagement Frequency

  • Quarterly
  • From Time to Time

mportance to ASUS

ASUS aims to become the world’s most admired and innovative leading technology enterprise in the new digital era, ASUS observes the customer-oriented principles, sparing no effort in providing unparalleled digital life experiences for customers.

Engagement Method

  • Information technology exhibition
  • Product launch, website and email, customer satisfaction survey

Engagement Frequency

  • Yearly
  • From Time to Time

Importance to ASUS

Business partners and ASUS has built a value chain of mutual benefits; by improving the cooperation relationships with a balanced ESG, we jointly create new business models and enhance our sustainable competitiveness.

Engagement Method

  • Supplier conference
  • Business review
  • Audits on suppliers, on-site consultation and audits, various information sessions, website

Engagement Frequency

  • Yearly
  • Quarterly
  • From Time to Time

Importance to ASUS

ASUS focuses on its golden triangle strategy of "design thinking," "net recommendation value," and "market position" to create stable profits and return on equity and exert its achievements in sustainable governance.

Engagement Method

  • Shareholders' meeting, annual report, sustainability report
  • Investors' conference, financial statement
  • Markets Observation post system(MOPS)

Engagement Frequency

  • Yearly
  • Quarterly
  • From Time to Time

Importance to ASUS

ASUS complies with laws and regulations, follows governmental policies, and responds to NGOs‘ high-standard expectations to exert exemplary and guiding characteristics as a leading brand.

Engagement Method

  • Official correspondence/ Information sessions, forums, seminars, and other meetings

Engagement Frequency

  • From Time to Time

Importance to ASUS

Through industrial-academic cooperation, we cultivate and explore professional talents for the future. Meanwhile, we have built communication channels to introduce new ideas and conduct cooperation to develop innovative technologies.

Engagement Method

  • Official correspondence/ Information sessions, forums, seminars, and other meetings

Engagement Frequency

  • From Time to Time

Importance to ASUS

ASUS contributes to the society with core business to solve environmental and social problems, and generate positive influences.

Engagement Method

  • ASUS contributes to the society with core business to solve environmental and social problems, and generate positive influences.

Engagement Frequency

  • From Time to Time

Materiality Metric

Contributions to SDGs

Material Issues Impact Hotspots and Descriptions for the Value Chain Actions SDGs
Upstream Corporate Operation Downstream
Raw Material DescriptioProcurement/Product Manufacturing Downstream Recycling
Circular Economy
  • Chemical Substance Management
  • Using environmentally friendly materials
  • Global Take Back Service
  • Introducing international information security standards into operation centers
Climate Action  
  • Supplier Carbon Reduction Project
  • Introducing renewable energy
  • Improving product energy efficiency
Responsible Manufacturing    
  • Information security clauses added to supplier contracts
  • Supplier environmental investigation and management
  • Conflict minerals come from qualified smelters
  • Supply chain RBA audit and deficiencies improvement
Innovative Products and Services
  • Developing the field of AIOT intelligent networking
  • Carrying out sustainable digital transformation and innovative circular development projects
Talent Cultivation    
  • ndustry-university cooperation in colleges and universities
  • Employer Brand Campus Program
Social Contribution by The Technology Industry  
  • Digital Inclusion Projects
  • Feedbacks from overseas operation centers
  • Charity donations and sponsorships