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Employee Health and Safety (H&S):
HTC updates its workplace safety and accident prevention plan on an annual basis to reflect current H&S management
conditions. This plan represents HTC's primary line of defense against accidents in the workplace. Main thrusts of HTC's H&S
measures include ensuring adherence to all mandated H&S regulations, reducing risk through hazard recognition, and effective
management of dangerous / hazardous materials. HTC is certified under OHSAS18001:2007. New employees receive health and
safety education training to ensure familiarity with safety rules related to HTC's work environment and production processes.
HTC also holds regular fire safety drills to familiarize all employees with the use of fire prevention and suppression facilities.
In the realm of health, HTC focuses efforts on the four facets of employee healthcare, health enhancement, health
management and employee assistance programs. HTC plans to offer all employees a high quality menu of health service items
including regular health checkups, health-enhancement programs / activities, health-related seminars, group management
for specific health problems, and psychological counseling. HTC also recognizes the importance to employee wellbeing of
rest and relaxation outside of office hours.
The HTC health and safety management handbook and manual of H&S regulations are available on the company intranet for
ready reference and review by all employees.
4. Green Product Research and Development
Environmental "green" design procedures have been enforced at HTC since 2000. These procedures address the complete
product lifecycle - from design and production through consumer use and end-of-life disposal. HTC seeks to identify and
exploit opportunities to both minimize the negative environmental impacts and maximize the positive environmental effects
of each of its products. Use of lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, mercury and other hazardous materials is minimized
or eliminated. Designers also work to increase the recoverability of materials at end-of-life and the utilization of recycled
materials in products in order to reduce overall environmental impact. HTC develops its green products within the framework
of minimal use of toxic materials, frugal use of input resources and maximum materials recyclability. As such, our products
meet strict environmental regulations enforced in our markets and satisfy customer expectations and needs. All these
enhance HTC's "green competitiveness" and helping realize long-term sustainability for our operations and business.
(3) Labor Relations Management
HTC offers employees opportunities to extend and deepen professional skills and knowledge; sharpen proactive and positive
attitudes toward professional responsibilities; internalize serious and responsible work values; adopt honest and forthright work
habits and pursue excellence in all tasks and responsibilities in order to create an exceptional work environment. We provide our
employees with engaging challenges as well as skills / knowledge of value to their career growth. We firmly believe that a positive,
energetic work environment fosters professional enthusiasm and innovation.
1. Talent Acquisition
Hiring and retaining exceptional employees is a key objective of HTC's human resources strategy. We are an equal
opportunity employer and recognize the practical benefits that employee diversity brings to HTC corporate culture and to the
reinforcement and extension of innovation. HTC hires all new employees through open selection procedures, with candidates
offered positions based on merit. We permit no discrimination based on ethnicity, skin color, social status, language, religion,
political affiliation, country / region of origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, appearance, disability, professional
association membership or other similar considerations not relevant to job performance. HTC works through cooperative
programs with universities, internship programs and summer work programs to provide work opportunities to a large number
of students each year. We participate actively in job fairs and recruitment events in Taiwan and abroad as part of our ongoing
and organized effort to tap the best talent available.
(4) Major planned environmental expenditures over the next 2 years include:
Unit: NT$ thousands
Fiscal Year
Item 2012 2013 2014
Anticipated Equipment
Purchases /
Expenditures
1. Energy efficient lighting system
2. Water conservation facilities
3. Energy efficient aircon equipment
4. Inverters for motors and pumps
5. Inverters for elevators and air
compressors in new building
6. Environmentally friendly materials for
new building
7. System to supply recycled wastewater
as landscaping water
8. Sewage remediation work (in stream
adjacent to campus east gate)
9. Headquarter campus greenification
1. Energy efficient lighting system
2. Water conservation facilities
3. Energy efficient aircon equipment
4. Inverters for elevators & air
compressors
5. System to supply recycled
wastewater as landscaping & toilet
flush water
6. Rainwater collection pond
construction
7. Water / power conservation
promotion activities
8. Garbage reduction promotion
activities
1. Headquarter campus
greenification
2. Ecological pool work (in
stream adjacent to campus
east gate)
3. Recycled wastewater system
4. System to supply recycled
wastewater as landscaping
water
5. Oil-water separator system
construction
6. Water / power conservation
promotion activities
7. Garbage reduction
promotion activities
Anticipated Benefits
1. Reduce energy consumption
2. Conserve water resources
3. Reduce energy consumption
4. Reduce energy consumption
5. Reduce energy consumption
6. Reduce energy consumption
7. Promote general waste reduction &
recycling to reduce waste volumes
and environmental loading
8. Greenification
9. Reduce energy consumption
1. Reduce energy consumption
2. Conserve water resources
3. Reduce energy consumption
4. Reduce energy consumption
5. Promote general waste reduction &
recycling to reduce waste volumes
and environmental loading
6. Reduce energy consumption
7. Conserve water resources
8. Reduce waste volumes
1. Reduce energy consumption
2. Greenification
3. Reduce waste volumes and
environmental loading
4. Reduce waste volumes and
environmental loading
5. Reduce environmental
loading
6. Reduce demand on public
water supplies and conserve
water resources
7. Reduce environmental
pollution
Expenditures
(estimated) 157,500 110,000 95,000
3. Environmental Protection and Employee Health & Safety Measures
Environmental Protection:
HTC is committed to operating low-polluting, low-hazard work environments. HTC adheres to all domestic environmental
protection regulations. Cardboard boxes, containers and plastic packaging material are collected and separated for recycling.
HTC requires suppliers to comply with EU WEEE and RoHS environmental requirements in order to reduce industrial waste,
prevent pollution, enhance general quality of life and offer consumers products that reflect HTC's low environmental impact
commitment.
Committed to environmental responsibility, HTC monitors its greenhouse gas sources and emissions in compliance with
ISO 14064-1 standards. HTC also follows ISO 50001:2011 energy management standards to promote effective energy
management, in order to achieve long-run sustainability and competitiveness.
Associated procedures include:
(1) Track greenhouse gas emission to monitor type and amount of energy resources currently being used. Use data to draft
action plan for energy conservation;
(2) Recertification of greenhouse gas records conducted by recognized certification agency at the start of each year
(certificate issued);
(3) Release to the public on a voluntary annual basis relevant data on HTC greenhouse gas emissions through the Taiwan
Environmental Protection Administration's National GHG Emissions Registry and relevant international nonprofit
organizations.
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