Our Focuses｜Environmental Sustainability｜Waste Management
Environmental Sustainability
Winbond has worked alongside countries and companies from around the world to implement green sustainability measures, proactively reducing the impact that our business operations have on the environment. Apart from having no major violations of environmental laws, Winbond has also committed innovative new technologies and significant resources into adopting measures for reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions, improving resource utilization rates, and improving waste and emissions management, taking concrete action to implement our sustainable development blueprint.
Cumulative energy savings from 2019 to 2023 reached
456
GWh
The water recovery rate of the whole plant reached
82.2
%
Removal rate for VOCs in 2023 reached
98
%
Waste Management
Winbond adheres to the "Safety, Health, and Environmental Policy" commitment and the goal of " Protect environment and reduce risk of ESH and property ". The waste management strategy focuses on "minimizing waste treatment and maximizing resource recycling" by reducing waste at the source, enhancing waste recycling and reuse, and reducing the environmental burden of production.
Waste management plan
1.Identify Waste Reduction Hotspots：Identify key stages in the production process where a large amount of waste is generated, and continuously seek opportunities for waste reduction or recycling within the company.
2.Waste Reduction Initiative：By reducing or reusing waste and increasing recycling rates, Winbond aims to minimize the environmental impact caused by pollution.
3.Quantitative Waste Reduction Targets：The long-term goal for waste management is by 2030 to achieve a waste recovery rate of 90% annually for the Taiwan Fabs.
4.Develop new waste reduction technologies:
Winbond conducts its operations, including research and development, procurement, production, operations, and services, based on the following principles to reduce the company's impact on the natural environment and human health:
(1) Reduce the resource and energy consumption of products and services.
(2) Reduce emissions of pollutants, toxic substances and wastes; and properly dispose of the waste.
(3) Improve the recyclability and reusability of raw materials or products.
(4) Optimize the sustainable use of renewable resources.
(5) Extend the durability of products.
(6) Enhance the effectiveness of products and services.
5.Sustainable culture: Establish a culture of responsibility for environmental protection among all employees, provide environmental education and training to management, employees, suppliers/contractors, and expand value chain cooperation and sharing to create a beautiful and sustainable environment.
6.Zero Landfill with Full Recycling：Implement a comprehensive recycling program to minimize waste sent to landfills.
7.Independently certified conversion rate：In the future, third-party certification will be obtained to ensure the reliability of data on waste recycling, reuse, or Waste-to-Energy.
Waste Recycling Rate
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Waste Recycling Rate | 92.5% | 93.3% | 90.1% | 90.9% |
Achieve the goal of waste recycling rate ≧90%
Item | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan Region | Subsidiary | Taiwan Region | Subsidiary | Taiwan Region | Subsidiary | Taiwan Region | Subsidiary | ||
General Waste | Recycled/Reused | 3,960 | 80 | 4,137 | 105 | 4,784 | 93 | 7,030 | 93 |
Incinerated with energy recovery | 97 | 170 | 76 | 163 | 185 | 173 | 172 | 108 | |
Landfilled | 0 | 70 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 67 | |
Chemical treatment | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Disposed | 4,064 | 320 | 4,218 | 306 | 4,976 | 284 | 7,208 | 268 | |
Hazardous Waste | Recycled/Reused | 2,119 | 467 | 3,074 | 542 | 3,849 | 503 | 5,331 | 387 |
Incinerated with energy recovery | 384 | 22 | 432 | 21 | 756 | 25 | 1,054 | 19 | |
Landfilled | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Solidification | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Disposed | 2,506 | 490 | 3,509 | 565 | 4,608 | 529 | 6,387 | 407 | |
Note: The scope of data statistics covers Winbond Taiwan and consolidated financial reporting subsidiary (Nuvoton Taiwan)