Our Focuses｜Environmental Sustainability｜Water 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
%
Water Management
Water Efficiency Policy
Winbond Electronics follows the vision “Be a hidden champion in providing sustainable semiconductors to enrich human life”, implements the responsibility of green manufacturing, reduces the impact on the environment in the process of enterprise operation. We are committed to the goal of social responsibility and sustainable operation.
The Company's water efficiency policy is as follows:
- All employee participate in water conservation and promote awareness of water management.
- Prioritize water-saving designs and continuously improve water efficiency.
- Recycled and reused water resources to ensure the achievement of waterefficiency targets.
- Comply with government regulations and regular review water management.
2023 Target Achievement
2023, Metric for measuring water intensity per product unit, Winbond averaged 170 liters of water usage to produce one 12-inch wafer photomask layer.
| Indicators and Targets | 2023 Targets | 2023 Achievements |
|---|---|---|
| Fab Water Recycling Rate (%) | ≧80% | 82.2% |
Note:
1. Fab Water recovery rate: The statistical scope of the data is Winbond Taiwan factory.
Achieve 2023 water consumption reduction target
— 2023 Water-Saving Measures (Unit: megaliters /year) —
| Item | Water Conservation Measures | Explanation of Water Conservation Measures | Water Saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Water-saving of UPW (Ultra-Pure Water) System | Water consumption parameters adjusted for production machines | 210.6 |
| 2 | SW water saving for exhaust gas treatment equipment | Adjustment for exhaust gas treatment equipment | 125.3 |
| 3 | Water-saving and drought-resistant measures during water restriction periods | Reduction of cooling tower discharge water volume and increase in wastewater treatment system recovery capacity | 31.9 |
| 4 | Optimization of external air conditioning box water washing system | Installation of water-blocking plates to reduce splashing losses in washing equipment | 20.4 |
| 5 | Optimization and improvement of condensate water recovery in Gas Yard evaporator | Improvement of evaporator air-cooled de-icing system to enhance recovery of ice-condensed water | 1.9 |
| 6 | Optimization of fire system environmental pipeline leak prevention | Reduction of water leakage rate by improving environmental pipeline damage in fire system | 0.3 |
— Water Withdrawal (Unit: megaliters) —
| Water Resources Types | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Water Withdrawal | 3,633 | 3,293 | 4,131 | 4,356 |
Note: The water source is tap water, the statistical scope of the data is Winbond Taiwan, and the water resources management has passed the third-party ISO 46001 verification.
Water Recycling
Winbond continues to increase water recycling rates. In 2023, the overall plant recycled approximately 82.2% of its water and 90.1% of its process water (meeting the science park’s commitment under the environmental impact assessment to recycle more than 77% of all water used, and more than 85% of all process water used). Winbond implemented 6 new water conservation measures in 2023 that increased total water saved by 390,000 cubic meters.
Wastewater Management
Winbond’s wastewater treatment facilities are designed to collect up to 20 types of waste liquids through separate pipelines standardizing wastewater quality. Each wastewater type is then treated through 11 distinct wastewater treatment facilities. Operating and discharge permits are applied for pursuant to the Water Pollution Control Act and the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act.
Testing is conducted by a laboratory accredited by the Environmental Analysis Laboratory twice a year to confirm that the discharge water quality satisfies CTSP’s influent standards. Additionally, in order to reduce the environmental burden of the wastewater treatment facility, and to reduce the use of chemical products, Winbond also collect and treat waste liquids from the washing towers, cooling towers, process cooling water, and recycled soft water from production processes, reusing this treated waste liquid in secondary water applications throughout the site Apart from these measures, Winbond has continued to promote improvements to our water pollution prevention facilities, reduced our pollutant biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and the amount of suspended solids (SS) and sludge.
Measured COD, SS and BOD values for 2023 were far below the CTSP influent standards.