Our Focuses｜Human Rights and Talent Management｜Occupational Health Safety

• No significant violations of occupational safety and health regulations.
• Through regulatory identification, stakeholder engagement, and external case studies, Winbond identifies management-level and operational risks, and sets short-, medium-, and long-term improvement goals to protect workers, strengthen contractors’ autonomous safety management, and jointly create a safe and healthy workplace.

To achieve the zero-accident goal of the ESH policy, Winbond sets mid- and long-term safety management objectives, including autonomous inspections by supervisors, safety observations, on-site safety proposals, and proactive near-miss reporting with incentives, to gradually reduce injury rates.

• Through Winbond’s internal proposal system, employees can raise concerns or suggestions via multiple channels, ensuring proper follow-up and responses from management.
• Winbond provides a Stakeholder Engagement platform. Any reported environmental or safety issues are handled and responded to in accordance with established procedures.

• Risks identified during inspections and operational safety observations are tracked in the system until 100% improvement is achieved.
• According to the internal audit procedures of the Environmental, Safety, and Health Management System, at least one internal audit is conducted annually. 

• Introduce safety and health management standards for equipment, equipment and raw materials procurement into procurement and contract requirements.
• A strict supplier audit system is established. New suppliers must undergo fire safety and environmental safety audits at their factories. If the audit results are unsatisfactory, procurement transactions will not be conducted until improvements are completed. For existing suppliers, an audit team composed of relevant units will conduct audits and evaluations on their fire safety and environmental safety aspects, and continuous improvement will be tracked. 

• Management of change was applied to the introduction or modification of personnel, environment, processes, raw materials (gases/chemicals), operating procedures, and equipment, as well as changes to existing safeguards. Pre-change evaluations strengthened preventive facilities and measures. Affected parties received appropriate communication and safety training to reduce change-related risks. 
• Before introducing new chemicals, applications were reviewed under the ESH management-of-change standard. Systematic risk assessments covered procurement, use, storage, and disposal, including restricted substances screening and health risk controls. In anticipation of evolving PFAS regulations, the Winbond Group identified 14 PFAS-related substances in use that were not yet regulated and provided the information to relevant units for early assessment.
• Winbond has independently developed a chemical management system that conducts systematic risk assessments at all stages, from procurement, supply and use, storage, to disposal. This system ensures the control of restricted substances and health risks.
• Winbond performs work environment exposure assessments and monitoring that exceed regulatory standards. The company's internal control standard is to maintain the permissible exposure limit(PEL) ratio below 1/10. These assessments and monitoring are conducted every six months, and the results are publicly announced. 

• The Winbond Group implemented emergency response plans to control incidents and reduce losses and conducted regular and unannounced drills. Drills were conducted covering scenarios such as earthquakes, fires, gas leaks, chemical spills, and earthquake evacuation, involving both employees and non-employees.
• Manufacturing sites conducted evacuation drills in both the first and second halves of the year for employees and non-employees, covering day and night shifts. Non-manufacturing operating sites in Taiwan conducted one annual drill.
• There are also evaluation methods for contractors, and the results are announced by the agreement organization, providing reference for the selection of contractors by the supervisors of various engineering units.

• Winbond manufacturing sites refer to the risk assessments identified by the Environmental Safety and Health Risk Assessment Procedure" and the "Emergency Response Procedure" to plan and execute emergency response processes, personnel organization, drills, and training. The drills and training include employees and contractors. In 2024, there were 143 drills with different scenarios such as fire, chemical spills, and personnel injuries.
• Both new employees and current employees are required to receive fire-fighting training. It also strengthens on-site evacuation capabilities through semi-annual evacuation drills for all employees (including contractors).Winbond conducts earthquake evacuation drills twice a year to enhance emergency response awareness. The drills cover all employees and contractors and include day/night shifts.
• Winbond manufacturing sites are located in the Central and Southern Science Parks. They collaborate with local fire departments and science park management bureaus to hold joint defense emergency drills or joint defense team meetings. The Kaohsiung fab also serves as the leader of the 10th group of the Southern District Toxic Disaster Response Joint Defense Team, regularly conducting toxic disaster joint defense team training and inviting the Southern District Toxic Disaster Response Center to conduct activities such as emergency response safety precautions, protective equipment introduction,and case sharing to jointly improve the park's toxic disaster response capabilities.