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The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI), the world’s most significant and credible indices, were released on December 16, Taipei time. Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) has been selected as a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index for six consecutive years. Yuanta FHC has stood out from more than 600 companies around the world and has won the first place for three times in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) in the group of Diversified Financial Services and Capital Markets, which is ranked alongside the organizer, S&P Global Inc., and UBS. The DJSI use the three major frameworks of environment, society, and governance (ESG) to design questionnaires based on different industries, proactively inviting qualified companies to enter the selection process, and annually adjusting the questions and scoring methodology in response to international trends. Yuanta FHC’s performance in this evaluation was excellent in criteria topics such as Occupational Health and Safety, Materiality, Policy Influence, and Human Rights, with nearly 80% of the topics ranking in the top one percent (1%) of the group. Yuanta FHC continues to refine and put relevant actions into practice. For example, in the area of employee care, we have formulated Yuanta Group’s Occupational Safety and Health Policy to strengthen management effectiveness, build a disaster-free workplace environment, and safeguard the safety and health of employees, suppliers, contractors, and other co-workers. In order to implement procurement risk control, Yuanta FHC continues to optimize supplier self-assessment mechanism, which is divided into six categories: human rights, labor practices, consumers, integrity management, environment, and health and safety. Each of Yuanta Group’s subsidiaries has fully imported the ISO 20400 sustainable procurement guidelines and obtained the certification, so as to manage and evaluate suppliers in a systematic manner and strengthen the resilience of the supply chain. Yuanta FHC utilizes financial influence to engage with stakeholders and strives to assist customers in transforming into a low-carbon and zero-carbon economy. A subsidiary, Yuanta Funds, acts as an institutional investor and engages with investee companies to help set clear carbon reduction targets and climate change improvement plans. Yuanta Bank promotes sustainability-linked loans and encourages corporations to use their capital for green operations, echoing the “climate finance” issue that attracted the most attention at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), which just ended last November. In addition to actively engaging with stakeholders, Yuanta FHC has also carried out corporate carbon management. Yuanta FHC introduced an internal carbon pricing mechanism as early as 2020, and is the first financial institution in Taiwan to explicitly price greenhouse gas emissions by “internalizing external costs.” Furthermore, Yuanta FHC has been selected as one of the Financial Times 2024 Asia-Pacific Climate Leaders and Business Weekly’s 2024 Carbon Competitiveness 100 this year, translating carbon reduction actions into corporate competitiveness. As a member of the Sustainability National Team’s Coalition of Movers and Shakers on Sustainable Finance, Yuanta FHC took over the role as the chairman of the third coalition this month and made three major sustainability pledges, including net-zero emissions, sustainable finance, and talent cultivation. We continue to work hard to promote ESG, shoulder the responsibility of being a sustainability leader in Taiwan, and bring positive influence to the society.

Yuanta Financial Holding Company (FHC) has been recognized for sustainability achievements and has been awarded the Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards (TCSA). In addition to receiving the Corporate Sustainability Report - Platinum Award for the sixth consecutive year, Yuanta FHC has also been awarded the Taiwan Top 100 Sustainable Model Enterprise Award, actively demonstrating the impact of sustainability and common good. The TCSA is in its seventeenth year. This year, the number of participants reached 164, and 1,731 renowned experts and scholars were invited to jointly evaluate the awards, which are linked to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, and select the outstanding enterprises. Yuanta FHC publishes credible and high-quality sustainability reports every year, communicates with stakeholders with transparent and complete sustainability information, and obtains independent verification from third-party organizations, which fully reflects Yuanta FHC’s efforts in sustainability information management and improving the quality of disclosure. The financial industry plays a central role in helping companies move towards sustainability. As a member of the Coalition of Movers and Shakers on Sustainable Finance and the convener of the Empowerment and Certification Working Group of the Net-Zero Promotion Working Platform, Yuanta FHC has not only completed the formulation of a code of practice for sustainable finance practitioners, but also assisted the Securities and Futures Institute in promoting Taiwan’s first sustainable finance license. Yuanta FHC is also enthusiastically carrying out the sustainable talent cultivation program, officially announcing a NT$1,300 subsidy for each employee to apply for a basic sustainable finance license, laying a solid foundation for Taiwan’s sustainable development. Yuanta FHC is concerned about the impact of climate change and has implemented an ISO environmental management system through matrix management, and has completed a carbon inventory of investment and financing assets. We lead the industry in internalizing external costs by introducing an internal carbon pricing system (ICP). We have demonstrated our commitment to environmental sustainability by actively participating in international initiatives, including being one of the global Early Adopters of the Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), joining the Partnership for Biodiversity Accounting Financials (PBAF) as a supporter, and signing a commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. In order to continue to promote sustainable financial products, Yuanta FHC has been vigorously utilizing financial influence to increase Yuanta Group’s engagement and divestment strategies in high carbon emission related industries. Yuanta Securities, a subsidiary of Yuanta FHC, has passed the product carbon footprint and carbon neutrality certifications for its “Mr. Investor APP” and has also assisted Taiwan’s Ministry of the Environment in formulating the Product Category Rules (PCR) for “Securities, Futures, and Investment Trust and Consulting Online Services,” and is the first securities company in Taiwan to obtain a carbon label for its “Online Investment and Wealth Management Services,” working together with customers and investors to build a low-carbon and sustainable financial ecosystem.