SDGS
Getac Responds To SDGs
Focus on the four goals and continue to create long-term value
Getac Technology Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Getac or the Company) responds to the UN SDGs by aligning its sustainable actions based on industry attributes, core capabilities, practical resources, and stakeholder expectations. The company focuses on Goals 8 (economic growth), 9 (industry innovation), 12 (sustainable consumption and production), and 4 (quality education) as its long-term sustainability directions.
Our approach includes:
Public Good Initiatives: Parent company, Getac Holdings Corporation's (hereinafter referred to as Getac Holdings) Social Charity Fund for charitable donations and leveraging technology to enhance rural education.
Corporate Initiatives: Organizing the "Y.S Award" to provide youth with platforms for creativity and internship opportunities. Getac Holdings also focuses on R&D in core technologies to drive process innovation, improve energy efficiency, and promote the adoption of environmentally friendly materials.
Additionally, Getac aims to create high-value industries, enhance company value, generate more job opportunities, and foster an environment of continuous learning and innovation. The company also influences its supply chain partners to prioritize human rights and environmental protection, leveraging its role as a corporate citizen through communication and encouragement.
Constant Recycling Of Resources To Achieve Maximum Benefits Is Our Core Sustainability Goal
- Process water recycling rate reached 98.1% in 2023.
- Recycled material incorporation rate was 61% in 2023.
- NT$34.39 million was invested in 35 energy-saving and carbon-reduction projects, resulting in savings of 3,418 gigajoules of energy and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 2,412 metric tons equivalent. This also saved NT$6.46 million in energy costs in 2023.
Encouragement Of Talent Innovation Diversity And Equality As The Best Catalyst
- Enhancing employee capabilities - Providing diverse training courses to enhance skills. In 2023, the average employee received 78.65 hours of training.
- Optimizing recruitment channels for persons with disabilities to promote social inclusion. In 2023, a total of 15 disabled employees were hired.
- Providing a streamlined process for rehiring retired employees. In 2023, a total of 25 retired employees were rehired.
Utilization Of Core Technologies Continued development of low carbon product and technology
- Incorporating the concept of sustainability into product research and development as well as technological innovation, we aim to develop environmentally friendly materials, such as PCR (Post-consumer recycle resin), which is a type of recycled plastic. Additionally, we aim to increase the proportion of recyclable materials used in computer product casings.
Constant Recycling Of Resources To Achieve Maximum Benefits Is Our Core Sustainability Goal
- Supporting continuous education for children in remote and underprivileged areas: Taiwan Hope Children Care and Development Association.
- Donating to Support Vulnerable Groups: Father Yung-Nien Catholic Social Welfare Foundation, Quaker Hui Long Center for Underprivileged Familie, Mennonite Hualien Dawn Care Home.
- Industry-academia collaboration for generational empowerment: Co-organizing the Y.S Award, now in its 21st year.
The ESG data presented above have been consolidated from Getac Holdings Corporation, the parent company, along with its eight subsidiaries.