ESG Committee

The management responsibility of companies in social, environmental and economic aspects is to help companies create shared value with society to further improve the sustainable competitiveness of companies. Therefore, we will progressively implement social responsibilities within the organization in accordance with the directions and objectives set forth in the Uni-President Sustainable Development Code of Practice. In 2017, we formally established a "CSR Committee," renamed the "ESG Committee" in 2022 in response to evolving sustainability trends and governance needs. The Committee is chaired by the President and convened by the Head of the Finance Group. There are five functional groups under the Committee, namely corporate governance, products, environment, employees and social welfare. Each group is led by a senior executive with relevant professional expertise, ensuring that sustainability issues are effectively integrated across the Company's key business operations and management functions. The Committee convenes the leaders of each functional group on a regular basis to review the implementation of sustainability-related initiatives. Based on the Company's business strategy and sustainability issues of concern to external stakeholders, the Committee also reviews and establishes sustainability priorities and objectives.

The ESG Committee is Uni-President's primary governing body for sustainable development. Externally, the committee is accountable for examining Uni-President's corporate ESG report and identifying sustainability issues of concern to stakeholders; internally, it is responsible for drafting corporate sustainability policies, key performance indicators, goals, and plans for each functional group and reviewing the implementation thereof. Aside from such periodical activities, the committee assesses progress in the five areas, namely, product R&D management, environmental management, food safety management, sustainable procurement management, and occupational safety management, on a quarterly basis through the evaluation of 17 sustainability management indicators.

The Board of Directors paid attention to ESG and risk management implementation results, and urged the management team to make adjustments when necessary. The Committee takes in the views of the Board to strengthen the items needing adjusted.