ESG(Global)

ADATA Technology Co.'s main emission reduction measures include the replacement of old equipment, promoting internal process digitalization, investing in renewable energy, and purchasing renewable energy certificates. To continue meeting international reduction initiatives, ADATA tracks reduction progress through collaboration among various strategic business units. Due to differences between offices' and facilities' commencement dates, progress on carbon footprint verification (CFV) may not always align. As such, ADATA has decided to use the company's total GHG emission in 2023 as the base year (total GHG emission in 2023: 10,321.43 tCO2e、emission intensity: 0.192 tCO2e/million New Taiwan Dollars in revenue). Considering the impact of business activities on the company's carbon emission, ADATA's targets focus on reducing carbon intensity. The targets are as follows: 3% reduction in 2025, 3% reduction in 2026, 4% reduction in 2027, 4% reduction in 2028, 5% reduction in 2029, and 5% reduction in 2030, with the goal of achieving a total reduction of 24% in carbon intensity by 2030. Furthermore, ADATA aims to achieve 100% emission reduction in accordance with the Taiwanese government's 2050 guidelines. Specific reduction measures include investing in renewable energy, introducing energy-efficient equipment, increasing local procurement, utilizing environment-friendly materials in products, relocating offices to green buildings and more, all in hopes of achieving the company's carbon reduction goals.

ADATA is responsible in carrying out sustainable management, and voluntarily performs greenhouse gas (GHG) investigations for environmental protection. Calculations from independent investigations show that: The majority of Green House Gases (GHG) emitted by the Company’s Suzhou, China operations can be attributed to vehicles and manufacturing facilities, and can be broken down as follows: 99.24% purchased electricity, 0.16% natural gas, 0.5% diesel, and 0.1% gasoline. This data is from the period Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2021. The aforementioned manufacturing facilities are listed here.

1. The Company completed replacing LED lighting equipment in the entire plant area, saving an annual 300,000 kw/h of electricity.
2. The Company's hot water system was changed from gas boiler to air compressor heat recovery system, saving an annual 65,000M³ of natural gas use.
3. Other energy conservation measures:

• The Company established a dedicated energy management department to record energy use on a daily basis, and to provide immediate reporting upon identifying abnormal energy usage, thereby eliminating energy wastage.
• Continue to encourage energy-saving concepts and practices, and promote the habit of turning off lights and air conditioners when leaving, and shutting off computers when off duty.
• Provide factory-wide promotion of onsite air conditioning (AC) control methods: Configure wind speed and temperature settings to low power consumption mode.
• Adjust water flow rates on site according to water requirements to fulfill the required standards and eliminate wastage.