6.7 Ecological Preservation 6.8 Green Promotion Activities
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6.7 Ecological Preservation 6.8 Green Promotion Activities All TSMC wafer fabs in Taiwan and Shanghai are located TSMC communicates the most up-to-date environmental in industrial parks, which conducted environmental concepts to its employees, collaborates closely with impact assessment (EIA) before development, and scholars and governments in the countries where we continue to meet EIA commitments for environmental operate, and is systematically building a green supply protection after development. Therefore, all TSMC wafer chain. These activities are all aimed at using our influence fabs in Taiwan and Shanghai are operating under the as a corporation to protect the environment meeting our industrial parks' or its own EIA commitments, and do not corporate social responsibilities. The following details have a significant environmental impact on their local TSMC's environmental promotion programs: ecological environments. Although TSMC's U.S. subsidiary fab WaferTech is not located in an industrial park, it Enhancement of Employee Environmental maintains a designated department to take responsibility Awareness for monitoring and maintaining on-site ecological TSMC frequently holds environmental training courses preservation. Their approaches are detailed below. and promotional activities. Besides the professional environmental education courses required by law, we WaferTech preserves and enhances 8.0 acres of wetlands also make good use of designated environmental bulletin mitigation area near the fab site as per the requirements boards in each fab as well as promotional materials in of a 10-year wetlands permit. This preservation and elevators, restrooms, and employee publications to embed enhancement project is due to be completed in 2008. environmental concepts in employees' everyday work WaferTech's 8.0 acres of wetlands enhancement mitigation and life. area is part of the Lower Grass Valley Swale, which includes 29.05 acres of WaferTech-owned wetlands. These 29.05 Climate Change Specialist Lecture acres of wetlands are preserved and include the 8.0 acres TSMC invited National Taipei University of Technology of wetland enhancement mitigation. Another 14.82 acres Professor Young Ku to TSMC for a speech on "Looking at of upland (non-wetland) buffer is also preserved within environmental management thinking from international and adjacent to the mitigation plots. protocols". Participants gained a deeper understanding of the influences of international protocols such as the Kyoto WaferTech has enhanced the 8.0 acres of wetland with Protocol and EU environmental laws on businesses, and native wetland plants and controlled invasive plant species how businesses have responded. (weeds) for 10 years, as of this year. For the first 5 years, mitigation plots were cleared of non-native plants, planted TSMC also cooperated with the Science Park Administration with native wetland plants and kept free from weeds. In to provide TSMC employees sixteen hours of professional the next 5 years, WaferTech controlled non-native plants lectures on environmental management in total, 167 to allow the wetland plants to grow and establish. This participants from TSMC's Hsinchu and Tainan sites area was reviewed by government agencies in 2006 and participated in the following lectures: found to be quite healthy and successful. A number of animals make this area their home, including: deer, Lectures Lecturers beaver, coyotes, rabbits, and 23 types of birds, including "Climate change and Response" Professor Shaw Chen Liu, National 3 wetland associated species: the great blue heron, red- Taiwan University winged blackbird, and song sparrow. Other birds include "Analysis of international General manager Eddie Shiao, Hui- tree swallow, chesnut-backed chickadee, black-capped environmental protection trends and Kuo Consulting, Ltd. chickadee, downy woodpecker, northern flicker, common strategies" yellowthroat, black headed grosbeak, ruby crowned "International green building Professor K.P. Lee, National Taipei promulgation and Taiwan's current University of Technology kinglet, Swainson's thrush, orange crowned warbler, status" rufous hummingbird, "International energy saving trends Professor Chien-Ming Lee, National willow flycatcher, red- and practices" Taipei University tailed hawk, scrub jay, American crow, In addition, TSMC invited two Taiwan non-governmental American robin, organizations, the "Society of Wildness" and the "Green rufous-sided towhee, Livability Association" to deliver speeches on ecological Bewick's wren, preservation and energy-saving at home, attracting an American goldfinch, audience of 180 participants from TSMC. WaferTech wetland preservation project and mourning dove. 54 Promotion of Energy Conservation Climate changes caused by the greenhouse effect are already making a clear impact on the environment; every company and individual can Energy saving poster help slow down the greenhouse effect by reducing emissions. To help employees understand the importance of personal energy conservation, TSMC held several showings of the film "An Inconvenient Truth", as well as other activities such as Professor Wang of NTU accepted the donated trees from TSMC. turning off the lights for one hour at noon, and a summer energy-saving campaign. The promotions have received an Keeping in Touch with the Most up-to- enthusiastic response from TSMC employees, and they are date Developments in Global Environmental detailed below: Protection ● In support of "Earth Day", all TSMC fabs held showings TSMC actively keeps abreast of international environmental of the film "An Inconvenient Truth", with seven showings protection information and developments, and often in April and an additional six showings in May due to sets policies and takes actions on environmental issues popular demand. In total, 1,467 employees watched the before domestic regulations are established. TSMC also film, which is also filed in our document center and can uses the environmental protection actions of top global be lent to employees for viewing at any time. semiconductor companies as a reference for its own policies by participating in international semiconductor ● Office lights are shut off from 12:00 to 13:00 on the industry organizations. fourth Friday of every even-numbered month. Participation in External Environmental ● To support Taiwan's "summer energy saving program" of Protection Activities wearing lighter clothing, raising thermostats by 1℃, Besides focusing on its own environmental protection and eliminating air conditioning leakage, TSMC raised work, TSMC also interacts closely with governments where air conditioning temperatures in public areas such as the the company operates, academia, and communities to lobby and canteen by 1℃ to (26-28℃) to encourage act as a positive influence in environmental protection. employees to develop energy-saving habits. Through active participation in organizations such as the environmental protection committee of the Association ● To support Taiwan's "pull the plug, go outside" program, of Science Park Industries, the ESH Committees of the TSMC held a "lights off on the summer solstice" activity. Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) and the We shut off all exterior lights in all fabs for two hours at Taiwan Electric and Electrical Manufacturers' Association 19:00 on June 22, 2007, set hallway lighting to power- (TEEMA), and the Taiwan Business Council for Sustainable saving mode, and encouraged employees to turn off Development (BCSD-Taiwan; TSMC is one of the initial lighting, air conditioning, and PCs after use. founders of BCSD-Taiwan, and has been a board member since it was launched in 1997.), TSMC is connected TSMC "Sunshine Forest" Program with the latest in environmental thinking and shares its TSMC employees collaborated with the National experience with local industries. Taiwan University Experimental Forest Center and the Environmental Quality Protection Foundation to initiate External invitations to Speak on Environmental the "Sunshine Forest Adoption Program". Under the Subjects program, TSMC employees donated 4,500 trees to the NTU Experimental Forest Center's Se-Tau center. Thanks TSMC environmental managers also accept invitations from to enthusiastic employee government agencies and academic organizations to share Our employees response, TSMC reached its TSMC's environmental policy experience. Each speech has donated 4,500 target of 4,500 within one attracted a large and enthusiastic audience. trees to the NTU week with participation from Experimental Forest 2,527 employees, showing our Hosting Factory Visits Center's Se-Tau colleagues' enthusiasm to do TSMC also actively shares its environmental management center. their part for the environment. experience by hosting factory visits by government agencies and academic organizations such as the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). TSMC personnel showed visitors our environmental equipment and facilities and answered related questions. Visitors in 2007 included: 55 ● 34 students from the National Taiwan University Civil WaferTech ESH Community Activities Engineering Department and EMBA program visited To promote concern for the environment and for employee Fab 12 safety and health, WaferTech participates in ESH events ● Corporate Synergy Development Center visited Fab 14 organized by both WaferTech and the community. These ● 16 Masters and Ph.D. students from the National Cheng activities help WaferTech