Climate Governance

Climate Governance

Climate Governance

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Climate change not only threatens humanity and ecological environments but also poses direct or indirect impacts on corporate operations. Inventec proactively discloses climaterelated information in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines. The Company also reviews its governance, strategy, risk management and key metrics annually to strengthen climate change management and enhance its capability to control climate risks, with the aim of improving the eectiveness of its business decision making.

 

Category

Inventec’s Actions

Governance

  • The Board of Directors serves as the highest supervisory body for climate governance at Inventec.

  • Under Sustainability Committee, the Sustainable Environment Functional Team led by senior executives has been established to focus on climate change, risk management and environmental sustainability issues. This team integrates resources to drive cross-department initiatives, communicates with stakeholders, and submits the report of implementation results for the Sustainability Committee’s review at least once a year before presenting to the Board of Directors.

Strategy

  • Based on the international TCFD framework and the implementation experience of benchmark companies, Inventec, through its Sustainable Environment Team, conducts cross-department discussions and evaluations to identify climate risks and opportunities within its value chain. From both "mitigation" and "adaptation" perspectives, the Company formulates climate performance targets, action plans, and management mechanisms, and regularly discloses management outcomes every year.

  • Inventec, guided by its "2030 Low-Carbon Transition Plan", has outlined clear phased targets, categorized into short-term (2023-2024), med-term (2025-2027), and long-term (2028-2030), to thoroughly identify climate risks and opportunities relevant to its operations. The Company analyzes and assesses the likelihood and impact of climate risks to determine significant risk values. Based on these
    values, risks are prioritized and categorized into high, medium, and low levels. This process helps determine material climate risks closely related to the Company's operations, which are then integrated into the operational management mechanisms of each unit within the Group to ensure eective risk control and low-carbon transition practices.

Risk Management

  • Under the Sustainability Committee, a Risk Management Team has been established to incorporate climate issues into the risk management system. This team utilizes the TCFD framework to identify potential climate-related risks and opportunities that may arise under different scenarios. For each identified climate risks and opportunities, the dedicated team formulates corresponding response strategies, which are then publicly released after approval. The team also regularly monitors and evaluates the implementation status to ensure that climate issue management progresses in sync with the Company’s operations.

  • Inventec has followed four steps  to Identify and Manage Risks:1) Identify Risks and Opportunities, 2) Assess Value Chain Impact, 3) Determine Materiality, and 4) Manage and Disclose.

Indicators and Targets

  • Based on the identified risks, Inventec sets up mitigation targets and disclose them to the public. Additionally, Inventec also sets its carbon reduction targets for 2030.

Inventec Climate Risk Matrix

All risks
High-risk
Moderate-risk
Low-risk
  • Circle size:Likelihood high, moderate and low.

Climate Risk Summary Table

 

TypeDimensionItem

Transition Risk

Regulations and policy

(inculding leagl risks)

Increased sustainability-related requirements and norms
Increased cost of greenhouse gas emissions

Technology

Low-carbon technology transformation cost

Market

Changes in customer behavior

Reputation

Increased negative feedback from stakeholders

Physical Risk

Chronic Risk

Rising average temperature

Acute Risk

Increased extreme weather events - typhoon/rainstorm
Extreme weather events – extreme low temperature
Increased extreme weather events - drought
Increased extreme weather events – heat

Adaptation and Mitigation Measures for High-risk Issues

 

  • Actively cooperate with customers and voluntarily carry out product carbon footprint related activities within the value chain.
  • Complete various applications for energy efficiency labels, product carbon labels, etc.
  • Adopt the SBT Science Based Target Reduction Tool to set goals.
  • Continuously build and implement disaster emergency response measures and business continuity plans (BCP), and work with supply chain partners to reduce the impact.

Analysis of the Value Chain Impacts Arising from Major Climate-related Risks

 

Issues

Value Chain Impact Assessment

Upstream suppliers

Inventec

Downstream clients

Transition Risks

Changes in customer behavior

ModerateHighLow

Transition costs of low-carbon technologies

LowHighModerate

Physical Risks

Extreme weather events - heat

ModerateHighModerate

Diagrams of Major Climate-related Risks

  • Changes in customer behavior
  • Transition costs of low-carbon technologies
  • Extreme weather events - heat

Scenario Analysis of Transition Risk Arising from Changes in Customer Behavior

 

Identify Material Climate Risks
  • "Transition risk - high proportion of renewable energy and process energy saving" due to changes in customer behavior is used as the quantitative assessment and analysis item for potential financial impact.
Adopt Appropriate Scenarios
  • The assessment includes Inventec's major production sites in Taiwan, Mainland China, Mexico, and the Czech Republic.
  • Simulations for 2025-2030 are conducted based on the Business as Usual (BAU) scenario, which projects current development trends, and the 2050 net-zero strategy scenario.
Quantify Risk 
Impact
  • Evaluate and analyze the process energy saving and renewable energy procurement required by each factory to achieve the 2050 net-zero strategy.
  • Calculate the cumulative costs of process energy saving and renewable energy procurement by 2050.

Mitigation and Adaptation Actions

  • Formulate future response plans and action strategies.

Scenario Analysis of Physical Risk Arising from Extreme weather events - heat

 

Identify Material Climate Risks
  • Based on climate risk ranking, likelihood, and management expansion scope, we conducted a quantitative assessment of the potential impact of the three risks in the short-term materiality analysis, "Transition costs of low carbon technologies, Increase in extreme weather events - heat, Changes in customer behavior". Therefore, we decided to use "Increase in extreme weather events - heat" as a further analysis and evaluation item.
Adopt Appropriate Scenarios
  • Inventec's major production bases in Taiwan, China, Mexico and Czech were included in the assessment.
  • Simulations were conducted based on extreme high emission (IPCC SSP5-8.5) and very low emission (IPCC SSP1-2.6) climate scenarios from 2023 to 2050.
Quantify Risk 
Impact
  • Evaluate and analyze the potential impact, level and expected value of extreme high temperature in each factory area.
  • Calculate the amount of impact in 2040 and 2050 (including future factory expansion plans).

Mitigation and Adaptation Actions

  • Formulate response plans and action plans for each factory. 

    1. Formulate mitigation measures for predictable scenarios and review them regularly. 

    2. Preliminary adaptation assessment before plant expansion plan.

Scenario Simulation

 

Transition Risk

Inventec conducted a scenario simulation for "transition risk arising from changes in customer behavior - high proportion of renewable energy and process energy saving" based on the Group's 2050 Scope 1 and 2 net-zero carbon reduction target (with 2020 as the baseline year). Business as Usual (BAU) scenario based on current development trends: Under the assumption of no carbon reduction measures by the Company, two scenario hypotheses were made based on the estimated annual Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions.

Given the high uncertainty surrounding future climate change, Inventec Group will continue to implement relevant energy-saving measures, as well as renewable energy installation and procurement, to reduce carbon emissions. Additionally, we will regularly review the impact of climate-related issues on operations to ensure that we remain vigilant and adaptive to evolving medium- and long-term climate trends.

 

Category

Scenario Assumption

Scenario simulation results

Transition Risk

Self-estimated electricity consumption demand simulation: Carbon emissions were forecast based on each factory's projected future electricity consumption.Total cumulative cost by 2050 accounts for 0.1% of 2024 revenue.
SSP3-7 pathway electricity consumption demand simulation: Considering the international context, the "SSP3-7 scenario" from the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) was used to estimate carbon emissions resulting from future electricity consumption.Total cumulative cost by 2050 is approximately 0.6% of 2024 revenue.

 

Physical Risk

Inventec quantified the financial impacts of extreme heat risks using physical risk climate scenarios from the IPCC SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) and SSP5-8.5 (high emissions). These scenarios assess potential impacts under different policies, reflecting future global conditions under either low-carbon transition or continued economic growth driven heavily by fossil fuels. The assessment focused on simulation and evaluation periods in 2040 and 2050, because data before 2040 may not clearly reflect scenario changes. According to IPCC AR6, by 2040, there is a high likelihood of global temperatures rising to 1.5°C under any emission scenario. Therefore, post2040 timelines were selected to simulate and evaluate potential impacts on critical production sites at Inventec, reflecting the global net zero targets and their joint achievement timeline. Additionally, climate physical risk management was based on metrics such as "adaptation plans under high temperature conditions at production sites" and "tracking indicators significantly affected by power shortage risks." These measures served as criteria for assessing the severity of risks, facilitating controlled adjustments and preventive measures.

Category

Major Production Base Note 1

Risk level

Financial Impact Note 2

Mitigation Measures

2040年

2050年

SSP1-2.6 

SSP5-8.5

SSP1-2.6 

SSP5-8.5

Physical Risk

Mexico

High

High

High

Low

Medium

1. Establish relevant response mechanisms to address high-temperature disasters. 

2. Develop production modes suitable for normal high-temperature conditions.

China

High

Medium

Medium

High

High

Increase awareness and establish ongoing plans to implement relevant power outage contingency measures, such as setting up solar energy combined with energy storage systems to achieve independent power supply capability.

Taiwan

Medium

Low

Low

Medium

Low

1. Gradually implement medium to long-term contingency production control plans for extreme high-temperature conditions. 

2. Continuously monitor extreme high-temperature fluctuations and adjust contingency levels promptly as needed.

Note 1: ICZ is excluded due to lower local temperatures and absence of extreme heat risks in climate scenarios. IET is also excluded because it has minimal production activities, which allows for faster response even in case of extreme heat conditions. 

Note 2: Financial impact is assessed based on the proportion of 2022 Group revenue. 

Note 3: Currently evaluated operational sites cover 100% of all existing production plants. Additionally, the assessment for 100% of the new expansion in Mexico has been synchronized to address future climate risks

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