Water Resource Management

Water Resource Management

Water Resource Management

Water Resource Management

Inventec adheres to a pragmatic approach to water resource management. Following established water resource management practices, each business and functional unit assesses water resource risks and opportunities based on their functional characteristics and operational processes in each region. These risks and opportunities are incorporated into the unit's operational management framework to ensure timely responses and adaptation.

2025 

  • Management Goal: All plants achieve 100% compliance with local regulations and a "zero violations" record.
  • Implementation Result: 100% Achieved 0 water-related violations or penalties

2026 

  • Management Goal: Reduce per capita water consumption
    by 1% YoY across each plant.

2030 

  • Management Goal: Reduce Group per capita water consumption by a cumulative 5% from the 2024 baseline.

Measures of Water Resource Management

All factories of Inventec have no demand for process water. With regard to the practice of water resources management, project management methods are adopted for water saving. Management is involved in the process by conducting a regular analysis of water usage status, employee training in water resources, and requesting employees to change their water use behaviors to achieve the goal of overall water consumption reduction. The above activities are applicable to all factories and offices of Inventec Group. Since 2021, Inventec has promoted the establishment of an Intelligent Digital Platform for Environmental Sustainability (iESS) to improve the efficiency of collecting and querying water consumption data.

  • Water Saving：
    Installing water-saving equipment, setting up water recycling equipment, water resources management for separate buildings
  • Employee Training：
    Announcements, small cards, training courses

Water Risk Assessment

To effectively manage water resource risks across its global operating sites, Inventec utilizes the World Resources Institute (WRI)'s water risk assessment tool, Aqueduct 4.0, to identify water risks in the regions where our facilities are located.
The Group has strengthened management and oversight of projects at 11 sites located in regions classified as having "High" or "Extremely High" water stress. These sites accounted for 44%, 50%, and 30% of the Group’s total water withdrawal, wastewater discharge, and water consumption, respectively. Therefore, we will continue to strengthen operational resilience in water-stressed areas by precisely monitoring effluent quality
indicators (pH, COD, and SS) as well as water withdrawal and discharge volumes, thereby reducing potential environmental impacts.

The Assessment of Water Resource Risk
Risk levelLowLow-MediumMedium-HighHighExtremely High
Number of factories69456
The Drainage Basins Where Inventec’s Global Plants are Located and the Water Stress Faced

 

Water Consumption

Inventec has long maintained a rigorous and pragmatic approach to water resource management. Each plant identifies and assesses water resource-related risks and opportunities based on its operational characteristics and processes. Water resource management measures are then implemented accordingly to address these identified risks, ensuring efficient and waste-free water use. Furthermore, given the nature of its industry, Inventec sources all water used by its plants and offices exclusively from controlled supplies of municipal potable water. The Company has eliminated highly polluting manufacturing processes that generate wastewater and has prioritized assembly operations with clean processes. This approach ensures that Inventec’s global operating sites discharge only low-pollutant wastewater generated from employees’ daily activities, reflecting our commitment to protecting water resources.

 

Year

Group Water Consumption Statistics (Million Liters)

Water Use Intensity 

(Million Liters/Million NT$)Note2

Water WithdrawalNote1Wastewater Discharge Water ConsumptionWater RecycledNote 4Water Usage per Capita

2025

1,251

935

371Note3

55

0.0376

0.0018

2024

1,165

839

358Note3

32

0.0405

0.0018

2023

974

698

276

19

0.0536

0.0019

2022Note 4

1,053

739

314

28

0.0536

0.0019

  • Note 1: Please refer to the 2022 and 2023 Sustainability Reports for their respective reporting boundaries.

  • Note 2: All water withdrawal sources are third-party municipal tap water. Data is derived from water bills, lease agreements, or reasonable estimations.

  • Note 3: Water Consumption for 2024 and 2025 was calculated as: Water Withdrawal + Water Recycled − Water Discharge.

  • Note 4: Recycled water includes reclaimed water and rainwater.

  • Note 5: Water Intensity = Total Water Withdrawal / Consolidated Revenue.

Water Saving Achievements

The Group actively implements its water resource management policy by optimizing pure water systems to enhance wastewater recycling efficiency and promote circular resource use. The water-saving achievements of IPT and SQT in 2025, including water savings, saving rates, and associated economic benefits, are presented as case studies below.

Site

Water-Saving Measure

Annual Water Savings (m3)

Percentage of Site's 

Total Water Withdrawal (%)Note1

Economic Benefits

(TWD）Note2

IPT

Wastewater Recovery from the Pure Water System

4,263

4.31%

118,771

SQT

Wastewater Recovery from the Pure Water System

4,405

5.82%

122,727

Total

 

8,668

 

241,498

  • Note 1: Percentage of Water Withdrawal (%): Calculated as the site's recycled wastewater volume divided by the site's water withdrawal volume.

  • Note 2: Economic Benefit: Calculated as the sum of the potable water costs saved and the value of recycled water used.

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