This September, Senior sustainability executives join together to sharing their company’s climate change initiatives and learning from other corporations at Corporate Climate Response in Chicago.
Owens Corning cooperated with Sun Edison LLC to provide solar-generated energy through the installation and operation of a 206 kilowatt solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of its Gresham Ore. facility.
Formosa Plastic Group which ranks the largest carbon dioxide emission enterprise in Taiwan impetus to save energy and reduce carbon to resist global high energy price. From internal production process to the lighting of the factory area, all are included in the energy-saving items that Formosa Plastic Group executes under this policy. This year, Formosa Plastic Group is planning to promulgate its social responsibility report and the white book of environment so that others could better understand that Formosa Plastic Group is a green entity that values the importance of environmental protection and social responsibility.
Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economy Affairs held a congress of "saving energy voluntarily" in the NTUH international convention center on July 2th, 2008. There were 19 group hospitals, 21group hotels and 13 group department stores, all together 166 business entities in total to sign up a document about saving energy voluntarily, aiming to save electricity consumption by 5% (1.3 hundred million kwh) and reduce about 83 thousand tons of carbon emission in three years.
In order to help dispose some of the electronic waste it helped create, the U.S. retailer Best Buy is testing a free recycling program. The program offers consumers a convenient way to dispose their obsolete or unwanted gadgets and appliances, even if they were not purchased at Best Buy. This program can ensure that the lead or other hazardous materials contained in such electronic waste will not pollute the environment.
To cooperate with program for reduction of disposable chopsticks promoted by Environmental Protection Administration ("EPA"), four major convenience stores including 7-Eleven, Family Mart, Hilife and OK will no longer voluntarily provide disposable chopsticks to the consumers. Unless the consumer requests for it, the store clerk will not provide disposable chopsticks to the customers directly.
In Indonesia, many underprivileged elementary and junior high-school students have to walk several kilometers to school because they can’t afford the expensive cost of transportation. But now, several charitable non-profits organizations and private enterprises have come together and started a program called “Bike to School?to help resolve this transportation problem. So far, over 1,000 school children have already benefited from this program. In addition to helping school children, this program can also help reduce the emission of greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
In response to environmental protection, Taishin Financial Holding Co. ("Taishin FHC") has implemented an energy-saving program. According to the statistic data in May, Taishin FHC has cut carbon emissions by 850,000kg in the first quarter. Taishin FHC will continue implementing "Cool Biz" programs by calling its employees to take off business suits, ties and raise air conditioning’s temperature in the offices in order to save air-conditioner energy.
Department of Investment Services, MOEA
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