Environment
Environmental
In 2023, GigaDevice established and achieved internal environmental goals for energy, resources and waste disposal, and based on which we further developed plans and measures after taking into account the Company’s current situation, so as to effectively dispose of wastes, improve the recycling utilization of resources and reduce the negative impact of our business operations on the environment.
Environmental Goals by GigaDevice in 2023
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Waste Management
100% disposal controlled and centralized recycling of solid wastes
Harmless disposal of solid wastes
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Save Resources
Saving power consumption by 10% for the same time frame last year
Lowering the consumption of other energy sources per CNY 10,000 of output value for the same time frame last year
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Green Design
Compliance of purchased and integrated products with RoHS 2.0 requirements
Resource Utilization
Giving a top priority to ecological and environmental protection and sustainable development of resources all long, GigaDevice has applied the concept of going green and environmental protection into its daily operations by optimizing the energy efficiency of office buildings, boosting the publicity of energy conservation and implementing a paperless office. All of these have contributed to a reduced office energy consumption and an enhanced sustainable performance in business operations.
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Improving Energy Utilization
The Rooftop Distributed Photovoltaic Project in Hefei Office Area was successfully connected to the grid once, with an installed capacity of 267.3 kW. From mid-November to December 31, 2023, the cumulative power generated was 27,747 kW•h, which reduced carbon emissions by about 15.82 tonnes, equivalent to planting about 9 trees.
Completing the Energy Audit Report, and improving the energy-saving renovation program for the office areas.
Installing programmable time controllers and additional sensor switches, and applying building automation system and intelligent electricity control system to improve the operational energy efficiency of office buildings.Implementing timeout lock screen and sleep mode at night for office computers.
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Improving Water Efficiency
The Company gradually installs direct drinking machines to replace water dispensers, and asks its suppliers to replace filters and conduct water quality testing on a regular basis.
We introduced new bottled water saving measures. Instead of providing bottled water according to the number of participants at meetings, especially large-scale meetings, up to 70% of bottled water is provided according to historical data and placed in specific areas for use on demand.Encouraging employees and visitors to bring their own cups during meetings or events, reducing the consumption of bottled water.
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Applying E-office Systems
Using e-office systems such as OA, ERP, SAP and Concur efficiently.
Deeply cooperating with platform-based internet enterprises to reduce the printed and pasted reimbursement documents and vouchers for reduced consumption of office supplies.
Advocating a paperless office environment by replacing some paper records with acrylic ones to reduce paper consumption. Installing telephone and video conference systems to support teleconferences.Enable intelligent visitor systems to reduce the consumption of paper registration forms and save their storage space.
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Raising the Awareness of Environmental Protection
Carrying out the publicity of energy saving and water conservation, and putting up signs about saving energy and water, so as to raise employees’ awareness in this aspect.
Encouraging employees and visitors to bring their own cups during meetings or events, reducing the consumption of bottled water packaging and disposable paper cups.Continuously carrying out the publicity of waste sorting, and encouraging employees to use less disposable goods and tableware.
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Reducing Waste
Setting up facilities for waste sorting to promote waste recycling and reduce waste discharge.
Recycling coffee grounds and using them for multiple purposes, such as composting them to maintain greenery, and making them into deodorant.
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Response to Climate Change
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Developing Clean Technology
In the fast-evolving semiconductor industry, GigaDevice contributed to the continual reduction in the size of transistors of the basic units within chips, saving raw materials and further decreasing power consumption. GigaDevice pays close attention to the opportunities of clean technology, and fully combines its technical expertise to integrate the concept of sustainable development into product innovation and development. By the end of 2023, we had 243 granted patents related to clean technology, 239 of which relate to reducing power consumption, 2 related to improving charging efficiency, and 2 related to improving battery life.
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Products with Low Power Consumption
Giving a top priority to the innovative R&D, design and development of products with features of environmental protection and energy saving, GigaDevice aims to provide products with low energy consumption for customers, so as to extend the life cycle of products and reduce the impact of the use of terminal products on the environment. At the beginning of developing products with low power consumption, the Company integrates the concept of energy conservation and environmental protection into the product design. Meanwhile, as for specific application scenarios, the Company reduces energy consumption by removing unnecessary circuit energy consumption after taking the service life of products into account.
Products with Low Power Consumption
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Use of Raw Materials
As a fabless designer of integrated circuits, GigaDevice always keeps alert in the potential risks of resources, and pays high attention to the utilization of raw materials for products. Upholding the corporate value of sustainable development, the Company conveys environmental protection laws and regulations and customer requirements to the supply chain on a regular basis, with a view to pushing the green upgrading of the supply chain. In the design of environmentally friendly products, the Company earnestly carries out national and global guidelines, policies and regulations on environmental protection, and develops its own environmental protection plans and targets.
Use of Raw Materials
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Green Supply Chain
We actively promote a green supply chain, increasing the usage of environmentally friendly products and verifying the green compliance of our products, which guarantees that the raw materials, consumables and assembly processes used in our products comply with green requirements. GigaDevice complies with the EU 2015/863 Directive, that is, the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS 2.0), which ensures that our final delivery products meet the requirements of green environmental protection regulations such as RoHS and REACH.
Green Supply Chain
