Looking back at Delta's CSR performance in 2006, with "Care for the Environment, Energy-saving and Our Green Earth" as our core ideals, we have brought environmental-friendliness into our everyday operations and product designs. For stakeholders we have used a variety of channels and methods to create greater value and to fulfill our responsibilities as a corporate citizen.
Nevertheless, for 2007 and for the long term there remains much for us to do to improve our CSR efforts in a variety of areas in both depth and breadth. These areas include:
Employee Occupational Health & Safety
We continue to promote safety awareness in our factories and pursue the goal of zero-accidents so that occupational injuries can be reduced to an absolute minimum. We also continue to strengthen our existing OHS organization to ensure that jobs are done properly.
Employee Participation
We will encourage or organize employees to take part in social welfare activities in a more systematic manner, such as through volunteerism or donations. We plan to work with Delta Electronics Foundation to provide employees with advice and suggestions.
Customers and Supply Chain
Apart from achieving our constant goal of "Customer Satisfaction", practicing good supplier management and ensuring sufficient supply of parts and materials, we also strive to convey the requirements of green design or green materials (e.g. halogen-free materials) in a more systematic manner to our suppliers. We are working with our suppliers on social and environmental responsibility issues to ensure that Delta's supply chain is not only a green supply chain but a supply chain that lives up to its corporate social responsibilities.
Green Operations
We are planning a complete GHG emission inventory and its prerequisite work within Delta Group, such as training courses for responsible staff. Statutory developments will also be closely monitored.
We are planning pilot runs on energy monitoring at chosen factory sites. If this proves to be successful, the scheme will be extended to others. By providing best practices for factories to learn from, this should improve results from energy-saving initiatives.
We will evaluate and develop Delta's green design guidance to give all business groups and business units concrete guidelines to follow.
We are planning to build an internal platform that will provide a channel for timely CSR information sharing to ensure that important messages are delivered to all relevant personnel and to allow them to share each other's resources.
Based on the energy consumption and intensity statistics for this year, we will assess and set short, medium and long-term goals aimed at making more efficient use of resources.
Promoting Green Buildings
Delta will evaluate and develop Delta's green building guidance for future company construction projects. In addition, the Delta Electronics Foundation is taking a three-pronged approach by promoting green building ideals, carrying out on-site monitoring, and providing practical demonstrations. The foundation is gathering and promoting the latest green building techniques and performance data to encourage the general public to convert their homes into healthy, comfortable and environmentally-friendly green buildings.
Environmental Education
The Delta Electronics Foundation's translations of the KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program) teaching materials will be experimentally taught, and a "whole school management" method will be introduced. Students not only learn about energy saving in class but also experience how it works in practice for the schools. Six schools in northern, central and southern Taiwan will be selected for the initial trial. Once the actual model of operation is established, the program can be expanded in the future.
Sponsorship of R&D on Sustainable Technologies
We continue to emphasize the need for sustainability in science and technology. Talented people are encouraged to carry out innovative R&D in the fields of environmental protection and renewable energy.