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| Delta and Stakeholders |
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| Delta has focused our community efforts on four aspects: environmental education, energy conservation awareness, technology R&D sponsorship and the cultivation of talent. |
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| Delta and the Community |
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| Delta has always been dedicated to energy conservation and environmental protection. With the corporate citizenship movement gaining wide acceptance in recent years, we have increased our community activities as well. As the world's No. 1 ODM power supply maker, improving energy efficiency and quality of life is Delta's core business and our primary mission. Delta has focused our community efforts on environmental education, energy conservation awareness, technology R&D sponsorship and the cultivation of talent. We hope, through the efforts of the Delta Electronics Foundation, we can help society step onto the path of sustainable development. |
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Environmental Education |
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Early in 2006, Delta Electronics and the Foundation jointly invited Dr. Amory B. Lovins, the author of "Natural Capitalism" to Taiwan. Here he spoke about the next industrial revolution and a new business model based on improving the efficiency of using natural resources, and shared his ideas on "Profitable Climate Protection" with Taiwan's business leaders. To further develop this philosophy, Delta sponsored the NTU EMBA and Graduate Institute of Business Administration to offer the "Natural Capitalism and Industrial Development" program in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute founded by Dr. Lovins. This serves to encourage future business leaders to begin thinking early about a win-win strategy for both the economy and the environment. |
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 Respect for energy and natural resources and their correct usage are concepts that should be instilled early. In 2006, the Delta Electronics Foundation introduced the KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program) to Taiwan and began combining it with the elementary and junior high schools within the Taiwan Greenschool network via translation and localization. We expect to soon introduce it to all elementary and junior high schools so that the future heirs of Taiwan can learn about environmentally-friendly ways of using our energy and natural resources.
When the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" produced by former U.S. vice president Al Gore was premiered in Taiwan in 2006, the Delta Electronics Foundation held a special screening. The Foundation donated 6000 movie ticket vouchers to the general public to broaden the awareness of global warming issues and how we must face climate challenges ahead and leave our future generations with a habitable world. |
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Promotion of Energy Conservation |
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Though Delta is dedicated to the pursuit of energy conservation and environmental protection, this ideal must be realized in the everyday life of the general public for it to be truly effective. For this reason, since 2005, Delta Electronics Foundation has held a Lights Out activity on the longest day of each year to encourage the general public to save power. In 2006, over 3000 people participated in the "Lights Out Day" activity while over 20,000 people promised to do their part to save power on the official website. This was a significant effort that translated to around 9 million kilowatt-hours (kwh) of power saved in a month, or a reduction of 5,500 tons in CO2 emissions.
After our Tainan plant was certified as a Gold-rated Green Building, a survey showed that the employees there were highly satisfied with their work environment (rating over 90 on a 100 point scale). This result has encouraged the Delta Electronics Foundation to be even more active in promoting the green building concept to the world. The "Eco-energy Retrofit Initiative for Residential Bulidings", launched in 2005, has so far sponsored simple home improvements to four private living units in northern Taiwan. The techniques include improving roof insulation and replacing light fixtures to achieve the goal of energy saving by 20%. These practical tips have been reported to the general public through media such as the China Times Weekly, Public Television, and Da-Ai TV. |
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Technology R&D Sponsorship |
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Mr. Bruce Cheng, the patriarch of the Delta family, had these words of encouragement: "As a responsible corporate citizen, we must not only be aware of the problems, but we must also provide the solutions". This has led to Delta's unstinting sponsorship of technology R&D. To promote the development of sustainable energy and strengthen Taiwan's academic research capability in new energy and energy management, the Delta Electronics Foundation continued its Sustainable Energy Research Grant Program in 2006. The program partnered with top universities in Taiwan in technology research projects for solar power, fuel cells and improving energy efficiency. |
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Cultivation of Talent |
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 To encourage interest in environmental issues among Taiwanese professionals and to promote environmentalism at work, the Delta Electronics Foundation and Netherlands Trade and Investment Office (NTIO) began jointly offering the Delta/NTIO Joint Environmental Scholarship (the Y.C.Lo Scholarship) in 2004. The scholarship is open to all professions and encourages those passionate about protecting the environment to study in the Netherlands, regardless of profession. Nine students have qualified for the scholarship so far, and are currently pursuing degrees in the Netherlands. Their majors include architecture, landscape design, journalism, energy technology, civil engineering and tourism. When they complete their studies and return to Taiwan, we are confident that they will inject new ideas into Taiwan's environmentalist movement.
Apart from actively cultivating talented professionals with an interest in the environment, we also give back to the schools that nurture talent. Delta has so far established scholarships at 16 technical institutes, colleges or universities around Taiwan to encourage students to be dedicated to their studies. The Delta Electronics Foundation is also a strong supporter of local Chinese schools in northern Thailand. Beyond scholarships, every year the Foundation provides support for 200 local overseas compatriot students and 10 studying in colleges or universities in Taiwan. In 2006, the Foundation set up a pilot teachers' training class in northern Thailand at Chienhua High School and donated computer equipment to three schools, including Chunying Middle School at Huangguoyuan Village. We hope that local teaching resources, in terms of both hardware and software, are supplemented through our donation. |
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