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]]> ASE is among the world’s leading independent providers of semiconductor manufacturing services, developing and offering a wide portfolio of technology and solutions. Talent cultivation is the core element in maintaining ASE’s competitiveness and sustainable development. Accordingly, ASE is committed to continuously invest in talent cultivation  Tweet This!, by motivating its approximately 68,000 employees to further their career within the company.

This case study is based on the 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

ASE has established a talent management training system since 2007 and, in addition to training outstanding managerial personnel to boost company sales, also seeks to help staff members develop their potential, make further progress and achieve self-development. In order to promote employee development ASE took action to:

  • implement an Employee Career Development System
  • enhance the effectiveness of training
  • establish the “Employee Development Dashboard”
  • share best practices

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE identified a range of material issues, such as regulatory compliance, waste management, climate change, water resource management, employee health and safety. Among these, promoting employee development stands out as a key material issue for ASE.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ASE engages with:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Customers ·      Customer quarterly business review meeting

·      Customer audits

·      Technical forums

·      Customer service platform
Employees

 

 ·      GM mailbox

·      Intranet website

·      Satisfaction survey on employees

·      Dedicated employee helpline
Shareholders

 

 ·      Annual financial reports

·      Quarterly earnings conference

·      Annual shareholder meeting

·      Institutional investors’ conference
Suppliers ·      Supplier questionnaire survey

·      Supplier on-site audits

·      Annual supplier forum

·      Supplier capacity-building activities
Government ·      Communication meetings, conferences, forums or seminars held by government authorities

·      Proactive dialogue with government authorities

·      Reporting through government portal
Community ·      ASE Charity Foundation

·      ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation

·      Employee volunteer activities

·      Community perception surveys and needs assessments
Industry Unions and Associations ·      Organisational member conference

·      Technology forums held by industry unions/associations
Media ·      Press releases

·      Spokesperson interviews

·      Company’s website
NGOs ·      Communication meetings, forums, seminars or workshops held by NGOs

·      Company’s website

·      Volunteer activity cooperation with NGOs

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics ASE carried out a stakeholder survey, with 1,408 questionnaires completed to understand stakeholders’ level of concern for various topics.

What actions were taken by ASE to promote employee development?

In its 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE reports that it took the following actions for promoting employee development:

  • Implementing an Employee Career Development System
  • In ASE, all facilities need to formulate the following year’s annual training and course programme, according to their own business and organisational needs and adapting to the framework of ASE’s Six-Path Employee Career Development System through four approaches: classroom training, online courses, on the job practice and external training. In 2017, ASE invested around US$2.07 million in employee development programmes, averaging about US$112 per employee. ASE also provide reimbursements for tuition expenses for employees pursuing an advanced degree in their field of work and, in 2017, 132 degrees were sponsored by the tuition reimbursement programme. ASE specially pays attention to the cultivation of internal lecturers, and continues to run the TTT (Train The Trainer) programme year by year. By the end of 2017, ASE had 3,909 internal lecturers and a total of 8,315,240 training hours were completed. The average hours of training and development courses offered was 121 hours per employee.
  • Enhancing the effectiveness of training
  • In 2017, to enhance the effectiveness of training, ASE launched the V-model training (a training to begin with the end in mind) in its China factories. A variety of approaches and teaching strategies were designed to achieve optimal results and the Kirkpatrick Model was taken into consideration in every step of the design planning, execution and measurement. Most importantly, training results were defined with measurable indicators, to make it possible for trainees to understand the training programmes’ objectives. Once the objectives were ascertained, it was possible to put together available resources to achieve the training purpose.
  • Establishing the “Employee Development Dashboard”
  • To ensure the continuous improvement of the Group’s overall competitiveness, ASE has established the “Employee Development Dashboard” since 2015 and uses the Kirkpatrick Model to measure the effectiveness of training indicators. The “Employee Care & Development Taskforce Team” of the ASE Corporate Sustainability Committee annually reviews the dashboard indicators at each site and, based on the dashboard performance, each site is required to establish improvement activities for employee training and development.
  • Sharing best practices
  • ASE organises internal HR seminars and invites university professors to speak at these events. At these seminars, participants contribute ideas and engage in discussions on plans and actions to promote ASE’s sustainable development. In 2017, ASE carried out two seminars on corporate sustainability and human resource improvement practices in Taiwan, and also held a V-Model training workshop in China.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:

1) Disclosure 404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee

2) Disclosure 404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs

 

Disclosure 404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee corresponds to:

Disclosure 404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Employee training and education

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ASE, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ASE: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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]]> Case study: How ASE promotes sustainability among its suppliers https://sustaincase.com/case-study-how-ase-promotes-sustainability-among-its-suppliers/ Mon, 15 Jul 2019 06:31:58 +0000 https://ccprowebs.com/new-sustaincase.com/?p=9868 ASE is a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing services with sales and manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe, including in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, America and Europe. , workers are treated with dignity and respect, and business operations are environmentally responsible and conducted ethically. This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s […]

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]]> ASE is a global leader in semiconductor manufacturing services with sales and manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe, including in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, America and Europe. ASE is committed to partnering with suppliers to make sure working conditions in ASE’s supply chain are safe  Tweet This!, workers are treated with dignity and respect, and business operations are environmentally responsible and conducted ethically.

This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

ASE considers suppliers as important partners and expects them to offer fair terms and safe working conditions to their employees, not tolerating the employment of child labour or forced labour by any supplier. In order to promote sustainability among its suppliers ASE took action to:

  • implement a Supplier Code of Conduct
  • carry out supplier risk assessments and audits
  • strengthen suppliers’ capabilities to face sustainability challenges

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE identified a range of material issues, such as regulatory compliance, employee health and safety, waste management, water resource management, training and talent development, labour/management relations. Among these, promoting sustainability among its suppliers stands out as a key material issue for ASE.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ASE engages with:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Customers ·      Customer quarterly business review meeting

·      Customer audits

·      Technical forums

·      Customer service platform
Employees

 

 ·      GM mailbox

·      Intranet website

·      Satisfaction survey on employees

·      Dedicated employee helpline
Shareholders

 

 ·      Annual financial reports

·      Quarterly earnings release

·      Annual shareholder meeting

·      Institutional investors’ conference
Suppliers ·      Supplier questionnaire survey

·      Supplier on-site audits

·      Annual supplier forum

·      Supplier capacity-building activities
Government ·      Communication meetings, conferences, forums or seminars held by government authorities

·      Proactive dialogue with government authorities

·      Reporting through government portal
Community ·      ASE Charity Foundation

·      ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation

·      Employee volunteer activities

·      Community perception surveys and needs assessments
Industry Unions and Associations ·      Organisational member conference

·      Technology forums held by industry unions/associations
Media ·      Press releases

·      Spokesperson interviews

·      Company’s website
NGOs ·      Communication meetings, forums, seminars or workshops held by NGOs

·      Company’s website

·      Volunteer activity cooperation with NGOs

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics based on stakeholders’ concerns ASE conducted a stakeholder survey, with a total of 866 questionnaires completed by stakeholders.

What actions were taken by ASE to promote sustainability among its suppliers?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE reports that it took the following actions for promoting sustainability among its suppliers:

  • Implementing a Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Committed to establishing a sustainable supply chain, ASE requires new suppliers to comply with the “ASE Group Supplier Code of Conduct”. ASE also incorporates sustainability in the management and assessment of suppliers and encourages all suppliers to obtain international certification standards, such as ISO 90001 / TS 16949, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, etc. There are two aspects of ASE’s requirements for new suppliers: “Supplier Code of Conduct Commitment Letter” and “Supplier Sustainability Risk Assessment”:
    • Supplier Code of Conduct Commitment Letter: ASE requests its manufacturing and service suppliers, including new suppliers, to sign the “ASE Group Supplier Code of Conduct Commitment Letter” to guarantee their compliance with the “ASE Group Supplier Code of Conduct” which covers labour, health and safety, environment, business ethics and management system.
    • Supplier Sustainability Risk Assessment Questionnaire: New suppliers must complete ASE’s sustainability assessment covering regulatory compliance, sustainable management, conflict minerals management, environmental protection, health and safety, labour rights, human rights, etc., to assess sustainability risks associated with new suppliers.
  • Carrying out supplier risk assessments and audits
  • ASE carries out, annually, a supplier sustainability risk assessment through a three-stage approach. First, it conducts an initial potential risk analysis on suppliers according to the manufacturing location, procurement amount, and manufacturing processes. Next, ASE conducts a sustainability risk assessment, through questionnaires, on critical and tier 1 non-critical suppliers. Finally, after the questionnaire assessment is completed, high-risk suppliers are subjected to further risk assessment. Additionally, to ensure the effective management of its suppliers’ sustainability performance, ASE regularly conducts on-site / off-site audits and appoints third-party agencies to conduct audits on some critical suppliers. In 2016, ASE completed sustainability audits on 107 of its raw material suppliers and 67 of Human Resource and Service Contractors.
  • Strengthening suppliers’ capabilities to face sustainability challenges
  • ASE provides trainings, workshops and seminars to strengthen suppliers’ capabilities to face the ever-changing sustainability trends and to help build up suppliers’ awareness and capabilities for improving their sustainable practices. Accordingly, ASE collaborated with universities and industry alliances to implement a three-year Green Supply Chain Programme, to improve the sustainability performance of its suppliers and create sustainable value. In addition, to strengthen suppliers’ ability to respond to global sustainability trends and risks, ASE organises education and training on various sustainability issues and at multiple facilities, to convey its requirements for supply chain management.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:

1) Disclosure 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria

2) Disclosure 408-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor

3) Disclosure 409-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor

4) Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria

5) Disclosure 414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken

 

Disclosure 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria does not correspond to any SDG.

Disclosure 408-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Abolition of child labor
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
  • Business theme: Abolition of child labor

Disclosure 409-1 Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Elimination of forced or compulsory labor

Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • Business theme: Workplace violence and harassment
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Labor practices in the supply chain
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
  • Business theme: Workplace violence and harassment

Disclosure 414-2 Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • Business theme: Workplace violence and harassment
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Labor practices in the supply chain
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
  • Business theme: Workplace violence and harassment

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ASE, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ASE: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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]]> Case study: How ASE promotes employee communication and engagement https://sustaincase.com/case-study-how-ase-promotes-employee-communication-and-engagement/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:53:29 +0000 https://ccprowebs.com/new-sustaincase.com/?p=9646 As a leading independent provider of semiconductor manufacturing services with a worldwide headcount of over 66,000 employees and sales and manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe, including in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, America and Europe,   This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and […]

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]]> As a leading independent provider of semiconductor manufacturing services with a worldwide headcount of over 66,000 employees and sales and manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe, including in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, America and Europe, ASE respects employees’ opinions and provides various channels for employees to voice any comments or concerns they may have regarding their workplace.  Tweet This! 

This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

ASE is committed to respecting the rights of its employees and strives to provide a safe, comfortable, healthy and productive workplace, prioritising dialogue and two-way communication. In order to promote employee communication and engagement ASE took action to:

  • provide two-way communication channels
  • enter into collective agreements with labour unions
  • collect and analyse employees’ feedback through surveys

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE identified a range of material issues, such as regulatory compliance, employee health and safety, waste management, water resource management, training and talent development. Among these, promoting employee communication and engagement stands out as a key material issue for ASE.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ASE engages with:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Customers ·      Customer quarterly business review meeting

·      Customer audits

·      Technical forums

·      Customer service platform
Employees

 

 ·      GM mailbox

·      Intranet website

·      Satisfaction survey on employees

·      Dedicated employee helpline
Shareholders

 

 ·      Annual financial reports

·      Quarterly earnings release

·      Annual shareholder meeting

·      Institutional investors’ conference
Suppliers ·      Supplier questionnaire survey

·      Supplier on-site audits

·      Annual supplier forum

·      Supplier capacity-building activities
Government ·      Communication meetings, conferences, forums or seminars held by government authorities

·      Proactive dialogue with government authorities

·      Reporting through government portal
Community ·      ASE Charity Foundation

·      ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation

·      Employee volunteer activities

·      Community perception surveys and needs assessments
Industry Unions and Associations ·      Organisational member conference

·      Technology forums held by industry unions/associations
Media ·      Press releases

·      Spokesperson interviews

·      Company’s website
NGOs ·      Communication meetings, forums, seminars or workshops held by NGOs

·      Company’s website

·      Volunteer activity cooperation with NGOs

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics ASE carried out a survey among its stakeholders, who completed a total of 866 questionnaires.

What actions were taken by ASE to promote employee communication and engagement?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE reports that it took the following actions for promoting employee communication and engagement:

  • Providing two-way communication channels
  • ASE’s Human Resources Department provides various two-way communication channels for employees to voice any concerns they may have related to their workplace, including the following:
    • Intranet
    • E-mails Announcements
    • Bulletin Boards
    • On-Site TV News / Information
    • General Manager Mailbox
    • Plant Director Mailbox
    • Employee Opinions Box
    • Employee Symposium
    • Topics Workshop
    • Counselling Room
    • Labour Meeting
  • In addition to these channels, ASE emphasises and prioritises dialogues among managers and employees. Managers are expected to actively communicate with employees, and employees are encouraged to provide direct feedback to management through face-to-face dialogues, online surveys, informal gathering and learning course discussion.
  • Entering into collective agreements with labour unions
  • ASE has entered into collective agreements with the labour unions at ASE Kaohsiung of Taiwan, ASE Weihai/Suzhou/Wuxi of China, ASE Korea, ASE Japan, ASE Singapore and USI, unions that have been serving ASE employees for many years. In addition, to safeguard and improve employees’ rights and interests, ASE’s Shanghai Packaging and Testing Plant has established the “Shanghai Plant Employees’ Union”. At the end of 2016, the total number of union members was 28,876, accounting for approximately 43% of ASE Group’s total headcount. Union meetings are held once every quarter to communicate with employee representatives and resolve employee welfare issues.
  • Collecting and analysing employees’ feedback through surveys
  • ASE formulated the “ASE Group Employee Engagement Survey Implementation Guidelines” to systematically collect and analyse employees’ feedback and suggestions about ASE’s policies. ASE expects all facilities to follow the principles and implementation of the guidelines, focusing on: Corporate Culture, Work Environment, Training & Development, Leadership & Management, Employee Relations and Compensation and Benefits. ASE also carries out employee satisfaction surveys every two years and, in order to encourage employee involvement, in 2016 conducted a total of 320 communications with new employees, 341 symposiums with foreign employees and 263 communication sessions with general employees.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standard addressed in this case is:

 Disclosure 402-1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes

 

Disclosure 402-1 Minimum notice periods regarding operational changes corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Labor/management relations

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ASE, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ASE: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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]]> Case study: How ASE reduces the amount of waste it produces https://sustaincase.com/case-study-how-ase-reduces-the-amount-of-waste-it-produces/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 07:39:18 +0000 https://ccprowebs.com/new-sustaincase.com/?p=8359 As a leading global provider of semiconductor manufacturing services, seeking to meet the electronics industry’s ever-growing needs for faster, smaller and higher performance chips, developing and offering a wide portfolio of services and solutions, This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing. […]

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As a leading global provider of semiconductor manufacturing services, seeking to meet the electronics industry’s ever-growing needs for faster, smaller and higher performance chips, developing and offering a wide portfolio of services and solutions, ASE tries to constantly reduce the environmental impact of its operations through various pollution prevention measures and mechanisms.  Tweet This!

This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

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ASE implements ISO 14001 Environmental Management in all of its facilities, to minimise environmental impacts and ensure effective waste management. In order to reduce the amount of waste it produces ASE took action to:

  • adopt an eco-design approach and promote waste recycling
  • collaborate to treat special waste liquids and recycle
  • use green packaging materials

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE identified a range of material issues, such as regulatory compliance, employee health and safety, labour/management relations, training and talent development. Among these, reducing the amount of waste it produces stands out as a key material issue for ASE.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ASE engages with:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Customers ·      Customer quarterly business review meeting

·      Customer audits

·      Technical forums

·      Customer service platform
Employees

 

 ·      GM mailbox

·      Intranet website

·      Satisfaction survey on employees

·      Dedicated employee helpline
Shareholders

 

 ·      Annual financial reports

·      Quarterly earnings release

·      Annual shareholder meeting

·      Institutional investors’ conference
Suppliers ·      Supplier questionnaire survey

·      Supplier on-site audits

·      Annual supplier forum

·      Supplier capacity-building activities
Government ·      Communication meetings, conferences, forums or seminars held by government authorities

·      Proactive dialogue with government authorities

·      Reporting through government portal
Community ·      ASE Charity Foundation

·      ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation

·      Employee volunteer activities

·      Community perception surveys and needs assessments
Industry Unions and Associations ·      Organisational member conference

·      Technology forums held by industry unions/associations
Media ·      Press releases

·      Spokesperson interviews

·      Company’s website
NGOs ·      Communication meetings, forums, seminars or workshops held by NGOs

·      Company’s website

·      Volunteer activity cooperation with NGOs

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics based on stakeholders’ concerns, ASE carried out a survey. In total, 866 questionnaires were completed by stakeholders.

What actions were taken by ASE to reduce the amount of waste it produces?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE reports that it took the following actions for reducing the amount of waste it produces:

  • Adopting an eco-design approach and promoting waste recycling
  • To reduce the amount of waste it produces, ASE adopted an eco-design approach. For example, ASE’s lightweight IC design reduces the amount of plastic waste. In addition, ASE continues to reduce pollution and promotes waste recycling to reduce the volume of sludge by enhancing sludge dehydration efficiency and activation rate, reducing and improving process source, recycling waste liquids from electro-plating machines, and discouraging the use of disposable cutlery.
  • Collaborating to treat special waste liquids and recycle
  • ASE collaborates with well-known universities to research and develop technologies for treating special waste liquids, such as high concentration of waste liquids containing boron, hydrogen peroxide and high COD. Additionally, in 2016, ASE Kaohsiung and Chungli worked with customers to recycle more than 0.24 million wafer boxes. ASE also cooperates with chemical agent suppliers to recycle and extend the service life of empty barrels, for re-fill and reuse. Accordingly, in 2016, ASE Kaohsiung and Chungli recycled more than 10 thousand empty barrels.
  • Using green packaging materials
  • ASE uses packaging materials that are made from recyclable materials. In 2016, ASE recycled 3,432 metric tons of packaging boxes, 1,001 metric tons of pallets, 710 metric tons of wafer boxes and 890 metric tons of other packaging materials. In addition, ASE reduced the consumption of natural resources by sorting and recycling packaging materials.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standard addressed in this case is:

Disclosure 306-2 Waste by type and disposal method

 Disclosure 306-2 Waste by type and disposal method corresponds to:

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

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Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

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  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ASE, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ASE: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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As a leading global provider of semiconductor manufacturing services, striving to meet the electronics industry’s growing needs, with sales and manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe – in Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, America and Europe –, protecting the health and safety of its employees is a top priority for ASE  Tweet This!.

This case study is based on the 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report by ASE published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

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Preventing occupational accidents and ensuring the health and safety of its over 66,000 employees worldwide is highly important for ASE. In order to provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment ASE took action to:

  • implement an OHS management system
  • promote disaster and emergency preparedness
  • provide employees with health and medical care

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE identified a range of material issues, such as regulatory compliance, waste management, water resource management, labor/management relations. Among these, providing employees with a safe and healthy work environment stands out as a key material issue for ASE.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The organization should identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process s of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ASE engages with:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Customers ·         Customer quarterly business review meeting

·         Customer audits

·         Technical forums

·         Customer service platform
Employees

 

 ·         GM mailbox

·         Intranet website

·         Satisfaction survey on employees

·         Dedicated employee helpline
Shareholders

 

 ·         Annual financial reports

·         Quarterly earnings release

·         Annual shareholder meeting

·         Institutional investors’ conference
Suppliers ·         Supplier questionnaire survey

·         Supplier on-site audits

·         Annual supplier forum

·         Supplier capacity-building activities
Government ·         Communication meetings, conferences, forums or seminars held by government authorities

·         Proactive dialogue with government authorities

·         Reporting through government portal
Community ·         ASE Charity Foundation

·         ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation

·         Employee volunteer activities

·         Community perception surveys and needs assessments
Industry Unions and Associations ·         Organizational member conference

·         Technology forums held by industry unions/associations
Media ·         Press releases

·         Spokesperson interviews

·         Company’s website
NGOs ·         Communication meetings, forums, seminars or workshops held by NGOs

·         Company’s website

·         Volunteer activity cooperation with NGOs

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritize material issues ASE engaged with its stakeholders through a survey – 866 questionnaires were completed by stakeholders.

What actions were taken by ASE to provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment?

In its 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report ASE reports that it took the following actions for providing employees with a safe and healthy work environment:

  • Implementing an OHS management system
  • ASE implements an OHS (occupational health and safety) management system to prevent all types of accidents and ensure employees’ health and safety. The OHS management system covers occupational safety, emergency response, work injury and occupational disease prevention, industrial hygiene, physical labor work, machinery protection, public health and accommodation, and health and safety information. Additionally, every year ASE assesses and identifies risks for all new or modified manufacturing processes, determining risks and applying control procedures where needed.
  • Promoting disaster and emergency preparedness
  • All ASE manufacturing facilities have disaster response and recovery plans and, once a year, carry out full-scale emergency drills in cooperation with local authorities. Some of ASE’s facilities are located in earthquake and typhoon prone areas, and these drills enable the company to effectively prevent major damages to human lives or buildings, as well as disruptions to its production processes. In 2016, ASE conducted 937 drills for earthquakes, fire and chemical disasters.
  • Providing employees with health and medical care
  • ASE offers employees complete health and medical care, which includes preventative care, statutory infectious disease emergency response procedures and emergency rescue response procedures. By monitoring and analyzing employees’ health records, ASE is able to identify risk areas affecting employees’ health and to actively improve their physical well-being.

Which GRI indicators/Standards have been addressed?

The GRI indicator addressed in this case is: G4-LA7: Workers with high incidence or high risk of diseases related to their occupation and the updated GRI Standard is: Disclosure 403-3 Workers with high incidence or high risk of diseases related to their occupation

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ASE, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) http://www.fbrh.co.uk/en/global-reporting-initiative-gri-g4-guidelines-download-page

3) https://g4.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx

4) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ASE: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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