Environmental Conservation

To address the environmental impact caused by economic development and extreme weather, ASEH has designated the protection of the environment and public welfare as the cornerstones of our community engagement efforts. By bringing together employees, local residents, government agencies, non-profit organizations, suppliers, customers and stakeholders to promote environmental projects, we aim to mitigate negative impacts and bring about positive developments. We remain committed to our 30-year goal (initiated in 2014) of investing a total of NT$3 billion towards environmental initiatives in Taiwan, whereby we will donate NT$100 million or more per year.

In 2025, to optimize resource utilization and deepen environmental sustainability efforts, NT$ 100 million was allocated to the ASE Environmental Protection and Sustainability Foundation (EPSF) for environmental projects focused on 5 key areas; energy conservation and carbon reduction, nature and ecology, environmental education, circular economy, and environmental protection. To date, a total of 43 projects are executed.

For more details on the projects, please visit our official website at: https://www.aseepsfund.org.tw/

The “ASE Guardians of the Seas” is a long-term marine conservation project established in 2022 by ASEH and the ASE Environmental Sustainability Foundation to safeguard marine biodiversity. Centered around the theme “Safeguarding Oceans, Sustaining Hope,” the scale of activities for the “ASE Ocean Day” on May 24, 2025 was expanded further and attracted nearly 2,000 participants comprising employees and their families from ASE Kaohsiung, ASE Chungli, SPIL, and USI, as well as 33 supply chain partners and stakeholders.

Synchronized beach cleanups, underwater cleanups, and wetland afforestation initiatives were carried out across ten locations from north to south, including Longdong Bay Ocean Park and Tamsui Shalun Beach in New Taipei, Xinwu Driftwood Park in Taoyuan, Da'an Coastal Red Pavilion and Songbo Fishing Port Xishi Sea Dike in Taichung, Qijin Beach and Qieding Wetland in Kaohsiung, Kenting in Pingtung, Green Island, and Aimen Beach in Penghu. At the end of the event, a total of 4.2 metric tons of waste was collected. The event serves to strengthen our stakeholders’ environmental sustainability literacy, optimize influence across the value chain, and foster collaborative, mutually beneficial actions for marine protection alongside our suppliers and diverse partners.

In 2025, we partnered with four diving centers - Taiwan Dive, Water Player, Ocean Channel Diving, and hide.n.sea, to conduct monthly beach and underwater cleanups. Over the course of the year, 11 beach cleanups and 22 underwater cleanups were organized, removing approximately 1.7 metric tons of marine debris. Additionally, we trained 30 members for the “ASE Eco-Diving Team,” leveraging systematic, professional certification courses to equip employees and members of the public with safety- and environment-conscious marine cleanup expertise, successfully transforming sustainability enthusiasm into professional marine conservation capabilities.

The ASE Environmental Protection and Sustainability Foundation continued to promote campus LED light installation projects. By assisting elementary and junior high schools in rural areas and communities surrounding ASE facilities to replace fluorescent tubes and light bulbs with LED lights, the projects help to protect the eyesight of schoolchildren. Since the project was first launched twelve years ago, we have installed 185,310 LED tube lights in 191 schools in the Taoyuan, Taichung, Changhua, Nantou and Kaohsiung areas. Over the years, the LED projects have helped schools to save 24,285,827 kWh of electricity and reduce 12,141 tCO₂e. LED lighting also helps to create a well-lit environment, in turn improving teaching quality and at the same time achieving energy conservation and carbon reduction.

ASEH hosted the second annual “ASE Teen Sustainable Innovation Competition” and the third annual sustainability innovation competition “Sustainable Kaohsiung: Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge.” The competition provides teenagers and young entrepreneurs with a platform to receive training and develop their potential, empowering them to innovate sustainably and drive positive social impacts.