Supply Chain Management Framework

The supply chain plays an indispensable role in ASEH’s corporate sustainability development. The ASEH board of directors is the highest decision making body of our supply chain management, and is responsible for endorsing key strategies and execution plans. To further our sustainability goals, the Corporate Sustainability and Information Security Committee was established to plan and supervise the company’s sustainability management, submit progress and status reports to the board of directors, and establish the sustainability management policies and goals of the three subsidiaries. The Board of Directors formally approved the appointment of a Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). Mr. Andrew Tang, a board member, was elected to the post and is responsible for the development of group-wide sustainable supply chain strategies and overseeing the execution and performance of critical initiatives. He will also lead regular reviews of key sustainability targets and the corresponding implementation across the three major subsidiaries. Each subsidiary has its own Supply Chain Management Team tasked with driving action plans related to supply chain sustainability and advancing ASEH’s mid- to long-term sustainability goals. The CPO and the subsidiary teams will jointly assess ESG-related supply chain issues and risks, providing necessary support, advocacy, and training to all sites as part of daily internal management.

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively “ASE Technology Holding”) is among the leading providers of semiconductor assembly and test services and a major consolidator of systems and converging technologies. It is therefore our responsibility to have a positive influence on the global electronics supply chain. We regard our suppliers as long-term partners and propose to establish together a sustainable supply chain network. We also dedicate ourselves to responsible sourcing and developing technological capabilities in supply chain in order to provide responsible and first-class services continuously to our customers.

ASE Technology Holding is committed to the following:

• Taking proactive measures to ensure our purchasing practices are in compliance with the highest standards of professionalism and business ethics, abiding by all laws and regulations where we operate, and emphasizing fair competitions among suppliers and fair business between suppliers and ASE Technology Holding.
  

• Fully implementing green procurement and conducting purchasing activities in accordance with ASE Technology Holding’s conflict minerals policy and green product regulations.
  

• Building stable partnerships with suppliers, pursuing mutual benefits through full communications and collaborations while emphasizing risks and benefits sharing.
  

• Requiring suppliers to abide by all applicable laws and regulations, adhere to high standards of business ethics, safeguard human rights, attach great importance to physical safety and mental health of employees, protect the environment and use their best efforts to fulfill corporate social responsibility.
  

• Being actively engaged in supplier management and coaching to assist suppliers with continuous improvement in competitiveness, undertaking supplier risk assessments which include delivery, quality, cost, service, technology and sustainability as criteria, and incorporating the assessment results into ASE Technology Holding’s purchase decisions. Any supplier still unable to meet ASE Technology Holding’s standards after receiving coaching will be replaced by an alternative supplier after full communication.
  

• Integrating green product design into customers’ requirements as well as collaborating with customers and suppliers on developing innovative materials and equipment with an aim to advance technologies and enhance competitiveness in the whole supply chain network.
  

We, ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd., its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “ASE”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”), being a responsible corporate citizen, have taken proactive measures to ensure the highest standards of professional and ethical business conduct. We believe that ASE’s long-term operation and success shall rely on the corporate sustainability and realization of corporate social responsibilities. Since the supply chain is a critical extension of ASE’s business value chain, we are actively devoted to developing supply chain to ensure that our suppliers, contractors, service providers and subcontractors (collectively, “Suppliers”) collectively achieve the goal of sustainability. In order to ensure that working conditions in the supply chain are safe, workers are treated with respect and dignity, and business operations are environmentally responsible and conducted ethically, ASE, by taking UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights as reference, adopts this Supplier Code of Conduct (“Code”) which follows ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. Code of Business Conduct and Ethics as well as the Responsible Business Alliance (“RBA”, Formerly EICC) Code of Conduct , and we require Suppliers’ business conducts to strictly comply with this Code as well as laws and regulations of countries/area where suppliers’ operations exist with respect to labor, health and safety, environmental, business ethics and the management system. ASE also encourages Suppliers to require their suppliers, contractors, services providers and subcontractors to adopt and comply with this Code. Suppliers’ status of compliance with this Code will be a prerequisite for ASEH’s evaluation of qualified suppliers and purchasing decisions. This Code consists of five sections. Sections A, B, and C outline tenets for Labor, Health and Safety, and the Environment, respectively, and Section D sets forth tenets for business ethics, and Section E outlines the elements necessary to an appropriate management system to implement this Code.

ASEH is committed to building solid supplier relationships and engaging in responsible procurement practices. While cost and quality are primary factors influencing our procurement decisions, we place an equally high emphasis on the overall sustainable value provided by the supply chain. We actively address emerging sustainability issues and risks in the supply chain, develop detailed management strategies, implement them through realistic action plans, and conduct dynamic and timely risk and opportunity assessments. In recent years, we have designed innovative programs that encourage supplier collaboration on sustainability topics. This further strengthens supplier resilience and collaboration for a win-win ecosystem.

ASEH Supply Chain Management Strategy:

• Value Oriented：To obtain a competitive overall value in the supply chain.
  

• Diversified Sources：To maintain at least two suppliers for the same material to ensure continuous supply.
  

• Quality First：To obtain the best quality products and services from suppliers.
  

• Strategic Cooperation：To integrate suppliers' resources and capabilities for greater innovation.
  

• Sustainable Sourcing：To raise suppliers' economic, environmental and social performance in sustainability.
  

• Responsible Minerals Sourcing：To ensure that suppliers are using only responsibly sourced, conflict-free minerals in their products.
  

To improve the skillsets of ASEH’s procurement teams at each subsidiary, we conduct regular systematic training that aims to increase the teams’ sustainability awareness. This ensures that the teams have a deeper understanding of the company's yearly supply chain sustainability goals as well as effectively execute ASEH’s procurement and supply chain development policies and strategies. The internal trainings instill the importance of sustainability in corporate procurement, and team interactions allow procurement teams from different entities to exchange ideas and foster a corporate culture of sustainability.