PSC does not cause waste pollution on a large scale as it is a financial service provider, but we are still committed to developing the Company into an all-round green enterprise in adherence to the sustainable operational principle of "You care, we act!" striving to establish ourselves as an eco-friendly, LOHAS, and green enterprise. The chapter on Environmental Protection is divided into three primary aspects, Climate Change Management, Resource Sustainability Management, and Responsible Procurement and Supplier Management, to specify the sustainability actions PSC has taken to protect the environment in 2023.

In respect of climate change management, we continue to comprehensively review our business and administrative processes and adopt electronic and paperless operations for paperwork to simplify the operating processes and reduce carbon emissions, while identifying and discussing risks and opportunities for PSC’s operations in response to climate change. In terms of energy and greenhouse gas management, PSC has adopted ISO 14064 for greenhouse gas inventory in 2019. The investigation results have revealed that PSC’s primary source of carbon emissions is the purchased electricity consumed by its operational locations. In response to the government's goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, in 2022, we collected comprehensive carbon emission data from all locations and continue to expand the scope of our inventory efforts, covering subsidiaries in Taiwan in 2023 as we work towards the shared goal of Taiwan's 2050 net-zero emissions target.

As for resource sustainability management, we officially adopted the ISO 14001 environmental management system in 2021 and formally established an Environmental Management Implementation Committee. Outside consultants and experts assisted us in identifying our three major environmental issues: noise of the air-conditioning system, energy consumption of lights, as well as paper reduction in paperwork, and formulated action plans for reduction and improvement goals. We also obtained the ISO 14001 certification in 2022. The validity period of the certificate is from June 14, 2022 to June 14, 2025.

In terms of responsible sourcing and supplier management, the percentage of suppliers signing the corporate social commitment in 2023 reached 95.93%, an increase of 1.55% compared with 2022. To improve the service quality of suppliers and enhance the influence of the PSC value chain, the “Procurement and Purchasing Management Regulations” were revised in 2023 to accommodate the addition of acceptance, incident, and sustainability assessments, making supplier evaluation more comprehensive.