2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report - UMC

3.1.2 EU LCA to go Project
Initiative participation in international sustainable environmental programs
To fulfill UMC duties as a global and corporate citizen, UMC initiates and invests human and financial capital to participate in
EU FP7 and improve ability of CFP inventory and provide customer specific CFP information. We also establish a foundation
for Energy Conservation & Carbon Reduction for green product design.
In 2010, UMC, with the help from Industrial Technology
Research Institute (ITRI), became an official member in the
FP7. The project name is "Boosting Life Cycle Assessment
use in SMEs: development of sectoral methods and tools"
or “LCA to go” for short, just like coffee to go since they are
both simple, fast, and easy.
Project Name Boosting Life Cycle Assessment use in SMEs:
development of sectoral methods and tools
(Abbreviation: LCA to go)
Project Period 2011~2014
Object
Basis of Concept
● Provide a simple, smart and decision-making LCA tool
for EU’s SMEs.
● There are six sectors; UMC is responsible for
semiconductor sector.
● Application of life cycle assessment thinking explored
environment impact and sustainability issues
● Solving European SMEs difficult of green design base
on Life cycle assessment: Reducing time, effort and cost
of inputs of LCA.
ITRI
Members
18 member from 9 countries
EU FP7 Project Introduced Domestically
ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan)
and DoIT (Department of Industrial Technology) introduced
this EU project domestically as Technology Development
Programs. UMC Cooperation with the domestic industry
and academia, research and development common to the
global semiconductor industry's simplified LCA model. By
the plan cultivated MA and PhD talent adn help suppliers
Carbon Footprint inventory and held educational training
activities.
UMC has leading global foundry experience as well
as support of the supply chain partners. In 2011, UMC
completed the survey on SMEs’ demand of LCA for Taiwan
products. According to the academic reference, green
house gas is major impact of varies environmental impact.
So this project was focus on IC’s CFP.
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