2009 Corporate Responsibility Report - Acer Group

Acer Corporate Responsibility Report 2009
It's Time for Corporate Responsibility
Participating in Public Policymaking
In participating public policymaking, we at Acer speak from our
own business experience and play a part in Taiwan, R.O.C's
public policymaking process – where Acer is headquartered – in
hopes of creating a business environment conducive to promoting
sustainable development and CSR implementation.
Acer participated in the following three sustainability-driven
policymaking enactments in 2009:
1. Corporate Social Responsibility and Best Practice Principles at
the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)
Supported by BCSD-Taiwan and CSR Taiwan, Taiwan Stock
Exchange (TWSE) and GreTai Securities Market (GTSM)
drafted the "Corporate Social Responsibility and Best Practice
Principles for TWSE/GTSM-Listed Companies" in 2009. The
Principles, as a soft law, is to be applied for promoting the
implementation of CSR and reporting accordingly. As the board
director of BCSD-Taiwan, Acer was engaged directly by BCSD-
Taiwan in the consultation process for drafting the Principles.
The engagement period lasted from March to April of 2009.
2. The Taiwan Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Act
Having a legal basis for GHG reduction helps motivate
the community to take on necessary reduction measures
collectively. We at Acer work with BCSD-Taiwan and Taiwan
Corporate Sustainability Forum (TCSF) – an organization
specializing in the sharing of CSR practices – to engage the
legislative and administrative departments in further enriching
the GHG Reduction Act under the principles of fairness and
shared responsibility. The engagement period lasted between
January and May, 2009.
3. Carbon Footprint and Carbon Emission Label
Carbon footprint and carbon emission labeling for notebooks
continue to be hampered by many subjective factors due to
extreme complexity in electronic components assembling.
In 2009, Acer offered its own management experience in the
area via both direct and indirect communication channels
to government agencies. In the future, we at Acer are also
considering taking part in CSR-related criteria institution or tests
spearheaded by international agencies.
2010 Goals and
Commitments
• Develop internal corporate responsibility sharing platform
in Acer.
• Held Acer CSR Forum and communicate with international
stakeholders continually.
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