2009 Corporate Responsibility Report - Acer Group

Acer Corporate Responsibility Report 2009
In 2009, the world continued to reel from the aftereffects of the
2008 global financial meltdown. It also witnessed a slow recovery
after the economy hit rock-bottom. The trust in business has been
suffered from falling to an all-time low. How business implements
its corporate responsibility, particularly social responsibility, was
under close watch. The economic downturn helped people to
come to grips with the fact that sustainable future in the absence
of a stably prospering economy is out of the question. We at Acer
also acknowledge the significance of triple bottom line: economy,
the environment and community, in its quest for sustainable
development.
Whether it's the public domain or the private sector, green
technologies and green growth have become the focus of every
financial stimulus plan. The emerging trend in the identification
and exploit of tremendous business opportunities to implement
sustainable development forecasts the long term investment
value of sustainability. Opportunities illustrated in SMART 2020,
published in 2008 by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
are a beacon to the ICT in terms of responding to energy issues
and climate change. The race to deliver the best possible green
technologies has already begun, and leading companies are
pulling out all the stops to be the solution provider to address
present and future challenges; and, of course, the ICT is not going
to be left out from the race.
Copenhagen Cop15 of The United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held at yearend 2009 failed to
achieve a binding agreement on the carbon reduction targets by
2020. However, a consensus was reached to limit average global
temperature rises to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
levels. The industrialized countries need to cut carbon emissions
drastically before 2050. The developing countries were compelled
to join the ranks of fighting global warming by committing to the
National Appropriate Mitigation Actions. It is now or never for
mankind to address climate change with shared but different
responsibility.
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