| Since
the European Union announced the RoHS (Restrictions of Hazardous
Substances) Directive in 2003 to limit the use of six hazardous
substances (Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr+6, PBB, and PBDE), the requirement
for green products has evolved from an ideology to regulated
necessity in the international community. Moreover, the requirement
for the use of hazardous substances has been enforced to various
stages of different product manufacturing throughout the supply
chain. As such, UMC has gradually implemented programs such
as green manufacturing, green procurement, green supply chain
management and acquiring qualification from third parties to
ensure UMC's products are in conformity with RoHS requirements. |
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| Green
Supply Chain Management |
| Since
2004, UMC has continually promoted and participated in the "Industrial
Sustainable Development and Promotion Project" led by Taiwan's
Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs.
By helping our suppliers establish a hazardous substance control
mechanism to conform to international regulations, this project
enhances the competitiveness of the entire green supply chain.
Major measures are listed as follows: |
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Formed a material composition
control list. The list is updated according to international
environmental protection regulations and customers' requirement,
and is deemed as a self-managed standard that conforms
to international trends. |
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Formed a supplier material
composition warranty that requires material suppliers'
products to be free of hazardous substances, thereby ensuring
that UMC's products conform to international requirements. |
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Created evaluation forms
to measure each supplier's environmental protection performance. |
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Strengthened employees'
ideology for managing hazardous substances through education
and training. |
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| UMC's
Compressive Diagram for Green Supply Chain |
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| UMC's
Hazardous Substance Control List (please click) |
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| QC
080000 Qualification |
| In June 2006, UMC
completed Hazardous Substance Process Management (HSPM) and
has received IECQ-QC080000 qualification, which made UMC the
first semiconductor manufacturer in the world to achieve QC
080000 HSPM for all fabs. The QC 080000 IECQ HSPM standard is
based on the "flow orientation" measure to manage
the use of hazardous substances, which covers the stages from
design and development, procurement, and manufacturing to shipment.
The success of this system demonstrates UMC's capability in
managing hazardous substances and ensures UMC provides hazardous
substance free and environmental friendly products that conform
to customers' requirements and international regulations. |
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Fab6A/Fab8A/Fab8B/
Fab8CFab8D/Fab8E/
Fab8S certificates
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Fab12A certificate |
Fab12i certificate |
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