| Green
Supply Chain |
UMC
has been aware of the green production trend from the international
community and its customers since 2003. Since then, UMC has
promoted green supply chain management and established an SOP
for green procurement through supplier, processes and materials
evaluations. UMC also regularly requires a third-party organization
to examine the customer products manufactured at UMC to ensure
they meet environmental laws and regulations. To 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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Hazardous Substance
Process Management (HSPM)
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 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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| Find
out more about HSPM (please click) |
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Supplier Classification
Supplier choosing: With regard to choosing its suppliers and
contractors, their CSR practices will be a primary consideration
for UMC, such as their value of green production, environmentally
friendly design for products and hazardous substance free.
Classification: Suppliers are classified based on their features
and risk level. All suppliers have to fill in UMC's hazardous
substance control list and conduct self-evaluation. UMC will
conduct either document reviews or on-site investigations to
confirm the information they provide. Suppliers who fail to
meet the standard have to make improvements in a limited period
of time. Suppliers who fail at the new material assessment stage
cannot be accepted as UMC qualified suppliers.
The main purpose: To encourage suppliers to establish their
hazardous substances internal management system. UMC expects
to achieve effective control on environmental-friendly design
for products and be hazardous substance free through source
management. |
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Green Procurement
Management
UMC's requirements regarding green procurement, including
control rules on tier 2 and tier 3 suppliers
UMC's requirements regarding green procurement are sent
to its suppliers accompanied with orders through an e-procurement
system. In addition, suppliers must upload their examination
results for materials and goods through this platform. UMC
can then recognize items that violate the rules in advance
and take countermeasures immediately.
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Supplier Evaluations
Suppliers' efficiency in managing hazardous substances are
included in UMC's supplier evaluations.
If suppliers obtain certain certificates for environmental
protection efforts or hazardous substances management (ISO
14001 or TS16949 or QC080000), they will accumulate positive
points in evaluations.
UMC will cease procurement or disqualify the suppliers if
they perform poorly in the evaluations.
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Supplier Training
UMC periodically holds supplier training meetings to promote
and communicate UMC's policy and methods in implementing its
green supply chain management system as well as items that
suppliers shall cooperate with. UMC hopes to create a win-win
situation for both UMC and suppliers based on green product
consensus.
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