United Microelectronics Corporation (“UMC”) held the “2021 Outstanding Supplier Award Ceremony” to recognize 18 partners for their excellent contributions.
UMC also took the opportunity during the ceremony to reiterate its commitment to build a low carbon supply chain, aiming for a 20% reduction in carbon emissions and an increase of renewal energy usage to 20% of total power consumption by 2030. The company announced in June its target to achieve net zero by 2050, making it the first semiconductor foundry to do so.
SC Chien, UMC co-president and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), said: “The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges across all sectors around the world. We’re deeply grateful for our trusted partners and their support of our products and services, technological developments, and facility construction, enabling UMC to maintain stable production and on-time delivery to our customers. UMC has actively promoted green supply chain practices since 2017 through the ‘Triple R League’ initiative, which attracted the participation of 39 suppliers. This year, we started the next phase of the initiative, ‘Green Supply Chain 2.0'. We're thrilled that more than 500 companies have expressed interest to participate. Together, we're confident we will continue making great strides as we move towards our net zero goal.”
Louis Hsieh, UMC’s associate vice president of operations support, said: “The annual Supplier Awards is an important occasion for us to express our appreciation for our partners. This year, we selected 18 winners from over 1,000 companies, whose excellent services contribute significantly to our business. UMC gained admissions into the RE100 global initiative and became the first foundry to commit to net zero carbon. To maximize impact, it would be necessary to call on all our suppliers to work with us to reduce our supply chain’s carbon emissions and to strive towards a sustainable future.”
UMC promoted the Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle principle through the Triple R League initiative, which ran from 2017-2020 and brought together 39 suppliers. Total carbon reduction from this initiative over three years was the equivalent of 409,000 tons. Looking ahead, UMC will continue to work with upstream and downstream partners to provide better products and services while striving towards a sustainable supply chain.
Award Winners:
Applied Materials, Inc.
ASML Holding N.V.
GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
KLA Corporation
Lam Research Corporation
Lasertec Corporation
Merck Performance Materials Ltd.
Photronics DNP Mask Corp.,
Soitec S.A.
Tokyo Electron Ltd.
Nikon Precision Ltd.
PERIC Special Gases Co.,Ltd
Leader Mutual Freight System Inc.
Sanwa Engineering Corp.,
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NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd
PioTech Co., Ltd
SHENG LUAN ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.,
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