2008 CDP Report, Taiwan Launch

Partners Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) Carbon Disclosure Project Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD), Taiwan With special thanks to event sponsors: ACER Inc and ACER Foundation And Co-Organisers Taipei Computer Association (TCA) British Trade and Cultural Office, Taiwan Date: Monday, October 20, 2008 Time: 1:30 – 5.00 pm Venue: Grand Formosa Regent Taipei 4 floor No 41, Chung Shan N. Rd., Section2, Taipei 104, Taiwan Speakers: Tom Rivett-Carnac, Head of Public Sector, CDP David St. Maur Sheil, Director Operations, ASrIA Niven Huang, Secretary General, BCSD Taiwan Event invitation is here. Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2008 —Asia ex-Japan Event Summary “Business can not succeed in societies that fail. This planet will survive only we work together for sustainable development. CDP is regarded as a very influential driver for driving our low-carbon sustainable future. We will be very pleased to see that CDP leads the way for a more sustainable business model.” From opening remark by J.T. Wang, Chairman of Acer With the co-operation of CDP, ASrIA and BCSD Taiwan, the first Taiwan CDP launch was organized on October 20, sponsored by Acer Inc. and the Taipei Computer Association. The event was very well attended by more than 180 participants, including members from the corporate sector as well as investors, market regulators, civil society organisations and the media. The event was chaired by Tessa Tennant, Director and Founder of ASrIA. Opening remarks were made by Ms Tennant, J.T. Wang, Chairman of Acer Group, and a representative of the Taiwan EPA. Tom Carnac of CDP noted that the CDP is an independent, not-for-profit organization which assembled 385 investors with assets of US$ 57 trillion. This is the sixth year since 2003 that CDP has been launched and this year CDP invited 2500-3000 corporates to fill out its questionnaire. 1550 companies responded, showing that CDP has become a key driver for data disclosure. Tom also highlighted CDP’s new initiatives to have leading companies work with their suppliers to encourage them to return questionnaires and also to strengthen city government engagement with this initiative. David Sheil of ASrIA explained the findings of the CDP Asia-Ex Japan report. The reports were launched globally starting from September 22. He noted that 33 Taiwanese companies (composed of 50% electronic companies, 25% financial companies and 25% traditional industries) were invited to participate in the regional survey and to fill out the questionnaire. Taiwan’s electronic sector was the best new performer in the 2008 CDP Asia ex-Japan Report as they had the highest response rate and GHG data disclosure. He noted that Taiwan companies not only responded to the questionnaire but provided high quality data as well, which would be of great value to investors. In general, the three key investment trends, as identified by ASrIA in the Asia ex-Japan Report are: Extreme Weather Events Taiwan Supply Chain Speaks Regulatory Uncertainty Inhibits Company Policie Niven Huang, rounded off the event by emphasizing the importance and value to Taiwan industry to engage in the CDP process and the hope that more companies would be involved in the coming year. The event was extremely successful and indicates that Taiwan can play a leading role in carbon management and disclosure in the Asian region. Presentations 1.29MB Presentation by Tom Rivett-Carnac, CDP 1.4MB Presentation by David St. Maur Sheil, ASrIA 1.79MB Presentation by Niven Huang, BCSD Taiwan List of Attending Institutions 2008 CDP Report Launch Attending Institutions Acer ASUStek AUO B&Q BSI BTCO Bureau Veritas China Environmental Consultants Limited China petrolium Co. CMO COA Compal Csrcommunity CTCI Delta elcetronic Eco-ESCO Management ECS Electronics Testing Center, Taiwan EPA Epson Taiwan ERM ESTC Everest Expounion Formosa Aero Space Technology Green Party HANTON TECH Head of Political and Economic Section HP iACT Inventec istgroup ITRI Lite-on Merrill Lynch MOEA NCTU NCU NIU NTOU NTPU NTU NTUT OUCC pegatroncorp Qisda SGS SITCA Taftw Taikoo Motors co. Taiwan Environmenatl Info. Center Taiwan Environmetal management ass. Taiwan Green Building Council Taiwan mobile co. Taiwan OTC Taiwan Power company Taiwan Steel & Iron Industries Association Taiwan Stocks Exchange Taiwan TFT LCD Association TEAN TGPF TI TNU TRI TSMC TUV UMC UniPresident Veda YFY paper co.

Tom Rivett-Carnac, CDP David St. Maur Sheil, ASrIA Niven Huang, BCSD Taiwan J. T. Wang, Acer Group Tessa Tennant, ASrIA