Management of CSR
Management of CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy
As a people-oriented company, SNI complies with the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct and is committed to safeguarding human rights and helping employees develop professional skills and enhance their wellbeing within the organization, while actively working towards the creation of an environment that facilitates mutual coexistence, prosperity, and social growth. By supporting economic growth and providing a sound working environment as well as efficient supply chain, SNI continues to offer products that provide greater convenience and comfort to mankind. In its business operations, the company aims to comply with pertinent regulations and conduct business with integrity in order to keep up with trends in the international community, society and neighboring communities while incorporating various systems to promote transparent management. This helps boost its corporate image and enable SNI to become a sustainable LOHAS enterprise.
Economy
To conduct business with integrity and adopt transparency practices in internal governance, so as to maintain profitability and sustainable operations while safeguarding the rights of stakeholders.
Society
To encourage employees to help communities and promote social welfare while boosting the company’s image and achieving sustainable operations.
Environment
To comply with pertinent regulations, reduce energy consumption, and develop eco-friendly products.
Employees
To protect employee rights and provide adequate training; create a LOHAS working environment that cultivates cohesiveness and happiness among members of the company.
Supply Chains
To promote localized purchases, reduce packaging, minimize carbon emissions from transportation, reject the use of conflict minerals, and promote a sustainable green value chain.
Ethics
To operate in accordance with the principle of fair trade; to maintain integrity and to decline any gift or benefit from people with vested interest; to uphold business ethics and respect intellectual property rights and privacy.
Stakeholder Engagement
SNI’s primary stakeholders have been engaged by various ESG Committee Members in accordance with Stakeholder Engagement Standard: Responsibility, Influence, Tension, Dependency, and Diverse Perspectives. Through the questionnaire survey and discussions among the ESG Committee Members, the six primary stakeholders identified include Customers, Suppliers, Investors, Employees, Government agencies, and Communities, serving as the major communication targets during the reporting period. To understand the actual needs of our stakeholders, we have established various communication channels and constantly strengthened the diversity of these channels to meet the needs and thoughts of the stakeholders and maintain exchanges with them.
The Five Principles of AA1000 SES-2015 Stakeholder Engagement Standard (SES)
Dependency
Responsibility
Tension
Influence
Diverse Perspectives
Demands and Channels of Communication for Different Stakeholders
Matrix of Stakeholder Concerns
The materiality analysis framework was developed based on SNI’s GRI Standards and the AA1000 SES Stakeholder Engagement Standards for the identification of material sustainability topics, which not only was used for the compilation of this Report but also served as a reference basis for the Company to formulate long-term goals and strategies for sustainability.
Stakeholder Contacts
Item
Contact Number
E-mail Address
Investor Services
TEL: +886-3-3289289 EXT: 5807
invest@senao.com
Supplier Services
TEL: +886-3-3289289 EXT: 5202
purchaser@senao.com
Customer Services
TEL: +886-3-3289289 EXT: 2371
sales@senao.com
Human Resources Recruitment Services
TEL: +886-3-3289289 EXT: 5831
hr@senao.com
Anti-corruption
TEL: +886-3-3289289 EXT: 5820
illegal@senao.com
Action Plan
Selection of Material Topics
In 2021, the ESG Committee Members from each unit held an information meeting for stakeholder engagement and selected corresponding stakeholders to each unit through discussion, and evaluated as well as chose questionnaire survey and interviews as the methods for further stakeholder engagement. A total of 9 material topics were finally determined as the prioritized topics for SNI to promote corporate sustainability. Short-, medium-, and long-term sustainable management goals have also been established.
The “SNI Green Infinity Plan
In 2017,The SNI Green Infinity Plan officially launched, seven functional subcommittees under the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee has implemented relevant promotions in accordance with their functions and responsibilities every year, beginning with the Green-Collar Cultivation followed by the Green Supply Chain, Green Purchasing, Green Accounting, Green Manufacturing Process, Green Products, Green Packaging, Green Collar Training, and Green Care. In addition, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have also been responded to.
To achieve effective control over the company’s costs and expenses for green investment, thereby enabling the analysis of green investments and improvement of investment efficiency.
To purchase materials and products with relevant eco-friendly labels and gradually establish our green purchasing mechanism.
To assist the supply chain to reduce energy consumption for operations, thereby reducing the carbon and water footprint for products.
To indoctrinate environmental education and create a green workplace in order to cultivate green-collar talents.
Promoted clean production mechanisms that facilitates water conservation, energy conservation, and waste reduction to reduce production cost.
To promote the philosophy of green design by integrating our upstream and downstream suppliers in the efforts and jointly achieve our green vision.
Reduced packing weight, developed green packaging material, and increased recycling rate of packing.
To care for SNI employees and their families, disadvantaged minorities, and communities while promoting the relevant green concept.
Green accounting
To achieve effective control over the company’s costs and expenses for green investment, thereby enabling the analysis of green investments and improvement of investment efficiency.
Green purchasing
To purchase materials and products with relevant eco-friendly labels and gradually establish our green purchasing mechanism.
Green supply chain
To assist the supply chain to reduce energy consumption for operations, thereby reducing the carbon and water footprint for products.
Green-collar cultivation
To indoctrinate environmental education and create a green workplace in order to cultivate green-collar talents.
Green manufacturing process
Promoted clean production mechanisms that facilitates water conservation, energy conservation, and waste reduction to reduce production cost.
Green products
To promote the philosophy of green design by integrating our upstream and downstream suppliers in the efforts and jointly achieve our green vision.
Green packaging
Reduced packing weight, developed green packaging material, and increased recycling rate of packing.
Green care
To care for SNI employees and their families, disadvantaged minorities, and communities while promoting the relevant green concept.
UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
From the Millennium Program, the United Nations has moved to SDGs, starting a new era of sustainable development. The blueprint for sustainable development takes into account the global environment and well-being of future generations. Although SDGs are national-level goals, SNI, as a corporate citizen of Taiwan, shall contribute to the country’s future sustainable development. Therefore, in 2018, SNI proposed the Green Infinity Plan in line with SDGs. In 2020, the company proposed action plans in connection with No poverty, Quality education, Employment & economic growth, Industry, Innovation infrastructure, Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities, Responsible consumption and production, Climate action, and Peace & justice systems. In the future, the company intends to propose relevant action plans based on SDGs and promote the “2030 Smart Inclusion Plan” to achieve the goal of sustainable development.
Organization and Function
Every ESG Committee has developed an action plan for stakeholder-related matters and is continuing to do so for every department. For the foreseeable future, the committees will continuously encourage employees to take specific actions in their daily lives, so as to contribute to a comfortable and joyful working atmosphere. As it develops eco-friendly products to reduce environmental impact, SNI aims intensify its efforts in energy-conservation, carbon reduction, and environmental protection to upstream and downstream suppliers, customers, communities, and family members of employees in its operating locations. These subcommittees will work hand-in-hand to promote SNI’s green concept internally and extend this outwards through external eco-friendly initiatives, so that stakeholders can better appreciate the SNI management and efforts in fulfilling its corporate social responsibilities.
