PSMC gathered 172 employees and their families to participate in a beach cleanup activity on the north shore of the Guanyin Temple at Nanliao Fishing Harbor, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The group not only physically removed non-marine litter but also established the correct concept of marine conservation. The beach cleanup activity was also documented in the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) log sheet, which monitors marine debris. According to the item-by-item records of the garbage picked up by the group, the total area of the beach cleaned on that day was about 500 meters, and a total of 452.9 kg of various types of waste were removed.

PSMC expanded our care about and resource investment in local environmental conservation by organizing in-person educational mountain cleaning activities at Fab P5 in Tongluo. 77 employees participated in provided workshops; there, measures adopted at Tongluo Science Park for environmental impact assessment, ecological monitoring, and leopard cat conservation were introduced. After the workshops, participants also helped clean up areas around the Fab. A Leopard Cat Eco-Tote was also launched in 2023, designed to remind employees to make efforts for environmental conservation, and remember the importance of ecological diversity to business development and sustainable coexistence with the environment.

PSMC collaborated with Tse-Xin Organic Agriculture Foundation (TOAF) for the first time to carry out the Taiwan Green Great Wall Tree-adding Initiative. 100 volunteers contributed their energy to plant 1,000 trees along the coastline, across Houlong Township’s Guogang region in Miaoli County, to protect neighboring coastal areas and prevent national land loss.

With the aim of serving the community, PSMC has cooperated with Hsinchu Science Park Bureau for two years in a row to organize cleaning activities for neighboring parks. The Company’s Industrial Safety Department and General Affairs Department work together to arrange cleaning personnel, who carry out park public toilet cleaning, mowing, sidewalk plant trimming, tree debris removal, and other such tasks. The sites where the cleaning and maintenance activities were carried out in 2023 included Zhunan Science Park’s Community Park public toilets, Tongluo Skywalk’s public toilets and nearby parking lots, and Nanliao Eco Park. Through these activities, relationships with governing agencies and local communities are improved.

PSMC and the Kaohsiung Wild Bird Society collaborated for the first time in 2023, when we conducted a constructed wetland protection program on Earth Day. The wetland protection site is located near the Gaoping River’s Dashu Old Railway Bridge section in Kaohsiung. The protection area sponsored by PSMC is 80 hectares in size, and aimed at restoring habitats for the pheasant-tailed jacana and, in zone A5, planting water snowflake (Nymphoides indica). A sign indicating PSMC’s public welfare commitment has also been erected on the site.

Actions taken in 2023 included:

1. Sending 80 EHS messages. Using messages on a variety of topics to enhance employees’ sensitivity of pollution prevention, climate change, safety & health, health promotion, disaster prevention and safety awareness, and other EHS-related issues.
2. Organizing a "Let’s Plant Plants!" themed activity, encouraging employees to reuse discarded containers as plant pots and create a lovely potted plant garden for mental/physical relaxation and air purification.
3. Holding a Net Zero Emissions Talk, inviting professional lecturers to share key concepts on related topics in a simple and understandable way, thus helping employees understand the path to net zero emissions and enhancing overall awareness of green transition/transformation. 1,598 employees participated in the Company’s 2023 environmental education events, showing remarkable effectiveness in raising awareness of sustainability issues.