Climate change is an issue that needs the world to face together, no matter who. As a distributor in the semiconductor sector, WT has operating sites, partners, collaborators, and vendors all over the world and they are all subject to impacts of climate change. WT’s management understands the potential impact of climate change on its operations and long-term development. Since 2021, it has been promoting relevant management mechanisms and operations, formulating policies and goals, and investing resources in assessment and research on transition plans. In the future, it will continue to track the achievement of goals, and take a more aggressive course of action accordingly.
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The Climate Change Risk Management Task Force convened two meetings since the fourth quarter of 2023, inviting functional and business units to identify risks and opportunities, assess financial impacts, and discuss response plans. The evaluation and planning results will be included in the operational promotion plans of relevant units and reported quarterly to the Risk Management Committee and the Board of Directors as a reference for governance.
Incorporating regular assessments and response strategy development into risk management mechanism
Climate-related risk assessment has been integrated into the existing risk management mechanism and regularly conducted by the Climate Change Risk Management Task Force. WT will continue to follow the climate change risk management process to identify risks and opportunities, evaluate response strategies, and conduct regular internal and external reports.
Scenario analysis of climate change risks

As WT does not operate in a sector with intensive or high carbon emissions, the impact of climate change is mainly on its value chain, including the transition pressure on the vendors and customers, and potential physical risks during the transport. In order to understand the impact of these transitional and physical risks on WT’s operations, WT uses scenario analysis to identify risks and opportunities. The assessment results are used for response plan development by relevant units, and for daily operation adjustment. The Board is briefed on a quarterly basis the GHG inventory and verification schedule planning progress for the parent company and subsidiaries, and requested to determine the guidelines.

Therefore, WT conducts the annual climate change risk assessment based on the SSP5-8.5 scenario for physical risk, the national target scenario for transitional risk, as well as information such as changes in laws and regulations, physical external environment, and issues of concern for sustainability assessments.
A climate change risks review identified three key risks and two opportunities
In 2023, WT reviewed the risks and opportunities identified and ranked in 2021 and selected items that may have an impact in the short term (1 to 3 years) based on the implementation benefits. After understanding their current implementation status, WT re-evaluated the impact scale and financial impact, and identified three key risks that require continued attention and two

major opportunities.
 


Respond to international trends and national goals and formulate three major indicators and goals
In response to international trends and Taiwan’s 2050 net-zero goal, WT set climate change indicators and goals in three aspects: governance and strategy, operations, and GHG reduction.