UMC Selected as a DJSI Global Component for 13th Consecutive Year
16 November 2020 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
UMC's 2020 environmental performance scored
highest among all worldwide semiconductor foundries
United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC; TWSE: 2303)
("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced
that Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has selected UMC as a
global component for the 13th consecutive year. UMC’s performance
surged this year, especially in the environmental category where
three of the five scored items received full marks, ranking first
in the global semiconductor foundry industry. Within the 23
Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) scoring
items, UMC earned the highest scores in the semiconductor industry
for nine, including "Environmental Policy and Management System,"
"Product Stewardship," "Product Quality and Recall Management,"
"Environmental and Social Reporting," "Human Rights," and
"Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy." These nine highest scores
included seven perfect marks. DJSI-World 2020 evaluated the largest
2,500 global enterprises, with only 7 semiconductor companies
selected worldwide.
SC Chien, co-president and CSR Committee chairman at UMC said,
"DJSI is highly regarded internationally, and it is difficult to
stand out among worldwide companies to be selected as an index
component for 13 consecutive years. This achievement highlights the
hard work of all employees working together on all aspects of ESG,
and is the cornerstone of UMC’s sustainable operation. As we
celebrate UMC’s 40th anniversary, we will continue to uphold the
concept of "people-oriented, symbiosis with the environment, and
co-prosperity with society," implement the UN sustainable
development goals (SDGs), and work with global supply chain
partners and stakeholders to exert influence towards better CSR
practices. We continue to advance on the path towards sustainable
operation and anticipate even greater contributions to social
development, creating a win-win situation for shareholders,
colleagues, customers and society.”
UMC is a pioneer in promoting corporate sustainability and
practicing social responsibility, with numerous recognitions both
domestically and worldwide. In 2020, UMC earned “Top 5% in
Corporate Governance Evaluation,” “FTSE4Good Emerging Index” honors
and was listed as a “FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index” component. UMC
also promotes partnerships with its green “Eco Echo Award,” now in
its fifth year, to promote domestic ecological conservation. So
far, more than 30 ecological conservation plans and youth
environmental action projects have been implemented.
About DJSI
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) are a family of
best-in-class benchmarks for investors who have recognized that
sustainable business practices are critical to generating long-term
shareholder value and who wish to reflect their sustainability
convictions in their investment portfolios. The family was launched
in 1999 as the first global sustainability benchmark and tracks the
stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of
economic, environmental and social criteria.
Created jointly by S&P Dow Jones Indices and SAM, the DJSI
combine the experience of an established index provider with the
expertise of a specialist in Sustainable Investing to select the
most sustainable companies from across 61 industries.
The indices serve as benchmarks for investors who integrate
sustainability considerations into their portfolios, and provide an
effective engagement platform for investors who wish to encourage
companies to improve their corporate sustainability practices.
About UMC
UMC (NYSE: UMC, TWSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor
foundry. The company provides high quality IC production with a
focus on both logic and specialty technologies to serve every major
sector of the electronics industry. UMC’s comprehensive technology
and manufacturing solutions include logic/RF, embedded high
voltage, embedded flash, RFSOI/BCD and IATF-16949 automotive
manufacturing certification for all its manufacturing facilities.
UMC operates 12 fabs that are strategically located throughout Asia
with a maximum capacity of more than 750,000 8-inch equivalent
wafers per month. The company employs approximately 19,500 people
worldwide, with offices in Taiwan, China, United States, Europe,
Japan, Korea and Singapore. For more information, please visit:
http://www.umc.com.
Note from UMC Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements in the foregoing announcement are
forward-looking within the meaning of the U.S. Federal Securities
laws, including statements about introduction of new services and
technologies, future outsourcing, competition, wafer capacity,
business relationships and market conditions. Investors are
cautioned that actual events and results could differ materially
from these statements as a result of a variety of factors,
including conditions in the overall semiconductor market and
economy; acceptance and demand for products from UMC; and
technological and development risks. Further information regarding
these and other risks is included in UMC’s filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission. UMC does not undertake any
obligation to update any forward-looking statement as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, except as required
under applicable law.
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UMC Corporate Communications Richard Yu +886-2-2658-9168 ext.
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