Corporate Governance
HIGHLIGHT TECH CORP.(HTC) set audit committee and remuneration committee to assist the board of directors in making appropriate decisions through the professional review and recommendations of functional committees.
Structure of the Board of Directors
The 10th board of directors of the HTC is composed of 11 directors. Among the 11 directors, 1 is female director and 3 are independent directors.
The composition of the board of directors is determined by taking diversity into consideration. It is advisable that directors concurrently serving as company officers not exceed 2 of the board members, and that an appropriate policy on diversity based on the company's business operations, operating dynamics, and development needs be formulated.
The board of directors includes professional knowledge and skills in law, financial accounting and industry experience.
All members of the board have the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to perform their duties. The 10th board of directors of the HTC has the following abilities:
(1) Ability to make operational judgments.
(2) Ability to perform accounting and financial analysis.
(3) Ability to conduct management administration.
(4) Ability to conduct crisis management.
(5) Knowledge of the industry.
(6) An international market perspective.
(7) Ability to lead.
(8) Ability to make policy decisions.
Sustainable Development
2022 ESG Report(Download)
2022 Sustainable Development Summary:
Economic Growth
- Consolidated revenue for 2022 is 3,907,642KNTD, an increase of 18% over the previous year; consolidated net profit after tax is 566,754KNTD, an increase of 33% over the previous year.
- R&D expenses for 2022 are 193,872 KNTD (5% revenue).
- As of December 31, 2022, HTC's intellectual property includes:108 granted and valid patents (62 applications in 2022, 29 granted); 25 registered and valid trademarks.
- Passed the ISO 14001 certification.
- 2022 tap water usage: 15,862 M3.
- The water source is tap water, which is used for the production and operation of the factory area. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to whether there is any water leakage in the condition of the water equipment. If there is any abnormality, it must be analyzed and improved as soon as possible.
- Utilization of recycled water: recycled air-conditioning condensate and rainwater for use in toilets and irrigation.
- 2022 electricity usage: 18,176 GJ.
- Continuously set intelligent meters for energy consumption monitoring.
- The new factory in Hsinchu and Tainan applied energy-saving facilities.
- The use of various energy-consuming facilities must be properly controlled, and energy management should be used effectively.
- 2022 GHG emissions:
- Category 1 (Direct GHG emissions and removals):To be checked and calculated.
- Category 2 (Indirect GHG emissions from imported energy):2,546.1 tCO2e.
Social Responsibility
- Htc believes that giving back to the society could be more than monetary donations such as other hands-on services and good donations and the main charitable activities in 2022 are as follows:
- Donated daily supplies to Long7care.
- Participated in the 1919 Food Bank donation with the Taipei Exchange.
- Participated in Children Are Us Foundation 2022 Mid-Autumn Festival Gift Box.
- Purchased the Lain Shin Yuan Social Welfare Charity Foundation Mid-Autumn Festival Gift Box.
- Hosted 2 blood donation activities (1H: 2022/4/26, 2H: 2022/7/26).
- Employees participated as environmental education volunteers in two campus environmental education charitable events.
- Employee Stock Ownership Trust:279 people.
- Employee Training:34.1 hours/person.
- Serious occupational injuries:Zero.
- The participation rate of general health examination is 100%, and there are no abnormal cases of occupational diseases in the results of special health examination.
- In terms of manpower structure, there are 329 males(71.5%); 131 females(28.5%).
- Support for various international human rights conventions, such as the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Global Compact, and International Labor Organization conventions, to eliminate any actions that violate human rights.
- Product sales area (revenue ratio): 79.3% for domestic sales and 20.7% for overseas sales.
- Supplier partners (number of companies): 90.9% domestic, 9.1% foreign.
- Passed the ISO 45001 certification.
- Promise to abide by the RBA norms and not to use conflict minerals.
- Comply with EU Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) to ensure the safety of product raw material sources.