Sustainable Supply Chain Management Policy

The products and services provided by suppliers may cause direct and tangible impacts to LITEON's products, services, and business activities. Meanwhile, the CSR practice of a supplier may cause indirect effects to LITEON's intangible reputation or turn into potential risks. As an important member of the global electronics manufacturing industry, LITEON makes continuous improvement in Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) in order to maintain the competitive advantages of LITEON and its suppliers as a whole. Therefore, LITEON selects responsible manufacturing and green products as the theme for its supply chain management strategies, and sets SDG 8 and SDG 12 as the long term goals.

The Supply Chain Management Sub-committee under the LITEON Corporate Sustainability Committee takes traditional supply chain management and adds domestic and international regulations and electronics industrial benchmark—Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) guidelines to build a strong and sustainable supply chain management framework. The framework provides the basis for LITEON's sustainable supply chain management policy. Furthermore, LITEON extends the scope of sustainable supply chain management to economics and governance, environmental protection, social inclusion and other ESG issues. Issues such as labor rights, environmental protection, health and safety, and ethics and management systems are made key components in supplier evaluation, selection and audit. This approach establishes risk controls and identifies high risk suppliers. Improvement measures are based on evaluation results and designed to help suppliers make progress on an ongoing basis. We hope to improve the performance of sustainable management on the supply chain and reduce operational risks on said supply chain. We also hope to develop partnerships based on sustainable growth.

Vision

All members of the supply chain are LITEON's important partners on the path to sustainability. With equal emphasis on quality, cost, delivery, services, management, and innovation and technology (QCDS-MIT), LITEON looks forward to working with the supply chain in fulfilling corporate social responsibility in economics and governance, environmental protection, and social inclusion (ESGs) to increase sustainable competitiveness for a sustainable future.

Strategy and policy

• Ensure effective identification and management of economic, environmental, and social risks to enhance sustainability of the supply chain

• Strengthen responsible mineral management to ensure minerals from unqualified smelters in conflict-affected areas are not used and to build up responsible procurement practices

• Enforcing responsible procurement practices to promote green supply chains and encourage suppliers to reduce environmental impacts in their business operations and products

Supply Chain and Localized Purchasing

LITEON offers a diverse range of flexible products that are used widely in 5G, vehicles, power supply management, communication systems, IoT, personal and industrial computers and peripherals, consumer electronics, mobile and wearable devices, automotive electronics, LED lighting and advanced applications, cloud computing, and industrial automation. As a result, the supply chain model is a closely interconnected network of many different active entities. Raw materials involved in the supply chain include IC, PCB, electronic components, cables, plastic parts, metal parts, packaging materials and so on. Due to a reorganization of the company's structure, the business group has experienced a reduction. The direct purchase amount and local purchase amount have slightly decreased compared with 2021. LITEON cooperates with about 3,438 raw material suppliers around the world, with a total purchase amount of over NT$965 billion. They are categorized roughly into direct material suppliers and indirect material suppliers based on the counter-party in the transaction. Direct material purchases have been the bulk of all purchases most of the time over the years. Direct purchases amounted to NT$889 billion^{Note 3} in total, or 92.21% of all purchases, in 2022.

Furthermore, most of LITEON's production sites and suppliers on the supply chain are located in Taiwan, China, and Thailand. Local purchases in 2022 amounted to NT$882 billion^{Note 4} in total, or of all purchases, an increase of nearly 4% compared with 2021. It demonstrates that LITEON's commitment to optimizing local procurement strategies while also supporting local sustainable development.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Framework

LITEON lists three areas of sustainable supply chain management: sustainability guidelines, risk identification, and management systems. LITEON starts by establishing basic sustainability guidelines and requiring supply chain members comply with the guidelines, uses risk identification tools to find high risk factors and supplier industries, and then deploys various management mechanisms to manage the entire supply chain.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Guidelines

Regarding sustainable supply chain management, LITEON has implemented the Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance by adopting the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct and considering international regulations including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Supplier Code of Conduct and Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance require all suppliers conduct all business activities in compliance with the rules therein regarding labor rights, health and safety, the environment, business ethics, and management system. It also requires suppliers comply fully with the laws and regulations in the countries/regions where they operate their businesses. Meanwhile, LITEON requires first tier suppliers impose the same guidelines on suppliers on the next tier.
Furthermore, regarding ethical corporate management, LITEON started requiring that all suppliers sign the "Integrity Commitment" in 2021. The commitment letter stipulates that no bribe shall be paid or any other inappropriate gains shall be provided or given between any supplier and LITEON employee for the purpose of closing a deal or performing a contract, and a supplier shall not engage in any conduct that directly or indirectly benefits a LITEON employee or stakeholder. Regarding product production, LITEON has the LS301 standards in place for products, materials and other green products provided by suppliers. The standards provide the restricted substance guidelines for green products and the responsible mineral management policy. Please refer to the Hazardous Substances Free Management。

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Mechanisms

Supplier screening and classification

For effective supplier management, LITEON follows a set of screening criteria in the supplier selection process. In addition to the criteria for quality, cost, delivery, service, management, innovation, and technical capabilities (QCDS-MIT), LITEON implements green supply chain based procurement management system. If suppliers are unable to meet the minimum ESG requirements, they will be excluded from being contracted. The methodology for supplier screening:

• Country-specific risk: This includes regulatory trends, biodiversity, and physical environmental risks, which are determined by the country of operation.

• Sector-specific risk: The RBA framework (Responsible Business Alliance) is used to assess whether the supplier meets the standards.

• Commodity-specific risk: This mainly focuses on the risk assessment of the top three high-carbon emissions and conflict minerals.

The following principles are applied to evaluate all suppliers (and new suppliers).

• LITEON suppliers are required to sign Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance, and Integrity Commitment and promise compliance with LITEON Supplier Code of Conduct
  

• LITEON's material suppliers must fully comply with local laws and regulations, and have risk control practices in place to ensure compliance
  

• LITEON's suppliers should build up management systems for quality, environmental protection, health and safety, and for no use of hazardous substances
  

• LITEON's material suppliers must comply with LITEON Standard of Controlled Hazardous Substance (LS301)
  

• Suppliers should follow LITEON's Restricted Substance Management Plan and provide adequate and regularly updated declarations or proofs
  

• Comply with LITEON's responsible mineral management policy and cooperate with LITEON to complete due diligence report
  

Identification of significant suppliers

For more effective supplier management, LITEON has identified a list of critical suppliers on which to direct its management efforts. The following principles were applied to identify critical suppliers based on the products, production processes, and sales characteristics of individual business groups in 2022.

• Top 75% of direct materials by annual purchase

• Exclusive or irreplaceable

• Critical parts or components

• Highly polluting production processes

In 2022, LITEON followed the principles above and identified 446 key suppliers, 9 of which might have potentially adverse effects on the environment. Meanwhile, LITEON took an extra step and implemented the "Supplier Qualification Evaluation Procedure" to introduce elements of the LITEON Code of Conduct, the LITEON Supplier Code of Conduct, and the Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance into supplier qualification evaluation. Audit results were divided into three categories, and included in the sourcing decision making process for the purpose of facilitating continuous improvement. LITEON also conducted review meetings to monitor suppliers' CSR performance in various areas.

Status of Significant Tier 1 Suppliers and Critical Non-Tier 1 Suppliers

There are about 446 significant tier 1 suppliers in 2022, accounting for 13% of 3,438 total suppliers, and its purchase amount accounting for about 75%. In addition, about 112 significant non-tier 1 suppliers has been listed. The supplier types and procurement ratios are as follows,

Audit and assistance on supplier CSR aspects- human rights, environment, safety, health, and management systems

LITEON Supply Chain ESG Sustainability Risk Audit--Supplier "Labor, Health and Safety, Environment, Business Ethics and Management System" audit advanced planning: LITEON introduces the RBA (Responsible Business Alliance) Code of Conduct into the supply chain to monitor the extent to which suppliers are implementing labor rights, health and safety, environment, business ethics and management systems, and encourage suppliers to develop materials and processes that reduce environmental impact, or energy conservation and carbon reduction from process utilities, then increased attention and management of environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity. Therefore, over the years, based on the RBA requirements, we have reconciled LITEON's supplier audit form, with further reviewed and evaluated suppliers in terms of corporate social responsibility for suppliers’ ESG sustainability.

Supplier engagement and incentives

Seminars on corporate social responsibility of suppliers

Supplier engagement activities: education and training related to sustainable supply chain management, project meetings and supplier workshops--LITEON has held a number of supplier workshops, briefing sessions or training courses and project meetings every year. In addition to introducing the latest LITEON supply chain status and commending excellent suppliers, it also has explained the practices related to the practice of corporate social responsibility, including the updated content of RBA, the Supplier Code of Conduct, and the Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance. LITEON requires that suppliers' management teams or top managers sign the “Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance” and "Integrity Commitment", confirming that the company operates in compliance with the RBA Code of Conduct. In addition, the scope of supplier-related education and training and project meetings is very wide, including climate change/energy saving and carbon reduction/international carbon management, product green design/product carbon footprint, international environmental regulations on prohibited and restricted substances, biodiversity protection, circular economy/ recycling of waste resources, responsible minerals, etc. All the topics are highly relevant to LITEON and suppliers. However, due to COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, many activities have been held online to communicate and collaborate with suppliers. In the future, physical or online supplier meetings and related discussions will continue to be held. In 2022, LITEON has held a total of 27 supply chain workshops/meetings, including 13 supplier workshops and education trainings, and 14 special topic meetings.

From 2022 to 2023, LITEON's business units recruited and focused on key suppliers that have a material impact. 107 suppliers are members of the task force jointly established to promote "LITEON Supply Chain Energy Conservation Assistance Project".

Supplier incentives for outstanding performance

The business groups implement suitable supplier incentives according to the nature of their sourcing activities and the characteristics of their suppliers. For PMS/CIPS, suppliers with (1) an outstanding QCDST (quality, cost, delivery, service, and technology) rating, (2) a total transaction amount ranked in top 30, or (3) other outstanding performance that meet the criteria will be selected as outstanding suppliers, will be presented awards at the supplier conference.

Furthermore, MES presents special awards to suppliers that comply with the EU's RoHS Directive and have (1) a complete IECQ QC080000 management system, (2) an annual RSC audit score of more than 90, (3) no missing data in the GMS system, (4) no RoHS data exceeding the limits and (5) with internal testing facilities and random risk assessment mechanisms, will be presented awards at the supplier conference. AEA grants one-year audit exemption to outstanding suppliers that have passed supplier audits for three years in a row. Other business groups organize similar supplier conferences and outstanding supplier award ceremonies.

The LITEON Supply Chain Energy Conservation Assistance Project

In 2022, LITEON invited eleven suppliers to jointly participate in "LITEON Supply Chain Energy Conservation Assistance Project" of the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and set the goal of freeing up 2.5% of the energy-conserving space. During the project period, the seed personnel of the supplier energy conservation Alliance will conduct online courses through the "Ewant Open Education Platform" to improve the basic knowledge and skills in energy conservation and carbon reduction; and professional consultants and factories cooperate with suppliers to measure their air compressor, air conditioning, lighting, pumps, and other public systems to find potential for carbon reduction. The members of LITEON's supply chain energy conservation alliance are mainly large energy users, are required to save 1% of electricity each year, energy conservation improvement has been continued. As the public systems of the electronics industry are mainly composed of electricity consuming devices such as air compressors and ice water machines and pumps. Therefore, this project helps by giving priority to in-depth reviews of air-conditioning system efficiency, pump efficiency, and fan efficiency. After the one-year project period, LITEON's supply chain Alliance submitted a total of 77 specific suggestions for improvement, which have a power saving potential of 5.67 million kWh and an average energy conservation potential of 4.23% for each plant. It is estimated that carbon reduction reached 2,887 tons of CO2e.

Identification of Supply Chain Risk

Supply chain management mechanisms

As part of the commitment to responsible production and the development of suitable members for a sustainable supply chain, LITEON employs 4 tools, assessment, assistance, communication, and collaboration, and the corresponding elements in the sustainable supply chain management framework to ensure all important issues in the framework are monitored by feasible procedures.

Risk assessment process

LITEON treats supply chain risk management as one of the company's competitive advantages. In terms of the industrial sector, common economic, environmental, and social risks can generally be categorized roughly based on industry characteristics.

Aspects of risk assessment

LITEON assesses risks in three aspects: the economy, the environment, and society. The factors in the risk assessments include the following.

High sustainability risk factors and high sustainability risk supplier categories in LITEON's supply chain in 2022 were then identified by considering the factors above in terms of the market conditions in 2022 and the supplier categories of counterparties. The results are shown in the table below.

LITEON Supplier ESG Sustainability Risk Audit Status:

LITEON has conducted a preliminary assessment of suppliers based on the production location, product characteristics, service or high-risk or critical suppliers. The labor rights, environmental protection, safety and health of the supply chain are listed as risk control points, and sustainable risk questionnaires and audits are conducted for critical suppliers. There are 13.06% of all suppliers who have implemented the new version of the LITEON ESG audit in 2021; among them, critical suppliers are about 48.54%; and the audit results show less than 3.64% of those suppliers have not reached 65% of total scores in 5 aspects. And there were 2 ultra-high-risk suppliers below 60%, accounting for 0.49% of critical suppliers. As a result of this year's audit, no serious violations or serious deficiencies that need to be reported immediately have been found by suppliers. If there is any investigation, LITEON adopts a zero-tolerance policy for serious violations such as the use of child labor.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management Targets

LITEON has made a promise to build a supply chain aimed at sustainable development. Supplier management guidelines and regulations are in place to ensure workplace safety is upheld along the supply chain, employees and their dignity are respected, business activities contribute to the environmental protection and ethical codes are followed. LITEON works together with suppliers to fulfill corporate social responsibility and a sustainable supply chain.
In addition, to lead the way to sustainability with suppliers and fulfill the promise of responsible manufacturing to customers, LITEON implements the Supplier Code of Conduct and the Responsible Mineral Sourcing Policy. LITEON also requires that suppliers sign management commitment statements (Supplier Executive Certification of Compliance) in order to ensure their ability to meet LITEON's SCM requirements. Following the sustainable supply chain management policy above, LITEON formulated strategy and targets for ongoing promotion of supply chain management as followed. In addition, the Supply Chain Management Subcommittee aims to advance and strengthen 3 important supply chain management tasks based on LITEON’s “Sustainability Strategy and Blueprint” and hopes to be in line with the United Nations SDGs, and will continue to promote implementation and rolling improvements in the future.

LITEON’s low-carbon supply chain milestone

Responsible Mineral Management

Responsible Mineral/Metal Sourcing Policy

As a responsible corporate citizen of the world, LITEON has declared and committed to refrain from the use of metals sourced from unqualified smelters in conflict mines. The company also requires that all its suppliers comply with LITEON's responsible mineral/metal sourcing policy:

• Ensure the absence of "responsible minerals from unqualified smelters" in Congo and surrounding countries and regions in their products, and adhere to the applicable regional and international laws for responsible minerals.
  

• Trace sources of all Gold (Au), Tantalum (Ta), Tin (Sn), Tungsten (W), Cobalt (Co), and Mica and other sources of responsible minerals published in the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) in all products; while all suppliers should complete a connection report to confirm sources of related minerals and should use a list of RMI compliant smelters/refiners to avoid mines directly or indirectly financing armed groups in conflict-affected regions.
  

• Convey these requirements to their upstream suppliers.

Note: Responsible minerals/metals refer to minerals mined under armed conflict or human rights abuses, especially minerals mined by armed groups surrounding the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These minerals include coltan, cassiterite, wolframite, cobalt and gold, and can be refined into Tantalum (Ta), Tin (Sn), Tungsten (W), Cobalt (Co) and Gold (Au). In addition, mica mined from India and other regions are also known as responsible minerals, and can be used in electronics and other products.

Responsible Mineral Management Process

Regarding the responsible mineral management process, LITEON provides information on responsible minerals to suppliers working with LITEON for the first time or suppliers who need the information. LITEON also provides basic training on using the RMI management tool, responsible mineral reporting templates, including the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT), Extended Minerals Reporting Template(EMRT). The business units require that suppliers implement complete control and verify any use of responsible minerals from unqualified smelters in materials after signing a declaration against the use of responsible minerals and providing RMI forms during material acknowledgment. Meanwhile, responsible mineral data from the business units will be summarized, and a risk assessment will be performed on materials supplied by the suppliers.

➤ For the comprehensive disclosure of our responsible mineral management , please refer to LITEON RESPONSIBLE MINERALS REPORT.

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