Social Inclusion Policy and Achievement- LITEON

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Social Inclusion Policy and Achievement

Social Inclusion Policy

A multicultural, caring, creative, and sustainable society is set as LITEON’s vision of social inclusion.

LITE-ON has long committed to social inclusion with the goal of "giving back what is taken from society," especially given escalating problems in society. These problems include new immigrant involving into the society, upbringing of younger generation, shortage of life-long educational resources, lack of creative talent, and increasingly serious environmental and ecological issues. LITE-ON's efforts have focused on building a society full of multi-culture, education, creativity, and environmental sustainability. In order to achieve this social vision, the company has identified four critical missions: advancing cultural diversity in quality of humanism, promoting care of youth and children education and life-long learning, nurturing creative and professional talent, and developing sustainable product and environmentally friendly education. Accomplishment of the above missions depends on how we execute our concrete strategy. Some of the projects undertaken have included: a community assistance program, community college, LITE-ON Award, educational support, a corporate volunteer system, and sustainable product designs. The above strategies were executed mainly through the following actions:

Volunteer training (for multi-culture and community volunteer programs)
Care services for youth and children
English and after-school teaching at remote elementary schools; after-school counseling for disadvantaged students; counseling for the physically/mentally disabled; environmental protection activities
Adult education (including disabled and disadvantaged people); provision of life-long learning platform and green courses
Encouraging creative technical designers and integrating into technology incubation programs
Industry-academia collaboration—combining theory and practice
Development of clean, energy-saving, and smart healthcare equipment
Building the LITE-ON Volunteer System in four areas: community service, talent development, environmental sustainability, and charity & sponsorship
Development of recycling and reuse of marine waste, initiatives for sustainable use of marine resources, marine environmental education and ecosystem conservation activities
Helping minority groups and social welfare organizations through innovative social design and green energy charity projects

Corporate Citizenship Strategy

Topic	SDG alighment	Mission	Vision	Subject	Impact
Diversity & culture		Promote multicultural and humanistic quality of society	Connect civil society Promote multilateral cooperation	Governments NGOs & Communities Educational institutions	Industry-Government-Academia collaboration Support community development Assist local revitalization Cultivate environmental citizenship spirit
Education & Social care		Strengthen community support system Develop holistic education	Provide the educational resources children and adolescents need, as well as lifelong learning opportunities	Civil society organization, Social welfare organization, Educational institution, Underprivileged family	Improve the unequal distribution of educational resources Support rural underprivileged group Achieve industry-academia cooperation Build a network that provides education and companionship Establish educational volunteer system
Innovation & Youth Development		Enhance the innovation capabilities for Taiwan industries	Foster innovation and design professionals	Colleges and universities Customers & vendors	Issue design awards to encourage young talents
Sustainability & Environment		Protect the Environment and the ecosystem	Green product design Environmental conservation	Social enterprise, Governmens, Environmental organizations, NGOs, Educational institution	Support environmental social enterprise Cooperate with central and local environmental protection departments Establish a model of marine waste circular economy Establish environmental volunteer system Jointly advocate environmental conservation with environmental NGOs

2021 Achievement

Theme	SDG alignment	Connotation	Performance	Social & environment benefit / influence
Diversity & culture		Charitable donation	Supported the “National Museum of Marine Science & Technology” to host: International Ocean Art Midway Atoll Special Exhibition "Coral and Crochet Reefs" digital picture book physical publication	In 2021, LITEON was awarded the 3rd Marine Education Contribution Awards by the Ministry of Education.
Education & Social care		Campus/Community Volunteer Training (Community Investments)	Promoted the "23.97 Ocean Philosophy Class" Ocean Reading Campus Tour Exhibition and online training for teachers, with a total of more than 6,200 participants Continuously trained nearly 400 community volunteers to volunteer in campus Cooperated with 19 schools to train campus volunteers and parents, with a total of 4,048 people participated Volunteered for “mental health education campus” , with a total of 1,020 people participated, approximately equivalent to 3,100 services hours	In the second half of 2021, in response to the pandemic, most training courses were converted to online courses; external units were connected to participate in courses, including the Hsinchu Family Education Center, Miaoli County Family Education Center, New Taipei City Family Education Center, Hsinchu County Parents Association, and Rainbow Family Life Education Association, who all received warm welcomes from each unit.
Innovation & Youth Development		LITEON Geekathon Industry-Academia collaboration	The total number of participants over the years exceeds 3,000 127 college teams competed for LITEON Geekathon in 2021	With its focus on technology, industry-trending topics, and high prize rewards, LITEON Geekathon encourages research teams of colleges and universities to apply academics to real-world practice. At the same time, it is an honor to invite outstanding experts and scholars from a variety of fields to serve as review panelists, enhance industry-academia exchanges, and enrich the learning experience of the participating teams.
Sustainability & Environment		LITEON SEA HOPE	4 beach cleaning ups were held in 2021, with a total of 781 volunteers to clean the beach, approximately equivalent to 2,343 service hours A total of 7 schools and 8 departments were invited to carry out marine environment-friendly design course, a total of 3,064 students participated	Received the 2021 TSAA Taiwan Sustainability Award - Gold Award Connect multi-stakeholders, enhance ocean awareness, and jointly promote long-term ocean initiatives

Social Contributions Input Statistics

Expenditure analysis

unit: total amount (NTD)

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Cash contributions	65,040,000	19,743,048	32,557,707	4,473,500	8,069,070
Time: employee volunteering during paid working hours	42,847,000	1,074,774	3,410,093	3,066,422	5,459,339
In-kind giving: product or services donations, projects/partnerships or similar	4,619,686,543	34,884,826	15,076,912	2,220,000	1,572,648
Management overheads	1,238,087,693	9,899,637	5,675,424	26,104,844	20,486,319

Future Strategies and Goals

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