Our 2025 Sustainability Goals

The 2025 goals extended our commitment to the environment and society. With our core competencies and professional skills, ASUS brings about proactive and positive changes to humans and the environment, thereby enhancing ASUS' green competitiveness, creating shared value with the society, and making substantive contributions to SDGs.

Climate Action

Net-Zero

2025 Goals 2025 Action Strategies 2025 Key Performance Important Milestones
Reduce 25% of carbon emissions (Scope 1 & 2) from global operations centers

Achieve Achieved
  • Introduce the ISO 50001 energy management system and regularly identify high-energy-consumption hotspots and equipment
  • In 2023, ASUS launched a three-year energy-saving improvement plan to replace inefficient chillers at the operations headquarters and introduce a central smart energy management system
  • ASUS also cooperates with startups to introduce low-carbon transportation, using an all-electric fleet for business travel and official shuttle services
  • Through the energy-saving improvement plan, ASUS replaced high-energy-consumption equipment, reducing total electricity consumption by approximately 3.8 million kWh
  • The introduction of an all-electric fleet for business travel and official shuttles reduced fossil fuel use, cutting approximately 700 metric tons of CO2e
2023
  • Introduced a three-year energy-saving improvement plan, reducing annual electricity consumption by approximately 440,000 kWh
2025
  • Passed SBT Net Zero target validation
Taiwan operations sites achieved RE35

Achieve Achieved
  • Built solar photovoltaic systems at the operations headquarters
  • Diversified renewable energy sources: starting in 2024, Taiwan sites began receiving solar power wheeling, which will be expanded to include onshore wind power, while small hydropower and geothermal energy are assessed as third options
  • Expanded the self-built solar photovoltaic capacity at the operations headquarters
  • Renewable energy supply at Taiwan sites increased by nearly 1 million kWh
  • Signed an onshore wind Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA), with power wheeling expected to begin in 2027
 2024
  • Taiwan sites officially began receiving solar power wheeling, reaching 9.5 million kWh
Global sites achieved RE55

Achieve Achieved
  • Overseas operations sites mainly achieve their goals through the purchase of International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs)
  • Based on the energy market conditions and regulatory environment of each site, ASUS flexibly evaluates the introduction of self-generation and self-consumption renewable energy systems or the signing of green power purchase agreements
  • Taiwan sites reached RE37, and overseas sites reached RE100
  • Installed rooftop solar power systems at U.S. sites
  • Sites in the Netherlands and Switzerland signed clean energy power purchase agreements with local utilities to ensure a stable and low-carbon electricity supply
 2022
  • Established ASUS's RE100 roadmap for global operations sites
  • Established an optimal mix of wind, solar, and hydro renewable energy compliant with the RE100 definition
2025
  • Global operations sites reached RE55
Exceed the ENERGY STAR® standard by 30%

Achieve Achieved
  • Optimize power management modes to improve product energy consumption performance
  • All notebook computers use external power supplies with Level VI, currently the highest energy efficiency level on the market
  • The energy efficiency of major products exceeded ENERGY STAR® standards by 46.6%
  • In 2025, a total of 20 monitor products received the 2025 "ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient" recognition
 2021
  • Established a product energy consumption management platform
2024
  • The energy efficiency of major products exceeded ENERGY STAR® standards by 47.9%
Key suppliers achieve a 30% reduction in carbon intensity

Achieve Achieved
  • Since 2021, ASUS has launched a key supplier carbon reduction assistance program, identifying supplier emissions hotspots, holding carbon reduction technology forums, and sharing carbon reduction decision-making methodologies and tools
  • Through the "Bringing up the small" technology development program, ASUS selected 10 priority suppliers for three-year, one-on-one carbon reduction coaching
  • The greenhouse gas emissions intensity of key suppliers decreased by 30%
 2021
  • Identified emission hotspots across 9 key manufacturing processes
2023
  • Launched the "Bringing up the small" technology development program, providing one-on-one carbon reduction assistance to suppliers
2025
  • Introduced AI Corporate Carbon Advisor into the Carbon Data Management Platform to improve carbon data management efficiency
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Circular Economy

Circular

2025 Goals 2025 Action Strategies 2025 Key Performance Important Milestones
Increase the use of environmentally friendly materials for products and packaging to ratio 100%

Achieve Achieved
  • Inventory product application needs and introduce environmentally friendly materials in stages. ASUS first established an implementation model for commercial notebooks, then gradually expanded it to consumer and gaming notebooks, reaching a 30% use ratio for post-consumer recycled materials
  • Prioritize product structural components with higher weight proportions for the introduction of post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR), and gradually introduce post-industrial recycled metals (PIR) into internal components
  • Adopt lightweight and plastic-free packaging designs, using packaging materials with a high proportion of recycled pulp and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified paper
  • Assess the application potential of environmentally friendly materials, such as ocean-bound plastic, bio-based plastic, and recycled metals
  • Recycled plastic usage increased by 986% compared with 2020
  • Recycled paper usage in product packaging increased by 34% compared with 2020
  • FSC-certified paper usage reached 9,167 metric tons in 2025
  • Recycled metal usage reached 16 metric tons in 2025
 2021
  • Paper packaging materials used recycled pulp or FSC-certified paper
2023
  • Expanded the scope of environmentally friendly materials to include recycled metals, including aluminum and magnesium alloys
2024
  • Expanded the use of recycled materials in Mini PC product packaging
2025
  • Expanded the introduction of environmentally friendly materials to gaming product lines
  • Introduced recycled rare earth metals into magnets
Generate revenue from Eco Labels accounted for over 50%

Achieve Achieved
  • Expand the product categories obtaining voluntary labels beyond system products. Motherboard products obtained a third-party voluntary Green Product Mark eco-label
  • Pursue emerging international labels, becoming an EPEAT Climate+ Champion and one of the first pioneering brands to obtain EPEAT 2.0 certification
  • The revenue share of consumer and commercial notebooks with eco labels increased by 51% compared with 2020
 2022
  • Promoted eco labels certification for consumer products
2023
  • Gaming notebook products obtained eco labels
2024
  • The revenue share of gaming notebooks with eco labels increased by 34%
2025
  • Became one of the first companies globally to receive EPEAT 2.0 Gold certification
  • Became the world's first company whose motherboard products obtained the TÜV Green Product Mark voluntary eco label
Attain 100% coverage rate of international information security standards by 2025

Achieve Achieved
  • Identify units that need to adopt information security standards and assess the introduction of information security management regulations and procedures
  • Adopt international information security standards according to each unit's business and product characteristics
  • Extend the company's ISO 27001 management requirements to R&D teams that are not certification-oriented, expanding the scope of information security management
  • ASUS introduced international information security standards, including: ISO 27001:2022 (Information security management systems), ISO 27701:2019 (Privacy information management systems), ISO 27017:2015 (Security techniques for cloud services), ISO 27018:2019 (Guidelines for protection of personally identifiable information (PII) in public clouds acting as PII processors)
  • Completed the ASUS Group's transition to the ISO 27001:2022 information security management standard
 2023
  • Obtained international information security standard certifications:
    • ISO 27701 Privacy information management systems
    • ISO 27017 Security techniques for cloud services
    • ISO 27018 Guidelines for protection of PII in public clouds
2025
  • Completed the ASUS Group's transition to the ISO 27001:2022 information security management standard
Achieve global product recycling rate of 20%

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  • Expand diversified recycling service models, strengthen product trade-in mechanisms, and strategically add
  • Strategically add countries with recycling services to broaden recycling operations
  • Compared with 2020, the number of countries with recycling services increased from 25 to 30
  • Coverage of global sales markets rose from 77% to approximately 83%
  • The annual recycling volume accounted for 16% of the total weight of products sold globally; considering the average product service life of five years, the recycling rate was 19%. The 20% target was not met mainly because growth in server sales increased the volume of products placed on the market
 2021
  • Subsidiaries established their own trade-in service platforms to promote product reuse and recycling services
2023
  • Expanded recycling service models and strengthened product trade-in programs
2024
  • Added new countries with recycling services and new recycling models
2025
  • Built an EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) compliance system for e-commerce operations in Europe
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Responsible Manufacturing

Responsible

2025 Goals 2025 Action Strategies 2025 Key Performance Important Milestones
100% of key suppliers complete third-party audits and corrective actions for deficiencies

Achieve Achieved
  • Based on supplier risk level and business importance, ASUS includes 100% of key suppliers in the scope of RBA third-party audits, prioritizing audit management for high-risk issues and regions
  • ASUS also establishes finding classification and corrective tracking mechanisms, requires suppliers to submit corrective actions for priority findings, and verifies improvement effectiveness through follow-up reviews to ensure findings are corrected on schedule
  • Through supplier engagement, education and training, and management platforms, ASUS improves labor and human rights management capabilities and strengthens the implementation of key systems for working hours, compensation, freely chosen employment, and grievance mechanisms
  • 100% of high-risk key suppliers completed RBA third-party audits
  • Working-hour-related findings were continuously tracked and reduced to a low-risk level acceptable under RBA standards, and 100% of other findings were corrected
  • ASUS completed 115 supplier corrective action assistance cases, helping suppliers strengthen working hours management, promote process chemical replacement plans, raise awareness of living wages, and improve grievance mechanisms and procedures
 2021
  • Strengthened labor and human rights protections and required suppliers to sign a declaration of no forced labor
2024
  • Expanded management to the group scope, including key subsidiaries with more than 50% shareholding, operational control, and production involvement
2025
  • Obtained SGS's first ISO 20400 "Sustainable Procurement Guidance Performance Evaluation Role Model" verification globally, receiving the distinction with a five-star full score
  • 100% of tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold procured from qualified smelters
  • 100% of cobalt procured from qualified smelters
Achieve Achieved
  • Following the OECD due diligence framework and responsible minerals policy, ASUS surveys the sources of tantalum, tin, tungsten, gold, and cobalt in the supply chain, requires suppliers to report mineral source information, and regularly checks smelter compliance status
  • ASUS uses internationally recognized lists such as RMI and LBMA as management benchmarks and requires suppliers to submit replacement and improvement plans within a prescribed period if unqualified smelters are identified
  • ASUS strengthens supplier engagement and capacity building for responsible minerals, incorporating responsible minerals management into annual surveys, audits, and performance tracking
  • ASUS also voluntarily includes key minerals in its management scope, such as mica, which may involve risks of illegal practices including low-paid child labor
  • 100% of tantalum, tin, tungsten, gold, and cobalt were procured from qualified smelters
  • The proportion of cobalt procured from qualified smelters increased by 71% compared with 2019
2023
  • Voluntarily included mica in the scope of responsible minerals due diligence as a basis for setting qualified mica procurement targets
100% of suppliers comply with cybersecurity terms

Achieve Achieved
  • ASUS inventories the implementation status of supplier information security management systems (ISO 27001) to understand supplier information security management capabilities
  • ASUS identifies key suppliers, issues information security commitment letters to them, and requires signed returns
  • All 412 key suppliers signed and returned information security contract clauses or information security commitment letters, achieving a 100% completion rate
 2023
  • Completed a supplier classification methodology to identify key suppliers
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Value Creation

Shared

2025 Goals 2025 Action Strategies 2025 Key Performance Important Milestones
Intensify digital transformation and innovation efforts with the goal of a 100% increase in sustainable value creation

Achieve Achieved		 Launch diverse sustainable digital transformation and innovation projects:
  • ASUS works strategically with important business partners to discuss sustainable digital transformation and innovative circular development projects
  • ASUS also develops innovative sustainable services, including the ASUS Carbon Partner Service, through which customers may purchase high-quality carbon credits to offset remaining product emissions
  • Centered on "data empowerment," ASUS builds three major ESG management platforms to lead the dual-axis transformation of sustainability and digitalization
  • The Carbon Partner Service completed cumulative carbon credit offsets of 2,321 metric tons in the Australian and Singapore markets
  • ASUS's Carbon Data Management and Supply Chain Management Platforms were officially launched, integrating environmental data and audit results from subsidiaries and the supply chain to significantly improve data collection, inventory, and analysis efficiency
 2023
  • Evaluated an innovative technology project for recycling waste plastics
2024
  • Launched the ASUS Carbon Partner Service to help customers achieve corporate carbon-reduction goals
2025
  • Established a group data management mechanism through the Carbon Data Management and Supply Chain Management Platforms
Strengthen academia-industry cooperative projects to cultivate more than 1,000 talents

Achieve Achieved
  • Industry-academia collaboration: ASUS works with multiple colleges and universities to build competency development mechanisms, focusing on key fields such as AI and electrical engineering to cultivate next-generation R&D talent, strengthening the industry talent base
  • Internship programs: Through long- and short-term internships and mentorship, ASUS provides practical experience and career guidance, building key future workforce capacity
  • Campus recruitment: Through career talks, campus fairs, corporate visits, and career counseling, ASUS deepens connections with campus talent and improves the recruitment and retention of high-potential talent
  • From 2021 to 2025, ASUS held 75 industry connection activities, engaging more than 6,000 industry talents
  • Since 2005, ASUS has invested in the "Campus Outstanding Manager" program, also known as ASUS Campus CEO, cultivating more than 1,000 outstanding participants over the years
  • ASUS has invested in industry talent cultivation and received the Taipei City Government "Elite Enterprise Award" for five consecutive years
 2021
  • Established a joint R&D center with National Taiwan University, focusing on advanced electromagnetics, next-generation quantum computing, the Internet of Things, and AI, while offering corporate internship opportunities
2024
  • Cooperated with National Taiwan University on the NTU Overseas Internship Program and NTU International Mentorship Program, using mentorship to help students gain valuable workplace opportunities
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