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Giving Back to Society

Giving Back to Society

Upholding its longstanding philosophy of giving back to society, the Company actively participates in academic activities, community care, and social welfare initiatives to fulfill its social responsibilities. In 2025, the Company's expenditures on social contributions and public welfare activities totaled NT$1.41 million. Major items were as follows:

  • Sponsored JingZhu Elementary School in Neimen District in organizing character lessons, transportation, club activities, and shuttle buses for students.
  • Sponsored the "2025 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival" organized by the Kaohsiung Philharmonic Cultural & Arts Foundation and the Kaohsiung Music Center.
  • Sponsored the "CSC Fun with Amazing Ideas Summer Camp" at Siaogang Junior High School in Siaogang District.
  • Sponsored engineering academic societies including the Kaohsiung Chamber of Industry, the Chinese Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, the Chinese Institute of Engineers, the Chemical Society Located in Taipei, the Taiwan Compound Semiconductor and Equipment Association, and the CSC Group Education Foundation, among other engineering academic societies.

Rural School Assistance Program at Jin-Jhu Elementary School

In an effort to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, we initiated a rural school assistance program in May 2016 to lend a helping hand to Jin-Jhu Elementary School in Neimen District, Kaohsiung City through various means, including providing donations and organizing a series of activities in collaboration with teachers and students to foster all-round development among students in five areas, namely morality, intelligence, physique, social skills, and aesthetics. The timeline of this program is detailed as follows:

2016

  • Launched the character education program
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  • Assisted in providing bus service for the visit to National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung City and the exchange event at Wen-Fu Elementary School, Kaohsiung City
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  • Launched the Arts Enhancement Program, which is carried out during after-school hours
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2017

  • Injected funds into the Taiko Drum Club at the elementary school
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  • Assisted in providing bus service and tour guides for ecological teaching and learning on Chai Mountain, Kaohsiung City
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  • Arranged a visit to CSCC for students and teachers at the elementary school
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2018

  • Continued to promote character education at the elementary school in coordination with the education volunteer team at the Bliss & Wisdom Foundation of Culture and Education
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  • Conducted after-school care classes
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2019

  • Provide grant-in-aid to fill the shortfall in funding for student bus subsidy in the educational priority area
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  • Assisted in repairing the basketball court at the elementary school
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2020

  • Injected funds into the Piano Club at the elementary school
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  • Continued to carry out and promote existing activities
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2021 & 2025

  • Continued to carry out and promote existing activities
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Impact of Locations of Operations on Local Communities

CSCC's locations of operation include the operating headquarters in Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City, the Coal Chemical Manufacturing Department in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung City, and the Carbon Chemical Manufacturing Department in Fangliao Township, Pingtung County. CSCC continues to emphasize its impact on the communities where its locations of operation are located and actively participates in and promotes community development activities. CSCC's assessment of the related impact on the local community in 2025 is as follows:

Project Description Opportunities Risks
Employment of Local Workforce There are 219 household employees of Kaohsiung City and 87 household employees of Pingtung County, employing over 90% of the local workforce Strengthen the connection with the local community, invest CSCC resources to help solve community environmental problems, and increase the local community's sense of recognition towards CSCC. Operational hazards arising from production processes at the production plants, such as abnormal leaks, may pose health risks to neighboring plants or nearby residents; No such incidents occurred in 2025
Major contributions Sponsored character education courses, transportation, and after-school club activities at Jinzhu Elementary School in Neimen District, Kaohsiung City; Sponsored the General Association of Chinese Culture's "We Are 2025: Our New Year's Eve" event, the Kaohsiung Philharmonic Cultural and Arts Foundation's "2025 Kaohsiung Lantern Festival," the Eden Social Welfare Foundation's "2025 Happy Children's Festival," the 2025 Pingtung Marathon, the 2025 CSC Fun with Amazing Ideas Summer Camp, and the CSC Choir's "Singing Youth" concert; Total expenditures on social contributions and public welfare activities were NT$1.41 million
Corporate volunteering or other public welfare professional services A total of eight environmental education activities, including beach cleanups, mountain cleanups, and tree planting, were held, with 3,291 attendances

Environmental Impact on the Local Community and Supply Chain

CSCC has two manufacturing departments, including the Coal Chemical Manufacturing Department located in the site of CSC in the Linhai Industrial Park in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung City, and the Carbon Chemical Manufacturing Department located in the Pingnan Industrial Park in Fangliao Township, Pingtung County. The environmental impact of each site on the local community is described as follows:

Biodiversity

CSCC's operating headquarters is located at the HQ of China Steel Corporation. The coal chemical manufacturing plants are located at Linhai Industrial Park in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, which is non-urban land. The carbon material manufacturing plants are located at Pingnan Industrial Park in Fangliao, Pingtung. The industrial parks conducted well impact evaluation on the environment. The plants are also located in non-ecological protection areas or water protection areas. Neither are they stationed in national parks, wildlife conservation areas, habitats of wildlife, important wetlands, protection areas listed in the government's coastal protection plans, nor mountain areas at an altitude of 1,500 meters or above. A considerable distance is kept between the coal chemical manufacturing plants and Fengshan Reservoir, as well as the carbon material manufacturing plants and Mudan Reservoir. Thus, the production will not affect the protected areas

Wastewater and Pollution Emissions Management

CSCC's manufacturing departments are located in areas that are not under water stress according to the World Resources Institute's "Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas". The Coal Chemical Manufacturing Department uses 195 million liters of recycled/reclaimed water, accounting for 93% of the total water consumption. The Coal Chemical Manufacturing Department uses approximately 1.2 million liters of water per month, accounting for 2% of the monthly water supply to the industrial area. The plant is equipped with a detention basin, which is estimated to recover more than 5 million liters of rainwater per year based on changes in liquid levels. CSCC's manufacturing departments passed the water quality tests conducted on effluent in 2025

Regarding the total air pollutant control plan for the Kaohsiung and Pingtung Area, CSCC continues to add pollution control equipment and switch to clean fuels such as natural gas for our manufacturing departments. With the replacement of coke oven gas with natural gas from 2024, we further reduced our sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions to less than 3 tons each year, which was less than 20% of the total regulated emissions

All pollution emissions from each plant are in accordance with government regulations. Therefore, there is no negative impact on the environment of the local community

Waste Management

Before we sign a contract with an external waste management service provider for the first time, the responsible manager is sent to visit the waste management service provider and inspect the status of its production equipment and operations, with the intention of ensuring that it is capable of properly handling the type of outsourced waste. After a contract is signed with the waste management service provider, we send our personnel to join in its waste transportation operation to ensure that our waste is transported to the correct waste-receiving site, with no cases of abnormal route deviation and waste falling or dispersing during the journey. We conduct online inspection within four days after each round of online waste reporting to keep track of the reporting status and ensure that the waste treatment service provider and the waste-receiving site have completed the reporting process and submitted the relevant report to the Environmental Protection Administration. We carry out reporting of waste treated by means of resource recycling, incineration or reuse in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations

CSCC's hazardous waste passed the EPA's approval and was fully recycled on a case-by-case basis. No hazardous waste was generated during 2025

Management of controlled chemicals (toxic chemical management)

The manufacturing departments are listed as chemical substance operation sites by the competent authorities. Therefore, the plants have obtained documents from the competent authorities at all levels in accordance with the law, have implemented relevant chemical safety management in accordance with the listed manner, joined the joint prevention organization for listed chemical substances, and prepared contingency equipment for use and delivery. A total of 27 drills for hazard prevention and response plans were held in 2025 in both plants to enhance employees' ability to respond to environmental hazards and reduce impact

GHG emissions and reduction

Our Coal Chemical Manufacturing Department and Carbon Chemical Manufacturing Department conduct an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions on their own each year. A third-party verification body is commissioned to carry out verification of these inventories since 2021

CSCC's 2025 GHG inventory, covering the Operations Headquarters, Coal Chemical Manufacturing Department, and Carbon Chemical Manufacturing Department, was completed. Category 1 emissions totaled 16,842 metric tons of CO2e, Category 2 emissions totaled 48,981 metric tons of CO2e, and total emissions were 65,823 metric tons of CO2e

In order to implement greenhouse gas control, a total of 25 energy-saving projects have been proposed for the manufacturing departments in 2025, with a total reduction of 1,820 tons of CO2e

Honest reporting

All of our plants comply with governmental regulations in carrying out various environmental related operations and uploading and reporting all information to ensure that every action is legal and in compliance. All of our operations are conducted in such a way as to minimize any significant actual or potential negative impacts on local communities