智擎生技製藥股份有限公司

Sustainable Development Strategy
The policy of the our Sustainable Development Strategy is to "accelerate the listing of new drugs to prolong the lives of patients and make society better." We wish to uphold sustainable core values of "innovative R&D, professional attitude, trustworthy, reliability, and create major impacts". Under the three major scopes of "build a green life, care for and be a friend to society, and cooperative industrial growth" to establish seven major topics for implementing sustainable development strategies. The second major topics are "environment conservation", "social participation", "talent training and retention", "innovative R&D", "cyber security", "corporate governance", and "co-prosper with industry". Since establishment, PharmaEngine not only focuses on corporate governance and operation performance, we have also been proactively moving forward towards environment sustainability and social engagement. We hope through the implementation of our corporate sustainability strategies to create changes and impacts on the environment, social, and governance aspects.

Looking into the future, PharmaEngine will continue to keep integrity as the foundation, flexible operation and professional skills as the main focus, and human-centered approach as the core, to promote new drug R&D activities that align with the spirit of ESG. We wish to deepen international cooperation, leverage global R&D resources, accelerate new product development and commercialization, establish a globally competitive and diversified product portfolio, and set out to achieve the obligation of sustainable social responsibility ultimately.

A Message from the CEO

 
Implementation and Achievements
We believe environmental sustainability, social responsibility and ethical management are the basic principles and core values of an enterprise recognized by the international community. To enhance stakeholder communication, PharmaEngine published the first 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility Report in 2012 (renamed to Sustainability Report in 2021) and this year is the twelfth consecutive year of publishing such report. We commit to continue issuing sustainability reports to fully disclose our continuous planning and achievements in enhancing integrity management, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability.
Sustainability Promotion Taskforce
PharmaEngine set up a "Sustainability Promotion Taskforce" responsible for identifying all sustainability themes related to our business and stakeholders. The Taskforce is also responsible for establishing short-, mid-, and long-term sustainability development plans and directions, create a budget for sustainability development events, and implement annual projects. At the same time, the Taskforce needs to track progress to ensure our sustainability development policies are incorporate in daily business activities.
Unit Job Criteria Main Personnel
Convener Strategy Formulation and Performance Supervision ChiHsng Chang
Executive Secretary Job Coordination Jackie Chang
Corporate Governance Ethical Corporate Management
Internal Audit
Securities Regulation Compliance
Information Disclosure
Investor Relations Maintenance		 Tony Hong
Environmental Sustainability Environmental Protection
Environmental Regulation Compliance
Green Procurement		 Selena Kuo
Employee Care Employee Salary and Benefits
Training
Labor Relations
Occupational Safety
Human Rights Policy		 Melody Lin
Social Engagement Social Participation
Customer Management		 April Chiu
Product Service Product Safety
Quality Management
Drug Regulation Compliance
Supply Chain Management		 Ken Chou

 

Scope and Themes 2023 Targets 2023 Achievements
E: Build a Green Life    
Environment Protection Continue to conduct carbon inventory checks on electricity usage, water usage and waste generation at the office Collected monthly carbon emissions data (scope 1 and 2)
Complete scope 1 and 2 carbon inventory and obtain third-party assurance Completed, results and assurance report published in 2022 Sustainability Report
Continue to participate and promote the "Do One Thing for Tamsui River" event Promoted the importance of water resource at Dadaocheng Pier 5 on Sep. 25, 2023
Promote green consumption by procuring most of the office equipment with green procurement labels Procured office electronic equipment with "Environmentally Sustainable" stickers
S: Community Care    
Social Engagement Industry-Academic Cooperation：experience sharing Combine college and university courses to provide industry experience training for biotech students
Join World Pancreatic Cancer Day Held event on Nov. 16, 2023 to raise awareness
Co-host patient seminars with hospitals Held a total of 5 seminars at Far Eastern Memorial, Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial, Taichung Veterans General, and Taipei Veterans General
Promote and support Taiwan local culture Held tours in Dadaocheng, Lin An-Tai Historic Mansion, and Beitou Hot Spring Museum..etc. (Total participant: 88, total investment: NT$63,820)
Employee Training Performance review added employee's skill adaptability evaluation Progress continues
Human rights knowledge training Conducted on Oct. 6, 2023
Strengthen employee bond Hold various events such as group health activity, birthday parties, family day, and volunteer day
Optimize employee training procedures and structure Planned training based on professional function, core function, and leadership function. In addition to training, Happy Learning Club was held once every six months for colleagues to learn new knowledge from each other
G: Grow Together    
Innovative R&D Invest in exploratory trials to accurately locate new drug candidates Continue to explore and develop potential new drug candidates
(PEP08~PEP10)
Participate in cross-industry forums and seminars to gain knowledge Progress continues
Reduce unnecessary animal testing Combining AI computation to explore and develop potential new drug candidates
(PEP08-PEP10)
Continue to explore and develop potential new drug candidates and technologies Combining AI computation to explore and develop potential new drug candidates
(PEP08~PEP10)
Cyber Security Organize comprehensive work-from-home systems, measures and equipment Work-from-home mechanism continues
Conduct "What If" analysis on specific systems and personnel to draft back-up plans Conducted simulation for operation continuation plan in October 2023
Set cyber security targets, protection, and disaster response solutions to lower cyber security risks 1/5/2023
Obtained ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification
Corporate Governance Established "Sustainability Promotion Taskforce" in 2022 to formulate action plans for sustainability projects and regularly reports to the Board of Directors Continue to report regularly on progress
Included climate change topics in the Board of Directors' meetings in 2022 Continue to evaluate and adjust annually based on global trends
Evaluate and identify high risk incidents that may cause significant impact on the business Progress continues
Enhance efficiency through digitalizing the management system Progress continues
Continue to provide training regarding corporate governance topics such as insider trading prevention, cyber security, intellectual property and ESG Progress continues
Industry Cooperation Discuss energy consumption and other environmental issues with CDMO and storage and logistics partners to understand internal policies and measures Progress continues
Include ESG topics in potential business partner evaluation surveys before license in new products Progress continues
Jointly plan backup solutions for potential major impacts with key suppliers Progress continues
Include ESG-compliance requirements in agreements with major domestic suppliers Progress continues
Past Events
We schedule annual events and encourage employees to join with their families:
  • 2024/08/04

    Participated and volunteered in the HAIR FOR HOPE event hosted by Hope Foundation For Cancer Care

  • 2024/04/19

    Continued with the "Do One Thing for Tamsui River" theme by re-educate ourselves about the importance of the Tamsui River, river ecosystem, water conservation, and participated in the Tamsui cultural tour

  • 2023/09/21

    Continued with the "Do One Thing for Tamsui River" theme by re-educate ourselves about the Tamsui River, water conservation, and participated in the Dadaocheng cultural tour

  • 2023/09/01

    Kicked off "PharmaEngineers: We Race With You! Walk for Love!" event (2023/09-2024/01), the final total step count will be transferred to Taiwan Dollar to donate to cancer charities

  • 2022/11/10

    Supported "Do One Thing for Tamsui River" event hosted by CommonWealth Magazine for water resource protection awareness by conducting beach cleaning at Sanzhi, New Taipei City

  • 2021/09/29

    Supported "Do One Thing for Tamsui River" event hosted by CommonWealth Magazine for water resource protection awareness by participating in "Tamsui River History Tour"

  • 2020/11/18

    Showed support by participating supplies raising and food box packaging activities for the China Andrew Charity Association

  • 2019/12/06

    Participated in the volunteer activities for Genesis Social Welfare Foundation

  • 2018/11/16

    Participated in coastal cleanup activity in Jinshuiao, Keelung

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To PharmaEngine Colleagues,

Corporate social responsibility has always been an important topic for us. In the past, PharmaEngine colleagues have been participating in volunteer activities each year such as beach cleaning, raising invoices on the streets, and other charity events hosted by social care organizations. In recent years, we turn our focus on the ecosystem of the Tamsui River. I believe many of us live by the Tamsui River but have you noticed the waste buildups and the change of scenery by the riverbank? Have you noticed the changes in the number of people fishing and the water birds? Usually the answer would be “no” and “I don’t know”. However, if we are willing, we have a chance to reverse these negative impacts and re-educate ourselves about the Tamsui River. Therefore, this year, PharmaEngine has become a partner in the “Do One Thing for Tamsui River” event!

 

In the 2013 documentary “Seeing Taiwan”, directed by Director Zeppelin, we saw one of our economic prides, ASE Group Kaohsiung K7 Plant, has been emitting highly polluted wastewaters into the Houjing Creek, which also polluted close to 940 hectares of farmland downstream. This “rainbow river” is the most upsetting scenery created by Taiwan’s economic success. You may not remember much about the ASE pollution, but the memory of the severe drought that saw water level of many dams in Northern Taiwan close to the bottom in April 2022 should be quite fresh in your memory. Local governments were forced to implement waste usage restrictions to combat the drought. Our neglect of nature in present time will eventually come back to haunt us. In Taiwan, we have plenty of water resources. However, many rivers and creeks have been polluted and this has contributed to Taiwan’s water shortages in recent years. When water resource is abundant, it is easy to expect water to come out just by turning on the faucet. However, with high population density and geographical disadvantages in conserving water resources, water should be something that everyone cherishes. Can you imagine Taiwanese people’s survival depends completely on imported rice and bottled water? And how much do you know about Taiwan’s water resources?

 
 

Taiwan is an island surrounded by sea with lots of water resources. The average annual rainfall is 2,500mm, that is 3.5 times more than the global average annual rainfall of 700mm. Despite this fact, Taiwan is still constantly facing water shortages and people fear of drinking water right from the tap because of water pollution. Taiwan’s economy is still mainly based on manufacturing and many companies have yet to adopt proper wastewater disposal procedures, which causes pollution in our rivers. Taiwan is a small island with just a few rivers, it’s a matter of time before the rivers can no longer absorb all the pollution. Tamsui River is the one of the three major rivers in Taiwan with many people and companies reside next to it. Many light and heavy industries such as plating, dyeing, chemical, ceramics, food processing, paper, leather, and mining have manufacturing facilities next to the river. There are also farming and garbage disposal along the riverbank. An analysis from 38 water quality monitoring systems, owned by Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration, along the Tamsui River showed 5.7% of the river, that is about 18.6km long, is heavily polluted in 2020. The data is the worst since 2015. The pollution severely damaged the underwater ecosystem and made circular use of the water resources impossible.

 

A successful company is the fruit of the employees’ labor. Nevertheless, equally important, we should understand that we are not the only factor of our success. Our interactions with other companies, organizations, and hospitals, and even the family members that support our work, are all equally important. We are a company that focuses on improving (even saving) human lives. Our core belief and inspiration are based on “giving back to society”, therefore, it is important for us to contribute back to the society.

As I have just returned to Taipei, my hometown, after many years of working and living abroad, I am happy to be a part of this society again. During the weekend, I often walk around Taipei and I have noticed the city has changed drastically compared to the 1990s scenery in my memory. For people who have been living here, the changes might not feel significant. Taipei has become a city that is more organized, modernized, and clean. Today, I cherish the chance of riding the bike or walking around Taipei’s riverbank while enjoying the skyline and observing the wildlife and ecosystem alongside the river. At the same time, the melody of a famous Mandarin song, “Tamsui Scenery”, appears in my mind that brings me romantic and nostalgic feelings for the riverbank in early years. I was a student back then, riding my secondhand scooter with my wife (girlfriend at the time) to go from Gonguang (southern part of the river) all the way to Tamsui (northern part of the river) just to catch the sunset. To me personally, Tamsui River will forever be the river with beautiful memories that takes a special place in my heart. I hope everyone and the generations to come will also be able to see the same beautiful view as me!

 
 

This year is the third consecutive year for PharmaEngine to participate in the “Do One Thing for Tamsui River”. Let us do one thing for Tamsui River and if we are willing, we can save Tamsui River as none of us wants to see the day when clean water becomes a luxury. We are also committed to continue to participate in the public management of the Tamsui River system and fulfill our corporate social responsibility. PharmaEngine is here to support!

 
PharmaEngine is committed to do the following for Tamsui River:
  1. Re-learn about Tamsui River, take photographs of the river nearby office buildings and manufacturing facilities to pay attention to the health of the river;
  2. Make sure garbage disposal companies do not litter garbage into the river;
  3. Conduct green procurement including sustainability products, green energy, and low carbon products;
  4. Encourage employees to actively participate in the public management of Tamsui River System to be a water enterprise citizen;
  5. Suggest creative activities for #DoOneThingForTamsuiRiver
 
Thanks,
Hong-Ren Wang