Apr 23 2013
United Microelectronics Corporation ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the three-year plan to improve resource and energy productivity and to reduce greenhouse emission.
The announcement is timed with Earth Day to promote environmental protection living concepts and fulfill the company's commitment to corporate social responsibility. UMC's plan consists of 4 reduction aspects: electricity use, water, waste, and carbon. The goals are to achieve reductions of 3% electricity consumption, 6% water consumption and 9% waste generation by 2015, while also surpassing World Semiconductor Council's PFC reduction target by 2020.
Po- Wen Yen , CEO at UMC said, "After successfully achieving our 2010-2013 carbon reduction goals, we are happy to announce on Earth Day UMC's new three-year plan to further improve resource and energy productivity. We believe that through proactive action, we can continually fulfill green accountability and manufacturing concepts. UMC can also further strengthen its cost structure and green competitiveness by improving resource and energy productivity towards our long-term environmental sustainability goal. By championing resource sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction, we can live up to the vision of creating a sustainable environment."
UMC is engaged in its 14th year of company-wide environmental protection activities. Through this new 3-year plan, the company is expected to reduce electricity consumption by approximately 60 million kWh, equivalent to the electricity used by 15,000 households each per year. 750,000 units of water will also be reduced, about the yearly water consumption rate for 23,000 households. The carbon emission reduction from three years of electricity and water conservation will reach 32.5 million kgCO2e, with waste generation reduced by 2,000 tons.