The summary of communication with Stakeholders for material topics of 2023 are consolidated as following, and disclosed on the official website on December 28th 2023
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Employee
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Customer
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Supplier and Contractor
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Government and Public Agency
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Investor
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Others
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Employee
Labor-management/occupational safety and health meeting: 32
Educational training, dissemination and announcement: 456
Department meeting: 5,249
Suggestion Box: 313Communication Methods
Topics of Concern
Communication Channels
Ardentec Respondence
- Labor-management / occupational safety and health meeting
- Internal electronic interaction platform
- Educational training, dissemination and announcement
- Suggestion note
- Department meeting
- Regulatory compliance
- Protection of confidential information
- Customer service and satisfaction
- Technical know-how and support
- Business performance and profitability
- Quality and product service
- Business continuity management
- Occupational health and safety
- Risk management
- Climate strategy and energy management
- Labor-management meeting
- Department meeting
- Internal electronic interaction platform
- Announcement / educational training
- Physical and online suggestion box / phone / Email
- Occupational Safety and Health Committee
- Conducted labor-management meetings quarterly to discuss relevant issues with employees and enhance their awareness.
- Reviewed work progress and adjusted workforce allocation as needed to achieve production targets and meet customer expectations.
- Irregularly enhanced technical capabilities and support documentation through collaborative development systems within the team, serving as references for department colleagues.
- Monthly dissemination of information security and the importance of protecting confidential data. Departmental personnel designated as seed instructors deliver online courses to enhance awareness of confidential data protection.
- Disseminated awareness of quality precautions and quality abnormal cases, emphasizing adherence to operational standards to minimize abnormalities and achieve quality goals, providing optimal product testing quality and service to customers.
- Regularly reviewed compliance with domestic and international regulations, standards related to green products, international verification standards, trade secrets, intellectual property rights, and confidential information protection. To ensure 100% compliance with laws and regulations through timely updated and regular awareness campaigns.
- Conducted monthly environmental inspections and implement continuous improvements to ensure compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
- Planned and executed energy-saving measures for internal shared systems, achieving energy-saving targets to mitigate global warming.
- Ensured operational safety in the plant, including compliance with ESH regulations for electrical operations, noise control, and chemical storage, to protect employee health and safety.
- Quarterly checked laws and regulations, announced the newly revised applicable laws and regulations in the labor-management meeting to strengthen employee awareness.
- Communicated with relevant units to address and improve upon employee feedback, achieving a 100% resolution rate.
- Arranged internal and external training, strengthened personnel training, provided online learning materials and courses, and allowed employees to flexibly arrange training to improve their abilities.
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Customer
Audit / assessment : 21
Customer meeting : 4,013
Customer visit:22
Customer satisfaction survey : 17Communication Methods
Topics of Concern
Communication Channels
Ardentec Respondence
- Audit / assessment
- Customer meeting
- Customer visit
- Customer satisfaction survey
- Business performance and profitability
- Quality and product service
- Customer service and satisfaction
- Technical know-how and support
- Climate strategy and energy management
- Meeting or audit
- Customer satisfaction management and survey
- Regular visits and rapport building
- Met customer audit requirements, continuously tracked audit results to achieve 100% compliance.
- We shall regularly engage in mutual communication with customers, promptly address issues, and ensure that all customer requirements are met, achieving a win-win outcomes.
- Conducted meetings to assess customer satisfaction with our services and identify areas for improvement.
- Understood customer needs, assigned personnel to fulfill tasks, and ensured that customer requirements were met effectively.
- Reviewed product development progress and production status in internal weekly meetings to ensure alignment with customer development schedules, quality requirements, and shipping needs.
- Confirmed that the technical capabilities of existing products met customer expectations and promoted new technologies to seize opportunities for new product development.
- In weekly and monthly quality meetings, proposed optimization projects for system processes, updated progress on addressing quality issues, and implemented preventive measures.
- Provided improvement measures for customer product testing, optimized product testing services, and enhanced service quality.
- Achieved annual KPI goals in customer satisfaction surveys.
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Supplier and Contractor
Supplier meeting and technical support : 455
Supplier audit : 10
Supplier visit : 3
Contractor training prior to commencement of work : 37
Work safety promotion : 9Communication Methods
Topics of Concern
Communication Channels
Ardentec Respondence
- Supplier meeting and technical support
- Supplier audit
- Supplier visit
- Contractor training prior to commencement of work
- Work safety promotion
- Phone / email
- Business continuity management
- Occupational health and safety
- Quality and product service
- Technical know-how and support
- Protection of confidential information
- Climate strategy and energy management
- Customer service and satisfaction
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk management
- Supplier CSR and business ethics guidelines
- Contractor training prior to
commencement of work - Meeting and regular contact
- Supplier / Contractor audit
- Distributed supplier social responsibility and ethical guidelines to convey relevant social responsibilities and ethical standards, encouraging suppliers to adhere.
- Ensured that all contractors conducting on-site operations have completed training and passed the course assessments.
- Enhanced equipment capabilities and optimized parameters, elevated technical proficiency to meet customer process and quality requirements.
- Promoted occupational safety regulations, monitored construction progress, and ensured construction quality.
- Requested the signing of the Supplier Corporate Social Responsibility Code of Conduct confirmation to enforce corporate social responsibility actions.
- Conducted annual supplier audits effectively, encouraging continuous improvement to ensure suppliers genuinely implement and achieve corporate social responsibility goals.
- Held regular meetings with suppliers to discuss and mitigate abnormal situations, engaged in discussions for process improvement to enhance production line efficiency, and proactively prevented quality issues.
- Shared and communicated technical knowledge through meetings or discussions to boost employee job performance.
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Government and Public Agency
Business survey response: 25
Report submission / mail reply: 35
Online submit: 31
Documents and correspondence: 77
Business-related presentations/seminars: 4Communication Methods
Topics of Concern
Communication Channels
Ardentec Respondence
- Business survey response
- Report submission / mail reply
- Online / physical submit
- Documents and correspondence
- Business-related presentations/seminars
- Regulatory compliance
- Business Performance and Profitability
- Technical know-how and support
- Customer service and satisfaction
- Quality and product service
- Climate strategy and energy management
- Documents and correspondence
- Related reports or response provision as requested
- Financial report
- Business declaration and response
- Regulation briefing or public hearing
- In accordance with laws and regulatory requirements, handled relevant declarations legally to achieve a 100% compliance rate with the company's legal requirements.
- Participated in various regulatory briefings and seminars as required by regulatory authorities and internal company needs.
- Attended seminars on the identification and recognition of dual-use goods on military-civilian lists, workshops on intangible technology and emerging technology export controls, and briefings on the Internal Compliance Program (ICP) for strategic high-tech goods.
- Submitted the 2023 Sustainability Report, as well as declarations for greenhouse gas emissions and reduction information.
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Investor
Shareholders' meeting: 1
Online investor conference: 2
Major information announcement: 39
Respond to investors' communication: 13Communication Methods
Topics of Concern
Communication Channels
Ardentec Respondence
- Shareholders’ meeting
- Online investor conference
- Major information announcement
- Respond to investors’ communication
- Business performance and profitability
- Shareholders’ meeting
- Investor conference
- Official website
- Financial report
- All motions at the shareholders' meeting were passed, and we have maintained good communication with our shareholders.
- Established stakeholder page on official website to provide communication performance of material topics and related information.
- The monthly revenue reports and the quarterly financial reports were issued on official website to provide timely information to investors.
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Others
On-site visit: 7 times
Email: 68 timesCommunication Methods
Topics of Concern
Communication Channels
Ardentec Respondence
- On-site visit
- Regulatory compliance
- Business performance and profitability
- Quality and product service
- Audit
- Business contact and audit
- Provide relevant reports or responses upon request
- Conducted on-site visits to assess the effectiveness of the design and implementation of internal controls. Collaborated with third-party entities to conduct internal control audits, resulting in a written communication letter from PwC stating 'No significant deficiencies in internal controls.'
- Coordinated and responded to third-party audit entities for financial statement audits.
- Completed audits related to quality and obtained relevant quality certificates.