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【Forward COP26】 Carbon reduction set off the threat of switching orders not only TSMC ... small and medium-sized enterprises are also eager to find green power
Release Date : 2021-09-28
In order to save the environment, governments and international corporations have started a trend of zero carbon emissions, prompting listed companies and SMEs in Taiwan to invest in carbon reduction. How strong is this trend? Taiwan's green energy industry described "this is now in progress", numerous SMEs are very worried that if they do not adopt green power will be "switch" by international customers, have begun to layout the energy transformation, indicating that the chain effect of climate change, has attacked the industry in Taiwan.
To receive large orders, "OEMs must also be sustainable".
The RE100, a global renewable energy initiative, has more than 300 members who have pledged to achieve 100% green power use between 2020 and 2050. 11 Taiwanese companies have joined the initiative, including well-known companies such as TSMC and Delta Electronics, and many biotech and beauty brands have joined the event, one of which is the well-known Kaohsiung-based group Jola International.
The company's CEO, Lee Kun-Lin, emphasized that the company will purchase green power in phases, and expects to achieve the goal of "all green power" by 2030, which will ultimately reduce carbon emissions by 70%.
Why join the sustainability bandwagon? As a factory owner, we must set a good example," said Lee. In recent years, he has found that consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious and care more and more about where their products come from and whether they can be recycled, so it's important for private brands to convince consumers that their products can be environmentally sustainable.
Lee once visited an international cosmetic brand to OEM their beauty products, and was told, "Even if your technology is good, if it's not sustainable, you won't get the order. He was shocked to discover that there is an international trend that requires sustainability and environmental protection in order to receive large scale OEM work, and that "every aspect must be controlled, even for OEMs.
He further explained that in the past five years, the beauty industry has begun to pursue the concept of "clean beauty," which means using clean energy in the production process and adopting clean, recyclable packaging.
"Not only the biotech industry is asking, but the demand for green power from enterprises is increasing the need
SPE has received several calls this year from small and medium-sized enterprises expressing their demand for green power, and "not only the biotech industry is asking, but the industry is nervous. She said these companies are worried that if they don't do green power now, they will be affected in the future, seeing the EU's carbon tariff and net-zero carbon emission targets of various countries.
The RE100 initiative has more than 210 companies declaring that they want to achieve 100 percent renewable energy by 2030," said The chairman, adding that the influence of this is very large.
Switching orders without achieving green power is now a work in progress
Bi Wan-apple stressed that, in the face of the international trend of carbon reduction, if Taiwan enterprises do not keep up, they will become uncompetitive: "Some Taiwanese enterprises said that they have been asked by RE100 enterprises to change their orders if they do not achieve green power, and this is already the current trend.
SPE's self-generated power plant in Taiwan has a capacity of about 10 MW, which is sufficient to supply many small and medium-sized enterprises, and also sells hydroelectric and wind power to enterprises as a power seller to meet the demand for 24-hour full green power supply to factories.
The power seller is like a big trader, playing the role of a regulator," explains Bi. It is very difficult to achieve 100 percent renewable energy, and we need to have a way to do the regulation at any time, so we need the power sales.
RE100 becomes a selling point to help customers enter the Wal-Mart channel
The international trend of carbon reduction has triggered a chain effect, if companies are willing to transform to green power, it will become a major advantage. For example, by joining RE100 as a selling point, Zola helped a foundry client to enter Walmart and Target this year, and it has been on the shelves of more than 20,000 stores in the United States.
"We are very happy that RE100 can help our customers reach new channels. Because it is a chain effect , we produce the products, and the benefits came alongcame along. " said Lee.
He stressed that many people may think that only listed companies with hundreds of billions of dollars in turnover can do sustainable environmental protection, but small and medium-sized enterprises can also play a role.
Source: United Daily News / Reporter Hanjin Lin 2021-09-28 11:55