The Words from Chairman　

By adhering to the core value of “Teamwork, Integrity, Professionalism and Effectiveness”, we here in publish the internationally certified 5th CSR Report. During the process of report publication every year, we focus on issues related to stakeholders’ interests, and continue to review the Company’s implementations of the three aspects of corporate sustainability (Environment, Social, and Governance, also referred to as the ESG), in the hope to communicate with stakeholders and show our sincerity and determination in fulfilling sustainable management.

In terms of promoting corporate sustainability and ethical corporate governance, we dedicate our efforts to set up an effective corporate governance structure, with main principles that include: protecting shareholder interests, improving board performance, respecting stakeholder interests, and enhancing information transparency. Received the “TCSA Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards - Silver Award for Service Industry” in 2018, and ranked as the top 6-20% of the listed companies in the 5th Corporate Governance Evaluation, indicating the Company’s efforts on the development of corporate governance and corporate sustainability.

In terms of innovative supply chain, we established the complete supply chain transparency platform WPGDADAWANT, in the aim to transform into a data-driven enterprise, to enjoy a supply chain competitive advantage, and set up a complete supply chain transparency platform to link industry-wide information. Our Company upholds the spirit of innovative thinking and people-oriented, in order to establish value chain partnerships, as well as enhance overall competitiveness and corporate sustainability.

In terms of talent development and transformation, we dedicate our efforts to provide an inclusive and diverse working environment that encourage talents and creativity of employees, and set the compensation at a competitive level through fair appointment of staff, performance appraisal and promotion, as well as referring to external compensation surveys. The company also conducts a variety of training courses for employees’ learning and development to encourage employees to balance between their work and life in a safe and comfortable working environment.

In terms of environmental protection, WPG Holding is mainly engaged in electronic components distribution services, with no actual manufacturing that could affect the environment. Through various activities and internal webpages, we inform employees the risks from climate change and global warming, and advocate the conservation all limited natural resources, water conservation, electricity saving, waste sorting and recycling, as well as encourage employees to begin contributing to environmental protection.

In terms of public care, we encourage employees to participate in social welfare, create a positive cycle, and convince family members by participating in various activities, in order to promote kindness to the public from each family in WPG Holdings. The Company’s industry-academia cooperation and creative design competitions not only provide care for the development blueprint of youth education, which reflect the professional spirit in corporate social responsibility, but also demonstrates the Company’s technical support capabilities, in order to reduce information barriers between the industry and academic community, and enhance overall effectiveness.

Going forward, we will continue to improve sustainable management, and always be consistent in our business philosophy and services, with the vision of “the First Choice of Industry •  the Benchmark of Distribution”. By comprehensively promoting the core value of “Teamwork, Integrity, Professionalism and Effectiveness”, we aim to maintain good interactions with our customers, employees, investors, suppliers, competent authorities, communities, NGOs and other stakeholders,  create win-win outcomes and share with you our exceptional business results. 　　

The Words from CEO

WPG Holdings has a leading position in the semiconductor supply chain. However, the rapid evolution of emerging technologies, fluctuations and uncertainties in the industrial ecology, and challenges that arise from the operating model has caused the Company to ponder on “What will be our position in the next decade?” Hence, it is our goal to find out in advance stakeholder gaps in the industry chain, and optimize the Company’s operating process, prepare countermeasures, and actively seek a breakthrough from the current situation.

We are required to focus more on the needs of our customers, as well as positions of stakeholders in the face of all our competitors in the “Infinite Game”, and provide accurate and personalized services according to the needs of large enterprises and SME. In addition, we also optimize flexible management in order to close customer gap.

2018 is WPG’s digital transformation year. Externally, we solve problems from resource restructuring in the industry chain, and challenges faced by customers on transformation and upgrading. Internally, we adjust the organizational structure, improve employee communication, and establish a joint consensus. WPG has officially launched WPGDADAWANT - complete supply chain transparency platform by integration of latest digital technologies and technology platforms, utilizing its core supply-chain management capabilities to solve fundamental problems of customers and stakeholders. This has set off a short chain revolution in the semiconductor components industry, with continued evolution on its business models.

In order to support further development of the industry, WPG continues to pay great attention on talent cultivation and development, while further promoting youth vocational training, and actively promoting industry-academia cooperation opportunities, in order to provide students with internships and employment opportunities, and create development plans related to human resource. Each employee can be the best example and spokesman for digitization, and can become the industry’s indispensable talent resource, indicating WPG’s long years of experience and its important value in shaping the industrial ecosystem.

Given uncertainties of drastic changes in the industry, WPG Holdings aim to steadily build up a win-win ecosystem through activating, promotion and implementation of digital transformation. We hope to achieve our original aim of “focus on customers, empower technology”, in order to fulfill interest sharing for our sustainable development in the semiconductor supply chain.