Pegatron Corp ranked the lowest among five major final assembly suppliers in progressing toward Apple Inc’s commitment to be 100 percent carbon neutral by 2030, a Greenpeace East Asia report said yesterday.
While Apple has set the goal of using 100 percent renewable energy across its entire business, supply chain and product lifecycle by 2030, carbon emissions from electronics manufacturing are rising globally due to increased energy consumption, it said.
Given that carbon emissions from its supply chain accounted for more than half of its total emissions last year, Greenpeace East Asia evaluated the green transition performance of Apple’s five largest final assembly suppliers, Pegatron, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, Compal Electronics Inc, Wistron Corp and Luxshare Precision Industry Co, the report said.
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The performance evaluation had five categories: climate commitments, renewable energy targets, renewable energy ratios, sourcing methods and advocacy, with data collected directly from the five companies except for Wistron, it said.
Data related to Wistron were sourced from its most recent sustainability report in 2023, as the firm did not reply to researchers’ request for data, the report said.
Research showed that all five companies must continue to boost their green energy purchases via high-impact renewable energy sourcing mechanisms, such as power purchase agreements, on-site renewable electricity generation or direct investments in green energy, instead of relying on purchasing renewable energy certificates, it said.
Of the five suppliers, Foxconn and Luxshare led the rankings, with Luxshare being the only ranked company that achieved a renewable energy ratio of more than 70 percent last year and applied the most high-impact sourcing mechanisms to its renewable energy transition, the report said.
However, Luxshare has yet to set a 100 percent renewable energy target, while Wistron has set the most ambitious target of 100 percent green energy use by 2030, it added.
Foxconn had the highest renewable energy ratio at 78 percent last year, but it also purchased the most renewable energy certificates — a low-impact renewable energy sourcing method, the report said.
Pegatron’s performance was evaluated as the most unsatisfying, mainly because it “lacks a 100 percent renewable energy target” and had a relatively low renewable energy ratio at 56 percent, it said.
Greenpeace East Asia climate and energy campaigner Lena Chang (張皪心) urged Pegatron to promptly propose a 100 percent renewable energy target in line with other Apple suppliers such as Hon Hai and Wistron.
Regarding Pegatron chairman Tung Tzu-hsien’s (童子賢) remarks on Monday that nuclear and green energy should coexist and nuclear power plants should be restarted, Chang called on Tung to consider the issue from his position as deputy convener of the Presidential Office’s National Climate Change Committee.
Tung should value the government’s net zero roadmap and proactively guide his company to establish and implement long-term green energy transition programs to help Taiwan meet net zero goals, she said.
“Pegatron must face its lack of a long-term renewable energy commitment ... otherwise its passive green transition would affect its competitiveness in the global market amid international supply chain restructuring,” Chang added.
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