ESG

Climate Change

Delta’s key achievements in climate change mitigation over the years

  • Green Operations
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Green Buildings
  • Carbon Disclosure
2021
Included in the CDP Climate Change and Water Security Leadership Level, and Supplier Engagement Leader Level A
Thailand Plant 7 (LEED Gold)
Joined the RE100 Initiative and pledged to attain RE100 by 2030
Met the 2025 Delta SBT targets ahead of schedule
Signed a long-term renewable electricity power purchase agreement with a wind power generation company, which was Delta's first green power transaction
Officially joined the Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign
2020
Honored with two “A” Leadership level ratings by CDP for substantial contribution to climate change and water security issues
Achieved SBT for 3 consecutive years
Joined the RE100 Initiative (officially joined in 2021)
Completed the second climate change risks and opportunities assessment
2019
Achieved SBT carbon reduction for two consecutive years
100% of Delta’s overall production plants and six buildings in Taiwan have achieved ISO 14064-1
Green data center in Taipei Headquarters (LEED platinum)
Awarded the CDP Leadership Level A-
Participated in COP25 to share water conservation applications and education
2018
Selected as Climate Change Management Level of CDP
Chungli R&D Center (LEED Gold)
Ako Energy Park in Japan (LEED Gold)
Wu Jiang Data Center (LEED Gold)
100% of Delta’s overall production plants and six buildings in Taiwan have achieved ISO 14064-1 verification
Achieved SBT carbon reduction in the frst year
2017
Established Internal Carbon Pricing
Set Delta’s SBT and passed the SBTi compliance validation
100% of Delta’s main production plants and the US, India and Brazil production plants of Eltek achieved ISO 14064-1 verification
EMEA Headquarters in the Netherlands (BREEAM Very Good), DET Plant 5 (LEED Gold), Shanghai R&D Building (LEED Platinum)
Awarded the CDP Climate Change
Leadership Level A-
2016
Selected as CDP Climate Change Leadership Level A-
Beijing Offce Building (LEED Silver)
Taoyuan Plant 5 (EEWH Gold & LEED Gold)
India Mumbai Offce Building (LEED Platinum)
Taipei Headquarters (LEED Platinum)
100% of Delta’s major production sites achieved ISO 14064-1 verification
Researched and developed the scientifc carbon reduction method
Joined the 2050 pathways platform
2015
Expanded the scope of energy saving to new plants, buildings, and data centers
Dongguan, Wujiang, Wuhu, Cyntec Hsinchu and Cyntec Huafeng Plants achieved ISO 14064-1 verification
America Headquarters (LEED Platinum)
Selected as a constituent of the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index for two consecutive years
Joined the CDP initiative “Commit to Action”
2014
Setting a comparison base year; Reducing electricity intensity again by 30% in 2020
Wujiang plant achieved China’s energy management system certifcation
The only company in Greater China selected for the CDP_CPLI (Carbon Disclosure Project_Carbon Performance Leadership Index) and CDLI (Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index)
2013
Dongguan Plant received an energy management system certifcation in China (GB/ T2331)
Taipei Headquarters (EEWH-RN Diamond)
Shanghai R&D Building (LEED Gold)
2012
Taoyuan R&D Center (EEWH Diamond & LEED Gold)
India Gurgaon Plant (LEED-INDIA Platinum)
2011
Dongguan / Thailand plants achieved ISO 50001 compliance certifcation
Completed GHG inventory of 8 key uppliers
India Rudrapur Plant (LEED INDIA Gold)
2010
Wuhu Plant achieved 14064-1 verification
Accomplished product footprint disclosure for 3 types of products

  • Delta lists climate change as one of the major risk items for corporate sustainability and manages it through "mitigation" and "adjustment," while implementing We Mean Business commitments, including:

    • Adopting a Science-Based Emissions Reduction Target
    • Reporting Climate Change Information in Mainstream Reports as a Fiduciary Duty
    • Responsible Corporate Engagement in Climate Policy
    • Conversion to Electric Vehicles and Expansion of Charging Facilities
    • 100% Renewable Electricity

    Delta is actively identifying risks, developing adaptive capabilities, and further studying opportunities for climate change, as well as accumulating and increasing R&D momentum, continuing to develop green energy and energy-saving products and solutions, and promoting energy-saving strategies in conjunction with its core business of energy management.​​​

Climate Change Response Strategies​​

Mitigation + Adjustment

Regarding mitigation of climate change, Delta develops key projects based on green operations, energy management, carbon information disclosure, green building and green office building promotion. As for climate change adaptation and responding to climate extremes, Delta is strengthening infrastructure construction, building sustainable resilience, and fully implementing the green building concept to construct sustainability sites to increase endurance.

SBT Carbon Reduction Goals and Results

Aiming to reduce carbon intensity by 56.6% by 2025

Since 2007, Delta has participated in CDP to disclose the Group's greenhouse gas emissions. All Delta production plants have passed ISO 14064-1 certification. Delta also took the lead in proposing a target of reducing carbon intensity by 56.6% by 2025 with 2014 as the base year in line with a science-based target method. In December 2017, it passed the compliance review by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as the first company in Taiwan and the 87th in the world to have passed the review.

Delta's greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategy is based primarily on plant energy management and adoption of green power. Direct emissions and indirect greenhouse gas emissions of overall production plants in 2021 was 151,015 tons CO2e (market-based), which was a 15% reduction compared to the previous year. By 2021, the GHG emissions in Delta’s main production plants was 135,488 tons CO2e with represented the carbon intensity (CI) was 13.8 (tons CO2e / production value in MUSD), which was 71% lower than in 2014. Achieved Delta's 2025 SBT Target 4 years ahead of Schedule.

  • Main Production Plant

  • Overall Production Plant

  • TCFD

    Taking the lead in disclosing information in line with TCFD​​

    As global warming gradually impacts the global economy, G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors called on investment institutions and companies to pay attention to the risks and opportunities of climate change. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) also formed a task force to plan for response and released its proposal in June 2017. Delta took the lead in disclosing information on climate governance, strategies, risk management, and indicative targets based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) structure in its 2016 financial annual report. Delta updates the information every year, and became a TCFD supporter in February 2018.

    To understand the relevance of climate change to its business development, Delta also classifies its products and initially links them to the following items in its financial statements:

    • Robust products: The types of products that have been developed for many years did not emerge because of climate change, but can be linked to climate change by improving energy efficiency and expanding their application to low-carbon products, such as uninterruptible power system products.
    • Adjustable products: Design specifications need to consider climate conditions such as atmospheric temperature and humidity, and product parameters. Functions need to be adjusted in response to physical changes in climate change, such as fan products.
    • Emerging products: New types of products that emerge in response to low-carbon demand, such as electric vehicle parts products.
  • Emerging product: EV component
    Robust product: Uninterruptible power system (UPS)
    Adjustable product: DC fan

Renewable Electricity

Accounting for 55% of Delta operations across the globe

Delta announced in March 2021 that it had joined the RE100, a global renewable electricity initiative, and had pledged to achieve the goal of 100% renewable electricity and carbon neutrality by 2030 for all of Delta's global locations. We are the first company in Taiwan's high-tech manufacturing industry to commit to achieving the RE100 target by 2030.

Delta's operations are located across more than 30 countries on five continents and we will focus on independent energy conservation, self-generated power, and investment in renewable power plants. We use power purchase agreements (PPA) for the direct purchase of renewable electricity, green electricity products, and unbundled energy attribute certificates (unbundled EACs) for certain operations to meet the commitment targets.

In 2021, the total electricity consumption for Delta’s global operations was 755,722 MWh. Delta operations across the globe generated 31,069 MWh of electricity from solar energy, purchased 13,117 MWh of PPA and green electricity products, and purchased 373,793 MWh of unbundled Energy Attribute Certificates (mainly iREC) accepted by RE100. As a result, renewable electricity accounted for approximately 55% of the electricity consumption for Delta's global operations.

* Note 1: Total electricity consumption of our main production plants was 633,452 MWh (Renewable: 386,545 MWh (61%) - including PPA (0.4%), self-generated and consumed (4.8%), and unbundled iREC (55.8%))

* Note 2: Total electricity consumption of our overall production plants was 663,319 MWh (Renewable: 389,058 MWh (58.7%) - including PPA (0.7%), self-generated and consumed (4.7%), and unbundled iREC (53.3%))