Nature and Biodiversity Strategy | ACER ESG
Nature and Biodiversity Strategy
Our Biodiversity Commitment
Biodiversity is a precious natural asset, and its protection is vital to ensure the long-term health of the global ecosystem and the survival of life on this planet. Acer’s global operations sites are mainly located in science and technology parks and general office buildings, which have a lower impact on biodiversity. Nonetheless, to understand the potential impact of our operations on biodiversity, we are committed to achieve no net deforestation, no net loss (NNL), and increase the net positive impact (NPI). We are committed to applying mitigation hierarchies, such as avoidance, minimization, restoration, offset, and additional conservation actions, and engaging with stakeholders to fulfill followings:
- Ensure that our businesses comply with global, national, and local laws of biodiversity.
- Use internationally recognized tools to assess the biodiversity-related risks of our operating sites.
- Require our suppliers and partners to assess the biodiversity-related risks of their operating sites, encourage them to make biodiversity commitments and to adopt necessary measures (e.g. avoid, reduce, restore, and offset) when operating in areas in close proximity to critical biodiversity, biologically diverse ecosystems, and habitats to minimize negative impacts.
- Seek opportunities with partners and relevant stakeholders to reduce impacts on biodiversity and work together toward the long-term goal of a net positive impact on biodiversity.
Goals in 2025
Complete risk and opportunity analysis, integrating biodiversity into Acer's overall risk management process
Strengthen natural resource risk assessment throughout the value chain
Strengthen supply chain water and waste management
Nature and Biodiversity Strategy
In 2024, in response to the growing significance of nature-related issues in business operations, Acer actively implemented the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework to identify, assess, and disclose nature-related risks and opportunities. Based on the LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, and Prepare) analytical steps, Acer applied relevant data and tools to analyze the impacts, dependencies, and risks associated with biodiversity. This allowed for a deeper understanding of the interdependence between Acer's global operations and its surrounding ecosystems, as well as its dependence on and impact on nature. By gradually enhancing management plans, Acer aims to positively impact nature. Acer completed its first nature and biodiversity risk assessment report on nature and biodiversity, covering analyses of upstream, own operations, and downstream locations to better understand the impacts of nature and biodiversity on Acer. Acer's overall nature and biodiversity strategy is as follows:
Operations
Integration into the company's risk management framework
- Include biodiversity issues in the 2024 corporate risk management key risk indicator review
Reduction of Carbon and Ecological Footprints
- Follow RE100 and SBTi, and transition according to Acer's net-zero strategy
- Optimize water resource usage and waste management
Enhancement of Internal Employees' Awareness
- In 2023, biodiversity was included as one of the themes adopted by the ESG Project Award, encouraging employees to implement community collaborations centered on nature and biodiversity conservation
Products
Implementation of the Concept of Circular Economy
- Acer gives the best effort to reduce the products' environmental impact, and actively adopts low-carbon recycling strategies such as innovative design, prolonging product life cycle, and effective use of materials to reach a balance between product management and environmental protection
Establishment of Acer Products' Energy Efficiency and Recycled Material Usage Goals
- 45% reduction in average personal computer energy consumption in 2025
- 20-30% of PCR plastics content in computers and displays in 2025
Value Chain
Nature and Biodiversity Management in Supply Chain Partners
- Include commitments to nature and biodiversity, as well as risk assessment, in the supplier ESG scorecard
Identification of Priority Materials List
- In 2024, Acer analyzed and evaluated various raw materials including metals, plastics, paper, and glass based on seven major aspects: regulatory trends, environmental and biodiversity impacts, social and human rights considerations, among others, to identify a priority materials list
Continue to improve nature and biodiversity-related risk identification throughout the value chain
- Continue to evaluate impact priorities within the value chain through data collection, internal surveys, and other methods