Environment & Energy Management

Environment Management

Environmental and Energy Monitoring Plan

Note 1: The internal audits for ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 cover 100% of SYSTEX’s scope.
Note 2: The external audits for ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 were conducted at SYSTEX’s headquarters, which accounts for a 62.25% data coverage rate.

Environment Management Measures

Water Stewardship

As the global risk report indicates that “extreme climate events” will pose the highest risk worldwide in the next decade, it highlights the urgent need to address the climate crisis driven by these events. This urgency has prompted countries and corporate organizations to expedite their management of climate-related issues. Although SYSTEX is an IT service company, and its water usage is only for daily use in offices, with no production processes that generate water consumption or wastewater, it is important to consider that Taiwan, despite having relatively abundant rainfall, faces challenges in water resource management due to its topography, population density, per capita water use, and the substantial demand for water in agriculture and high-tech industries. Therefore, SYSTEX aligns with the government’s water conservation policy, conducts annual internal audits of water usage, and enhances water efficiency through ongoing tracking and management.

SYSTEX made disclosures with reference to GRI 303. The internal inventory boundary is the Neihu Headquarters building, and the water used is all daily use in the offices, with no production processes that generate water consumption or wastewater.

Note 1. The third-party for water withdrawal at SYSTEX headquarters building is the Taipei Water Department under Taipei City Government.
Note 2. The third-party for water discharge is the sewage treatment plant cooperated with the city water supplier.
Note 3. SYSTEX is an IT service company, with no production processes that generate water consumption or wastewater.

Energy Management

Energy Conservation Measures

Renewable Energy

In response to the international trend of renewable energy and the development of relevant regulations, SYSTEX first adopted T-REC to increase the proportion of renewable energy usage. Then, SYSTEX has signed a Power Wheeling Contracts in 2022 for consuming renewable energy by 120,000 kWh annually,  and uses green electricity by PPA since 2023 to gradually increase the renewable energy consumption rate. At the same time, considering the issue of increased carbon emissions caused by the scale of the data center business, an internal carbon pricing mechanism is planned in 2023 and implemented in 2024. After charging internal carbon fees, all funds are dedicated exclusively to using renewable energy in data centers to further increase the renewable energy share.

In 2024, SYSTEX launched an internal carbon pricing mechanism, imposing NT$1,339 in internal carbon fees. All proceeds were exclusively allocated to supporting renewable energy use at the headquarters data center, resulting in an additional 140,000 kWh of renewable energy consumption and raising the data center’s renewable energy share to 3.8%. That year, total RE usage reached 260,000 kWh with a 4.6% RE share, surpassing the 4% target, reducing carbon emissions by 123.2 tCO₂e and receiving 260 T-RECs.

Energy usage statistics