Environmental Management

We are firmly committed to concrete action for the promotion of environmental protection, energy conservation, and carbon reduction in search for potential responses and adaptations for climate change mitigation. MediaTek has passed the certification audit for ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. Consistency of environmental protection goals and implementation strategies is maintained by relying on the PDCA management cycle and through adoption of systematic management approaches.

In addition, a pollution prevention and mitigation mechanism has been established to maximize MediaTek’s influence in the field of environmental protection. The Company has also passed the certification audit for the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System. The goal lies in the guarantee of workplace health and safety through systematic management.


Environmental Policies

As a global, fabless semiconductor company, we specialize in IC design. All manufacturing operations including wafer production, packaging, and testing are carried out by commissioned manufacturers. MediaTek therefore prioritizes green product design, green procurement and management for subcontractors, reduction of resource and energy waste, and safeguarding of employee health and safety. This not only demonstrates MediaTek’s commitment to fulfilling its sustainable development but also represents a key asset securing the Company’s international competitiveness in the future. MediaTek proactively implements its environmental policies through four major management approaches. In 2023, total environmental expenses amounted to NT$80.56 million:


Energy Management
In 2023, MediaTek expanded its office premises and IT data centers, resulting in a total electricity consumption of 178.771 GWh, an 8% increase from the previous year. Despite this rise, MediaTek successfully achieved its 2023 target of a 16.5% reduction in electricity usage set in 2022. Moving forward, MediaTek will continue to implement energy-saving measures and has set the same 16.5% reduction target for 2024.

Greenhouse Gas Emission Management

  • Scopes 1 & 2 GHG emissions
    • Sources of GHG emissions from resource use include purchased electricity, common facilities, boilers, cooling towers, and chillers. Specifically, purchased electricity, which is under scope 2, accounts for 95.67% of total emissions. As the Company’s scale of operations continues to grow, we are committed to improving energy efficiency and planning for renewable energy use in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our operations.
    • The main reduction measures in 2023 were to improve the energy efficiency of the data center, to replace the lighting of existing office locations with LEDs etc. in order to improve the efficiency of electricity consumption. Meanwhile, the Company continues to pay attention to various climate actions, such as the Science Based Targets (SBT) that limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 ° C and the global renewable energy initiative, RE 100.
    • Enhancing the use of renewable energy is currently one of the main ways to reduce carbon for companies around the world, and it is also Mediatek’s essential approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, the company will continue to plan the renewable energy use target in two years, in order to gradually realize the effectiveness of corporate greenhouse gas reduction.
  • Scope 3 GHG Emissions - Shuttle Bus Services
    • With a view to reducing carbon emissions from employee commuting, MediaTek proactively adopts environmental protection measures targeted at transportation issues which are of immediate concern to employees. In 2023, carbon emissions generated from transportation was reduced by 302 metric tons CO2e.
    • To practically respond to the low carbon emission trend, in addition to maintaining the scheduled shuttle bus and electric shuttle bus between offices, 19 more electric vehicle charging stations were installed in 2023. Moreover, the Company worked with Gogoro in March 2023 to activate the first corporate swapping station in Hsinchu Science in March 2023.

Water resource management

MediaTek’s offices draw water from water treatment plants in various districts. In 2023, it continued to expand the scale of office premises and IT data centers, drawing the water totaling 506,791 metric tons (approximately 507 million liters), an increase of 4% from the previous year.

Although the total water consumption increased, MediaTek continued to engage in the water resource improvement projects, coupled with various water reduction measures, thereby saving the water by 22,936 metric tons in total. In terms of risk management, the WRI Aqueduct tool was used to simulate the IPCC RCP 8.5 scenario to simulate and confirm that the sites in Taiwan are not located in areas with high water stress.

Our wastewater is mostly domestic sewage. It is discharged into natural water bodies upon treatment in wastewater plants in a unified manner in accordance with regional regulations to avoid local environmental impacts. The total discharged wastewater quantity of 214,789 metric tons (around 215 million liters) in 2023 is 6% more than the previous year for the same reason as the said increase in water consumption.

Waste Management
First enterprise in the Hsinchu Science Park area to set up a resource recycling machine in cooperation with EPA. We reinforce waste management and prioritize waste reduction to realize the goal of resource recycling and reuse. Sorting, recycling, reuse, and proper treatment is carried out in a conscientious manner. In addition, ongoing improvements are implemented in the fields of waste storage, transportation, and treatment and environmental impacts. MediaTek selects qualified manufacturers for waste disposal and reuse operations in a rigorous manner and conducts non-scheduled audits of the legality of waste clearance processes to fulfill its supervision responsibility. In 2023, the waste treatment and recycling rate reached 26%. In the future, we will continue to increase the recycling ratio or reduce the quantity of waste which cannot be recycled, in order to achieve the goal of continuous improvement. In addition, we are the first enterprise in the Hsinchu Science Park area to set up a resource recycling machine in cooperation with EPA and offer detailed information on our achievements as a reference for other companies.