Environmental Sustainability
Biodiversity Risk Assessment and Action
Biodiversity
The United Nations resolution formulated the "Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework" (Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework), which aims to promote global biodiversity tasks and contribute to the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" (2030 Agenda), and strive to achieve "to 2050 VISION: Living in Harmony with Nature". Chunghwa Telecom, as a leading company in the domestic telecommunications industry, takes "becoming the most valuable and trustworthy information and communication company" as our vision. Therefore, Chunghwa Telecom formulated the "Chunghwa Telecom Biodiversity and No Deforestation Commitment", and launched biodiversity and natural capital projects by following the commitment, taking the lead in domestic industries to take pioneering actions, and strive to achieve the goal of net positive impact on biodiversity by 2030, to practice the brand spirit of "ALWAYS AHEAD".
Methodology of biodiversity risk assessment
Following the recommendations of the United Nations, Chunghwa Telecom will consider two key factors, dependencies and impacts, in the assessment of biodiversity and further refer to the United Nations' partner in the field of sustainable development - the "Nature readiness assessment", the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), established Chunghwa Telecom's self-own assessment framework and process for implementing biodiversity, and produced results at each stage.
According to the policies and recommendations of the United Nations and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Chunghwa Telecom uses the ENCORE tool for risk analysis of dependencies and impacts.
Scope of biodiversity risk assessment
The assessment scope is set to Chunghwa Telecom company and key suppliers.
| Upstream | Operations of Chunghwa Telecom | |
|---|---|---|
| Boundary | Boundary Key suppliers with a transaction volume exceeding 100 million yuan in 2022 | The five major operating locations of base stations, computer rooms, store, offices building and comprehensive offices in Taiwan |
| Period | 01/01/2022 ~ 31/12/2022 | |
| Impact Factor | Greenhouse gases, pollution from water usage, waste | |
| Impact Cost | N.A. | The Social Cost of Carbon Emissions and Human Health Cost |
Results of biodiversity risk assessment
After implementation, the dependence and impact results of more than 11,000 operating sites in the six major categories in Taiwan are as follows:
Dependences- Climate regulation: Risk map of natural hazards that may result from dependence on natural resources
Flood and storm protection: Risk map of natural hazards that may result from dependence on natural resources
Impacts-Risk Map of Nature-Generated Impacts from Telecommunications Industry Operations
High Risk Management
Chunghwa Telecom has now recognized the ecosystem risks that are indirectly caused due to operational needs and high dependency on ecosystem resources! Chunghwa Telecom will look for alternatives (such as: restoration of biodiversity in the ecosystem) to gradually slow down and restore the damage caused by operations: Chunghwa Telecom will also try to slow down the direct and indirect impacts caused by operations and reduce the negative impacts on the ecosystem (such as the use of renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions).