Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Since 2011, we have conducted annual GHG inventories in accordance with the GHG Protocol and in line with the Group’s consolidated financial reporting boundaries. We also commissioned a third-party verification agency certified by Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration to undertake greenhouse gas emission verification for both direct and indirect categories, i.e., Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3, and acquired the ISO 14064-1: 2018 Greenhouse Gas Verification Statement.     

In 2023, the verified carbon emissions from operation (Scope 1, 2) were 10,559 tonnes, a reduction of 8.1% compared to the previous year and a decrease of 23.3% compared to the baseline year of 2019. Among them, Scope 1 emissions were 2,339 tonnes, a decrease of 33.9% compared with the baseline year of 2019, resulting from the carbon reduction actions such as the significant reduction in the use of natural gas for heating in our European and American operations sites and the electrification of gasoline and diesel vehicles. Scope 2 emissions were 8,220 tonnes (market-based), a reduction of 6.4% compared to the previous year and a decrease of 19.6% compared to the baseline year of 2019. The decrease can be attributed to a dual effect of reduced electricity consumption and increased use of renewable energy. The operational carbon intensity, which measures carbon emissions per unit of revenue, was 43.8, a decrease of 25.5% from 2019. Additionally, the per capita emissions were about 1.35 metric tons, a decrease of about 22.2% compared to 2019.  

In Scope 3, we follow the principles of GHG Protocol Scope 3 and identify significant indirect emission sources of the company based on identification factors such as quantitative significance, impact, data availability and accuracy, and include other significant indirect emission sources into the scope of the inventory based on the results of the identification. In addition, we have considered that new work patterns such as telecommuting or hybrid office work may have a substantial impact on the emissions from employee commuting, so we have included employee commuting in the calculation from 2023 onwards, in order to further improve the scope of the inventory of carbon emissions in the value chain.      

In total, Acer's verified value chain carbon emissions (Scope3) in 2023 will be 5,794,135 metric tons, a reduction of 13.4% from the previous year and 28.8% from the 2020 baseline year, mainly due to the low-carbon and reduced-carbon design of our products (please refer to "Product Lifecycle Cycle" Section of this report) as well as a reduction in the number of PC products shipped. For the year 2023, our primary sources of emissions are in the supply chain, including Scope 3, Category 1, Raw Materials Purchases, Category 3, Fuel and Energy Related Activities, and Category 4, Transportation Stage, which account for 83.9% of our total emissions. The products and services sector accounted for 15.7% of total emissions, with the use of products in Scope 3 Category 11 being the largest, and leased assets being the second largest source of emissions in the products and services sector.