Far Eastern Group showcases sustainable leadership at the 2025 Asia Pacific Sustainable Expo

        The 4th Asia Pacific Sustainability Expo 2025, hosted by the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE), will take place from September 11-13, with the theme of "Charge Towards Change", encouraging all sectors of society to face changes together and inject vitality into sustainability development. Far Eastern Group has always been committed to creating a sustainable future of environmental symbiosis and social integration. Since the first edition in 2022, it has participated in the exhibition for four consecutive years. This year, a total of eight companies under its umbrella participated, including Far Eastern New Century Corporation 、 Asia Cement Corporation 、 Far EasTone Telecommunication 、 FE SOGO Department stores 、 Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls Jointly creating a sustainable living circle that covers recycled economy, energy transition to green consumption, as well as Far Eastern Department Stores, A.Mart, and City'ssuper joining forces to bring about a model of diversified operations, sustainable growth, and transformation in the industry. During the meeting, the 2025 Asia Pacific and Taiwan Sustainable Action Awards (APSAA/TSAA) ceremony will be held simultaneously, Asia Cement Corporation 、 Far Eastern Department Stores 、 FE SOGO Department stores 、 Everest Textile 、 Far Eastern Memorial Hospital 、 Yuan Ze University Received a total of 15 awards.

        The Far Eastern Group exhibition area gathers new Far Eastern Group products Asia Cement Corporation 、 Far EasTone Telecommunication 、SOGO、 Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls Building a cross-border 'sustainable living circle'

        Far Eastern New Century Corporation is a global leader in green polyester and has achieved remarkable results in promoting a recycled economy. With the "Three 50s" transformation goal as the core focus of the exhibition, it showcases the key actions of reducing carbon emissions by 50%, green raw materials by 50%, and green products by 50% by 2030. Actively promoting various carbon reduction projects, production sites have achieved short-term carbon reduction targets ahead of schedule. Far Eastern Group's new waste PET bottle recycling technology leads the world and continues to develop more waste recycling technologies, such as waste textiles, electronic waste, factory exhaust gas, etc; Continuously breaking through the application fields of green products, from functional clothing, sports shoes, daily necessities packaging materials to high-end automotive materials, etc., bringing green concepts into daily life.

        Asia Cement Corporation incorporates the concept of "low-carbon sustainability" into its exhibition design, with exhibits using recycled cement bags to showcase the spirit of resource recycling and green living. The exhibition focuses on low-carbon cement and low-carbon concrete that can reduce carbon emissions by 20% to 50%, and presents carbon reduction solutions for the entire life cycle of buildings through recycled economy cases. Asia Cement Corporation also considers each visitor as a broad stakeholder, exchanging and sharing the company's practical actions in environmental protection, social integration, and sustainable workplace, and collecting opinions for future planning. This exhibition showcases Asia Cement Corporation's determination to move towards net zero by 2050, and continues to convey the power of sustainable action through low-carbon products, recycled economy, and interactive communication. In this year's Asia Pacific and Taiwan Sustainable Action Awards (APSAA/TSAA), Asia Cement Corporation won the SDG1 Gold Award for "Education Flip Helps Tribe Independence" and the SDG13 Gold Award for "Starting from Mud and Moving Forward with Low Carbon", demonstrating the results of sustainable action in society and the environment.

        Far EasTone Telecommunications excels in technology driven transformation and actively assists businesses and the public sector in moving towards sustainability. This year, for the first time, Far Eastern Group has joined hands with related enterprises to participate in the exhibition, showcasing a range of low-carbon and energy-saving innovative applications spanning recycled economy, energy transformation to green living and consumption, leading the industry to accelerate the pace of net zero carbon emissions, and creating a cross-border "sustainable living circle", including "smart charging" and "smart net zero campus". The one-stop smart charging service has been implemented in department stores, public parking lots, and campuses, creating the highest charging density public parking lot in Taiwan for Hsinchu City; The smart net zero campus integrates EMS energy management, smart lighting, and energy storage equipment, bringing quantifiable carbon reduction effects to the campus. Far EasTone Telecommunication also continues to use 5G and AI technology to promote sustainability, with applications covering remote diagnosis and treatment, smart buildings, smart industries, energy transformation, and fraud prevention and control, committed to creating a green, safe, and livable smart city living circle.

                FE SOGO Department stores, known as the 'Sustainable Model Student of Department Stores', has been deeply committed to low-carbon operations and sustainable consumption since the first year of CSR in 2015. At the "2025 Asia Pacific Sustainable Expo", with the theme of "New Milestones of Sustainable Consumption -7cm Green Revolution", a showcase image of department stores was created, inviting the public to compare their sales details and experience the first time FE SOGO Department stores in Taiwan have reduced the length of two highways in a year after merging sales details and credit card signing; In the 2025 Asia Pacific and Taiwan Sustainable Action Awards (APSAA/TSAA), we have won one special award, one gold award, two silver awards, and one bronze award, significantly leading the department store retail industry in terms of award level and quantity. In the future, we will continue to transform our channels into sustainable influence bases, and work together with stakeholders to promote a net zero green lifestyle.

        The Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls guide visitors through digital audio and video, using concrete exhibits to encourage active participation, enhance understanding and deepen memory, and reduce one-time resource waste. With the core of "art flow drives sustainable culture and showcases sustainable and mutually beneficial results", we deeply cultivate ESG through the Arts and Culture Empowerment Program. The appearance of Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls under the brush of children, and the signature commemorative bell ringing of the students of the Dragon Pulling Team, demonstrate Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls' action to support local education and cultural heritage, and continue to create a warm shopping mall. Taking care of internal colleagues with the concept of "3 Big", starting from the three aspects of Big development, Big health, and Big common good, we create a friendly working environment, promote the physical and mental balance of colleagues, and team cohesion. We use empathy to create integration and "people-oriented" to construct an influential and happy enterprise.

                The 'Far Eastern Department Stores' exhibition area connects Far Eastern Department Stores, A.Mart, and City'ssuper, showcasing a model of sustainable growth management

                Far Eastern Department Stores has participated in the Asia Pacific Sustainable Expo for four consecutive years, continuously engaging in diverse and innovative dialogues with the public to demonstrate the company's determination in sustainability development and ESG practices. This year, Far Eastern Department Stores has created an educational and interactive experiential space with the theme of "sustainable green buildings", inviting the public to explore the future of green buildings together. The exhibition area is designed with the highlight of "energy conservation and carbon reduction". Through the application examples of Low-E glass, solar equipment, and permeable pavement, it presents how the company reduces electricity consumption, carbon emissions, and improves water resource recycling efficiency in the operation process. This not only allows the public to better understand the value of green buildings, but also encourages the public to practice environmentally friendly actions in daily life. It was also awarded a bronze medal in the 2025 Asia Pacific and Taiwan Sustainable Action Award (APSAA/TSAA).

        A. Since 2021, Mart has been promoting the "Baishatun Mama Zhongyuan Safe Box" and has donated over 10000 boxes of supplies, becoming a highly representative Zhongyuan public welfare activity. They also provide thoughtful "customer service" to help busy people easily fulfill their wishes. This year, they have donated all of their supplies to the Huashan Foundation; By combining faith culture with corporate social responsibility, extend the significance of festivals to every corner of society. Starting from September 2024, A.Mart has formed a "Tray Alliance" with Far Eastern New Century Corporation and multiple companies to promote the "Tray Reverse Smart Recycling Plan". Not only will all branches switch to 100% rPET material for fresh trays, reducing carbon emissions by 51% per ton, but the cumulative number of recycled trays will exceed 30000; By sorting and cleaning, high-quality recycled plastic is produced, effectively reducing plastic waste and demonstrating the determination to implement environmental sustainability and brand social responsibility.

        City'Super's original intention is to create a "friendly environment" and encourage consumers to practice sustainable food practices through daily consumption. Collaborate with the DRIVE Innovation Office team of the group to develop a sustainable action architecture and model, optimizing products, processes, and services one by one, constructing a sustainable value chain from the origin to the home, and "creating perfection through circulation". City'Super has achieved 100% traceability of fresh produce through five major action initiatives, including "friendly farming" without the use of fertilizers/pesticides, "minimal additives", "local production", "low-carbon vegetable food", and the use of non disposable packaging "recycling". They have also set up an "ESG certification seal/organic/production and sales history fresh life zone" in their stores, and continue to promote sustainable ingredients with county and city governments to help customers make responsible consumption choices. It has become a leading indicator in supermarkets.

                Yuan Ze University wins three TSAA awards, leads sustainable innovation and promotes social harmony

        Yuan Ze University actively promotes Sustainability Development and social responsibility, and has performed outstandingly in this year's Asia Pacific and Taiwan Sustainability Action Awards (APSAA/TSAA), winning three awards in one fell swoop, including the Silver Award for "Cross generational AI: Heartwarming Integration" and "Yuan Chuang Forever", and the Bronze Award for "Cultivating Green Dreams for a Sustainable Future", demonstrating cross disciplinary innovation energy and profound social influence.

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