FENC, ACC, FEDS, SOGO, Big City Shopping Malls Ranked on both the National Sustainable Citizen Award and the National Talent Sustainable Award lists

        On September 29th, Common Wealth Magazine announced the winners of the 2026 "National Sustainable Citizen Award" and "National Talent Sustainable Award". Five affiliated enterprises of Far Eastern Group were listed on both lists. In the "National Sustainable Citizen Award" competition, Far Eastern New Century Corporation and Asia Cement Corporation respectively won 8th and 16th place in the "Large Enterprises - Manufacturing Industry" category; FE SOGO Department Stores and Far Eastern Department Stores also won 14th and 19th places in the "Large Enterprises - Service Industry" category; Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls returned to 11th place in the "Little Giant" category. In the "National Talent Sustainability Award" competition, Far Eastern New Century Corporation and Asia Cement Corporation were both selected as "Large Enterprises - Manufacturing Industry"; FE SOGO Department Stores and Far Eastern Department Stores have been listed as "Large Enterprises - Service Industry", while Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls has won the third place in the "Little Giant" category, and their sustainable actions have been highly recognized.

        Far Eastern New Century Corporation ranks among the top ten manufacturing companies in the "National Sustainable Citizen Award", demonstrating its strength in sustainable performance

        

        Far Eastern New Century Corporation has long integrated sustainability development into its core business strategy, continuously deepening its environmental, social, and governance aspects. With achievements in recycled economy, low-carbon transformation, innovative research and development, talent cultivation, and sustainable governance, we have been honored as one of the top ten large enterprise manufacturing companies in the "National Sustainable Citizen Award", demonstrating our sustainable business performance.

        Since 1988, Far Eastern New Century Corporation has been involved in the recycling and regeneration of PET bottles, continuously deepening its circular material technology. Every year, it converts approximately 34 billion recycled PET bottles into high value-added products, which are widely used in fields such as food packaging, functional clothing, shoe materials, and industrial materials. By 2025, the greenhouse gas emissions from the production industry will decrease by 40% compared to 2020, and the revenue from green products will reach NTD 50.6 billion, accounting for over 40% of the production industry's revenue. In addition, it has received the highest level of A-level recognition for climate change from CDP for two consecutive years, and has become the first chemical industry enterprise in Taiwan to be officially recognized by TNFD, demonstrating its leading layout in sustainable disclosure.

        Adhering to innovative business thinking, Far Eastern New Century Corporation drives product upgrades with green technology, pioneering non isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) technology using carbon dioxide as raw material, reducing carbon emissions by 58% compared to traditional thermoplastic polyurethane. It has also developed a single polyester shoe material solution, converting waste polyester fabrics into high-performance polyester elastic materials, and has been recognized by the 2026 Global R&D 100 Awards.

        Far Eastern New Century Corporation creates a diverse and inclusive workplace and international talent development system, and has won the "Best Employer in Asia" award from HR Asia for six consecutive years. It has also been honored with one of the highest honors in the global talent development field, the ATD "Excellence in Practice Award," demonstrating its international competitiveness in talent training and organizational development. By 2025, the global employee satisfaction rate will reach 94%, fully demonstrating the company's core value of putting people first.

        Far Eastern New Century Corporation strives to improve sustainable governance and has not only been ranked in the top 5% of corporate governance evaluations for listed companies, but has also been selected for two consecutive years in the Dow Jones Leading Emerging Markets Index's constant stock. Through sustainable financial innovation, it has guided capital investment in various sustainable projects such as recycled economy and low-carbon transformation, raising over NTD 90 billion in cumulative funds and receiving recognition from international authoritative institutions such as The Asset, Treasury Today, and FinnceAsia. Looking ahead, the company will continue to deepen its sustainable business strategy, leverage the influence of industry leaders, and create long-term value that benefits the environment, society, and the enterprise.

        From full AI to low-carbon transformation, Asia Cement Corporation has received double recognition from the "National Sustainable Citizen Award" and the "Talent Sustainable Award"

        

        This year's "National Sustainable Citizen Award" selected a total of 30 companies in the large enterprise manufacturing group, and Asia Cement Corporation was selected among them, demonstrating the achievements of long-term cultivation of low-carbon transformation, talent cultivation, and social welfare.

        This year's main theme of the award is "AI assists ESG". Asia Cement Corporation has launched a "full staff AI" training program since 2025, which will implement sustainability in daily work and actively promote low-carbon transformation in the industry. It focuses on five major paths: alternative fuels, alternative raw materials, production of low-carbon cement, and improving energy efficiency and carbon capture and reuse, gradually reducing process carbon emissions. By the end of 2025, a total of 870000 tons of carbon have been reduced. In addition, carbon reduction actions have also extended from the production end to the application end, promoting low-carbon cement and low-carbon concrete, connecting the upstream and downstream of the building materials industry, and implementing carbon reduction achievements in actual projects.

        In terms of sustainable governance, Asia Cement Corporation has achieved the SBTi science based carbon reduction target for six consecutive years, and has received the highest rating of "A" in both CDP climate change and supplier negotiation evaluations. It has also been selected for the third consecutive year in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook, making it the only Taiwanese building materials company to be selected this year; In addition, Asia Cement Corporation received a rating of 4.6 in the FTSE Russell International Evaluation, ranking among the top publicly traded entities in Taiwan, demonstrating its sustained achievements in climate governance, low-carbon transformation, and sustainable management.

        Natural ecology is also an important part of Asia Cement Corporation's sustainable actions. Asia Cement Corporation incorporates nature and biodiversity into sustainable management and aims to achieve 'zero net loss of biodiversity' by 2030, continuously promoting the ecological restoration of mines. At present, the ecological restoration rate of vegetation greening in mines has reached 95.7%, and the restoration results have been praised as the "forest factory" by the International Cement Review, demonstrating Asia Cement Corporation's continuous efforts to achieve a balance between mining development and natural ecological conservation.

        The sustainable spirit of Asia Cement Corporation has also extended to social participation. In recent years, it has continued to deepen cooperation with local and tribal communities in Hualien, supporting community development, ecological conservation, and cultural promotion through the "10+11" benefit sharing mechanism; In the face of the Hualien disaster in 2025, we will immediately invest in disaster prevention and post disaster assistance to help the local area overcome difficulties. In the future, we will continue to focus on talent and take low-carbon transformation as action, deepen nature conservation and local co creation, fulfill corporate citizenship responsibilities, and extend sustainability from within enterprises to industries and society.

        Far Eastern Department Stores has been awarded the Top 20 Service Companies in the Large Enterprise Group of the "National Sustainable Citizen Award"

        

        Far Eastern Department Stores has been selected for the 2026 National Sustainable Citizen Award in the Large Enterprise Service Industry Group and the National Talent Sustainable Award in the Large Enterprise Service Industry Group, showcasing the company's continuous efforts to promote corporate sustainability and talent development.

        The selection of the "National Sustainable Citizen Award" covers aspects such as corporate governance, corporate commitment, social participation, and environmental sustainability. Far Eastern Department Stores has long focused on the retail industry, committed to promoting energy conservation, carbon reduction, green operation, sustainable consumption, responsible supply chain, and social integration, and implementing ESG in daily operations. This year, it ranked 19th in the Large Enterprise Service Industry category of the "National Sustainable Citizen Award"; At the same time, the company attaches great importance to talent cultivation, employee well-being, diversity and integration, and a safe and healthy workplace, creating a work environment with growth opportunities and a sense of happiness. It has also been recognized in the Talent Sustainability Award, reflecting Far Eastern Department Stores' long-term efforts to deepen ESG, balance corporate development and talent sustainability.

        FE SOGO Department stores promote green economy and share sustainable value, selected as one of the top 15 recipients of the "National Sustainable Citizen Award"

        

        FE SOGO Department stores has been independently promoting sustainability for a long time, implementing the concept of sustainability in daily consumption scenarios. In 2024, they will use recycling technology to extract 1.5 tons of fiber from 3483 retired uniforms of colleagues, and produce 4000 100% recycled food trays, all of which will be supplied to Far Eastern Group Garden City food street. This not only becomes the first in Taiwan's department store industry, but also writes a new chapter in the recycled economy. It was included in the 2026 "National Sustainable Citizen Award" for large enterprise service industry.

        In the 'World Talent Sustainability Award', FE SOGO Department stores have never been absent. The company will extend its care for "people" to internal partners. The "Staff Lounge" located on the 5th floor of Far Eastern Group Garden City is the first leisure space with "external windows and landscape", as well as the "Chef Lounge" equipped with top-notch facilities such as massage chairs. It is regarded as a landmark construction for the implementation of a happy workplace in the business world, demonstrating the company's commitment to promoting a green economy and sharing sustainable value with customers.

        Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls, where talent cultivation and enterprise complement each other, has been selected for the "National Talent Sustainability Award"

        

        Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls aims to cultivate top-notch retail talent and has long followed the TTQS talent development quality management system, linking enterprise strategy, functional development, education and training, personal development plans (IDP), and performance management. Gradually, it has established a talent development mechanism from capability inventory, learning and cultivation to achievement tracking. It stood out among 156 participating companies and became one of the 26 companies selected for the "2026 National Talent Sustainability Award" with a winning rate of only 16%.

        Not only that, Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls deepens talent cultivation with the "Big City Growth Flywheel (BCGF) Performance Driven Talent Development Model". Starting from corporate strategy, through functional standards, competency assessments, and IDP insights into talent development needs, they plan diverse learning methods to connect talent growth with corporate development. By 2026, complete the revision of functional standards and incorporate AI information technology application capabilities. At the same time, introduce a functional analysis dashboard to improve talent analysis efficiency by over 60%, shifting talent development from experience judgment to data support.

        In terms of learning methods, Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls not only offers professional courses, but also invites chairs and cross disciplinary experts to share experiences and trends through the "Big Learning Master Lecture Hall". So far, it has conducted 24 sessions with over 3252 participants, and opened counters and outsourced partners for joint learning, expanding the benefits of knowledge sharing. In addition, since 2013, we have been continuously promoting the inspection of overseas benchmark enterprises, selecting colleagues every year to expand their international horizons. In the past four years, the retention rate of participants has reached 92.3%, the promotion rate has reached 81.3%, and the participation rate of non management positions has also reached 43.8% in 2026, providing opportunities for colleagues in different positions to access international benchmarks and broaden their horizons. From institutionalized cultivation and cross domain collaboration to international benchmark learning, we will continue to ensure that talent growth and enterprise development complement each other.

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