SDGs comprise 17 goals and 169 targets, which will be the main pillar of global development from 2016 to 2030. TIPC echoes the 17 goals in the SDGs with sustainability.

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Target 1.4 End poverty in all its form everywhere

• A total of 92 donation activities were carried out, including financial aid, preloveditems (winter clothing, quilts, and computers), receipts/invoices, basic living necessities (rice, oil, dry food, fruits, and warm packs), books, etc..
• Called upon colleagues to serve as corporate volunteers to serve disadvantaged groups, in total 27 cases.

Target 2.1 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture

• Organized the "Mid-Autumn Pomelo Giving – Sharing Sweet Happiness" event, donating pomelos to Bali Psychiatric Center, Ai Wei Mercy Home for Disabled, Bali Ai-Hsin Home for Person with Disabilities, and Keelung Zhongshan Charity Association to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with underprivileged groups.

Target 3.8 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

• A total of 123 people received special health checkups.
• Carried out blood donations, collecting a total of 1,349 bags of blood.
• The employee assistance program consultation service commissions an external professional organization to provide free consultation services to employees and select internal staff as mentors.
• Encourage colleagues to participate in activities such as hiking, biking, and leading female colleagues in aerobics to improve employees'health.

Target 4.7 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Establish a "TIPC Learning Map" to plan a complete functional curriculum, from new employee orientation and training to senior executive leadership development.
• Encourage employees to use their spare time for on-the-job trainings by providing subsidies for individuals to study at colleges and universities. A total of 87 people have applied for subsidies and 42 have applied for partial-time training. In order to motivate employees to take up foreign languages, subsidies are provided for license and professional trainings as well as proficiency tests. 371 people have applied for the subsidies with total grant up to NT$4.44 million.
• The Environmental Education Centers at Keelung Port, Taichung Port, and Kaohsiung Port conducted a total of 32 environmental education sessions, with a cumulative participation of 819 people.

Target 5.1 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

• Committed to achieving the goal of at least one-third representation of either gender among directors and supervisors, the 5th Board of Directors in 2024 consisted of 78% men and 22% women, while the 5th Board of Supervisors comprised 80% men and 20% women.
• Conducted Gender Mainstreaming implementation program, which is committed to implementing gender equality by providing diverse education and trainings, and reviewing the gender equality participation mechanism (the 1/3 principle).

Target 6.3 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

• Su'ao Port has set up a Su'ao Mountain spring water pumping facility next to Yishan Road and introduced spring water for watering, sprinkling and handling dust control in the port. The amount of spring water used by Su'ao Port was 253,313 metric tons.
• Anping Port is equipped with a reclaimed water intake pipeline, which port operators use to clean the quay surface or sprinkle water during cargo handling operations to avoid dust emissions, with an annual usage of 6,045 metric tons.
• The total wastewater influent treatment capacity of the Kaohsiung Port wastewater treatment facility is 4,395.3 metric tons, of which 3,031.9 metric tons are discharged and 1,363.4 metric tons are reused for watering.
• The Taichung and Hualien branch offices provided 91,414 metric tons and 93,294.7 metric tons of reclaimed wastewater, respectively, for sprinkling on roads within port area, loading and unloading cargos at terminals, and dust suppression in construction projects, totaling approximately 184,708.7 metric tons of water drawn.
• Hualien Port's "Water Bank 4.0" project, combined with the Smart Grid Project, strengthens the water resource allocation system, flexibly utilizing surface water and increasing the overall tap water watersaving rate in the port area, collectively using (collecting) 93,294.7 metric tons of reclaimed water.
• In terms of water resources management, the use of reclaimed water reached 456,000 metric tons, resulting in a carbon reduction of 71. 71 metric tons. (Water and carbon reduction coefficient of Taiwan Water Corporation: 0.156 kg CO2/metric ton).

Target 7.2 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

• Replaced 342 LED office lighting fixtures and 6 electric official vehicles, resulting in a total carbon reduction of 38.7840 metric tons Note.
  Note: Based on the 2024 electricity emission factor (0.474 kg CO₂e/kWh).
• As of 2024, solar photovoltaic installations across Taiwan's port group have been actively promoted through installations on port land, existing buildings, and warehouse rooftops developed by port operators. The total installed and gridconnected capacity has reached approximately 104,106 kW.
• Taichung's Port West Pier 13 currently hosts one liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal constructed by CPC Corporation. CPC is also constructing West Pier 12, which is scheduled to begin operations in the second quarter of 2025. TIPC will continue to support national clean energy policies by making land available for related infrastructure.
• The actual point-of-sale area of green energy-related properties (including LNG, offshore and onshore wind power, photovoltaic or other renewable energy sources) for lease was 462.66 hectares, an increase of 53.97 hectares from 2023.

Target 8.3 Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, achieve full and productive employment and offer good jobs for all

• The headquarter of TIPC and its subsidiaries in Keelung, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and Hualien cities employed 2,086 local workers, accounting for 100% of the total.
• Equity investment business recognized NT$541 million profit, achieving budget target of NT$492 million.
• Consolidated annual operating revenue was NT$24.891 billion.

Target 9.1 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation

• The real-time marine meteorological system integrates wind, wave, tide, and current monitoring data to provide instant marine meteorological information and predictive warning functions.
• For Occupational Safety,
  1. All automated port gates within Taiwan's port group have adopted AI recognition technology, reducing vehicle identification time from 4 minutes to 10 seconds. This advancement has significantly improved the safety and efficiency of vehicle and personnel access while contributing to carbon emissions reduction.
  2. Security controls for critical port infrastructure have been enhanced through smart surveillance systems, including CCTV, sensor deployment, and AI-based video recognition, enabling real-time anomaly detection and reporting.
• For Operational Efficiency,

1. Center has been established to integrate environmental data and operational status, has been established to integrate environmental data and operational status, enabling timely information delivery during emergencies and enhancing decisionmaking efficiency for emergency response.
2. For Service Quality, the Port Operations Management System has been launched at the Taichung port, enabling digital applications for port operations to improve review efficiency and support energy conservation and carbon reduction.

• A Business Intelligence Platform was implemented to consolidate millions of operational data entries, providing visualized analytical dashboards to strengthen strategic and operational decision-making.
• For Service Quality, the Port Construction Application and Management System has been launched at the Taichung port, enabling digital applications for port operations to improve review efficiency and support energy conservation and carbon reduction.
• Established a Smart Energy Management System for real-time monitoring and optimization of port area energy use.
• For Website Optimization,

1. Improved official website information architecture.
2. Adopted responsive web design (RWD).
3. Upgraded accessibility conformance from Level A to Level AA.

• Port Access Digitization

1. As of December 31, 2024, a total of 328,154 electronic access permits were issued.
2. The Access Permit Management System and Automated Gate System have been implemented to assist the Harbor Police in access control and enforcement via electronic records.
3. A total of 8 annual coordination meetings were held in 2024 between branch offices and Harbor Police Department to enhance access control mechanisms and equipment at checkpoints.

Target 10.3 Reduce income inequality within and among countries

• TIPC employed 63 people with physical and mental disabilities, and also a surplus of 11 indigenous people, including 6 men and 5 women.
• Organize two charity arts and cultural activities, inviting disadvantaged communities and colleagues from every port to watch insightful humanistic films, striving for the elimination of inequality and discrimination, and thus the creation of an inclusive society.

Target 11.6 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable

• In 2024, under the "Salute to the Seas" Coastal Cleanup and Maintenance Program, a total of 3,180.4 metric tons of waste was removed; 6,821.7 metric tons of oily bilge water from vessels was received; 2,257.99 metric tons of ship-generated waste was collected and removed.
• Opening of recreational and waterfront areas - the 3rd floor Lido Butterfly Garden at Keelung Port East Passenger Terminal; Rhythm of the Sea Plaza on the 3rd floor at the Kaohsiung Port Cruise Terminal; Tourism, Recreation and Commercial Zone at the Port of Taipei and the Wharves 20A and 20B waters and tourism and recreation business at the Port of Taichung.
• In 2024, a total of 80,222 trees were newly planted, supplemented, or replaced.

Target 12.2 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

• From 2020 to 2032, the Company signed an agreement with China Steel Corporation for the annual delivery of approximately 482,000 cubic meters of fill material to be placed in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th phase windbreak forest zones of the Taipei Port logistics and warehousing area, with a total fill volume of approximately 5.35 million cubic meters.
• On March 13, 2023, the 5th Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) comparison table was approved by the Environmental Protection Administration (formerly known as Environmental Protection Agency), increasing the annual filling volume of BOF (basic oxygen furnace) slag to 815,000 cubic meters. Subsequently, on January 8, 2025, the 6th environmental variance analysis report was approved by the Ministry of Environment, raising the total BOF slag filling volume to 7.196 million cubic meters and adding a total of 450,000 cubic meters of incinerator recycled aggregate for land reclamation.
• The project commenced land reclamation on November 11, 2020. In 2024, approximately 1,615,966 metric tons (around 598,506 cubic meters) of BOF slag were used for filling. Cumulatively, a total of approximately 6,158,249 metric tons (around 2,280,832 cubic meters) of BOF slag have been reclaimed.
• The Taipei Port Logistics and Warehouse Area accommodates the residual soil from public construction projects in northern Taiwan, as well as dredged materials from rivers, reservoirs, and coasts, and the maintenance of neighboring commercial and fishing port waters, for reclamation. The total amount of reclamation that can be accommodated is about 73.25 million cubic meters. As of December 2024, approximately 44.959 million cubic meters have been reclaimed, with project completion expected by 2037. Real-time information is available on the Company's "Port of Taipei Logistics and Warehouse Area
  Earth Exchange Platform"
• In 2024, the Company set procurement targets requiring CSR-related evaluation criteria in 50% of Headquarters' and 20% of branch offices' procurement cases. All units exceeded these targets: Headquarters (100%), Keelung Branch (53.8%), Taichung Branch (67.6%), Kaohsiung Branch (75%), and Hualien Branch (100%). The initiative will continue to be promoted.
• 100% of the information services suppliers have signed the vendor assurance agreement prior to the execution of the contract and 100% of the team members have signed the confidentiality consent form.
• 100% audit performance compliance was achieved for information service suppliers.
• No cyber security incidents caused by information service suppliers occurred in 2024.

Target 13.1 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in renewable energy

• In order to implement the repair and maintenance mechanism for the life-sustaining infrastructures and to enhance the adaptive capacity under the effect of climate change, 13 climate-proofing wharf with higher carrying capacity was installed in 2024.
• In 2024, the Company conducted a total of 9 disaster prevention drills at its commercial ports.

Target 14.1 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

• TIPC, as a whole, meets the marine environmental quality standards and has no significant impact on water sources.
• For any cetacean that enters the port area by any chance, it is notified to the relevant authorities for assistance according to the procedures, to facilitate the cetacean out of the port safely. This was carried out 11 times in 2024.
• In accordance with the provisions of the "Marine Pollution Contingency Plan", we prevent, remove or reduce the impact of pollution, and enforce the control and management of the discharge of sewage and waste oil from vessels.
• Conservation strategies include environmental management and monitoring of the port area, and enhanced maintenance of marine and aquatic organisms to secure ecological health and development.

Target 15.5 Protect and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, secure biodiversity and combat land degradation

• Port of Kaohsiung Southern Star Land Development Project preserves and mitigates the impact of development by conserving the existing windbreaks, greening with native species, establishing green belts, and restricting the speed of vehicles accessing the port.
• Continued maintenance of the mangrove conservation area at Port of Anping, covering approximately 4.6 hectares, including routine environmental clean-up, making it one of the most comprehensively protected and restored zones in Taiwan.
• As of 2024, greenbelt areas across the port group reached 773 hectares, accounting for 12.69% of total port areas. To preserve green spaces, a total of 73,496 trees were newly planted, replaced, or supplemented across various ports in 2024, with regular pruning and weeding carried out to maintain port landscaping.

Target 16.6 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

• Proactively disclosed operational information and promoted transparency in business processes. A comprehensive grievance and whistleblower system has been established to ensure stakeholders can engage in and monitor the Company's operations through multiple communication channels.
• No major customer complaints were reported in 2024.
• Held 10 port business seminars, with 7 issues related to customer health and safety raised and addressed. No incidents of data leakage, theft, or loss involving customer information were reported across all ports.
• In 2024, 25 of the 28 members of the 5th Board of Directors and Supervisors attended at least two-thirds of meetings. A total of 164 hours of professional training were completed, averaging 5.8 hours per member. Among them, 4 of 12 newly appointed directors completed at least 12 hours of training in their first year, and 11 of 16 continuing directors completed at least 6 hours of training.
• In 2024, the 4th Board of Directors held two meetings; the 5th Board held two regular and one extraordinary meeting. A total of 43 proposals were reviewed, including 19 reporting items, 22 discussion items, 1 election, and 1 ad hoc motion.
• Conducted 13 corporate integrity advocacy and site visit events.
• Held 46 anti-corruption awareness activities.
• The Company's internal control system for 2023 was deemed effective. The Chairman, President, and Chief Auditor jointly signed the Internal Control Statement in March 2024, and the declaration was filed through the official reporting system.

Target 17.16 Consolidate the implementation measures and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development

• Held 10 port business seminars and addressed 7 customer health and safety issues.
• No incidents of data leakage, theft, or loss of customer information were reported from topics collected through port business seminars.
• Signed individual sister-port agreements between Port of Kaohsiung and the Port of Long Beach (USA) and Port of Majuro (Marshall Islands), committing to future green port sustainability cooperation.
• Announced the "Port industry Digital Transformation Incentive Program" in 2024, with 11 proposals submitted.
• Conducted an ESG self-assessment survey for suppliers awarded contracts worth over NT$5 million. A total of 203 surveys were distributed, with 123 returned. All returned surveys scored over 60 points, achieving a 100% qualification rate.
• Actively participated in domestic and international supplier associations and organizations: held roles in 3 international organizations and maintained 2 international memberships; domestically, held roles in 2 organizations and held memberships in 24 organizations.
• Hosted the 110th Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific Ports (APP), attended by 72 delegates from 30 ports across 9 countries.
• Environmental Ship Index (ESI) Incentive Program: 2,073 vessel calls met incentive criteria. Cargo Handling Equipment Electrification Incentive Program: 62 units and 6 charging facilities qualified for incentives.