2025 TiTE x IH | Global Hardware Innovation Summit

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Hardware Industry and Hand Tool Sector Launch Net-Zero Accelerator: Uniting the Industry to Implement Sustainable Governance and Smart Energy Aligning with Net-Zero 2050: Introducing ISO 14064-1:2018 Carbon Audits, Energy Saving & Green Power, Green Supply Chains, and ESG Disclosures—Combining AI with Smart Energy Management to Enhance Efficiency

[TAICHUNG / October 24, 2025] – As climate change garners global attention, international carbon reduction efforts have officially entered the execution phase. In alignment with Taiwan's Net-Zero 2050 roadmap, the government is steering corporate action through legal frameworks and technological applications.

At the Global Hardware Innovation Summit hosted by the "Taiwan International Tools & Hardware Expo x International Hardware Expo Taiwan (TiTE x IHT)"—widely celebrated as the benchmark Taiwan Hardware Show—industry experts gathered to launch low-carbon governance and green building roadmaps for the sector. The summit featured Professor Yu Zong-long from the College of Management at National Chung Hsing University, and Dr. Hsieh Zong-xun (Executive Director) and Chen Chung-kuang (Chief Strategy Officer) from the YS Environment Control Research Center at National Cheng Kung University. They collaborated with Taiwan Smart Green Technology and Yafeng Sustainability Development—two firms dedicated to small and medium enterprise (SME) net-zero carbon emissions and green power procurement.

Centering on the core value of "Implementing Sustainable Action," the summit assists enterprises in establishing audit boundaries and reduction pathways based on ISO 14064-1, introducing energy-saving equipment, utilizing and procuring green power, and enhancing ESG information disclosure to improve transparency and social responsibility. The roadmap focuses on three major pillars: "Systematic Carbon Auditing, Energy Transition, and Carbon Reduction & Energy Efficiency Enhancement," empowering the Taiwan Industrial supply chain to elevate resilience and international competitiveness while fulfilling global market expectations for environmental sustainability.

The industry has already achieved remarkable milestones in practicing low-carbon operations. Luo Jia-jun, Chairwoman of Taiwan Smart Green Technology, illustrated this with a company case study involving a hand tool manufacturer in Taichung. This year, the manufacturer successfully reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 80% compared to last year. The primary driver was the integration of self-generated green power for self-consumption within their manufacturing processes, alongside using smart meters with government subsidies for comprehensive monitoring. This initiative assisted the company in establishing the ISO 14064-1:2018 Greenhouse Gas Report for two consecutive years. Furthermore, the company has already kicked off preparations for next year's green power procurement, third-party international verification, and its entry into the RE100 initiative. It also plans to apply for the voluntary carbon fee offset program, actively responding to domestic and international carbon reduction policies to achieve a win-win scenario for both economic returns and environmental protection.

Hsiao Fang-wei, Vice Chairman of the Taiwan Hand Tool Manufacturers' Association (THTMA), stated that the association will continue to foster consensus among members, driving carbon reduction across the board through shared standards and resources. During the panel discussion, Professor Yu Zong-long from National Chung Hsing University highlighted the four most critical steps for corporate sustainability: taking an organizational "health check" to master baseline data, setting clear carbon reduction targets, taking concrete action, and fully integrating reduction initiatives into strategic corporate operations.

The focal point of the entire summit shifted to several industrial net-zero carbon emission case studies presented by the YS Environment Control Research Center of National Cheng Kung University. Executive Director Dr. Hsieh Zong-xun pointed out that under the dual pressures of international tariffs and mandatory carbon reduction, manufacturing costs are climbing steadily. He noted that industrial electricity rates and green power procurement costs have already reached a "golden crossover." Securing a future green power strategy as early as possible is now the defining factor in lowering long-term operating costs—a reality that has prompted many SMEs to accelerate their response, yielding exceptional carbon reduction results. Chief Strategy Officer Chen Chung-kuang added that the value of hourly matching lies in elevating the "green power ratio" from an annual average statistic to an active operational decision-making level, allowing each hour of production capacity, electricity consumption, and green power supply to be collaboratively optimized. "We have transformed product carbon intensity into the ultimate, universal language of corporate operations, ensuring that energy efficiency, yield rates, and delivery schedules are achieved simultaneously," Chen emphasized.

Luo Jia-jun, Chairwoman of Taiwan Smart Green Technology, concluded by adding that her firm, in collaboration with the research team at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), advocates that corporate energy strategies must prioritize efficiency first, followed by building electricity demand prediction models and introducing hourly matching for green power. Aligning the green power supply curve with the manufacturing beat is the crucial leap from simply "buying green power" to "utilizing it where it matters most." Taiwan Smart Green Technology specializes in "Integrated Consulting for Net-Zero Buildings and Low-Carbon Sustainable Factories." Providing a one-stop service spanning auditing, energy conservation, green power, disclosure, and verification, the firm assists the manufacturing sector in achieving net-zero goals through sustainable governance and engineering execution, actively reinforcing international buyers' sustainable trust in the Taiwan Industrial and hand tool supply chains.