YOKE’s first step towards climate change response began with our risk assessment and inventory of GHG emissions. The risk assessment enabled us to gain a preliminary understanding of the risks involved. At the same time, we sought to establish a functional set of performance indicators that we can rely on for climate change mitigation and adaptation through a standardized collection procedure of quantified data taken from our GHG inventory.

The total emissions of Scopes 1 and 2 in 2022 were 7,672.50 tCO2e as verified by third-party assurance. With 2019 as the base year, total 2022 emissions increased by 42.36% or 2,283.01 tCO2e. Scope 1 emissions included by 42.88% or 95.47 tCO2e, and Scope 2 emissions by 42.34%% or 2,187.53 tCO2e. Carbon emissions increased mainly because of the increased energy consumption due to the increased factory utilization rate after the global economic recovery, the increased self-production rate, and factory equipment expansion. The 2022 intensity GHG emissions was 2.10 tCO23/NTD million revenue.

Additionally, we inventoried Scope 3 emissions for the first time in 2021. Through assessment in compliance with ISO 14064-1:2018, we included the upstream emissions from “purchased goods” in the inventory. The 2022 emissions were 1,185.82 tCO2e.