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Thursday 3 September 2026
AUO unit eyes TSMC ecosystem as merger benefits emerge
AUO Group's AET SustainTek, formed in September 2025 through the merger of AUO Envirotech and AUO Digitech, is expanding across the semiconductor supply chain and has reportedly entered...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Macronix boosts sustainability spending to NT$780 million
Macronix (MXIC) said in its latest sustainability report for 2025 that greenhouse gas emissions fell 19.8% from 2024 and 32% from the business-as-usual (BAU) baseline, beating its...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Energy and water: How to tackle the fab resource crunch
As artificial intelligence demand drives astronomical growth in advanced chip manufacturing, the semiconductor industry is hitting critical resource bottlenecks. Speaking at SEMICON...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Taiwan carbon fee joins UK CBAM qualifying list
Taiwan's carbon fee has been formally included in the UK government's list of Qualifying Carbon Pricing Schemes (QCPS) under its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), alongside...
Tuesday 1 September 2026
LGD launches PFAS exit roadmap, targets full phaseout by 2035
LG Display (LGD) has introduced a new "PFAS-free" component verification process for suppliers as it prepares for expected European Union (EU) restrictions on PFAS, aiming to eliminate...
Monday 31 August 2026
Cook made sustainability an Apple feature; the ledger he leaves John Ternus is mixed
Tim Cook's most durable non-financial decision was to treat environmental and social performance as product attributes rather than corporate disclosure. It worked well enough that...
Monday 31 August 2026
Interview: Taiwan's National Atomic Research Institute eyes SMRs for AI power shift
As global net-zero efforts intensify, governments and major technology companies are investing in emerging nuclear technologies to meet the huge electricity demand from AI data centers...
Sunday 30 August 2026
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers eyes cautious 2H26 on higher-value, recycled materials
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) is taking a cautiously optimistic view of operations in the second half of 2026. Despite geopolitical volatility and disruption to Middle...
Saturday 29 August 2026
Inside TSMC's 238-page sustainability report: nine things that matter more than they look
Buried in 238 pages of targets and inventories are the things nobody puts in a press release: a formal corporate policy on shoe soles, a fish that lives in a fab, a lizard evacuation...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Driving measurable sustainability: CIDB Malaysia's blueprint for carbon accountability
At Sustainability Environment Asia Conference 2026, Suhaimi Mansor, deputy chief executive of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia, delivered a clear mandate...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Taiwan, Germany map AI-led net-zero push for 2026
The 2026 Taiwan Sustainability Summit opened in Taipei on August 25, bringing together government representatives, industry leaders, and experts from Taiwan and Germany to focus on...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
South Korea, US clash over reactor choice in US$350B nuclear deal
South Korea and the United States are at odds over which reactor design to build — and who runs the project — in the nuclear power component of Seoul's US investment package,...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Star Trade to highlight power services for chips and AI at Semicon Taiwan 2026
Star Trade, a unit of HD Renewable Energy, is set to debut at Semicon Taiwan 2026 next week, offering power trading and energy management services for semiconductor and AI infrastructure...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
MOEA says circular economy output tops NT$1T
Taiwan's circular economy has entered a new stage as the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said the sector's output has surpassed NT$1 trillion (US$31.4 billion), while calling for...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Hyundai Motor Group closes in on Volkswagen as China dependence bites

Global auto sales in the first half of 2026 show Toyota still firmly in first place, while the gap between No. 2 Volkswagen and No...