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How to distribute the carbon footprint of semiconductor products between manufacturing processes and energy emissions?

Is it enough to deal with the product carbon footprint if existing management or relevant information has been completed? For the semiconductor industry, the answer is often not that simple. The boundaries, methods and evidence of concern are not exactly the same for different standards, clients and management purposes. Product carbon footprint needs to define functional units and life cycle boundaries, and convert activity data in raw material, manufacturing, transportation, use and disposal stages into carbon dioxide equivalents. In the past, when the semiconductor industry dealt with the carbon footprint of its products, each unit would

Carbon management and net zeroEnvironment, energy, and waterISO 14067+3
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How does the semiconductor supply chain integrate ESG, RBA and responsible minerals investigations?

The requirements for the semiconductor industry from international customers, investors, science parks, competent authorities and equipment and material suppliers are gradually moving from policy commitments to specific data, calculation basis and improvement records. In terms of supply chain responsibility management, companies must not only deliver results, but also explain data boundaries, methods, division of responsibilities and evidence. In the past, when the semiconductor industry dealt with supply chain responsibility management, each unit often collected information on plant energy, process gases, water use, production capacity, and output based on their own forms and understandings.

Sustainable supply chain and human rightsEcoVadisRBA+4
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How does the semiconductor industry establish a water resource efficiency management system?

The requirements for the semiconductor industry from international customers, investors, science parks, competent authorities and equipment and material suppliers are gradually moving from policy commitments to specific data, calculation basis and improvement records. In terms of water resources management, companies must not only deliver results, but also explain data boundaries, methods, division of responsibilities and supporting evidence. When the semiconductor industry dealt with water resources management in the past, each unit often collected plant energy, process gases, water use, production capacity, product distribution and data based on their own forms and understandings.

Environment, energy, and waterISO 50001ISO 46001+3
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Semiconductor factories consume high amounts of electricity. How to continuously track energy performance?

During each customer questionnaire, annual inventory or audit period, semiconductor industry personnel often need to reorganize factory energy, process gas, water, production capacity, product distribution and supplier information. The real difficulty is usually not filling in the last number, but the scattered information, different calibers, and confirming who provided it, who reviewed it, and why the previous version was modified. When the semiconductor industry dealt with energy management in the past, each unit often collected factory energy, process gases,

Environment, energy, and waterISO 50001SBTi+2
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Semiconductor manufacturing processes have complex emissions. How to improve the quality of carbon inventory data?

During each customer questionnaire, annual inventory or audit period, semiconductor industry personnel often need to reorganize factory energy, process gas, water, production capacity, product distribution and supplier information. The real difficulty is usually not filling in the last number, but the scattered information, different calibers, and confirming who provided it, who reviewed it, and why the previous version was modified. In the past, when the semiconductor industry handled organizational carbon inventories, each unit often collected factory energy and process gases based on their own forms and understandings.

Carbon management and net zeroISO 14064-1GHG Protocol+2
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How do semiconductor companies integrate sustainability reporting and customer carbon data?

Is it sufficient to handle sustainable information disclosure after already completing existing management or obtaining relevant information? For the semiconductor industry, the answer is often not that simple. The boundaries, methods and evidence of concern are not exactly the same for different standards, clients and management purposes. Continuous disclosure requires simultaneous management of indicator definitions, periods, boundaries, calculation methods, responsible units and evidence, in order to reduce conflicts between previous years or different chapters. In the past, when the semiconductor industry dealt with sustainable information disclosure, various units often

Product verification and market accessSustainability reporting and disclosureIFRS S1 / S2+5