Greenpeace released its latest report today (10th), which summarizes the carbon reduction progress of the top 20 carbon-emitting companies in Taiwan, including TSMC, Innolux, China Steel and Formosa Plastics. It found that 80% of the companies' carbon reduction progress did not meet the United Nations recommended targets; except for TSMC, the other 19 companies failed to meet the renewable energy use ratio. Greenpeace called on major carbon emitters to keep up with the international carbon reduction trend, invest in green electricity for self-use as soon as possible, and take responsibility for carbon reduction. Most companies are lagging behind in their net zero goals and their carbon reduction progress is even worse. Greenpeace released the "Climate Action Warning Light: The Climate Responsibility of Taiwan's Top 20 Carbon Emitters" report today (10th), reviewing the carbon reduction, green electricity progress and other aspects of climate change response actions of the top 20 carbon-emitting companies in Taiwan. According to Greenpeace statistics, these 20 major carbon emitters accounted for about 43.82% of the country's carbon emissions in 2022. The list includes 5 "ICT industries" such as TSMC, Innolux, Micron Taiwan, AUO, and UMC, as well as 15 "traditional industries" such as China Steel, Formosa Plastics, CPC Corporation, etc. Regarding the carbon reduction targets of each company, Xu Xiangcheng, director of Greenpeace's climate and energy project, analyzed that most companies have medium- and long-term carbon reduction targets, but they do not fully meet the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s recommendation of a 43% emission reduction target by 2030, so they need to be strengthened. Among them, Micron Taiwan lacks a net zero target for 2050, making it the only one of the 20 companies that failed. Looking closely at the carbon reduction progress of each company, the IPCC recommends that in order to limit warming to 1.5℃, the world needs to reduce its carbon emissions by 43% by 2030 compared to 2019.
