In response to the global Net Zero Carbon Emissions Initiative, the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE) and 13 companies—including China Steel Corporation, Chunghwa Telecom, CTCC, ASE, TSMC, Taiwan Cement, E.Sun Financial Holdings, Asia Cement, Sinyi Realty, Taishin Financial Holdings, Cathay Financial Holdings, Shin Kong Financial Holdings, and Foxconn—established the "Taiwan Net Zero Action Alliance" on World Environment Day (June 5th). The alliance aims to achieve the 2050 Net Zero Carbon Emissions goal. These 13 companies collectively represent approximately 45% of Taiwan's GDP and 19% of Taiwan's total greenhouse gas emissions. The alliance plans to invite more companies to join the Net Zero Carbon Emissions Initiative. The 13 companies representing 19% of Taiwan's carbon emissions have responded to the initiative. To mitigate climate change caused by the greenhouse effect, the United Nations adopted the Paris Agreement in 2015, pledging to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve this goal, countries around the world have announced net zero carbon emissions (carbon neutrality) actions in recent years, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, and the European Union, all of which have set a net zero carbon emissions target of 2050, and China has also pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen followed up on Earth Day (April 22nd) this year and announced: "Net zero carbon emissions are also Taiwan's goal." In response to the global trend of carbon reduction, the Taiwan Institute of Sustainable Energy (TAISE) invited companies to jointly launch the "Taiwan Net Zero Emissions Initiative Net Zero 2030 2050 Initiative," jointly pledging to achieve net zero carbon emissions for organizational headquarters and offices by 2030, and to work towards net zero carbon emissions for all organizational headquarters, offices, and production bases.
