Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR Committee
Organization
CHC believes that corporate social responsibility and sustainable operation are inseparable. To foster the sound management and implementation of corporate social responsibility, the Group has established “Corporate Social Responsibility Principles” approved by the Board of Directors for compliance and set up the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (CSR Committee) as task-force in 2016, chaired by the Group’s Chairman. CSR Committee consists of five teams responsible respectively for corporate governance, customer service, employee welfare, environmental sustainability, and social participation. Heads of relevant departments play the roles of team leaders. Team members are assigned afterward. The committee is established to fulfill the goals of integrating resources, implementing corporate governance, safeguarding the interests of various stakeholders, promoting environmental protection, and putting social participation into practice.
CSR Committee is responsible for preparing the annual corporate social responsibility report (CSR report), as well as planning and implementing the CSR related matters, reviewing the CSR policy, mechanism and management, and reporting the committee’s operations and implementation, and the status of communication with CHC’s various stakeholders regularly to the Board of Directors.
Following the principle of materiality, CHC has conducted the risk assessment on environmental, social, or corporate governance issues related to the Group’s operations to serves as a reference for the Group’s risk management and operational decision-making. CHC’s Risk Management Committee is the designated unit in charge of relevant tasks. For further risk management related information, please check the sector of “Corporate Governance”.
To strengthen corporate governance and improve effectiveness of the Board of Directors, the Group established Corporate Social Responsibility Committee (CSR Committee) for the 1st term as a functional committee resolved by the Board of Directors on November 4, 2020 to replace task-force. Also “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee Charter” has been adopted.
The term of the 1st CSR Committee：November 4, 2020 thru June 11, 2023.
Members of CSR Committee
The committee consists of three independent directors. Member list is as follows:
| Members | CSR Committee |
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Independent Director: Geng-Wang, Liaw |
Chair |
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Independent Director: Kuei-Tuan, Chen |
Member |
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Independent Director: Chang-Jian, Ho |
Member |
Mr. Geng-Wang, Liaw, independent director and chair of the committee, meets the professional capabilities required by the committee due to his educational background and experience related to the medical industry and management, and his frequent participation and professional guidance provision in social participation activities organized by the Group.
Implementation Status of CSR Committee
The Board of Directors resolved to establish CSR Committee and adopt “CSR Committee Charter” on November 4, 2020. The committee’s 1st meeting is expected to be convened in March 2021.
