Community Engagement

Fostering a close relationship with people and the community is integral to ASEH’s corporate sustainability development. We are highly focused on Community Development, Charitable Care, Emergency Assistance and Cultural Development to engage with the local communities where we operate and to promote a more diverse and inclusive society. Over the years, we have initiated programs to assist and support disadvantaged groups, long-term care for the elderly, children and youth, and business start-ups business owners. To facilitate our interaction with the community, we have also established a platform that stimulates communication between us, the local community and the general public.

ASEH’s community welfare initiatives are executed through the ASE Charity Foundation, the ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation, and the Chang Yao Hong-Ying Social Welfare and Charity Foundation. The impacts of our efforts are further magnified through the addition of partner networks and various resources. In 2023, we contributed over US$3.1 million for community engagement* activities. We provided afterschool care for 222 students and financial assistance to 9,393 students from disadvantaged families, and made donations to 73 charities. ASEH strives to construct a conducive learning and living environment for all, expanding our influence on society and creating an environment that thrives on coexistence and integration.

For many years, SPIL has been supporting rural schoolchildren near the Taichung Facilities. Over the past 17 years, the company has given annual donations to Heping Elementary School, and also funded programs to improve the learning environment and subsidize afterschool care programs.

In the remote and mountainous areas of Taiwan, elementary schools have to grapple with the challenges of an uncertain academic pathway and a lack of prospects for students after they graduate. On the other hand, the conditions surrounding the mountainous regions have naturally contributed to the high level of endurance and athletic abilities of students at Heping Elementary School. Hence, the school decided that building a strong Taekwondo team would help to increase the chances of students getting accepted to a junior high school Taekwondo team, and subsequently enrolled in senior high schools based on their athletic talents. In support of this endeavor, SPIL promptly donated protective gears, kicking targets, floor mats, and other equipment to assist in the establishment of a Taekwondo club.

On April 15, 2023, 44 students from Heping Elementary School participated in a beach cleanup at Taichung’s Daan Marina Park, together with more than 600 SPIL employees and their family members. The activity aims to drive greater understanding of the importance of environmental sustainability and marine protection. SPIL’s support for the school has not only touched the students from the Taekwondo club, but also provided those involved in the beach cleanup, a great opportunity to experience the beauty of the seas. The school and the students were very happy to share their achievements from the programs.

Over the years, SPIL has been actively supporting Heping Elementary School to ensure a healthy and progressive learning environment for the children. SPIL has organized a variety of activities, such as trips to Taipei EXPO Park, SPIL Family Day and Theme Park Day, concerts, baseball games, galas, marathons, and Christmas celebrations. SPIL supplied tablets to enable online learning during COVID-19 lock downs; installed LED lighting to create a well-lit, healthy learning environment; and provided sports equipment made of sustainable materials such as basketballs and yoga mats.

USI, a subsidiary of ASEH, has been making an annual contribution of around NT$500,000 since 2005, in support of the Philanthropic Library project launched by the Taiwan Reading and Culture Foundation for the purchase of cultural reading materials. The objective of the project is expand the horizon of young minds, and foster their interest in reading from a very young age. In 2023, USI collaborated with the ASE Cultural and Educational Foundation to donate twenty cartons of books each to Hu-Shan Elementary School in Caotun Township, Nantou County, and Zhongxiao Elementary School in the Taichung Western District. These schools are located near USI’s Nantou Facilities. We have since accumulated a donation of 807 cartons of books in total, providing easy access to reading materials for students living in the rural areas and improving their reading skills. We recognize that social improvements and impacts can only be achieved by persistent and sustained commitment that goes beyond providing financial and material assistance.

We are also aware that different age groups require different approaches to encourage reading. Therefore, in addition to book donations, we work together with the Taiwan Reading and Culture Foundation to host the Parent-Child Reading, Meet the Writer, and Fun Magic in the Mist events. These initiatives help us increase our involvement in local education and cultivate schoolchildren’s interest in the fields of science and reading. A total of six events were held in 2023. For preschoolers and those in the lower grades of elementary school, the family is the source of their enlightenment. To that end, we held two exciting and enjoyable Parent-Child Reading events with the aim of fostering a passion for reading among young readers, while also cultivating an interest in learning and expanding their horizons. In addition, we organized two Fun Magic in the Mist events for students in elementary, junior high, and senior high school to explore science through practical experiments, and to comprehend and validate physics principles through sensory experiences, all under the guidance of teachers. Two Meet the Writer events were held in which authors visited schools to provide students with unique insights into their books by sharing their experiences in writing and illustrating their works.

We continue to apply the social return on investment approach to measure and evaluate the impacts that the Philanthropic Library has on students and children. We discovered that 76% of primary school students reported that participation in the Fun Magic in the Mist events led to an increase in their scientific knowledge, while 73% of parents who participated in the Parent-Child Reading event believed that it improved the quality of reading for their families. Based on the analysis of the results through comprehensive calculation, a social value of NT$5.87 was generated for every NT$1 invested in the Philanthropic Library.