CTCI Advancing Global Sustainability with Industry-Leading Action

CTCI Group is committed to integrating ESG principles into its core engineering business, advancing green engineering, smart applications, and the circular economy. Through the integration of iEPC smart turnkey technology, CTCI builds a sustainable value chain and provides comprehensive climate net-zero solutions. Its outstanding performance has earned continuous inclusion in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices (formerly the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices), where it has consistently achieved the highest score within the global construction and engineering industry group. CTCI has also remained in the Top 1% globally in S&P Global's Sustainability Yearbook for consecutive years. Looking back on 2025, CTCI has launched a series of new ESG initiatives to further embed sustainability into daily practices—bringing the concept to life across every aspect of work and living.

Global Trends

In recent years, extreme weather events have become increasingly frequent. According to the WWF's Living Planet Report 2024, the global Living Planet Index has declined by as much as 73%, signaling a severe threat to biodiversity. The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2025 further identifies environmental and natural capital risks as the most influential risk category in the coming decade.

Against this backdrop, the legalization of carbon pricing has emerged as a key policy focus worldwide. Measures such as the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and Taiwan's carbon fee and carbon tariff systems are profoundly reshaping global supply chains and industrial structures.

Meanwhile, CommonWealth Magazine highlights the top ten global trends, including AI governance, the surge of clean technologies, and the transformation of aging societies, all reflecting a rapid reconfiguration of global industry dynamics. Amid this convergence of sustainability and technology, ESG has evolved beyond corporate social responsibility—it has become a core strategic imperative for business survival and competitiveness.

Linking the Core Business: Powering the Future of Corporate Sustainability

As sustainability issues continue to diversify and deepen, CTCI Group renamed its former Sustainable Development Committee under the Board of Directors to the ESG & Net Zero Committee in 2021, and further upgraded it in 2025 to the Sustainability and Information Security Committee. The upgraded committee encompasses three key governance pillars—sustainability development, net-zero emissions, and information security—ensuring alignment with stakeholder priorities. It also conducts regular reviews and tracks performance to drive continuous improvement.

Under this governance structure, CTCI has established a Group-level Sustainability and Net Zero Office and appointed a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) to oversee the formulation of sustainability and net-zero strategies, action planning, and implementation across the Group.

ESG for All: Embedding the DNA of Sustainability

CTCI continuously broadens and deepens its sustainability advocacy through diverse exchanges and engagement activities. In recent years, the Group has organized events such as the Forum on Sustainability and Net-Zero Leaders, ESG Sustainable Engineering Workshops, International ESG Strategy Seminars for the Engineering Industry, and the Taiwan Sustainable Engineering Symposium. These platforms foster sustainability dialogue and knowledge sharing among internal and external stakeholders, further strengthening organizational resilience and momentum.

In 2025, the Group upgraded its “ESG Moment” initiative to “ESG × AI Moment.” Building on the vision of “embedding sustainability DNA and realizing ESG by all,” the initiative integrates artificial intelligence (AI) into sustainability practices to demonstrate the cross-domain value of “ESG × AI.” By leveraging innovation and technology, CTCI aims to deepen sustainability implementation across all aspects of its operations.

Since 2022, CTCI Group, in collaboration with the CTCI Education Foundation, has hosted the CTCI Group ESG Award for Sustainability Excellence and Impact, which entered its fourth year in 2025. In addition to the existing award themes of Environmental Action and Social Impact, the program has introduced the Sustainability Ambassador Initiative, encouraging employees to explore innovative, tangible ways to contribute to sustainability through their daily work.

This year, CTCI launched its first-ever Sustainability Literacy Survey, adopting a scientific approach to assess the maturity of the organization’s sustainability culture. The survey covered 12 core topics, including net-zero emissions, environmental protection, social engagement, and corporate governance, with a total of 4,136 employees voluntarily participating. The high participation rate reflected a strong organizational consensus on sustainability issues. The results not only provide an empirical foundation for policy formulation but also establish a quantitative mechanism to measure the degree of sustainability integration—transforming the concept of “ESG for All” from advocacy into concrete action.

In June 2025, during Environmental Month, the Group launched “CTCI POWER GO – Together on the Journey to Net Zero”, an initiative designed to promote sustainable action across the organization. Focusing weekly on four key themes—energy saving, carbon reduction, water conservation, and waste reduction—the program uses a checklist-based tracking and feedback mechanism to reinforce sustainable habits in daily life.

At the same time, CTCI introduced a bi-weekly “Green Living Day” initiative, aligned with the Net Zero Green Living Action Guide issued by Ministry of Environment. The campaign integrates digital tools such as traceable restaurant platforms and vegetarian dining maps, complemented by thematic lectures on “Climate Change and Sustainable Healthy Diets.” Through these actions, CTCI elevates sustainable dining from an individual choice to an organizational culture, demonstrating a systematic approach to lifestyle transformation within the enterprise.

Leading Net-Zero EPC: A Guardian of Sustainable Earth

Through its three core dimensions of Green Engineering and sustainable supply chain management, CTCI effectively assists clients in managing carbon risks and improving energy efficiency. By strengthening collaboration across the entire value chain, CTCI enhances the overall sustainability value of engineering projects.

1. Green Engineering
CTCI’s green engineering initiatives are structured around three core pillars: Green Technology, Green Contracting, and Green Investment.

A. Green Technology:
CTCI continuously adopts innovative low-carbon and energy-saving technologies, having accumulated over 200 practical decarbonization and efficiency improvement solutions that have been successfully applied to projects across various sectors, achieving remarkable results.

B. Green Contracting:
This refers to engineering projects undertaken by CTCI that benefit the environment and contribute to low-carbon transformation. These include projects in low-carbon and clean energy, water resources, waste-to-energy, and green transportation.
Recent milestones include Taiwan’s first Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) surface facility EPC project, a carbon capture pilot plant EPC project for a leading semiconductor manufacturer, and Construction, Operation, and Maintenance of the Hsinchu Desalination Plant project.
As of September 2025, CTCI’s green and low-carbon engineering backlog has grown significantly, rising from NTD 43.8 billion in 2015 to NTD 376 billion, demonstrating the Group’s strong momentum in sustainable contracting.

C. Green Investment:
CTCI’s green investment portfolio includes solar photovoltaic plants and reclaimed water facilities, with total contract value exceeding NTD 200 billion. The Group has also secured over NTD 10 billion in green financing, guarantees, and bonds, generating stable, long-term revenue while contributing to environmental protection.

2. Sustainable Supply Chain Management
In 2023, CTCI established the Supplier Alliance for Net Zero Emissions, aiming to drive emission reduction across the entire industrial value chain. By sharing insights into global sustainability trends, the initiative supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the global supply chain in achieving a 50% reduction in carbon emissions. CTCI also requires all vendors to sign the Vendor’s Commitments to Corporate Sustainable Management and Net Zero, reinforcing mutual accountability for sustainability goals. 

Through collaboration with government-supported programs and professional partners, CTCI provides suppliers with carbon inventory and improvement consulting, training programs, and workshops to strengthen their carbon management capabilities and facilitate low-carbon transformation.

As of 2024, CTCI has assisted 229 suppliers in completing greenhouse gas inventories and obtaining verified carbon emission data. Additionally, 265 suppliers have joined the Supplier Alliance for Net Zero Emissions. The program integrates new business models and an on-site audit mechanism to provide tailored coaching and help suppliers establish concrete decarbonization roadmaps. Suppliers are categorized and guided according to their scale and maturity, with phased requirements to report carbon emission levels and reduction results. In March 2025, CTCI further expanded its Supplier Meeting, fostering ongoing dialogue, sharing progress, and accelerating collective action toward net-zero emissions across the entire supply chain.

Green Commitment and Action: Advancing Toward the 1.5°C Net-Zero Vision

In greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, CTCI has passed the review of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), setting a decarbonization pathway aligned with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target. Using 2022 as the base year, CTCI commits to reducing Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 45% by 2030, outperforming the 42% reduction required by SBTi. In terms of actual performance, CTCI achieved a 16.8% reduction by 2024, surpassing its annual target of 10.4%. CTCI has also set a goal to achieve net zero across its headquarters and office sites by 2030. As of now, its domestic operations have already reduced emissions by 52% in service sites and 42% in production sites, earning the Gold Net Zero Label from the Taiwan Net Zero Action Alliance. Looking ahead, CTCI aims to achieve net zero across all global operational sites by 2050. To fulfill its decarbonization commitments, CTCI has established On-site ESG and Net Zero Committees at its project sites worldwide. These teams are responsible for implementing carbon inventory, energy-saving, and emission-reduction actions in accordance with corporate targets. Through these localized efforts, sustainability has been fully embedded into project execution, enabling CTCI to progress steadily toward its net-zero vision.

CTCI continues to closely monitor global and domestic trends in carbon pricing and has adopted internal carbon pricing (ICP) as a management tool to enhance emission reduction performance and support the achievement of its net-zero targets—by 2030 for office sites and 2050 for production and service sites. The ICP rate was established with reference to international benchmarks, including the World Bank’s “State and Trends of Carbon Pricing” report, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) prices, and the domestic carbon fee trends in Taiwan. Industry practices and application strategies were also taken into consideration to assess both internal and external carbon costs across production and service sites. Based on this analysis, CTCI has set its internal carbon price at USD 100 per tCO₂e. Through the application of a shadow pricing mechanism, carbon costs are integrated into operational management, encouraging each business unit to recognize and manage the risks associated with carbon emissions. This approach ensures that internal carbon pricing functions effectively as a management tool, promotes the implementation of emission reduction measures, and provides a sound basis for long-term low-carbon transition decisions.

Embracing Diversity and Inclusion: From DEI Culture to Social Well-Being

CTCI Group regards its employees as its most valuable asset and has long been committed to building a diverse, inclusive, safe, healthy, and globally minded workplace. The company has established comprehensive talent development and retention mechanisms and continues to introduce employee benefits that exceed legal requirements, including flexible working hours, health seminars, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), employee stock ownership and share-based incentives, as well as extended maternity and paternity leave. To further support work-life balance, CTCI introduced a new leave type in 2025, “Well-Being Care Leave”, offering greater flexibility and support for employees with family caregiving responsibilities. CTCI also promotes a workplace culture grounded in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) by recruiting employees of different genders, ages, nationalities, ethnicities, and religions, fostering a merit-based, respectful, and collaborative corporate environment that values diversity and shared success.

At the same time, CTCI actively fulfills its corporate social responsibility through community care initiatives. In 2025, CTCI supported the Post-Disaster Advance Command Post initiated by Taiwan's Executive Yuan, allocating tens of millions of NTD and mobilizing professional teams to assist disaster-stricken communities affected by Typhoon Danas and the July 28 torrential rainfall. The company conducted site inspections and restoration work across multiple affected areas in Tainan, helping residents return home as soon as possible. CTCI has also joined the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) initiative, becoming one of only three organizations in Taiwan and among more than a hundred global early adopters. This reflects the company's strong commitment and concrete actions in addressing social issues and advancing corporate responsibility for a more equitable society.

A Year of Sustainability: Advancing with Continuous Progress

In 2025, CTCI marked a significant milestone in sustainability by upgrading its governance structure, advancing the company-wide ESG × AI initiative, and leveraging professional engineering expertise to support social recovery. With challenges still ahead, CTCI looks to 2026, the First Year of Sustainability, as the beginning of a new chapter in its journey toward greater achievements. The Group will not only transform strategic outcomes into institutionalized and routine actions, but also fully incorporate sustainability information into the financial disclosure system, facing stakeholders with transparency and accountability. This is a path of continuous self-improvement, and also a key moment for us to join hands with society and the environment to co-create a sustainable future.