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Avalue Technology expands its business with the philosophy of respecting, protecting and improving the environment, and conducts comprehensive quality management in every aspect of manufacturing and design. In addition, Avalue Technology is committed to achieving the vision of green manufacturing, aiming to reduce energy consumption and prevent the generation of harmful substances throughout the product life cycle, from the initial design, raw material procurement, production process, to product transportation, customer use and final disposal, by adopting the 3R principle (Reuse, Recycle, Reduce).

In response to economic globalization, Avalue Technology refers to five aspects: labor rights, business ethics, safety and health, environmental protection, management efficiency, and the additional requirements for suppliers' factories, and establishes the "Supplier/Partner Environmental Management Survey Form" to evaluate suppliers, and incorporates it into the basic conditions of qualified suppliers, requiring suppliers to follow relevant regulations on environmental protection, occupational safety and health, or labor rights issues.

Avalue Technology is involved in the Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement and Management Program, which is being implemented by the Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the People's Republic of China (MOEA). Avalue Technology has initiated efforts to establish a central factory and organize an energy-saving system across the supply chain to comply with policies and implement the PDCA model. The Avalue Technology headquarters and factories take the lead in systematically promoting energy-saving work in the Continuously track and review the implementation of supply chain improvements to make necessary adjustments in a rolling manner. It is hoped that the supply chain will effectively promote awareness of energy savings and achieve energy-saving benefits through the cluster effect of the energy-saving system, to attain the realm of common prosperity and good fortune.

In recent years, climate change and hazardous substances in products have become important corporate social responsibility issues. The Company has also made these issues the focus of its green supply chain management. Taking the management of environmentally hazardous substances as an example, the Company has formulated various environmental policies (e.g. RoHS 2.0) in its internal management procedures and conducted risk control through the supply chain green information management platform.

1. In compliance with the environmental management substances specified in the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive for electronic and electrical products, as outlined in the European Union directives EU 2011/65/EU and (EU) 2015/863.
2. In compliance with the European Union REACH Regulation EC 1907/2006, our products adhere to the requirements regarding Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and the specifications outlined in REACH Annex 17.

Avalue endeavors to fulfill its corporate social responsibility, respect human rights, and continue to pay attention to the issue of conflict minerals. Committed to investigating its supply chains in detail and implementing responsible mineral management, Avalue ensures that metals such as gold, tantalum, tungsten and tin ores are not from mining areas controlled by armed groups in Congo and its neighboring countries. At the same time, reasonable efforts have been made in requesting suppliers to comply with the following conflict minerals procurement policies:

1. Conduct supply-chain due diligence in accordance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains in Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.
2. Comply with regional and international regulations on conflict minerals.
3. Purchase and report conflict minerals in accordance with industry standards.
4. Request suppliers to communicate this requirement to their upstream suppliers.