Moving Forward Together with ESG and USR Partners
Every inch of national park land presents a golden opportunity for businesses to realize its ESG goals.
Labor shortages are currently regarded as one of the greatest challenges for Taiwanese enterprises. However, recent climate changes have also caused crises such as work stoppages, flooding, fires, and raw material shortages. Businesses must treat environmental protection and biodiversity preservation as issues just as critical as solving labor shortages; we all need to step up the pace in realizing the SDGs.
In 2015, the United Nations launched the 2030 SDGs. These serve as a beacon guiding the world toward sustainability. Taiwan's national park system encompasses nearly 25.4% of Taiwan’s land and marine areas, and is tasked with protecting a range of resources including alpine and low elevation mountains, marine ecosystems, wetlands, volcanic landscapes, and cultural resources. Taiwan’s park system diversely and comprehensively aligns with the SDGs, and provides an ideal setting for putting the SDGs into practice.
Putting the SDGs into practice is the blueprint for corporate sustainability; the related ESG metrics function as tools to assess the implementation of these goals. Before the phrase "environmental, social, governance" (or "ESG") was coined twenty years ago, some companies were already joining hands with the national parks to protect precious ecosystems through trail adoption programs. As required by both international and domestic regulations in recent years, a growing number of partners have begun to incorporate similar collaborations into their sustainability and financial reporting. Adding in the expertise of academics provided by USR partners, the triple strengths of industry government academia will continue spotlighting the conservation experiences of Taiwan on the world stage. Through conservation, education, involvement, and innovation, we can shape the future of Taiwan’s natural capital, together.
