### Division (II)According to the regulations of the Equator Principles Association, starting from 2024, the Bank will publicly disclose the relevant information of the project financing undertaken on the official website of the Equator Principles every year, including the industry category, risk classification, region, the environmental and social risks reviewed, and the independent third-party review status, etc. *For details, please refer to the Bank's ESG Report, the \"Equator Principles\" page of the Sustainable Development Zone of the official website, or the Financing Negotiation and Cooperation Zone of the website of "The Bankers Association Of The Republic Of China". [...] (III)Disclosure of engagement information: The Bank regularly discloses information on ESG engagement with company on the credit on our official website and ESG report, and continues to track the company's follow-up actions on related issues, and join with customers to move towards sustainable development.
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IV. Blueprint for Net-Zero Emissions
(I) The Bank's climate strategy, action plan and position align with the principles
of the United Nations' "Paris Agreement." Each related business management
unit of associations should evaluate and monitor the association's climate
position before joining and after joining to ensure alignment with the Bank's
position. Each related business management unit should inventory and
confirm that the climate position of the associations the Bank has joined
aligns with our own. If there are significant discrepancies, an assessment
should be conducted to determine whether to maintain membership.
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https://www.bankchb.com/chb_2a_csr_resource/leap_do/gallery/1723095789760/1.9CHBSustainableFinancePolicy0807.pdf
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(II)According to the regulations of the Equator Principles Association, starting from 2024, the Bank will publicly disclose the relevant information of the project financing undertaken on the official website of the Equator Principles every year, including the industry category, risk classification, region, the environmental and social risks reviewed, and the independent third-party review status, etc. [...] (III)Disclosure of engagement information: The Bank regularly discloses information on ESG engagement with company on the credit on our official website and ESG report, and continues to track the company's follow-up actions on related issues, and join with customers to move towards sustainable development. [...] (IV) Proxy Voting Situation The Bank has designated employees internally who are dedicated to investment management. Therefore, we do not use outsourced research or proxy voting service. Attendance in shareholders' meetings, research on ratification proposals and voting proposals, and the approach for exercising voting rights are assigned the related internal employees to attend to these affairs in accordance with regulations.
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https://www.bankchb.com/chb_2a_csr_resource/leap_do/gallery/1723099725017/1.9SustainableFinancialCommitments(L).pdf
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Before reaching the phase out year set in each phased schedule, the Bank will actively communicate and engage with credit holders and investment targets of financing and investment for thermal coal and unconventional oil and gas affected on sustainability transformation. In accordance with the Bank's \"Investment Engagement and Voting Guidelines\" and \"Implementation Procedure for Engagement on Financing\", we take different levels of engagement actions base on the climate performance progress of credit holders or investment targets, and track the progress on transition from time to time. If the engagement result does not meet the Net-Zero transformation goal, the Bank will take follow-up actions such as (including but not limited to) adjusting the investment and financing maturity time, speech/proposal at shareholders' meeting, temporarily prohibited from investing/financing, and included in the exclusion list.
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https://www.bankchb.com/csr/mashup_eng.jsp?funcId=48302a4e15
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Before reaching the phase out year set in each phased schedule, the Bank will actively communicate and engage with credit holders and investment targets of financing and investment for thermal coal and unconventional oil and gas affected on sustainability transformation. In accordance with the Bank's \"Investment Engagement and Voting Guidelines\" and \"Implementation Procedure for Engagement on Financing\", we take different levels of engagement actions base on the climate performance progress of credit holders or investment targets, and track the progress on transition from time to time. If the engagement result does not meet the Net-Zero transformation goal, the Bank will take follow-up actions such as (including but not limited to) adjusting the investment and financing maturity time, speech/proposal at shareholders' meeting, temporarily prohibited from investing/financing, and included in the exclusion list.
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https://www.bankchb.com/csr/mashup_eng.jsp?funcId=48302a4e15
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Integrity and ethics are overseen by the Sustainable Development Committee, composed of directors and senior managers. The Committee assigns the Compliance Division to handle and supervise integrity matters, with annual reports to the Committee and the Board of Directors. [...] The Internal Auditing Division is responsible for accepting whistleblowing case, compiling the investigation reports, reviewing results and improvement measures and reporting to the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors on a regular basis.
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https://www.bankchb.com/chb_2a_csr_resource/leap_do/gallery/1739933401370/2024_CHB_ESG_Summary.pdf
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The Bank established the Sustainable Development Committee (hereinafter referred to as the \"SDC\") under the Board of Directors, as the dedicated unit for business integrity and sustainable development. The Chairperson serves as the convener of SDC, convening 3 independent Directors and President, responsible for promoting the value of sustainable development into business policies, coordinating the establishment of relevant systems, supervising and inspecting the implementation of policies and their effectiveness, and regularly reviewing related executive reports. [...] The SDC features inter-departmental ESG Task Force, an Executive Vice President (EVP) was assigned to serve as the convener, and leaders of the ESG Task Force was reassigned based on the Bank's Sustainable Development Policy (Corporate Governance, Responsible Finance, Employee Care, Social Inclusion, and Sustainable Environment) to integrate and configure the resources of each department, allocate and implement sustainable work affairs and the goals of the policy. [...] The SDC shall hold at least two meetings each year, a total of 6 meetings were held in 2023, and a total of 15 proposals related to sustainable work were submitted to the Board of Directors for review/ deliberation[*], including annual sustainability plan, the implementation of sustainable work, and the issues such as business integrity, intellectual property management, occupational safety and health, human rights due diligence, greenhouse gas and energy resource management, climate change, etc.
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IV. Blueprint for Net-Zero Emissions
(I) The Bank's climate strategy, action plan and position align with the principles
of the United Nations' "Paris Agreement." Each related business management
unit of associations should evaluate and monitor the association's climate
position before joining and after joining to ensure alignment with the Bank's
position. Each related business management unit should inventory and
confirm that the climate position of the associations the Bank has joined
aligns with our own. If there are significant discrepancies, an assessment
should be conducted to determine whether to maintain membership.
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https://www.bankchb.com/chb_2a_csr_resource/leap_do/gallery/1723095789760/1.9CHBSustainableFinancePolicy0807.pdf
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Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]CHB is a member of the strategic working group of "The Bankers Association's Climate Change Risks Management Task Force†. In 2021, 4 consultant selection meetings and 4 internal trainings have been held, and in 2022, a total of 11 project meetings, strategic working group meetings and risk management group discussion meetings have been held. In line with the The Bankers Association in formulating the "Climate-related Risk Management Practice Manual† and to complete the climate risk disclosure by end of June 2023, the Bank approved the set up of the "Climate Change Risks Management Task Force† in December 2021. Besides interviewing the task force members and collecting data based on project progress, the Bank also signed the Science Based Targets initiative commitment letter, and plans to submit our reduction target aligned with the goal of "limiting global warming to 1.5°C† in 2 years. The project is also a mid- to long-term implementation target of the ESG Initiative Platform of the Ministry of Finance's public equity financial institutions.
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CDP Questionnaire Response 2022
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Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes
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CDP Questionnaire Response 2023
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