About 57 percent of Taiwanese companies still have not set out plans for carbon reduction, Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Ltd (渣打國際商業銀行) said yesterday, as it released its Zero Carbon Future survey on the progress of firms reducing emissions.
For most companies that have taken action, adopting energy-saving and electricity-efficient approaches, and using environmentally friendly raw materials or substances in the manufacturing process, have become common practice, the survey showed.
The survey was released ahead of the COP26 climate summit, scheduled from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland, which is to focus on specific global actions to combat climate change as