Stakeholder Identification
In purusing sustainable development, PharmaEngine deeply understands the importance of stakeholder relations and the continuance of our social commitments. We hope to have a transparent and effective communication channel with our stakeholders. We have identified major stakeholder themes using the following six-step procedure:
Major Themes and Boundaries
Major Theme SDGs Management Policy Border Line
Internal External
Innovative R&D SDG8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
  1. Continue to develop competitive and diverse unmet needs drugs
  2. Ensure product quality, safety and compliance
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Shareholders
  2. Investors
  3. In-license or out-license partners
  4. Customers
  5. Suppliers and CROs
Cyber Security SDG9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  1. Set up secure information security equipment and management processes
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Shareholders
  2. Investors
  3. Customers
  4. Suppliers and CROs
Corporate Governance SDG16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
SDG17
Partnerships for the Goals
  1. Incorporate ESG in operation policies
  2. Strengthen the auditing mechanism and strictly prohibit misconduct that endangers the Company
  3. Strengthen internal communication and operation model
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Shareholders
  2. Investors
  3. Customers
  4. Suppliers and CROs
  5. Government agencies
  6. Media
Industry Cooperation SDG17
Partnerships for the Goals
  1. Drive suppliers or other cooperative units to actively conduct ESG actions
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Suppliers and CROs
Environment Protection SDG7
Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG12
Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG13
Climate Action
  1. Reduce the waste of energy resources and introduce effective energy and resource improvement equipment or policies
  2. Introduce circular economy to reduce waste
  3. Strengthen the initiatives on climate and environmental issues, and enhance awareness of colleagues and cooperative units
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Customers
  2. Suppliers and CROs
  3. Communities
  4. Government agencies
Social Engagement SDG3
Good Health and Well-Being
  1. Enhance care for social and human rights issues, and continuously track follow up results
  2. Care for patients and medical institutions, and construct friendly social services
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Customers
  2. Communities
  3. Charity groups
Employee Training SDG4
Quality Education
SDG8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG10
Reduced Inequalities
  1. Focus on employee career growth and plan a clear functional development blueprint
  2. Protect human rights and create a good working environment
  1. PharmEngine
  2. Employees
  1. Customers
  2. Government agencies
Stakeholder Communication
The Company has always adhered to a sound business strategy and financial operation, and has protected the rights or interests of stakeholders, responding to issues of concern to stakeholders at shareholder meetings, board meetings, internal company meetings, labor-management meetings, participation in public welfare activities, participation in union activities, and internal and external company websites. The Company's Sustainability Promotion Taskforce operates in accordance with the "P-D-C-A" (Planning-Execution-Audit-Action) management model to identify stakeholders and collect and review issues of concern to stakeholders. In order to ensure the implementation of various major issues and the achievement of goals, the Sustainability Promotion Taskforce regularly discusses major economic, social and environmental issues, the achievement of goals of each unit and the formulation of future directions every quarter, and compiles relevant results data, the results of discussions with stakeholders and sustainable discussion suggestions for review by the Audit Committee members, and submits reports to the board of directors for confirmation every year. The 2024 sustainable performance (including communication with stakeholders) and the 2025 sustainable action plan have been reported to the Board of Directors on October 30, 2024. The communication and report contents of each category of stakeholders in the most recent year are as follows:

Stakeholder

Key Issue

Communication Channel and Frequency

2023 Engagement

Shareholders and Investors

  • Operating and financial status
  • Business performance
  • Corporate governance
  • Risk management
  • Shareholders’ meeting/once every year
  • Investors’ conference/once every quarter
  • MOPS/every time
  • Regular announcement of financial statements (annual report)/every quarter (year)
  •  Stock agency/ every time
  • Information disclosed online/every time
  • Answer investors’ questions by phone or email/every time
  • Held institutional investors' conferences and roadshows 5 times
  • Held shareholders' meeting 1 time and board meetings 4 times

Employees

  • Welfare policy
  • Labor relations
  • Labor rights
  • Training
  • Workplace health and safety
  • Labor conferences/once a quarter
  • Internal website/permanent
  • Welfare Committee/permanent
  • Employee feedback line and mailbox/every time
  • Regular fire safety propaganda provided by the building management committee/every time
  • Annual health checkup/once every two years
  • Satisfaction survey/once every two years
  • Held labor-management meetings 5 times
  • Discussed date and location of Family Day and the annual company trip, and promoted "Employee Leave and Travel Subsidy Program"
  • Promoted "Employee Health Check Care Program"

In-license or Out-license Partners

  • Operating and financial status
  • Business performance
  • Risk management
  • Legal compliance
  • E-mail/every time
  • Visits, meetings, and teleconferences/once a quarter
  • Held group  meetings regularly

Customers

  • Product quality and safety
  • Service quality
  • Marketing communications
  • Customer rights, interests, and data privacy
  • Telephone or e-mail/every time
  • Unscheduled patient meetings/every event
  • Regular participation in medical associations/every time
  • Academic seminars/every time
  • Product information disclosed online/permanent
  • 6 pancreatic cancer patient meetings
  • Product introduction in medical centers and hospitals
  • 2024 World Pancreatic Cancer Day activities

Drug Development Partners (Product Storage and Logistics Vendors)

  • Sustainable procurement
  • Communication policy
  • Unscheduled visits and audits/twice every year
  • Telephone or e-mail/every time
  • Visits 2 times
  • Audited by e-mail

Supplier

  • Product quality and safety
  • Sustainable procurement
  • Communication policy
  • Unscheduled visits and audits/once a year
  • Telephone or e-mail/every time
  • Communicate with vendor via procurement staff/every time
  • 2 GxP supplier capability assessments before cooperation
  • Audited by e-mail
  • Online meeting
  • Online audit

Community and Charity Groups

  • Charities and fundraising
  • Community care
  • Environmental management
  • Legal compliance
  • Contact the charities by the event organizer/every time
  • Contact by welfare committee members/every time
  • Industry-academic cooperation
  • Visually impaired massages
  • Continued to support "Do One Thing for Tamsui River" by promoting the history of Tamsui and water conservation
  • Held events for ESG
  • Participated in HOPE Foundation event as volunteers
  • Donated Christmas presents to disadvantaged children in Hualien County
  • Held sessions with students in 2 universities to share industry experience

Government Agencies

  • Legal compliance
  • Labor relations
  • Participation in public policy
  • Competent authority meetings and participate in related seminars/every time
  • Contacted the Industrial Development Administration by phone and e-mail
  • Contacted DOIT by phone and e-mail
  • Contacted National Taxation Bureau of Taipei by phone and e-mail

Media

  • Business performance
  • Operating and financial status
  • Legal compliance
  • Press release/every time
  • Spokesperson system/permanent
  • Information disclosed online/every time
  • Public relations Department/permanent
  • Material information and press releases were issued 29 times
 
 
Responses and Responsibilities to Stakeholders
To achieve sustainability, we constantly communicate with stakeholders to understand their needs and use that information as reference of the company policy and business development. We listen to the opinion feedback of the stakeholders as a follow-up to improve the subject during the policy and plan implementation process.

We presented and communicated our "Report on Most Concerned Issues Stated by Stakeholders" during the Board of Directors meeting on July 25, 2024. The report covered the various issues raised by the stakeholders.
 
Improvements on Stakeholders' Communication
The Company evaluates annual improvement plans based on company resources and benchmark companies. In 2024, the Company made the following improvements: established cyber security policies, obtained ISO27001 Information Security certification with third-party verification and obtained certification for the updated version of the ISO 27001, uploaded non-edited video recordings for AGM and quarterly investors' conference in 2024, recorded questions asked by shareholders in 2024 AGM and included them in the 2023 AGM Meeting Minutes, disclosed the Company's water usage and waste generated data, and also disclosed GHG emissions inventory (scope 1 & 2) for the past two years (2022-2023) and obtained third-party assurance, initiated and completed the data collection and analysis of first phase scope 3 GHG emission inventory, regularly assessed the independence and eligibility of certified accountants using Audit Quality Indicators (AQIs) by the Board, and made resolutions on green energy procurement and changed all office lighting to LED lighting, etc.
Stakeholder Contact Information
Stakeholder Contact Person Telephone E-mail
Shareholders and Investors/Media/Government Agencies Company Spokesperson
ChiHsing Chang, Vice President
(02) 2515-8228 info@pharmaengine.com
Employees/Communities and Charity Groups President & CEO Office, Human Resources
Melody Lin, Director
(02) 2515-8228 melodylin@pharmaengine.com
Partnering Corporate Development, Business Development
Roger Hsieh, Associate Director
(02) 2515-8228 roger.hsieh@pharmaengine.com
Drug Development Partners Research and Development, Medicinal Chemistry & CMC
Mel Liu, Ph.D., Director
(02) 2515-8228 mel.liu@pharmaengine.com
Suppliers/Product Storage and Logistics Vendors President & CEO Office, Quality Assurance
Ken Chou, Manager
(02) 2515-8228 ken.chou@pharmaengine.com
Customers Marketing & Sales, Sales & Product Development
April Chiu, Associate Director
(02) 2515-8228 april.chiu@pharmaengine.com
Whistleblower Hotline Independent Directors/Audit Office (02) 2515-8228 audit@pharmaengine.com