●Product Energy-saving and Environmental Performance
Sunon has always been committed to product R&D, believing that improving R&D technology can bring more convenience to humans and reduce the burden on the environment. As a member who cares about the earth, in addition to implementing environmental awareness of energy saving and carbon reduction within the Company, promoting various carbon reduction measures, protecting the earth's resources, and reducing harm to the earth, Sunon also continues to invest in product efficiency improvement R&D to achieve energy saving and electricity saving effects, hoping that the general public and consumers can feel Sunon's actual actions and contributions to being environmentally friendly and loving the earth.
Many of Sunon's products have undergone efficiency improvements and have been widely used in industries such as LED, industrial/medical, mobile devices, automotive, home appliances, channel customers, cloud networking, computers, office equipment, and head-mounted devices. In 2024, the revenue from the Company's energy efficiency related products was NT$12.452 billion, saving 762.46 million kWh of electricity for global customers. The environmental performance of product energy saving and carbon reduction is as follows:
●Product Safety Certification and Energy-saving Label Declaration
Sunon conducts product electrical characteristics, safety and other tests through international standard certification bodies (such as UL, TUV Rheinland, etc.) according to customers' requirements for various product safety regulations. After meeting the safety standards preset by international standard certification bodies or the government, it successfully obtains safety compliance certificates.
To meet the specific product safety requirements of the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, so far, in addition to meeting the safety requirements approved by BSMI and obtaining safety compliance certificates to ensure product safety, Sunon's products also comply with Taiwan's energy-saving label regulations and have successfully obtained energy-saving labels. In 2024, there were no incidents of violations related to products, services and marketing promotion.
The company's products are mainly B2B, and B2C products account for 0.65% of total revenue, of which ventilation fan products have successfully obtained energy-saving labels, accounting for 0.13% of total revenue.
●Patent System
To enhance Sunon's R&D and innovation capabilities in products, technologies, processes or equipment, and to encourage employees to engage in more R&D and innovation, thereby accumulating abundant intellectual assets and extending continuous R&D and creative capabilities. Employees can submit patent applications through the internally established "Patent Proposal Application System". Moreover, receiving bonuses and rewards in accordance with the "Measures for Encouraging Employee Invention and Creation" after the proposal is approved, the top three outstanding employees in annual innovation R&D patent applications are also publicly commended in the year-end interview before the Lunar New Year, actively encouraging employees to create valuable assets with their professional R&D and innovation capabilities.
Besides, the "Intellectual Property Area" is set up on the Company's intranet, and the Company's patent technology is built into the "Intellectual Property Area" for relevant internal colleagues to understand the scope and application of the Company's patent technology. Competitors' patent technology information is also built into the Company's intranet "Intelligent Collaborative Patent Value-added System" for employees to understand the current technology trends and direction of peers from competitors' technology distribution, thereby stimulating employees' R&D and innovation ideas.
As of 2024, Sunon's patents have accumulated 3,429 granted patents, showing Sunon's emphasis on patent rights and high expectations for self-R&D and innovation.
●Patent Result
Cumulative Number of Granted Patents(Cumulative over the years)
| 2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
| 3,250 |
3,332 |
3,394 |
3,429 |
Note:The Stastics include invention patents, utility model patents and design patents.
