ESG and Nominating Committee

ESG and Nominating Committee

On August 13, 2025, the Board of Directors resolved to rename the ESG Committee to the ESG and Nominating Committee and expand its responsibilities. The committee now oversees ESG matters, director nominations, board training, and corporate governance. It is tasked with planning and promoting related initiatives to ensure the effective implementation of corporate governance systems and sustainability strategies.
The Board of Directors regularly receives execution reports from the committee, evaluates the feasibility of related strategies, reviews progress on objectives, and supervises management to adjust when necessary. Through this mechanism, the company continues to strengthen its governance framework and enhance sustainable business performance.

Duties of the ESG and Nominating Committee

The Committee shall assist the Board of Directors to continuously promote corporate social responsibility and improve corporate governance for sustainable operation. Its functions and powers should include the following:
  1. Evaluate the professional knowledge, skills, experience, gender and other aspects of diversity, and other backgrounds required of directors, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the Company’s Board of Directors, and review the qualifications of such candidates as well as assess the independence of independent director candidates.
  2. Establish the organizational structure of the Board of Directors and its functional committees, and supervise and provide guidance on the performance evaluation results of the Board, its committees, and individual directors.
  3. Plan and implement training and development programs for directors.
  4. Formulate the Company’s Corporate Governance Best Practice Principles.
  5. Formulate annual plans and strategies for sustainable development.
  6. Formulate sustainable development projects and activity plans.
  7. Track and review the implementation and effectiveness of the Company’s sustainable development annual plan, strategy, projects, and activity plans, and report to the Board of Directors at least once a year.
  8. Handle other matters assigned to the Committee pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors.

Members of the ESG and Nominating Committee

The four members of the ESG committee (including at least one sustainability professional) are composed of chairperson and independent directors at D-Link.
The supporting units are the Corporate Finance & Operation Center and the ESG Office. 
The Corporate Finance & Operation Center shall coordinate the Committee’s agenda management and corporate governance matters to ensure the effective implementation of governance measures, while the ESG Office shall coordinate and plan sustainability-related issues and integrate sustainability concepts into business strategies to ensure smooth execution of all sustainability initiatives. (Board of Directors approved the appointment of the 2nd term members of the ESG Committee on June 20, 2023, with a term from June 20, 2023, to May 30, 2026. The Committee was renamed as the ESG and Nominating Committee on August 13, 2025.)
Title
Name
Professional Qualifications and Experience
Convener/ Independent Director
Chun-Hsiung Chu
Mr. Chun-Hsiung Chu graduated from the master’s program, School of Law, National Chung Hsing University. He has practiced as an attorney for more than 30 years with profound legal expertise.  He has long served as a member of the Neighborhood Committee of the Ministry of National Defense, and is responsible for assisting each township in using the funds donated by the Ministry of National Defense for the sustainable work of general construction and regional revitalization in each township. He can provide professional advice on the sustainable development of the Company from different perspectives.
Chairperson
(Newly added members of the second term)
Victor Kuo
Mr. Victor Kuo graduated from the Graduate Institute of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University and founded Amit Wireless Inc. in 1998 to develop wireless IoT products. He once served as the CEO and the president of Amigo Technology Inc. listed on TPEx. He has been in the network communication industry for many years and therefore possesses complete, professional and extensive industry knowledge.
Independent Director
 Richard Chen
Mr. Richard Chen graduated from the Department of Accounting, Chinese Culture University. In addition to passing the Senior Professional and Technical Examination for Certified Public Accountants, he obtained the securities analyst and the land administration agent licenses. Therefore, he has met one of the professional qualifications for independent directors and is also the convener of the Company’s Audit Committee, and a member of the ESG and Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Independent Director
Richard Lee
Mr. Richard Lee graduated from the Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-Sen University. He used to be the district court chief judge and chief justice. He has extensive experience in court proceedings as a legal specialist. Therefore, he meets one of the professional qualifications for independent directors. Meanwhile, he is the convener of the Company’s Remuneration Committee, a member of the ESG and Nominating Committee and the Audit Committee.
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D-Link_Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles


D-Link_ESG and Nominating Committee Charter
Operations of the ESG Committee in 2025
Operations of the ESG Committee in 2024
Operations of the ESG Committee in 2023

ESG Office

D-Link has established the ESG and Nominating Committee to assist the Board of Directors in promoting sustainable development practices and realizing the vision of sustainable management. Under this committee, the Company has also set up the ESG Office, with two-thirds of its members holding sustainability management-related certifications, as well as a functional ESG Task Force. Monthly meetings are conducted to collectively review and discuss the Company‘s core operational capabilities with department heads and responsible colleagues from each center. These meetings aim to formulate ESG development strategies and continuously optimize them. This integration of sustainable development into the Company‘s management strategy ensures the promotion and implementation of tasks related to enterprise sustainable development.
Formulated jointly by the ESG Office and ESG Task Force and approved by the Board of Directors, the ESG strategic goals serve as the core for D-Link‘s related project initiatives. Besides quarterly tracking of implementation progress and reporting at regular meetings, an annual report is submitted to both the ESG and Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors to ensure thorough review, improvement, and appropriate adjustments. To ensure the ESG strategic goals align with global sustainable development trends and stakeholder expectations, a comprehensive review and update is conducted every 2 years; the latest
update was completed at the end of 2023 , with the next scheduled for early 2026. For more details on the implementation status of ESG strategic goals and additional information, please refer to the official website under the section titled “ESG Vision and Performance“.