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, promote, and enhance the Company’s sustainability policies, annual plans, and strategies.
  6. Review, track, and revise the implementation and effectiveness of the Company’s sustainable development initiatives, and report to the Board of Directors at least once a year.
  7. Oversee sustainability information disclosure and review the Sustainability Report.
  8. Oversee the implementation of the Company’s Sustainable Development Best Practice Principles and other sustainability-related tasks as resolved by the Board of Directors.
  9. 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 the Committee’s agenda management 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 3rd term members of the ESG Committee on May 25, 2026, with a term from May 25, 2026, to May 24, 2029. 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
Education：
Master of Law, National Chung Hsing University
 
Experience：
Director of Hwacom Systems Inc. Independent Director of S-Tech Corp.
Director of Panram International Corporation
Independent Director of Honey Hope Honesty Enterprise Co., Ltd.
Chairperson
Kuo,Chin-Ho
Education：
Master of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University
 
Experience:
CEO and President of Amigo Technology Inc.
President of AXUS Microsystems, Inc.
Independent Director
 Hsu Chieh
Education：
Graduate Institute of Finance, Tunghai University
 
Experience：
Manager of Underwriting Department of Horizon Securities Co., Ltd.
Independent Director
Huang Cheng Lin
Education：
Master’s Degree, Department of Wealth and Taxation Management, College of Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
 
Experience：
Consultant of Metal Industries Research and Development Centre
Executive Director of the Constituency Service Office of Legislator Liu Shih-fang
Specialist of the Economic Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government
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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, members holding sustainability management-related certifications. Through functional ESG Task Force, meetings are convened flexibly based on business needs, conducted to collectively review and discuss the Company‘s core operational capabilities with department heads and responsible colleagues from each center.
The Company’s ESG sustainability strategic goals are jointly formulated by the ESG Office and ESG Task Force and approved by the Board of Directors. The ESG Office tracks the planning and implementation progress of responsible personnel on a quarterly basis and reports annually to the Sustainability and Nominating Committee and the Board of Directors to ensure thorough review and continuous optimization. To ensure that these strategic goals remain aligned with global sustainability trends and stakeholder expectations, the Company conducts a comprehensive review and update every two years. The most recent review was completed at the end of 2025, with the next scheduled for early 2026. By integrating sustainability deeply into the Company’s management strategy and daily operations, D-Link aims to create long-term value. For more information, please refer to the  “ESG Vision and Performance” section on the Company’s official website.