SASB Index

SASB Index

Disclosure Topics
Code
Accounting Metric
Content/ Description

Product Security

Employee Diversity & Inclusion

 

TC-HW-230a.1
TC-HW-330a.1

 

Description of approach to identifying and addressing data security risks in products
Percentage of (1) gender and (2) diversity group representation for (a) executive management, (b) non-executive management, (c) technical employees and (d) all other employees
Information Security Management
For more details, please refer to the 2023 Sustainability Report “3.2 Product Quality and Safety”(P.72) and “3.3 Information Security Management”(P.78)
Please refer to the 2023 Sustainability Report “5.3.1 Labor Overview”(P.133) and “5.4.1 Diversified Employment”(P.136)

 

Product Lifecycle Management
TC-HW-410a.1
TC-HW-410a.2
TC-HW-410a.3
TC-HW-410a.3
Percentage of products by revenue that contain IEC 62474 declarable substances
Percentage of eligible products, by revenue, meeting the requirements for EPEAT registration or equivalent
Percentage of eligible products, by revenue, certified to an energy efficiency certification
Weight of end-of-life products and e-waste recovered, percentage recycled
As a brand, the raw materials of D-Link are generally managed by outsourced companies. However, D-Link requires outsourced companies to comply with EU regulations for products, such as RoHS, REACH, etc. Subsequently, the applicability of IEC 62474 to D-Link products is planned to be investigated in the future and make relevant disclosures.
N/A
D-Link products are not required to obtain environmental protection labels.
The external power supply used by D-Link products 100% complies with the Level 6 energy efficiency standards of the U.S. Department of Energy, and the products exported to Europe also comply with the EU ErP energy specification. Furthermore, there is currently no plan for voluntary energy efficiency certification.
D-Link has standardized operating procedures and records for the recycling and disposal of scrapped products. The weight of scrap products handled by D-Link in 2023 was 1.23 tons, 100% of which was commissioned to qualified vendors for recycling and disposal. Moreover, based on the total annual sales weight, the recycling ratio was 1.24%.
Supply Chain Management
TC-HW-430a.1
TC-HW-430a.2
Percentage of Tier 1 supplier facilities audited in the RBA Validated Audit Process (VAP) or equivalent, by (a) all facilities and (b) high-risk facilities
Tier 1 suppliers’ (1) non-conformance rate with the RBA Validated Audit Process (VAP) or equivalent, and (2) associated corrective action rate for (a) priority non-conformances and (b) other non-conformances
Please refer to the 2023 Sustainability Report “3.5 Supply Chain Management”(P.89)
Please refer to the 2023 Sustainability Report “3.5 Supply Chain Management”(P.89)
Material Sourcing
TC-HW-440a.1
Description of the management of risks associated with the use of critical materials 
Please refer to the 2023 Sustainability Report “3.5 Supply Chain Management”(P.89)
Activity Metric
TC-HW-000.A
TC-HW-000.B
TC-HW-000.C
Number of units produced by product category
Area of manufacturing facilities
Percentage of production from owned facilities
Unable to be disclosed due to it involving sensitive information of the Company. Please refer to P.157 of the Company’s 2023 Annual Report.
Please refer to the 2023 Sustainability Report “3.5 Supply Chain Management”(P.89)
N/A
D-Link is a brand company and does not have production lines.