Chronicle of Major Events

TCC (1101) has been selected as a constituent stock in the "Selected Listed Taiwan Smart Vehicle Supply Chain Alliance Index" announced by the Taiwan Index Company.

TCC has been rated BBB- by Fitch Ratings, one of the top three international credit rating agencies. Relying on its critical position in the cement markets of Taiwan, Turkey, Portugal and the southern and southwestern provinces of mainland China, TCC has gained long-term unsecured US dollar bonds with international credit and its rating outlook is "stable".

TCC announced that it has joined hands with Taiwan Sugar to officially launch the NHOA/TCC "Hualien Sugar Factory Station" and "Taitung Sugar Factory Station," completing the connection of charging stations in Yilan, Northern Hualien, Southern Hualien and Taitung.

TCC participated in the Taipei International Building Materials and Products Exhibition for the first time, actively promoting its low-carbon products and exhibiting "low-carbon solutions which integrate new energy approaches."

At TCC’s third quarter legal conference, Chairman Nelson Chang noted that the next 30 years will be the road to a carbon revolution. The impact of carbon issues on companies is no longer in the distant future, but rather in the here and now. With that, he announced the establishment of the green battery cell factory in Canada and expansion of the Group’s low-carbon cement facilities in Turkey and Portugal.

TCC announced that it will join hands with Turkey's OYAK Group to expand investment in low-carbon cement markets in Europe, Asia and Africa. It plans to increase its shareholdings in OYAK from 40% to 60% and in Portugal's Cimpor from 40% to 100%.

TCC has built Taiwan's largest 100MW E-dReg energy storage facility in Hualien. The power trading platform ranks first in the marke and the overall trading capacity is handled on Taipower's trading platform, construction site and customer agency and has reached an output of 169.2MW.

TCC won both the BSI Sustainability Resilience Pilot Award and the TCSA Top Ten Sustainability Model Enterprises in 2023, affirming its status as the leader in circular economy operations for six consecutive years.

Molicel's Vancouver battery cell factory was supported by investment of NT$4.8 billion from Canada and is the world's first 100% green, low-carbon, high-power battery cell factory with a production capacity of 2.8 GWh and an estimated annual output of 135 million cylindrical ternary lithium batteries.

TCC’s Zhudong low-carbon Leju Living Circle development project was officially signed with Zhongtai Construction. This project uses the lowest carbon limestone cement concrete available in Taiwan. The building offers more than 25,000 square meters of floor space. The initial estimate of concrete consumption was reduced significantly and the carbon foot for the project was reduced by 34%.

TCC launched its Total Climate series of low-carbon building materials. It put green ready-mix trucks on the road and signed a contract with Fubon Construction in a press conference introducing the lowest carbon concrete in Taiwan, a giant step toward achieving low-carbon construction.

TCC Energy Storage won the Platinum Award and the Popularity Award, two of the highest honors in the sector's Sustainability Awards, during the Energy Exhibition.

TCC unveiled its patented fire-proof and fire-extinguishing UHPC energy storage cabinet EnergyArk at the 2023 Taiwan International Smart Energy Week and the Taiwan International Net Zero Sustainability Exhibition. In January 2024, the Company officially presented its achievements to the international energy storage industry at the world-famous CES exhibition.

TCC held the 2023 Annual Supplier Conference to implement and promote the development of sustainable supply chains, attracting more than 150 suppliers to the event. The Supplier Sustainability Excellence Award and the Sustainability Progress Award were awarded to suppliers who showed outstanding achievements and significant progress in promoting sustainable development.

Atlante, a subsidiary of NHOA, a European subsidiary of Taiwan Cement Corporation, is in the process of building 407 charging stations in Europe and has received an investment of NT$1.7 billion from the European Union.

TCC won second place in the large enterprise group section of the 2023 Commonwealth Sustainable Citizen Award, featuring the best performance in manufacturing industries. The judges recognized TCC’s investment in low-carbon building materials and green energy as a demonstration of its commitment to sustainable energy.

For the first time in Taiwan, Energy Helper TCC assisted five Decathlon suppliers in making a group purchase of green electricity, a move which helped small and medium-sized enterprises progress toward the goal of RE100.

TCC joined hands with Hoping Elementary School to launch the "Carbon Reduction Lifestyle ParentChild Passbook". The school's 85 students and parents accumulated a total carbon reduction of 1,274 kilograms in a three-month period.

TCC’s Yingde Plant launched the largest energy storage system in the mainland cement industry with a capacity of 43.2MW, introducing energy transformation in the form of photovoltaics and energy storage, and saving an estimated RMB 21.3 million in electricity bills annually.

The film "Building a Coral Home," which focused on Hoping Harbor, won the Silver Award for Sustainable Micro Film in the Taipei Golden Eagle Micro Film Exhibition.

Taiwan Index Company announced its "Corporate Governance Top 100 Index", which named 30 new constituent stocks including TCC, Creative, and Pegatron.

Ta Ho Maritime Corporation was recognized for its achievements in green shipping and fleet expansion by the Ministry of Transport.

TCC is engaged in cross-regional cooperation with the Hualien Forest Management Office and the River Bureau to convert exotic Leucaena waste wood into biomass energy using advanced cement kiln collaborative processing technology. This project promises an all-around win-win situation for the environment, ecology and carbon reduction efforts.

TCC held a topping out ceremony for the Gongliang Building in Hangzhou, mainland China. The site is slated to become TCC's mainland operations center in 2024.

TCC won the First Gold Award in the TWBA Taiwan Biodiversity Awards in the For-Profit Business Category during 2023.

Taiwan Transport & Storage Corporation (TTSC) introduced Taiwan's first electric bulk cargo truck to help IKEA launch zero-carbon green logistics and develop charging pile support services.

Taiwan Cement ranked 8th in the 2023 mainland cement clinker production capacity rankings released by the China Cement Association.

TCC captured the Annual Honors Award and Low Carbon Operation Model Award in the 19th Foresight ESG Corporate Sustainability Awards in 2023. The Group won first prize in the production category for three consecutive years beginning in 2020, and was again awarded the annual honor this year.

TCC has carried out a cash capital increase of approximately 230 million euros to NHOA S.A., an Italian energy storage company, to expand its investment in new energy.

TCC won honors in the 2023 Stock Exchange Annual Corporate Governance Evaluation’s Top 5% ranking, marking the first time a large-scale building materials manufacturing industry achieved the award in Taiwan. The Group also received full marks for its performance in promotion of the Sustainable Development Index.

Energy Helper TCC signed a corporate power purchase and sales agreement (CPPA) with the Acer Group, a pioneer in online green electricity consulting services, a project which made extensive use of AI smart calculation and data analysis.

E-One Moli Energy Corporation and the National Radiation Center worked together to launch a research project to develop a next-generation high-efficiency lithium battery for the aviation industry.

TCC also launched a talent recruitment plan in 2023 which targets new talents in nine categories of operations including batteries, new energy, energy storage, and carbon management, and it instituted overseas assignment plans for five countries including Italy, France, and the Netherlands.

TCC won the twin badges of the 2023 S&P Global Dow Jones Sustainability Index DJSI Sustainability Yearbook, which cover finishing in the Top 10% for sustainability in the Construction and Building Materials Industry, and the Industry Mover Maximum Improvement Award. TCC has finished in the Top 15% of the industry for two consecutive years, performing better than ever before and increasing its score by 5% in one year.

The Group responded to a severe earthquake in Turkey by immediately launching a resettlement and care plan for employees of its local joint venture OYAK and their families, urging colleagues to respond to calls for donations of supplies through the Turkish representative office in Taiwan.

TCC DAKA won the competition for the greatest number of visitors to tourist factories in Taiwan for the second time in 2023.

TCC’s DAKA complex in Hualien County marked the third anniversary of the Hoping Sustainability Foundation by introducing a dedicated Peace Emergency Relief Fund designed to promote common good between the factory and the community around it.

TCC DAKA Starbucks has become the first community co-prosperity store in Taiwan, integrating indigenous themes and returning profits to the local tribes and Hoping Village.