UMC announced on September that Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) selected the company as a global component for the seventh consecutive year. UMC was listed for both the DJSI-World and DJSI-Emerging Markets indexes. DJSI-World 2014 evaluated about 2,500 global enterprises, with only 319 qualifying as global components. Only five semiconductor companies were selected worldwide, with only two listed for DJSI-Emerging Markets.

Yen Po-wen, CEO at UMC, said, “For the seventh consecutive year, DJSI has recognized UMC for our corporate sustainability excellence, listing us as a global component. We consider sustainability an important core value at UMC, and have proven that foundry business success can coexist with the pursuit of environmental protection and social responsibility goals. We will continue to strive for excellence by leveraging our employees, customers and supply chain partners to work towards our goal of a sustainable society.”

UMC's social and environmental conservation activities include green factory, greenhouse gas reduction, energy and resource productivity improvement, healthy work environment, corporate volunteer, sustainable supply chain, and more.