Pou Chen celebrating 50th Anniversary with planting trees for a greener future
Pou Chen Group upholds the principle of sustainable development and community participation as its guideline. This (2019) year is 50th Anniversary of the Group, by holding voluntary reforestation activities in Taichung Metropolitan Park, located at Dadu Mountain, we hope that the primary forest which has been damaged by excessive land reclamation in past hundreds years will gradually recover. In this way, our next generation will have a chance to embrace a beautiful primary forest.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary, Pou Chen Group continues to carry out its mission of sustainable operation and wishes to bring back forests for kids. By making an effort to improve the ecological greening of Taichung Metropolitan Park, the Group assists to nurture 112 kinds of native species which are needed for reforestation. To reconnect and establish the function of environmental ecology between downtown and outskirts, these tree seedlings will also be inhabited in Dadu Mountain community such as hillside and campus.
In June 2019, sunlight shined brilliantly on the meadow of Taichung Metropolitan Park. The CEO of Pou Chen Group, Ms. Patty Tsai with six months pregnancy, led 1,600 of Pou Chen employees to join the reforestation activates. She participated in seeds washing and planted native tree saplings which symbolize as hope together with volunteers. Mr. Chih-Hao Tsai, Chairman of Taiwan Reforestation Association, expressed that the original forest of Dadu Mountain was rooted out and cultivated into farming tableland due to its gently sloping landscaped hillside a hundred years ago. In the beginning, we were lack of resources and man power. Even a seedling place for original plants was difficult to look for. Thanks to huge support by Pou Chen Group, the Dadu Mountain reforestation project finally saw the light of day.
"I never know that planting is so much complicated!” said Mr. Lin, one of Pou Chen volunteers, “from beginning stage of research and analysis, species selection to following conservation, every stage requires expertise”. Setting up a strategic alliance with public sector and research institute to develop this kind of charity event, Pou Chen has signed an MOU of “Dadu Mountain Reforestation and Ecological Greening Campaign” with Construction and Planning Agency (CPA), Ministry of the Interior and Taiwan Reforestation Association. Through landscape conservation by Taichung Metropolitan Park, research and breeding works of Taiwan Reforestation Association, together with manpower and resources that Pou Chen Group has invested in, that makes the ideal of reforestation to be realized. One of colleagues from IT Dept. shared that it was the most tiring volunteer activity that he had ever participated; however, it was one of the most meaningful experiences to him as well. Working with each other, every Pou Chen’s employee was dedicating themselves to taking part in restoring the primary forest, rain or shine.
Dadu mountain reforestation project has met with enthusiastic engagement in Central Taiwan. Chenggong Ling (成功嶺) military training camp, Chingchuankang (清泉崗) air force base and the Freeway Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications have supported and participated in the project. Pou Chen is delighted to get the ball rolling, and hopes for more companies to take action to drive the effort for reforestation
Pou Chen community service visit celebrating the lunar New Year and spreading love and caring in Vietnam
Pou Chen Group has recognized the importance of corporate social responsibility and has held many community engagement activities around the world for several years. Take Vietnam for example; by donating goods to Tien Giang Social Protection Center before 2019 lunar New Year, the elders and orphans in Social Protection Center felt warmth and happiness at heart.
Located at Tien Giang Province of Vietnam, Yue De Vietnam Company Limited is one of the companies of Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited, which is a subsidiary of Pou Chen Corporation. Yue De has held a community service visit celebrating the lunar New Year in Vietnam on January 20, 2019. Pou Chen/Yue De has donated 46,400,000 VND (around 2,000 USD) worth of goods including 1,000 kilograms of rice, 70 cartons of instant noodles and 330 gift bags including milk powder, drinks and candies to Tien Giang Social Protection Center. In addition to distributing goods, Pou Chen volunteers also played game activities with the orphan kids. All the kids have enjoyed those games a lot as they had been looking forward to these activities for a long time. A three-year-old boy, who has received a gift from a volunteer, even reached out to the volunteer for a hug. Upon receiving the hug, a lovely smile spread on the cute little face of this boy, forming a warm and touching picture. Our volunteers understand that for disadvantaged people, they need not only the material supplies, but from the bottom of their heart, they long for love and caring, which cannot be traded off by money. Pou Chen’s employees volunteering the community service visit this time outnumbered the participants we have expected, especially for those employees who live near the Social Protection Center. They were very positive in the participation of the event and realized that elders and kids in the Center need their help and caring more than they could imagine after engaging the event. They are all very interested in having more opportunities to help others and make their community a better place.
On the day of the event, in addition to visit Social Protection Center, Pou Chen also held a regular activity of visiting some employees and their family. Colleagues went to visit Ms. Kim, an employee from the department of Stock fitting, who is regarded as an “Excellent Employee” and has worked in company for more than five years. She has earned recognitions by her outstanding working performance and interaction with others. In the home visit activity, the Company presented a gift to Ms. Kim in recognition of her great performance, and also wished her and her family good health and a happy New Year. With the warmth and care expressed by the company and colleagues, Ms. Kim felt very much encouraged and motivated to work harder and contribute her efforts to the better development of the company.
Pou Chen Group was granted FLA accreditation
Pou Chen Group joined the Fair Labor Association (“FLA”) as a Participating Supplier in June 2011. The FLA and Pou Chen Group have worked closely to improve working conditions in the Group's facilities since its affiliation through independent external facility assessments and the accreditation process. Following the FLA‘s suggestions, the Group continues to invest in fulfilling its corporate social responsibilities, creating a friendly workplace, and establishing a reliable and well-functioning social compliance program, to comply with FLA and the Group’s standards. In June 2018, FLA approved the accreditation of Pou Chen Group's social compliance program.
Pou Chen Group is a Participating Supplier of the Fair Labor Association (“FLA”) and has committed to upholding the FLA Workplace Code of Conduct and Principles of Fair Labor and Responsible Souring throughout its entire supply chain. Click here to learn more.