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About the Report 01

Chairman’s Statement 02

About the Company 03

ESG Management 07

Appendix 78

Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship

Momentum Practicing High-Quality Opening Links

for Growth Development to the World

Corporate Governance 11 Addressing Climate Change 23 Quality First 44

Risk Management 15 Optimizing Use of Resource 27 Leading Scientific and Technological 48

Business Ethics 18 Innovation

Protecting Ecological Environment 33

Intellectual Property Protection 20 Promoting Talent Development 51

Chemicals Management 36

Information Security and Privacy 20 Sustainable Supply Chain 70

Protection Clean Technology Exploration 41 Fulfilling Social Responsibility 76

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About the Report

This Report aims to disclose the management and performance of Goertek Inc.（abbreviated as “the Company” “we”）in Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and communicate with stakeholders to respond to their needs.Reporting Scope Report Access and Feedback

The reporting scope of this Report includes Goertek Inc. and its subsidiaries. The coverage and calculation methods of the data

involved in this Report have been marked herein. This Report is published in Chinese and English. In case of any discrepancies the Chinese version shall prevail.To view and download the electronic version of this Report please visit our official website:

Reporting Period Website: http://www.goertek.com

This Report is an annual report and the Reporting Period is from January 1st 2024 to December 31st 2024. Unless otherwise

specified “this year” in this Report refers to the above Reporting Period. To ensure the coherence of the report some contents For any questions or suggestions on this Report please contact us:

may exceed this time period.Address: No.268 Dongfang Road High-Tech Industrial Development District Weifang Shandong

Preparation Basis Postal Code: 261031

This Report is prepared in accordance with the Self-regulatory Guidelines No.1 for Companies Listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange

– Standardized Operation of Companies Listed on the Main Board issued by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and with reference to Telephone: 0536-3055688

the Self-regulatory Guidelines No.17 for Companies Listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange – Sustainability Report (For Trial

Implementation) issued by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards issued by the Global

Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the needs of the

Company’s stakeholders. Email: goertekcsr.list@goertek.com; ir@goertek.com

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Chairman’s StatementIn 2024 we kept pace with the global technological wave with the vision of “To be a Great Company" and by firmly implementing the ESG concept fulfilling our social responsibilities andpooling the strength of all employees to create value for customers employees partners and society. This year we have continued to be shortlisted for the list of “Brand Finance China

500" and have been listed on the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce’s "China's Top 500 Private Enterprises" for the 11th consecutive year.

Connecting the World with High-Level Openness for Steady Development

Facing the complex and ever-changing global market we have always connected the world with an open attitude seized the opportunities in the AI+ metaverse industry deepened

strategic major customers expanded strategic business improved the level of intelligent manufacturing and built intelligent factories. We have fully utilized regional advantages improved

international layout sought benefits from management promoted comprehensive and continuous improvement and achieved strong development of business. This year we

demonstrated strong competitiveness and innovative vitality on the global stage with a higher level of openness.Driving the Future with Technological Innovation for Craftsmanship Development

As a pioneer in technological innovation we have always adhered to the concept of "Craftsmanship and Continuous Improvement" focusing on cutting-edge fields strengthening

technological innovation accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces and promoting industrial upgrading. Through continuous R&D investment and technological

breakthroughs we have provided smarter and more innovative solutions to customers around the world. Our technical strength continues to increase not only consolidating our position in

the global industrial chain but also making due contributions to the development of the industry.Fulfilling Responsibility with Green and Low Carbon for Sustainable Development

Under the guidance of the carbon neutrality goal we have always regarded green development as one of our core strategies and strive to reduce the environmental impact of our product

manufacturing and operational processes. Through a series of measures such as systematically promoting energy-saving and consumption-reducing transformation increasing the

proportion of clean energy use and optimizing resource utilization efficiency we have significantly improved the green level of production and operation injecting strong momentum into

our low-carbon transformation. We insist on high-target traction with technological innovation and management optimization as the dual-wheel drive and continue to promote the in-

depth practice of green manufacturing contributing Goertek's strength to building a greener and more sustainable future.Creating Shared Value through Win-Win Cooperation for Mutual Development

We have always worked with partners employees and all walks of life to practice responsible procurement and build a green safe and sustainable supply chain. We insist on a people-

oriented approach create a diversified and inclusive working environment and optimize our welfare system to help our employees develop. We also actively undertake social

responsibilities giving back to the local communities and those in need of help so that technology benefits more people’s lives. By optimizing the human resources system deploying

talents globally and providing diversified benefits we further enhance employees' sense of belonging and happiness and achieve mutual growth between the Company and our

employees.Jiang BinWe have always practiced the core values of “Client Orientation Employee Development Trustworthy Cooperation and Mutual Benefits" driven by innovation and change and constantlyfulfilled our mission of “A Better Life Enriched by Technology”. In the future we will continue to work together with all stakeholders to move towards a more sustainable future with an open Chairman of Goertek Inc.mind innovative spirit green concept and cooperative attitude.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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About the Company

Company Overview Company Culture

Goertek Inc. is a global innovative technology company. The Company was established in June 2001 and is headquartered in Our cultural slogan is "We Make We Share We Thrive". We are committed to the mission of "A Better Life Enriched by Technology"

Weifang Shandong Province. The Company was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in May 2008 and has been included in aspire "To be a Great Company" uphold the core values of "Client Orientation Employee Development Trustworthy Cooperation

the CSI 300 and SZSE 100 indices. and Mutual Benefits" and the corporate spirits of "Excellence Proactivity Pragmatic Innovation" and adhere to the management

philosophy of "Craftsmanship and Continuous Improvement" establishing the "Together" cultural model centered around our core

The Company serves leading customers in the global technology and consumer electronics industries specializes in the R&D values and corporate spirits.manufacturing and sales of precision components smart system devices and high-end manufacturing systems and provides

customers with vertically integrated product solutions for precision components and smart hardware as well as related design

development and manufacturing services. The Company’s main products include precision components such as acoustic optics

microelectronics and enclosure parts as well as smart hardware products such as VR (Virtual Reality) MR (Mixed Reality) AR

(Augmented Reality) smart wireless earphones smart wearables smart home electronic gaming consoles and accessories and

smart home products.The Company has a global R&D footprint with R&D centers in overseas countries such as the United States Japan South Korea

and Denmark as well as in major domestic cities such as Beijing Weifang Qingdao Shanghai Shenzhen Nanjing and Xi'an. With

acoustics microelectronics and optics as the main technical directions the Company provides customers with systematic overall

solutions by integrating cross-domain technologies. Through continuous technological innovation and business expansion the

Company continuously strengthens core competence in the fields of precision manufacturing and intelligent manufacturing

realizes cooperation and mutual benefits and grows together with first-class clients globally.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Company History

20082021

* Listed on the Shenzhen * Won the Nomination

Stock Exchange Award of the 4th China

2001 2017 Quality Award

* Set up Goertek USA

2019 * Ranked first in the R&D

Founded Comprehensive deployment of list of Chinese electronic 2023

2013 four major smart system device component companies

strategies Won the First Prize of for 6 consecutive years

Shandong Provincial National Virtual Reality

Set up Goertek Vietnam Scientific and Innovation Center

established the first Technological Progress (Qingdao) officially

overseas manufacturing Award opened

base

2003201620202024

Entered bluetooth Renamed as “ Goertek Inc.” Goertek global R&D center * Won the iF DESIGN

earphone market starts operations AWARD for the first time

2011 2018 2022 * Goeroptics was selected

as the national

manufacturing individual

Promoted to the top 10 Won the Nomination Award of the * Selected into the national champion enterprise

of the Chinese China Grand Awards for Industry intelligent manufacturing

electronics demonstration factory

components industry

* Shortlisted as Top 50

Forbes China Most

Innovative Companies

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Company Honors

Pictures of Key Awards Other Awards

Award

categories Awards Awarded by

China’s Top 500 Private Enterprises in 2024

All-China Federation of

Industry and Commerce

China’s Top 500 Private Manufacturing Enterprises in 2024

Shandong Province’s

Federation of Industry

No. 9 among the Top 200 Shandong Private Enterprises in 2024 and Commerce

Shandong Province’s

Development and

Reform Commission

Shandong Province’s

Department of Science

JRJ.com China Business Journal No. 5 among the Top 100 Shandong Private Enterprises and Technology

The 13th “Golden Intelligence Award” hosted by JRJ.com 2024 Outstanding Performance Enterprise in Energy Digital for Innovation in 2024 Shandong Province’s

2024 Outstanding Green and Low-Carbon Contribution and Intelligent Transformation Department of Human

Award Resources and Social

Security Shandong

Province’s Department of

Governance Agriculture and Rural

Affairs Shandong

Province’s Department of

No. 2 among the Top 100 Shandong Private Enterprises Commerce Shandong

for Employment in 2024 Province’s Taxation

Bureau Shandong

Province’s Market

Supervision Bureau

2024 Fortune China 500 Fortune China

2024 Hurun China 500 Hurun Research Institute

Shandong Province’s Department of Industry and Information iF International Forum Design GmbH China’s Top 500 Listed Companies by Market Value 21Data News Lab

Technology iF DESIGN AWARD 2024

2024 “Green Factory” Honorary Title (Goertek’s Flexible VR Glasses)

Top 20 Hurun China Metaverse Companies with the Greatest Potential 2024 Hurun Research Institute

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Other Awards

Award

categories Awards Awarded by

Award

categories Awards Awarded by

Shandong Province

“Zero Waste City”

Shandong “Provincial Zero Waste Factory” China National

Construction Task Force The China Patent Award Intellectual Property

Environmental Office Administration

China Refrigeration And

Third Prize in the Second "Master Cup" High Energy Efficiency Air Conditioning

Air-Conditioning Industry

System Engineering Competition

Association

The World's First QTL Certification for Wearing Comfort of

The eighth batch of national manufacturing individual champion enterprises Ministry of Industry and SGSConsumer Electronics Products（Goertek Optical Technology） Information Technology

The World’s 50 Most Valuable Electronics & Appliances Brands

Brand Finance Technology and First prize in the Lean session of the 10th Enterprise Improvement Case

www.qualityclub.cn

innovation Competition Second prize in the QCC Quality Improvement session

No. 113 among the China’s Top 500 Brands

Social China Best Employer Award 2024 China Best Employers in Qingdao Zhaopin.com

2024 Digital and Reality Integration Development Conference and TOP100 China Enterprises

“China Vision Valley” Comprehensive Competitiveness Champion Enterprise in TMTPost Digital and Reality Integration Enterprises Evaluation Association

the New Quality Productive Forces List of Visual Intelligence Industry China Vision Valley

2024 Shandong Extraordinary Employer Award Liepin

World Display Industry

No. 1 among China’s Top 50 VR Companies in 2024 Innovation and

Development Conference

2024 Campus Recruitment Excellence Practice Award Yonyou

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ESG Management

We have deeply integrated ESG concepts into our management and operation system responded to the concerns of clients employees investors and other stakeholders on the Company's ESG performance and continued to drive the sustainability of the Company.ESG Management Structure

An effective ESG management system strongly supports the Company's sustainable development goals. We are continuously improving our ESG integration and management capabilities by clarifying ESG management concepts establishing and improving the ESG

management structure and developing ESG management systems.The Company has established a top-down well arranged and well-defined ESG management structure covering three levels: decision-making management and execution. The Company has formed clear principles strategies and responsibilities for ESG management

to ensure that the Company’s sustainable development work is standardized and organized and improve the Company's overall ESG performance.Sustainable Development Management Structure

Sustainable Development Performing overall decision-making and oversight of sustainable development matters formulating sustainable development management policies

Committee reviewing and approving short-term sustainable development policies and medium-term and long-term sustainable development plans

Sustainable Development Identifying stakeholder requirements for ESG supporting the development of ESG work plans and promoting the practice and

Promotion Office communication of sustainable development

Working Group on Working Group on Business Management Groups of Responsible for promoting and implementing material ESG issues and reporting regularly on implementation

Material Issues Undertaking Subsidiaries / Platforms and results

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Stakeholder Communications

The Company fully respects and protects the legitimate rights and interests of stakeholders maintains communication with stakeholders through various channels and continuously pays attention to and responds to stakeholders' key issues in the Company's operations and

decision-making jointly promoting the Company's continuous and steady development.Stakeholders Main communication and feedback channels Main issues of concerns Stakeholders Main communication and feedback channels Main issues of concerns

Governments and Work meeting Waste management Employees Employee satisfaction survey Employee health and safety

regulators

Work report Product quality Employee reception day Employee rights and interests

Work inspection Employee rights and interests Employee proposal system Employee development

Employee health and safety Employee seminars Employee care

Suggestion boxes

Major shareholders and Shareholders' meeting Product quality Partners and media Exclusive interviews Innovative R&D

investors

Board of Directors Innovative R&D Information disclosure Business ethics

Investor communication meeting Green and low-carbon products Seminars Product quality

Bondholder meeting Employee health and safety Chemicals management

Risk management

Customers Customer satisfaction surveys Product quality Communities Welfare activities Public Welfare

Customer visit Business ethics and compliance Seminars Discharges management

Special seminars Customer service Community project participation Business ethics

Information security and privacy Information security and privacy

protection protection

Suppliers and Supplier management Sustainable Supply Chain

contractors

Industry experience sharing Product quality

Theme training Business ethics

Compliance bidding Information security and privacy

protection

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Materiality Analysis

Based on core business and strategic planning we analyze the key drivers of our Goertek Inc. 2024 Materiality Matrix

sustainable development and stakeholder concerns identify material issues create * Governance * Social * Environmental

the ESG materiality matrix and take targeted management and action based on High

the matrix. We are also actively exploring methods for assessing and analyzing the

financial importance of ESG issues to better guide sustainable development and * Chemicals management

information disclosure-related work.* Information security and privacy protection

Water resources management * Product quality *

* Employee health and safety

Background analysis * Discharges management * Business ethics

* Customer service

* Green and low-carbon products

The Company has analyzed sustainable development factors that affect the * Waste management

internal and external environment based on operating status development

strategy and industry characteristics. * User friendly product design * Sustainable supply chain

* Innovative R&D

* Energy management and efficiency improvement

* Risk management

Issue identification * Employee development

* Response to climate change

* Public Welfare

The Company has identified 20 material issues including 7 environmental * Care for employees

issues 11 social issues and 2 governance issues. * Employee rights and interests

Materiality assessment

Materiality to the Company High

The Company has assessed the material issues through surveys and

interviews invited internal and external stakeholders and experts for

discussion and analysis and ranked the materiality of the issues according to

“Materiality to the Company” and “Materiality to Stakeholders” forming the Classification of Material IssuesMateriality Matrix”

Environmental Social Governance

Verification

1.Response to climate change 5.Water resources 1.Product quality 5.Employee health and safety 9.Innovative 1.Business ethics

The Company has verified the materiality assessment and combined with the 2.Energy management and management 2.Customer service 6.Care for employees R&D 2.Risk management

Company's business policies and strategic planning as well as industry expert efficiency improvement 6.Waste management 3.Employee development 7.Information security and 10.Sustainable

advice proposed a sustainable development management plan based on 3.Chemicals management 7.Green and low- supply chain

the materiality of the issues to develop and implement action plans and 4.Employee rights and

privacy protection

carbon products 11.Public welfare

complete information disclosure. 4.Discharges management interests 8.User friendly product design

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Responsibility

in Cultivating

Momentum for

Growth

Goertek Inc. is committed to creating a sustainable governance system.The company strictly abides by laws regulations and listed company

management regulations and has established a governance structure that

is in line with the Company's own strategic planning production and

operation and industry characteristics. We continue to strengthen scientific

governance and improve internal control management business ethics

intellectual property protection information security and privacy protection

and other compliance systems to effectively safeguard the interests of the

majority of stakeholders.Related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals（SDGs）

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Corporate Governance

Goertek Inc. adheres to the principle of integrity in business operations strictly abides by the Company Law of the People‘s Republic of China the Securities Law of the People’s Republic of China the Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies the Rules

Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shenzhen Stock Exchange and other relevant laws regulations and normative documents and the requirements of regulatory authorities such as the China Securities Regulatory Commission establishes and continuously improves the

corporate governance structure to further standardize the Company's operations and enhance the level of corporate governance.Governance Structure Shareholders’ Meeting Special Committees of the Board of DirectorsThe Company has established governance mechanisms of “Shareholders’ Meeting The Shareholders‘ Meeting is the Company’s highest authority. The To enhance the professionalism and independence of the Board of DirectorsBoard of Directors Supervisory Board and Management” to ensure the integrity of Company strictly follows relevant laws and regulations the Articles of the Company's Board of Directors has set up two Special Committees: the

the Company's governance structure and mechanism and the efficiency of Association of Goertek Inc. and the Rules of Procedure of Shareholders’ Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Assessment Committee. Acting General Meetings to standardize the convening holding and voting

operation. in accordance with the Articles of Association and the authorization of the procedures of shareholders‘ meetings. The Company provides online voting Board of Directors each committee is responsible for key functions such as

and other methods to enhance the convenience of small and medium

shareholders to participate in Shareholders’ Meetings and fully protect the financial auditing internal control supervision executive remuneration

rights of small and medium shareholders. The Company engages lawyers to formulation and performance appraisal comprehensively supervising and

witness Shareholders‘ Meetings on-site ensuring that the convening and guiding the Company's operations and management and ensuring the

holding voting procedures of each Shareholders' Meeting are legal and compliance and efficiency of related matters.compliant thereby effectively safeguarding the legitimate rights and

Shareholders' interests of the Company and all shareholders.Meeting * This year the Company held 5 Shareholders’ Meetings including 4 * This year the Company held 5 Audit Committee meetings and 5

Remuneration and Assessment Committee meetings.extraordinary meetings and reviewed and approved 37 important

proposals.Supervisory

Board

Audit

Committee Board of Directors Supervisory Board

Board of As the Company's core business decision-making body the Board of As the Company's supervisory body the Supervisory Board shall conduct

Directors Directors is responsible for the Shareholders' Meeting and implements the effective supervision of major events related party transactions financial

resolutions of the Shareholders' Meeting. The Board of Directors strictly status and the performance of directors and managers by the law and

Remuneration abides by the laws and regulations the Articles of Association and the Rules issue review opinions. The Company has further standardized the

and Assessment of Procedure of Board of Directors and performs important duties including supervision process by formulating the Rules of Procedure of the

Committee the establishment of the Company's internal management organization the

appointment and dismissal of senior management and the formulation of Supervisory Board and other systems to ensure the standardization and

the Company's basic management system. Through in-depth discussions effectiveness of supervision.and full communication the members of the Board of Directors ensure the

scientificness timeliness and efficiency of decision-making form resolutions

on major governance and operating matters of the Company supervise the

implementation of resolutions and provide strong support for the

Management Company's sustainable healthy and steady development effectively

safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the Company and all

shareholders.* This year the Company held 10 Board of Directors’ meetings reviewed * This year the Company held 8 Supervisory Board meetings

and approved 72 proposals and the attendance rate of directors was reviewed and approved 45 proposals and the attendance rate of

100% supervisors was 100%

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Board of Directors Independence and Diversity

The Company attaches great importance to the independence and diversity of the Board of Directors and believes that board members with diverse backgrounds can more effectively supervise and manage the Company's operations thereby better protecting the long-

term interests of the Company's stakeholders. When electing board members the Company comprehensively considers factors such as age gender educational background industry experience and professional qualifications to ensure the diversity and professionalism of

the board member structure so as to improve the scientificity and comprehensiveness of decision-making.Name Position Gender Age Education Expertise and Skills Main Experience

As the founder of the Company Jiang Bin has more than 30 years of experience in the electroacoustic industry and

Electroacoustic Industry Expert profound experience in corporate management. He has won honors such as national/provincial model worker

Jiang Bin Chairman Male 59 Master

Business Management Expert leading entrepreneur in the electronic information industry the highest award in science and technology of

Shandong Province and Qilu Outstanding Talent.Li Youbo has more than 20 years of experience in the entire process of R&D and Manufacturing of components and

R&D and Manufacturing Expert complete products in the electronic information industry. He has served in various positions such as Engineer

Li Youbo Director President Male 48 Bachelor

Business Management Expert Technical Manager Head of Business Unit Vice President and President. He has rich experience in the electronic

information industry and business management.Duan Huilu has more than 20 years of experience in full-cycle corporate financial management covering accounting

Duan Huilu Director Vice President Male 49 Bachelor Finance and Accounting Expert

fund management financial strategy development and other fields.Liu Yaocheng holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering and a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering

from Stanford University as well as a Master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua

Strategic Planning Expert

University. He has held positions at renowned companies such as IBM Semiconductor Research and Development

Liu Yaocheng Director Vice President Male 52 Ph.D. Technology R&D Expert

Center McKinsey & Company etc. He has served as the head of the Company's strategy and investment

Investment and M&A Expert

department the Central Research Institute and other departments. He has rich experience in strategic planning

technology R&D and investment and M&A.Huang Yidong is the Deputy Director of the Academic Committee and Professor of the Department of Electronic

Engineering Tsinghua University. He is also the International Member of the National Academy of Engineering

Huang Yidong Independent Director Female 60 Ph.D. Optoelectronics Technology Expert

United States fellow of the OPTICA Executive Director of the Chinese Optical Society Vice Chairman of the China

Education Society of Electronics etc.Jiang Fuxiu is the Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor of the Department of Accounting and Finance Renmin University

Finance and Accounting Expert Business School and the Director of the ESG Research Center of the National Academy of Development and

Jiang Fuxiu Independent Director Male 56 Ph.D.ESG and Governance Expert Strategy Renmin University of China. He has served as an Independent Director of many listed companies deeply

involved in the construction of corporate compliance governance mechanisms and sustainable development work.Qiu Min holds a Ph.D. in Electromagnetism from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Condensed

Matter Physics from Zhejiang University. He is the Vice President of Westlake University the Dean of School of

Qiu Min Independent Director Male 50 Ph.D. Optoelectronics Technology Expert Engineering and Dean of Westlake Institute for Optoelectronics fellow of the OPTICA Fellow of the Chinese Optical

Society Fellow of the Chinese Society of Optical Engineering Executive Director of the Chinese Society for Optical

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Board of Directors and Executive Remuneration

The Company has institutionalized the alignment between executive compensation and sustainability performance by establishing sustainability-related KPIs. The assessment results are directly integrated into the executive remuneration system to ensure the

implementation of relevant management initiatives. Currently sustainability performance indicators account for an average of over 20% of the total weighting in senior management evaluations covering critical areas such as energy conservation and green and low-

carbon employment recruitment and cultivation health and safety.The Company also regards safety issues as important Company-level matters and lists production safety information security and customs affairs incidents as red-line behaviors and as veto items for executives' performance commitments. If such accidents occur it will

seriously affect the annual performance evaluation of executives further highlighting the important position of safety in corporate governance.Say on Pay

The Company's Rules of Procedure of Shareholders’ General Meetings stipulate that the Shareholders' Meeting shall lawfully exercise its authority to determine the remuneration of directors and supervisors thereby fully safeguarding shareholders' decision-making power

in compensation distribution. In the actual implementation process the Remuneration and Assessment Committee of the Company's Board of Directors in accordance with the Implementation Rules for the Remuneration and Assessment Committee shall be responsible for

formulating the directors’ remuneration policies plans and standards which will be implemented after the Board of Directors submits them to the Shareholders' Meeting for approval. In addition the Remuneration and Assessment Committee regularly supervises and

assesses the implementation of the remuneration plan. For details of the remuneration of directors supervisors and senior management for this year please refer to Section 4 "Corporate Governance" of the 2024 Annual Report of Goertek Inc.About Performance Evaluation and Incentive-Restraint Mechanism

The Company has established and continues to optimize fair and transparent performance evaluation standards and incentive and restraint mechanisms for directors supervisors and senior management in accordance with the Long-term Incentive Assessment

Management Measures and other regulations. This mechanism is based on the performance evaluation indicators set by the Company and conducts evaluations by integrating the assessment indicators of each stage and the work performance of relevant personnel.Moreover depending on the severity of any violations the Company will recover the amount of long-term incentives cashed out in the current year. The Company is committed to forming a balanced value distribution system to effectively achieve the alignment of the

interests of shareholders the Company and the individual interests of the core team.Management The Company's Remuneration and Assessment Committee is responsible for formulating the long-term incentive and appraisal management plans supervises the implementation of the plans and the approval of appraisal results.Structure The Human Resources Department and the Finance Department are responsible for calculating the appraisal data and delivering incentives based on the appraisal results.Mechanism The Company implements performance appraisal mechanisms along with incentive and constraint mechanisms for middle and senior management personnel and key backbones. The appraisal dimensions include personal performance

Requirements appraisal and key task completion and the Company determines specific appraisal dimensions and weights according to the differences in the responsibilities of the incentive targets. If the appraisal target has major violations of regulations

and disciplines such as integrity and honesty or is responsible for major production and operation accidents the Company has the right to deduct the amount of long-term incentives to be redeemed in that year.Appraisal Under the guidance of the Remuneration and Assessment Committee relevant departments such as human resources are responsible for specific appraisal work developing performance appraisal reports and submitting them to the

Procedure Committee for review which serve as the basis for calculating long-term incentives.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Information Disclosure and Investor Relations Management

The Company specifically established a department equipped with professional teams and duly performed the disclosure obligations in strict accordance with the provisions of Measures for the Administration of Information Disclosure of Listed Companies Rules

Governing the Listing of Stocks on Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Articles of Association and discloses information as per the law so as to ensure that the information disclosure is true accurate complete timely fair concise clear easy to read free from false statement

misrepresentations and material omissions. All shareholders were given equal access to the information. The Company has continuously improved the Insider Information Management Rules strengthened the confidentiality of insider information maintained the fairness of

information disclosure and effectively protected the legitimate rights and interests of investors. The Company has designated Securities Times China Securities Journal Shanghai Securities News Securities Daily and CNINFO (http://www.cninfo.com.cn) as the information

disclosure media. In 2024 the Company disclosed a total of 181 announcement documents to reveal its financial statements operating information and other significant matters to shareholders and the public in a timely manner ensuring transparency of information.Shareholder Return

The Company has always focused on its core business and actively shared the development achievements with investors while promoting its own long-term and healthy development. The Company strictly abides by the profit distribution policy of laws and regulations and

the Articles of Association to continuously implement cash dividends. This year the Company has paid cash dividends three times in total with a total dividend amount of approximately RMB 850 million; the Company has also successfully implemented a share repurchase

plan with a repurchase amount of approximately RMB 500 million.Investor Relations Management

To better serve investors the Company has designated the Board Secretary as the person in charge of investor relations

management and have equipped a professional team to be responsible for related matters including receiving shareholder visits

holding annual performance briefings providing online voting platforms and participating in strategy meetings. The Company’s

official website has an investor relations column and the Company responds to investor questions promptly through various

channels such as the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Easy Interaction Platform and the investor hotline ensuring unobstructed

communication channels and building a fair and efficient communication bridge with investors and the public.This year

the Company answered more than 400 calls from investors responded to more than

300 questions from investors on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Easy Interaction

Platform.the Company disclosed 3 records of investor relations activities and communicated with

investors through various means such as telephone conferences field research and strategy

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Risk Management

Goertek Inc. adhering to the risk control concept of "effectively controlling risks and maintaining sustainable and healthy operations" builds a risk management framework based on internal control and compliance as the bottom line and

improves the risk management mechanism to enhance the risk awareness and management capabilities of all employees and continuously strengthen the recognition and response capabilities of all employees for risk prevention effectively

managing various risks.Risk Management Framework

The Company continues to improve the internal control management framework to

realize the precise implementation of internal control functions of the Company

business group and platform and to optimize risk identification assessment and

management processes to enhance risk management capabilities. The Company

deeply integrates risk management into all business links through regular

collaborative promotion and refined closed-loop management effectively reducing

and avoiding operating risks. The Company has also established three lines of

defense: Business Units the Internal Control Department and the Audit Department

to ensure that the Company is legal and compliant efficiently operated and asset

secured.First Line of Composed of Business Units as risk responders and

main responsibilities independently identify business

Defense risks and design corresponding risk response plans

Composed of the Internal Control Department mainly

Second Line responsible for planning and supervising risk

management work improving the risk management

of Defense system identifying new risks and continuously improving

the effectiveness of risk control

Composed of the Audit Department mainly responsible

Third Line for independent and objective evaluation of the

of Defense effectiveness of risk management and internal control

and continuously improving the risk management system

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Internal Control Management Mechanism

The Company has formulated such policies as Risk Management Handbook Identification and Management Process of Three "Compliance builds foundation for a steady development" - Construction of the Company's Trade Compliance System

Risk Elements Process of Setting and Changing Risk Control Goals Routine Process of Inspecting Risk Control Risk Control

Sampling Process Special Improvement Process of Risk Control further clarifying the processes of risk identification analysis The Company has built a trade compliance system since 2020 ensuring business compliance through developing manuals

processing inspection and improvement. Among them the Company conducts centralized management and priority processing publishing processes launching systems and setting up teams. In 2023-2024 the Company promoted the implementation of

for major risks to ensure the smooth achievement of the Company's strategic goals by planning and implementing risk mitigation trade compliance requirements in various business departments strengthened training to enhance compliance awareness

and response measures in advance. and introduced the Dow Jones database to enhance risk identification capabilities ensuring the Company's operational

The Company continues to deepen the risk internal control management mechanism and to optimize and upgrade the risk compliance.internal control management policy system building a comprehensive and multi-level risk prevention and control network to

accurately identify scientifically evaluate and dynamically monitor various risks throughout the entire operation cycle of The Company has established a "three-conference coordination" management system consisting of Professional Lines Business

the Company. Groups and the Company levels and regularly holds internal control management exchange meetings to build a communication

The Company complies with the new changes in national policy orientation and market environment and deeply integrates into path for immediate escalation of problems and decisions. We focus on basic management optimization closely monitor internal

the business operation process creating a comprehensive closed-loop management system covering risk identification scientific control processes and potential risk points and use the conference mechanism to improve decision-making efficiency and solve

evaluation effective response and continuous improvement to identify potential risk factors and forming a list of risk issues. problems promoting flexible allocation of resources and close collaboration among team members

Risk Identification Scientific Assessment

Company

* Problem * Risk * Probability of * Assessment

Grouping Classification Occurrence Dimensions (Decision-making conference)

* Risk * Risk * Degree of * Rating

Description Numbering Impact Criteria

Decision

Reporting

Business Groups

(Special conference)

Effective Response Continuous Improvement

Issue

* Separation of * Authorization * Clear * Review Reporting

Duties Approval Responsibilities Pull-Through

Professional lines

* Accounting * Property * Program * Improvement (Conference for internal control

Control Protection Development Tracking management exchanges)

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Risk Culture Building

The Company continues to deepen the construction of the internal control system by optimizing the training content and strengthening the cultural promotion strategy enhancing the employees' understanding and recognition of the internal control mechanism to ensure the

implementation of risk management measures. This year the Company continued to carry out a series of training and cultural promotion work to further enhance the Company's internal control management capabilities.Training Mechanism

Published 24 issues of internal control journals to create an internal control

The Company integrates internal and external expert resources to invite industry lecturers and implement empowerment training programs for internal control professional

teams management and front-line business personnel. We have comprehensively updated the content of the ten core courses covering internal control management atmosphere and enhance internal control awareness for all employees

capacity improvement knowledge popularization and mindset innovation to systematize the training framework to support the deepening and development of internal

control management.Selected 16 outstanding risk control cases to continuously

control operational risks

Culture Publicity

Organized 12 internal control special activities to promote internal control

The Company uses a variety of media including manuals official websites educational videos and professional journals to fully explain the risk management concept to

employees widely disseminate internal control management knowledge continuously deepen employees' understanding and recognition of the internal control system and interaction across departments and strengthen training for internal control

create a positive internal control culture atmosphere. knowledge and skills

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Business Ethics

The Company strictly complies with the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of

China the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China the Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Management

Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China the Anti-Money Laundering Law of the People's Republic of China and

other relevant laws and regulations of the regions in which we operate and continues to improve internal policies related to The Company has formulated and issued the Regulations on Rewards and Punishments for Employee Behaviors for all employees

business ethics including the Regulations on Rewards and Punishments for Employee Behaviors and the Goertek Cadre Standard which puts forward specific behavioral norms for business activities regulates the behaviors that employees should abide by and

Manual 2.0 etc. to regulate the behavior of the Company's employees and related parties (including suppliers) and jointly build a prohibits violations including bribery corruption and unfair competition and requires strict implementation at all levels. We have

compliant and honest business environment. publicly released a statement on integrity and compliance on our official website clarifying its "Zero Tolerance" attitude.To continue to consolidate the construction of the anti-corruption and anti-bribery system the Company has issued supporting

management systems such as the Goertek Cadre Standard Manual 2.0. and the Cadre Prevented and Prohibited Behaviors

Business Ethics Management System developed relevant integrity requirements for key areas and key links and further clarified the standard requirements and reward and punishment mechanisms for cadre behavior.The Company has set up a cultural and ethical management structure and a Cultural and Ethical Committee whose members

include the Chairman of the Board (Director of the Committee) senior managers of the Company heads of all relevant

All All employees are required to sign the Integrity Commitment promising to uphold the principles of departments and cultural specialists. The Cultural and Ethical Committee is responsible for strengthening cultural ethics education

fairness and impartiality in business dealings with all relevant parties and to ensure that the interests of all

and publicity promoting employee exchanges and improving the working atmosphere and strengthening supervision aiming to Employees parties will not be harmed due to the convenience of their positions.create a clean and upright working atmosphere.Cultural and Cadre We attach great importance to the integrity behavior of cadres regularly organize cadres to receive Monitors and guides the work related to cultural and ethical construction including training honest education hold integrity oath ceremonies clarify the content of abiding by business ethics and

Ethical and publicity on cultures and ethics employee communication and atmosphere Group further enhance the honest work awareness of cadres.Committee improvement and regulation and supervision.High-risk Held 3 anti-corruption publicity meetings for high-risk departments to reiterate anti-corruption policies

departments and encourage employees to proactively report violations.Cultural and Before establishing a partnership with suppliers customers and third parties relevant documents such as

Coordinates the management of cultural and ethical

Ethical Committee the Integrity Agreement must be signed to require all partners to fulfill the obligations agreed in the development and promotes sector-specific matters.Office Partners contract during the business cooperation process strictly abide by the laws and regulations of the place

of operation and the business ethics standards of the industry and ensure that the Company's business is

carried out on a fair and just basis.The number of integrity training

Cultural and Sets up 21 working groups appoints cultural officers selects working group members of the sessions for management staff Signing rate of Integrity Commitment

Ethical Working Company and ensures that the work of culture and ideology is effectively undertaken and 100%

Group realized in each department.More than 7000 people

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Business Ethics Audit Mechanism Complaint Management Fostering a Culture of Business Ethics

The Company attaches great importance to the business ethics of employees and Strict measures are taken to address any inappropriate behaviors that breach the

business-related third parties and requires all employees to abide by business Company’s guidelines including commercial bribery unauthorized disclosure of The Company attaches great importance to enhancing the business ethics

ethics comply with market rules and participate in fair competition and adopts a trade secrets and misappropriation embezzlement or theft of the Company's awareness of all employees and continues to improve the business ethics training

"Zero Tolerance" attitude towards any illegal unethical and business-standard assets. The Company has established and published reporting channels and system and through on-site training online video conferences service account

behavior. informed persons can report violations by phone email etc. The Company's Audit tweets and internal communication meetings to provide employees with integrity

Department reviews and handles business ethics issues at all levels. training including anti-corruption anti-commercial bribery anti-embezzlement

As for the Employee Code of Business Conduct the Integrity Agreement Regulations etc.on Rewards and Punishments for Employee Behaviors and other issued standards Tel: Email:

the Company regularly benchmarks against the standards issued by international * The Company held an anti-corruption conference with the theme of "Continuous 0536-3050999 tousu@goertek.com

and local industries and organizations to organize re-examination and revision Efforts to Fight Corruption and Promote Integrity" to convey expectations and

continuously improving internal management systems to enhance the level of requirements for integrity operation and integrity management. More than 1300 Address:

business ethics management. people participated on site and more than 18000 people were trained internally.Audit Department No.268 Dongfang Road High-tech Industrial

The Company conducts business ethics audits around process conformity Development District Weifang Shandong Province China * The Company strengthened the supervision of employees' business ethics and

compliance and risk management focusing on the business ethics performance of integrity education worldwide. For the Vietnam Factory the Company conducted

subsidiaries supply chains and manufacturing. In the process of business ethics 6 training sessions related to "Integrity Culture Building" covering more than

audits we pay attention to the compliance of business behavior deeply explore 1000 employees.QR Code:

potential management problems and risks and formulate improvement measures * The Company set up an internal forum section "Integrity Goertek" to promote the

for the problems found. The executive department of the Company's audit integrity and compliance culture and collect employee voices.mechanism reports the audit results and corrective measures to the Board of

Directors and Management and summarizes the problems found to handle them The Company also pays attention to suppliers' business ethics culture building

openly and transparently and make them public to employees through meetings regularly carries out publicity activities and conveys the Company's philosophy and

internal emails and other channels. complaint channels to suppliers through the official website of the SRM (Supplier The Company strictly adheres to the confidentiality policy regarding reported Relationship Management) system emails and other channels to continuously

matters strictly keeps confidential the personal information of the whistleblower improve suppliers' compliance awareness. For local suppliers of the Vietnam

and the reporting materials provided strictly prohibits anyone from retaliating Factory the Company has planned an exclusive supplier conference to publicize the

against the whistleblower in any form and takes measures to protect the Company's anti-corruption and anti-commercial bribery policies to jointly build

whistleblower including concealing the whistleblower's name contact information upright and uncorrupted partnerships.and other private information.Conduct business ethics audits for all operations at The Company has established the Audit Work Management System which outlines

least once every three years the reporting mechanism whistleblower protection complaint reward policies Through the "Integrity Goertek" service account 14 in-depth case analyses

voluntary disclosure policies and other relevant provisions. Relying on this system were published with a total reading volume of more than

we can effectively identify and thoroughly analyze complaints and appeals and 350000 times.promptly verify and handle the reported issues.Produced 3 warning education videos covering topics such as bribery theft

Complaint Reward Voluntary Disclosure and embezzlement by non-state employees with a total of over

Policy Policy 5000 views

Rewarding whistleblowers for Granting lenient treatment to any

providing significant leads voluntary disclosure of violations

and breaches of internal rules and 100% of employees were trained on integrity.regulations of company

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Intellectual Property Information Security and Privacy Protection

Protection Goertek Inc. strictly abides by the laws and regulations applicable to the place of operation such as the Cybersecurity Law of the People's Republic of China the Data Security

Law of the People's Republic of China the Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China the EU's General Data Protection Regulation and the Personal

Goertek Inc. attaches great importance to the strategic position of intellectual Data Protection Law of Vietnam. The Company is committed to building an information security ecosystem with all-staff co-governance intelligent defense and value co-creation

property rights in the innovation and development of the Company and regards it to continuously optimize the information security and privacy protection management system improve the security operation mechanism and strengthen personnel training so

as a key factor in maintaining core competitiveness and promoting technological that information security and privacy protection become an important cornerstone for the Company's sustainable development.innovation. The Company strictly abides by the Patent Law of the People's Republic

of China the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China the Copyright Law The Company has established an Information Security Management Committee with the president as the chairman of the committee and the vice president of IT as the deputy

of the People's Republic of China the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's director of the committee to comprehensively coordinate the strategic planning and implementation of information security. Each business group is equipped with a full-time

Republic of China and other laws and regulations and has established a complete information security team which is responsible for promoting the specific implementation of information security policies and regularly reporting work progress to the Information

intellectual property management system. The Company continues to promote Security Management Committee.intellectual property protection and the deep integration of intellectual property

rights with technological innovation and market expansion to provide continuous

impetus for the high-quality development of the Company.The Company has established the Legal and Intellectual Property Management

Department which is fully responsible for the coordination and implementation of

intellectual property-related work. Its responsibilities include core work such as new Information Security

technology proposal evaluation patent application and protection registration and

management of trademarks and copyrights and intellectual property database

maintenance. The Company has also established a complete intellectual property Philosophy

management system including management policies rules and regulations and

strategic planning to ensure that intellectual property protection runs through the

entire process of product design and development. Priceless Information

At each key stage from product development to sales the Company systematically

conducts intellectual property compliance review and risk investigation to ensure

the legality and compliance of procurement research and development

production sales and other links while respecting third-party intellectual property

rights. In addition the Company coordinates the intellectual property work of each Strict Confidentiality

subsidiary through unified standardized management to ensure the consistency and

efficiency of the Company's internal intellectual property management providing a

solid guarantee for the Company's innovative development. Proactive Prevention

We continue to strengthen our ability to create use protect and manage intellectual

property rights and won the title of "National Intellectual Property Demonstration

Enterprise". In the past three years six patents have won the China Patent Silver

Award and Excellence Award reflecting our comprehensive competitive Shared Responsibility

advantages in technological innovation and intellectual property management.During the Reporting Period there were a total of

17695 valid patents Partial screenshot of Information Security Management

Manual

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Information Security Privacy Protection ManagementGoertek Inc. has always implemented the information security philosophy of “Priceless Information Strict Confidentiality Proactive We strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations on privacy protection and effectively protect the privacy rights and interestsPrevention and Shared Responsibility” and built a top-down information security governance system guided by the Information of all relevant parties and ourselves. We attach great importance to the protection of clients' and our business secrets establishing

Security Management Manual the Provisions for the Operation and Management of the Information Security Management a complete confidential information management system. We have formulated systems such as the Information Asset Identification

Committee and the Provisions for the Information Security Risk Management and other management systems. The Company Process and the Classified Management System for Confidential Information conducted systematic impact analysis on customer

comprehensively sorted out the information security risk panorama established a security technology protection platform by individual and enterprise-related information and implemented classification and grading management taking corresponding

clarifying the information security management policy management objectives and management process and effectively protection measures for different levels of information to effectively reduce the risk of information leakage. This year the Company

guaranteed the Company's internal information security. This year the Company did not have any major data security incidents. did not receive any confirmed complaints related to infringement of customer privacy and loss of customer information.The Company attaches great importance to information security risk management and control strictly follows the ISO 27001 The Company strictly protects client business secrets complies with client confidentiality agreement requirements and conducts

information security management system standard and has established a full-process management mechanism covering full-process standardized management of client privacy and project information to prevent leakage loss or unauthorized access.information asset identification risk assessment review and improvement incident response and disposal. By formulating The Company also requires suppliers to sign relevant confidentiality agreements and through the Supplier Code of Conduct and

scientific management strategies the Company ensures the continuous optimization and effective operation of the information audit mechanism improves the level of information security in the entire chain reduces the risk of leakage at the supply chain end

security management system and realizes the closed-loop control of information security risks. and establishes a trustworthy brand image to win the trust of clients and partners.The Company conducts information security inspections every six months. Regarding personal information protection the

ISO 27001 Company has formulated internal policies such as the Personal Information Protection Management System and the Personal All factories were certified to the Information Security Management System Information Security Emergency Plan to clarify the management requirements for handling personal information and continues to

improve the privacy protection management system to effectively reduce the risk of data leakage.As of the end of 2024 the Company has completed encryption processing for 25 internal systems In 2024 the Company conducted two offline trainings and one online training on personal privacy protection covering all

employees and providing all-round protection for the personal privacy of employees and third parties.Effectively reducing the risk of leakage of sensitive information of employees and continuously

strengthening data security protection through technical means

The Company focuses on improving employees' information security awareness integrating information security awareness into

employees' work and building a normalized learning mechanism including learning topics such as the importance of commercial

confidentiality the consequences of violations and personal privacy protection to improve employees' information security

awareness and effectively train employees to become practitioners and guardians of information security.“One Lesson” event for information security

awareness education achieving a 100%

employee training coverage rate

The coverage rate of information security

training for newly recruited employees reached

100%

Annual employee information security training

duration >8 hours

Information Security Month Event Personal Data Protection Training

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Green Smart

Manufacturing

Practicing High-

Quality

Development

Goertek Inc. is well aware that a harmonious and stable ecological

environment is the foundation of economic and social development. We

regard green development as one of the key points of future strategic

development and are committed to minimizing the negative impact of

product manufacturing and operation on the environment to help society

to respond actively to environmental risks and build a lifestyle in harmony

with nature.Related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals（SDGs）

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Addressing Climate Change

Goertek Inc. actively responds to the national "3060" dual carbon goals continues to explore low-carbon development paths and participates in global climate governance. The Company has incorporated climate change-related risks into the

overall risk management system and referred to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) disclosure framework to manage climate change-related risks and opportunities. The Company has incorporated climate change-

related risks into the overall risk management system and referred opportunities to better respond to the impact of climate change on us.Governance

The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing ESG-related matters including climate change-related risks and opportunities. The Sustainable Development Promotion Office is responsible for the management of climate

change-related risks and opportunities of which the internal risk control department is responsible for identifying and assessing risks. The ESG-related persons in charge of each business group functional department and key regional platform

are responsible for identifying and managing specific climate change risks and opportunities and formulating corresponding management systems and response measures for major risks and opportunities identified. The Company has included

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Strategy

To better address climate change the Company actively identifies and assesses climate change-related risks based We are fully aware of the necessity of low-carbon development actively seize the market opportunities of green

on internal risk identification results and advice from external industry experts and takes measures in all aspects of development and improve our operational efficiency and strengthen high-quality development through our green

operations to respond to related risks. transformation. The main climate opportunities we have identified include:

Climate-related

Risks Potential Impacts Response Strategies

Climate-related

Opportunities Descriptions Potential Impacts

Physical Risk

* Develop new revenue sources and reduce

By creating low-carbon products innovating reliance on traditional high-carbon

Climate change has led to rising temperatures increased service models or increasing technological research businesses.Chronic Risk factories energy consumption and cooling costs and * Replace equipment to improve and development we can respond to market supply chains are vulnerable to natural disasters resilience against natural disasters. Product and Services demand and comply with policy trends enhance * Promote the popularization of low-carbon

increasing overall operating costs. technologies (such as bio-based materials) the Company's competitiveness and brand value to reduce carbon emissions throughout the

and focus on meeting the needs of clients life cycle.Climate change may bring about extreme weather and * Develop emergency plans related to industries and regulations for sustainable solutions.Acute Risk geological disasters including storms typhoons floods

supply chain guarantees to respond * Enhance consumer trust and brand loyalty.earthquakes mudslides and other events affecting the to sudden natural weather events

normal operations of factories and transportation. and meet the company's production operation and transportation needs.Transition Risk * Accelerate the implementation of renewable

With the increasing demand for a low-carbon energy projects.Local low-carbon policies are tightening and regulatory economy in the downstream market we can

requirements are increasing leading to increased * Actively follow up on national and optimize the Company's strategic positioning * Diversify market risks (such as multi-regional

Policy Risk corporate management costs. The Company needs to local compliance requirements to Market through policy incentives new market development layout).invest more resources in environmental protection and formulate update and implement or asset layout to seize the opportunity of a low-

meet compliance reviews. various management measures. carbon economy in advance and make full use of * Enhance control over the industrial chain.public sector support and regional market

As the national low-carbon policies are gradually * Continue to reduce the power of

differences to achieve growth. * Utilize green investment policies to expand

international cooperation projects.tightened and downstream clients are required to reduce energy-consuming equipment

Technical Risk emissions the Company may need to switch to lower- strengthen the research of recycled

carbon production technology in the short and medium materials and vigorously promote

term which increases the Company's operating costs. the development and application of clean technology.* Continue to optimize supplier * Save operating costs (such as reducing

Under the influence of climate change energy price management expand the scale of water bills through water-saving equipment

Market Risk fluctuations have led to price increases for raw materials the supply chain ensure the stable reducing transportation costs through smart equipment transportation costs labor costs etc. operation of the supply chain and Through technological innovation and process logistics etc.).increasing operating costs. take climate change risks into optimization we can improve the efficiency of

consideration. Resource Efficiency energy water materials and other resources

reduce operating costs and carbon emission * Create additional income through waste recycling.If business conducts fail to meet stakeholders’ expectations * Establish dedicated communication

intensity and build a circular economy model.for the Company’s green and low-carbon development channels with stakeholders to * Promote the application of new Reputation Risk the Company’s reputation and image may be affected understand their needs promptly technologies.thereby affecting the Company’s market performance. and make adjustments and responses.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Risk Management

The Company recognizes that climate change risk is an important factor in corporate risk and has incorporated climate-related risks into the corporate risk management system for unified management. The Company identifies and monitors

climate-related risks in all aspects of the Company's operations and continuously strengthens climate risk management capabilities. The Company will continue to monitor evaluate and adjust the management system and response measures

corresponding to climate risks to reduce the impact of climate risks on the Company.Metrics and Goals

The Company adheres to the carbon reduction concept of reducing carbon emissions improving energy efficiency and adopting sustainable production methods to set company-level emission reduction targets and implement refined carbon

emission management contributing to promoting green and low-carbon social development.Carbon Neutrality Roadmap

Goals Critical Paths and Initiatives

* Increase investment in renewable energy and increase the proportion of

renewable energy use by building photovoltaic power plants and purchasing

Optimize energy green electricity

structure

* Promote the use of high-efficiency energy-saving equipment

* The proportion of renewable energy reaches more than 30%

* Complete the optimization and upgrade of the energy management system to

Short-term goals * Build a digital energy and carbon management platform to achieve real-time monitoring and realize real-time monitoring and analysis of energy consumption data and

refined management of energy and carbon data and promote the reduction of carbon optimize energy consumption management（2025-2026） emission intensity and carbon emissions Improve energy

efficiency * Carry out energy-saving technology transformation to optimize production

processes and reduce energy consumption per unit product

* Develop low-carbon products to reduce carbon emissions throughout the product

life cycle

Promote green

manufacturing * Promote the circular economy model to improve resource utilization efficiency

* Strive to achieve the carbon peak within the operational boundaries by 2030 and achieve * Cooperate with suppliers to promote the upstream and downstream supply chain

carbon neutrality no later than 2050 to jointly achieve carbon reduction goals

Medium- to long- Enhance supply chain * Establish a green supply chain system giving priority to low-carbon and

term goals * Continue to improve energy efficiency expand the proportion of renewable energy use and management environmentally friendly raw materials and corresponding partners

comprehensively promote green production methods to promote the low-carbon

(2030-2050) transformation of the entire value chain

* Promote industrial automation and digital transformation to improve production

efficiency and energy efficiency

Technological innovation and * Explore the application of cutting-edge technologies such as carbon capture and

digital transformation carbon storage to help achieve carbon neutrality goals

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Since 2017 we have been carrying out ISO 14064 carbon inventory work to

understand our carbon emissions and continuously track and review the Carbon Neutrality Training

implementation and completion of the goals. This year we have completed carbon

data inventory for Weifang Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam factories covering This year the Company organized a series of carbon neutrality trainings and invited third-party professional institutions to give lectures deeply analyzing the

some Scope 3 carbon emissions and obtained ISO 14064-1 third-party greenhouse core concepts and practical paths of carbon neutrality from multiple dimensions such as carbon neutrality methodology and practical paths energy-saving

gas verification statement. and carbon reduction technologies and application scenarios dual-carbon management strategies and implementation guarantees. By combining theory with

practice we deepened employees' understanding of the core concepts of carbon neutrality improved their green and low-carbon management capabilities

We focus on carbon reduction work in Scope 1 and Scope 2 production links and execution laid a knowledge foundation and provided talent guarantees for achieving sustainable development.including improving production efficiency reducing energy consumption of

production equipment and optimizing energy structure and continue to reduce

carbon emissions at the operational level (for details please refer to the "Energy

Management" section). We also continue to improve carbon reduction awareness

and management level through carbon emission verification work employee

carbon emission training and other measures achieving initial results in achieving

dual carbon goals.In the future we will continue to be guided by dual carbon goals deepen green

transformation promote low-carbon development of the entire value chain and

contribute to addressing climate change and achieving sustainable development

goals.This year

The proportion of renewable energy use reached 23.5%

Carbon emissions within the operating boundary decreased by

26.8% compared with 2022.

The energy management system was optimized and upgraded

and energy consumption data was monitored in real-time. This year

The Company won the 2024 Outstanding Green and Low-Carbon Contribution Award at

the 13th “Golden Intelligence Award” hosted by JRJ.com

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Optimizing Use of Resource

The Company has comprehensively improved resource utilization efficiency to promote green and low-carbon development by building an efficient energy management system promoting water conservation and recycling and practicing the

concept of circular economy.Energy Management Operation Energy ConsumptionThe Company adheres to the energy management policy of “Compliant Energy Use Management Driven by the efficient energy management system the Company actively carriesEfficient Emission Reduction Full Participation and Green Development” actively out special transformation of energy conservation and emission reduction:

promotes energy-saving and consumption-reduction transformation projects Based on the ISO 50001 energy management system the Company has established two major improvement directions: "stable and efficient energy supply" and "continuous

builds energy digitalization platforms and continuously improves the use of improvement of energy-saving management" and formulated management systems According to the requirements of the Elimination Catalogue of High-

renewable energy and energy efficiency. such as the Energy Review Management System the Green Electricity Demand Energy Consumption and Outdated Electromechanical Equipment

Management Process and the Energy-Saving Project Management Policy to carry out (Products) in the selection of production process systems auxiliary

The Company has built a three-level energy management structure including all-round management of "energy demand - energy guarantee - energy efficiency 1

decision-making planning and execution levels to integrate standardize and guide control - energy carbon evaluation" to ensure the standardization and effectiveness of

production systems and ancillary production system process

energy use improve the efficiency of energy utilization and provide strong support for technologies and equipment it is strictly prohibited to select products

the Company's energy management activities and promote the realization of the achieving sustainable development goals. that are explicitly prohibited and eliminated by the state.Company's energy management goals.This year the Company updated and improved the energy management standards

covering plant energy-saving design high-efficiency power room construction According to the Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and

* Responsible for supervising energy production/office energy control and other aspects to ensure that every link from values of efficiency grades for motors (GB 18613-2020) for small and

source design to production operation has rules to follow to achieve the coordination

management-related matters 2 medium-sized motors low-voltage motors with energy efficiency not and optimization of the entire chain of energy management and to improve the level of

refined energy management. less than level 2 are selected and newly purchased motors must use

* Review energy-related planning monitor the level 1 energy efficiency.implementation of annual key performance This year the Company successfully passed the ISO 50001 - Energy Management Decision- System recertification audit.indicators and evaluate the achievement of The newly purchased chiller meets the level 1 energy efficiency

making Level goals 3 standard and the newly built refrigeration room must be equipped

with a magnetic levitation chiller according to the standard.* Responsible for setting energy management

goals improving energy management processes This year

and providing support and guidance to the

executive level 80 energy-saving projects were implemented covering five major

* Responsible for collecting and analyzing

feedback from the executive level deeply systems: lighting/motor/air compression/HVAC/production process

Planning exploring energy-saving potential and providing

Level solid data support for the Company's energy

management planning and decision-making with a total investment of more than RMB 20 million

* Each business group has an energy Annual energy saving: 3931 tons of standard coal

management team responsible for implementing

specific energy-related goals and formulating

phased tasks based on actual production to Annual emission reduction: 17422 tons of carbon dioxide

ensure the continuous optimization and efficient

Execution operation of the Company's overall energy equivalent

Level management

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Energy-Saving Technological Transformation Results

Number Category Number of projects Annual energy saving/Ton of standard coal Annual carbon reduction/Ton of CO2 equivalent

1 Lighting 14 3.4 15.4

2 Motor 21 529.3 2369.3

3 Air Compression 21 1269.2 5266.7

4 HVAC 9 429.4 1919.9

5 Production Process 15 1699.7 7850.9

Special Topic Digital Intelligent Control Improves Energy Utilization Efficiency

This year Goertek Inc. actively carried out several digital control projects through technology upgrades equipment transformation and intelligent control applications effectively reducing the loss in the energy production and transmission process and implemented a

dynamic on-demand energy supply strategy based on the actual operation of the equipment to effectively improve energy utilization efficiency.The energy-saving results achieved by the Company through various digital control projects are as follows:

* Vietnam Factory high-efficiency refrigeration room: The project design combines high-efficiency equipment low-resistance pipelines and intelligent control technology. The refrigeration room's year-round energy efficiency ratio far

exceeds the leading standard

Energy * Vietnam Factory first-level compressed air station: The project adopts the concept of a high-efficiency air compressor room for design and construction and the compressed air station reaches the first-level energy efficiency level

Supply

* Weifang Factory refrigeration room automatic control system upgrade: According to the energy efficiency monitoring and classification standards of high-efficiency air conditioning refrigeration room system the refrigeration room is

upgraded and renovated intelligently. After completion the refrigeration room reaches the first-level energy efficiency level

* Energy consumption reaches "zero" and the production line automatically cuts off power and gas: by intelligently identifying the status of the production line it automatically delays the shutdown after the standby state continues for a

period of time and accordingly reduces or closes the air pressure of the line to achieve the dual benefits of saving electricity and gas.Energy * Big data automatic adjustment of combined air conditioners: Based on the data collected by the sensor combined with the preset temperature and humidity values and real-time conditions on site precise regulation can ensure that the

Demand temperature and humidity of the workshop are constant within the set range while ensuring maximum energy utilization efficiency.* Air-cooling unit & natural cooling intelligent switching: During winter cooling intelligent switching technology is used to realize automatic switching between air-cooling modules and natural cooling solving the problem of untimely manual

switching and excessive waste of energy.Continue to

build an energy

and carbon * This year the Company continued to promote the construction of the energy management system. By the end of 2024 the Company has completed the construction of five factories in Weifang Qingdao Rongcheng Dongguan and

digital system Vietnam covering a total of 46 energy subsystems and connecting more than 12000 energy metering instruments. The Company plans to build a Company-level energy-carbon digital management system in 2025 realizing multiple

to promote functions such as energy cockpit energy efficiency management energy-saving project management and carbon emission management promoting efficient use of energy and cost control and promoting the Company's low-carbon

efficient use of development.energy

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Renewable Energy Use

The Company is committed to promoting the application and management of renewable energy in operations continuously

increasing investment in renewable energy facilities in various factories and actively participating in green electricity market

transactions. The Company also fully utilized the roof space of the park to successfully build a solar photovoltaic power station with

a total installed capacity of 51.3 megawatts and plans to further expand the scale of photovoltaic power generation to

continuously optimize the energy structure and improve the utilization rate of renewable energy.Total purchased renewable electricity Total renewable electricity generated by

photovoltaics

161172 MWh

52814 MWh

The high-efficiency refrigeration machine room of

Awarded by China Business Journal Goertek Electroacoustic Park Phase I won the third“2024 Outstanding Performance Enterprise in prize in the second "Master Cup" high-energy-Energy Digital and Intelligent Transformation” efficiency air-conditioning system engineering

competition

Carry out special activities for Energy Saving Publicity Week and National Low Carbon Day

In May 2024 the Company focused on the theme of "green transformation and energy conservation" and held an Energy

Saving Publicity Week and a National Low Carbon Day special event covering more than 3000 employees. Through in-

depth work site exploration of energy-saving potential the Company integrated green and low-carbon concepts into daily

work practices to ensure that energy management work was implemented effectively promoting the steady progress of the

Company's energy conservation and consumption reduction work.Weifang Goertek Electronics Co. Ltd passed the

Shandong Province’s “Provincial Green Factory”

Certification

Weihai Rongcheng Factory was awarded the Weifang Factory won the honorary title of

honorary title of “Weihai Green Factory” in 2023 "Advanced Energy Saving Unit" of Weifang City

in 2023

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Water Resource Management

The Company attaches great importance to water resource management strictly abides by the Water Law of the People’s This year the Company actively carried out relevant work based on water-saving planning and water resources management

Republic of China the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws and goals and continued to promote water-saving culture and improve water resource utilization efficiency through measures such as

regulations and formulates internal water resource management systems and water resource management goals and promotes gradually replacing high-water-consuming facilities upgrading power water management reusing reclaimed water and

water resource management construction by standardizing equipment water use and domestic water use. strengthening water-saving awareness training.Water Resource Management Goals * Monitored the water usage trends of key water equipment by installing additional metering Key water instruments

equipment

control * Upgraded power water management to increase water concentration and reduce wastewater

discharge and new water consumption

Water resources management system establishment

* Establish a sound water resources management system. The Weifang Factory plans to obtain AWS (Alliance for Water

Stewardship) water resources certification in 2025. * Gradually replaced old and high water-consuming facilities with new water-saving appliances such

Domestic as water-saving toilets water-saving faucets automatic sensor flushing devices etc.water control * Established a reclaimed water treatment station to treat domestic sewage and reuse it for greening

irrigation and toilet flushing. The water reuse volume in 2024 was 164000 tons.Water resource efficiency improvements

* On the occasion of the 32nd "World Water Day" and the 37th "China Water Week" the Company

actively carried out a series of water-saving publicity activities distributing learning materials

organizing the viewing of water-saving videos and other activities showing typical examples and

* Improve water use efficiency by optimizing production processes equipment modification water balance testing etc. Water saving valuable experiences of water conservation and enhancing employees' awareness of water

campaign conservation water love water cherishment and water protection.* In May 2024 the Weifang Water Conservation Management Office and eight mainstream media went

deep into the Company to promote water conservation work and filmed promotional videos for our

outstanding water conservation cases.* Water balance tests were conducted in key water-using plants and the test results showed that the

Water resources monitoring analysis comprehensive utilization rate of water resources in the plants was high. Meanwhile as a key water-

Water using enterprise the Company participated in the exchange training and summary meeting of the

* Establish a monitoring system for water consumption and wastewater discharge and conduct regular data analysis and water balance test project for key water users organized by the government and through the sharing balance test

reporting of water-saving technologies and recycling experience among enterprises we stimulated innovation

promoted the overall improvement of the industry and promoted the efficient use of water resources

and sustainable development.Increasing water conservation awareness AWS Standard * To achieve efficient and sustainable water resource management the AWS Standard certification of

Weifang Factory was officially launched this year demonstrating the Company's commitment and

certification actions in water resource management. The certification is planned to be completed in 2025.* Regularly carry out water-saving publicity and training activities to increase water-saving awareness and participation of

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Circular Economy

The Company practices the concept of circular economy continues to pay attention to the compliance of waste treatment and develop the circular economy as well as green and low-carbon products and services that meet market demand to reduce the impact of waste

landfills on the environment.Waste Management

The Company is committed to reducing waste generation from the source continuously promoting the comprehensive management of waste harmlessness resource utilization and reduction promoting circular economy and green development strictly following the

requirements of laws and regulations such as the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes the Administrative Measures for the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Electronic Waste

and the Administrative Measures for Hazardous Waste Transfer has established a management system with the Waste Management Process as the core. This year with the support of the information system the Company has improved the recycling mechanism through

the informatization of the entire process of waste storage classified storage and treatment ensuring 100% compliance in waste disposal.Non-hazardous Waste Disposal Process

Temporary

Storage and Recycling and Ledger

Transshipment Disposal Management

Hazardous Waste Disposal Process

Classified

Inbound and Temporary Outbound and Ledger and Registration Storage and Disposal ReportProtection

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Waste Recycling

The Company actively practices the concept of circular economy through innovative green design selection of environmentally

friendly materials and creation of a closed-loop resource system and comprehensively promotes the efficient utilization and Launch zero-landfill projects to expand waste recycling

recycling of materials to build a more resilient circular economy system.This year the Company actively explored ways to recycle waste and continued to promote the zero-waste landfill project.Through measures such as 100% reuse of workpiece trays and transferring waste to qualified professional processing units

the Company ensured that waste was effectively managed and reduced waste generation from the source.By the end of 2024 the Company had obtained 5 "zero landfill" platinum certifications covering a production area of 1.2583

Develop Green Design million square meters a year-on-year increase of 5.5%. The Company plans to continue to carry out platinum-level zero

landfill certification in 2025 to achieve a 100% waste conversion rate for factories that have obtained zero landfill certification.* Established a supplier removable packaging development project to reduce damage to packaging materials In the future the Company will continue to reduce the incineration and landfill of waste increase the reuse rate of waste and

promote resource recycling.Select Environmental Friendly Material

* Prioritize the use of renewable degradable or low-carbon footprint raw materials to reduce negative impact on the

environment

* Promote suppliers to use environmentally friendly materials to ensure resource consumption is reduced from the source

Create a Resource Closed-Loop System

* Promote the recycling and reuse of plastics and other materials as well as suppliers’ complete packaging including

corrugated boxes covers wooden pallets etc.* Work with consumable suppliers to use recycling technology to replace or reprocess the raw and auxiliary materials used

in some molds to reduce the waste of resources caused by new purchases

Zero Waste to Landfill Certification

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Protecting Ecological Environment

The Company implements the management guideline of “Compliance with Laws and Regulations Pollution Prevention Health and Safety Protection full participation promotion of sustainable development” and continues to optimize the

environmental management structure and improve internal management policies and processes to the effective control of environmental risks. The Company has prepared an emergency plan for sudden environmental incidents and filed it

under the requirements of the local environmental protection department. We regularly conduct environmental risk identification and assessment covering production processes equipment operation raw material use and other links. By

introducing cutting-edge environmental protection technologies and equipment and other measures the environmental risks brought by pollutant emissions are effectively reduced. This year the Company did not have any major environmental

incidents or receive any major administrative penalties from relevant departments such as the ecological environment.As of the end of 2024 the Weifang Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam factories have obtained ISO 14001 environmental management system certification.Pollutant Emissions

The Company always maintains a high sense of social responsibility and environmental awareness in wastewater and waste gas management ensuring that all emissions are legal and compliant and reducing pollutant emissions by upgrading

wastewater and waste gas treatment facilities strengthening equipment inspections and adopting low VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) content substitutes.Wastewater Discharge

The Company strictly abides by the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China and other laws and regulations by formulating a wastewater management system standardizing the discharge standards

testing frequency and other requirements of wastewater pollutants and the treatment process to ensure that wastewater pollutants meet the discharge standards and reduce the impact on the environment. The Company's production process

does not use large-scale industrial water. The main water resource consumption comes from domestic water and it does not harm the waters in the surrounding environment.Wastewater Type Pollutant Components Disposal Methods

Domestic wastewater COD BOD SS ammonia nitrogen animal and plant oils total nitrogen total

The Company discharges the wastewater into the urban sewage network after stable treatment in septic tanks and grease

phosphorus etc. traps. To ensure the stable operation of the facilities the Company has established an inspection mechanism and commissioned qualified third-party professional organizations to conduct regular inspections and maintenance.Industrial wastewater BOD COD SS petroleum ammonia nitrogen etc. contained in electroplating The Company treats the wastewater at the sewage treatment plant and discharges it into the urban sewage network after it meets wastewater and dicing wastewater the standards. The Company has set up online monitoring devices to monitor the status of industrial wastewater in real-time.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Waste Gas Emissions

The Company strictly complies with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Waste Gas Compliance Emissions

Pollution Comprehensive Emission Standards of Regional Air Pollutants in Shandong Province and other laws and regulations

applicable to the location of its operations. We also strictly enforce the Integrated Emission Standard of Air Pollutants (GB 16297-

1996) Technical Specifications for Monitoring Site Setting of Waste Gas from Stationary Pollution Sources (DB37/T3535-2019) and

other standards for the waste gas management. Before the operation period the Company strictly During the operation period the Company regularly

implements the national environmental protection tests and continuously monitors waste gas emissions

"three simultaneous" system for new construction to ensure that the emission of all air pollutants

reconstruction and expansion projects to ensure that complies with relevant legal provisions.pollution prevention and control facilities were

Waste gas management goals: designed constructed and put into use simultaneously

with the main project.The Company gradually reduces the emission concentration of VOCs

particulate matter tin and its compounds to 5% below the limit by 2030. The Company has launched a clean air project to systematically identify VOCs emission reduction opportunities through on-site

process operation identification raw and auxiliary material sorting and pollution source investigation. The Company has upgraded

the VOCs treatment facilities and fully adopted low-VOCs substitutes to achieve VOCs emission reduction. In the future the

Company will continue to optimize process flows and environmental protection facilities to further reduce VOCs emissions.The Company uses high-efficiency treatment processes such as double-stage activated carbon adsorption technology RTO

(Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer) and RCO (Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer) to treat waste gas emissions such as VOCs

particulate matter tin and its compounds generated in the production process focusing on solving the problem of the source of

waste gas emissions.This year

the Company's waste gas emissions reached 635000 cubic meters and

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Biodiversity

The Company conducts regular ecological assessments on all new projects to ensure that development activities do not infringe on ecologically sensitive areas. Around the factory the Company plants native tree species to create a habitat for wild animals and plants. In the

office area the Company's plant walls and roof gardens provide a haven for birds and insects helping to balance the ecosystem. At the supply chain level the Company emphasizes sustainability works with suppliers to comply with environmental regulations promotes

the use of environmentally friendly materials and technologies and leads the supply chain to green transformation.Carry out green actions and build an eco-homeland

On March 12 2024 the Company held an Arbor Day event with the theme of "Participate in green actions and build a better home together" which helped build biodiversity and promoted green ecology and sustainable development.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Chemicals Management

The Company is committed to designing and manufacturing healthy and safe products. In all aspects of the chemical life cycle we strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations of the international and operating locations meet the requirements of customers for

restricted substances conduct testing on chemicals used in all products and manage chemicals with high standards in order to reduce control and avoid the impact of harmful substances on employee health and the environment.The Company strictly abides by the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Controlled Chemicals the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals the Regulation on the

Administration of Precursor Chemicals and the Measures for the Administration of Hazardous Chemicals Registration and other laws and regulations applicable to the operating location organizes an internal professional compliance team to continuously track and

identify its revisions formulates process documents such as the Chemical Management System standardizes the management of chemical import procurement handling use storage and waste and ensures the compliance and safety of chemical use.The company continues to pay high attention to restricted substances in chemicals used in manufacturing processes sorts out customer requirements and compiles Restricted Substances and Requirements for Customer Process Chemicals and combines the requirements

of RBA (Responsible Business Alliance) to identify and control restricted substances during the chemical import stage. This year the Company did not have any chemical-related safety accidents.The Company systematically manages each process of chemical management and focuses on the following aspects:

Storage Application

* System Monitoring： * System Supervision：

* Set up a chemical storage management system to monitor the inbound and outbound chemicals and the storage * Establish the Chemical Receipt and Disposal Registration System to supervise the use of chemicals

capacity of the warehouse in real time

* Set SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for chemical use to standardize operations

* When the chemical storage capacity exceeds the default value the system automatically issues an alert

* Training and Protection：

* Environmental Detection：

* Conduct special training on chemicals every quarter covering all chemical operators to improve safety awareness and

* Equip combustible gas and toxic and harmful gas alarms in chemical storage areas to monitor the concentration of operational skills

toxic substances in the environment in real time

* Require strict compliance with SOPs during the use of chemicals including operators wearing gas masks corrosion-

* Prevent potential harm to employees’ health caused by chemicals through alarm monitoring resistant gloves and other labor protection supplies to ensure personal safety

* Classified Storage： * Supervision and Inspection：

* Chemicals are stored in different areas according to their hazardous properties. * Closely monitor the use of chemicals in each factory to ensure compliance and safety of chemical use

* For flammable and explosive chemicals explosion-proof storage areas are set up and door interlocks static * Regularly conduct safety inspections and control of potential hazards related to chemicals and sets deadlines for

elimination devices and combustible gas detectors are configured. corrections of non-conformities

* The combustible gas detector is linked to the automatic fire alarm system to monitor the storage of chemicals in real * Verify the completion of rectifications due to expiration to ensure that rectification measures are implemented in place

time and promptly identify and handle safety hazards. and safety hazards are eliminated

* When storing liquid chemicals secondary anti-leakage trays are equipped to prevent environmental pollution or safety

accidents caused by chemical leakage.In addition the Company has established process documents such as the Emergency Management System Chemical Leakage Emergency Plan and Chemical Leakage Site Response Plan which clarify the handling process and measures for chemical leakage and

emergencies. An emergency response and rescue team has been established to quickly respond to emergencies and take effective measures to minimize risks and losses. At the same time the Company has formulated an annual emergency drill plan and carried out

normalized emergency drills. Each emergency response and rescue team organizes at least two chemical leakage simulation emergency drills per year to improve accident response capability.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Hazardous Substance Management

The Company strictly manages hazardous substances and complies with relevant domestic and international laws and regulations on hazardous substances and chemicals in electronic and electrical products and sets standards for the management of customers'

restricted substances and hazardous substances. We have established management rules such as the Goertek Restricted Substances Specification the Goertek Green Product Marking Specification the Hazardous Substance Process Management Specification for

Suppliers the Incoming Environmental Testing Monitoring Operation Manual the Process Environmental Testing Monitoring Operation Manual and the Shipping Environmental Testing Monitoring Operation Manual. We conduct hazardous substance testing and

monitoring on all components raw materials auxiliary materials packaging materials and finished products used in the production process.The Company's restricted substances mainly include carcinogens mutagenic and reproductive toxic substances and other substances that cause serious harm or impact on human health and the environment as well as substances regulated by laws and regulations. The

Company gives priority to the management of highly toxic substances (such as SVHCs substances of high concern CMR carcinogenic mutagenic and reproductive toxic substances and PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) according to their harmfulness and takes

corresponding measures to ensure the safety of employees and prevent work-related diseases.Design Manufacture

* In accordance with laws regulations and client requirements the Company integrates green and environmental * The Company's chemical laboratory has passed the ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory Accreditation. Before the materials enter

protection concepts into product design does not use hazardous substances prohibited by laws and regulations and the warehouse they must be tested under the Incoming Environmental Testing Monitoring Operation Manual

reduces the generation of pollutants to reduce the impact on the environment and health.* Entrust a third-party professional organization to conduct an independent assessment of our hazardous substances to

ensure that they meet internal standards and regulatory requirements

Procurement Non-conformity Control

* The Company investigates suppliers’ hazardous substance management capability and conducts on-site audits. Once the * Comprehensive processes and rules are in place for handling non-conforming products including the Operation Manual

suppliers meet Goertek’s baseline on green products and sign the agreement the suppliers should be qualified and enter for Handling Environmentally Abnormalities and Non-conformities which stipulates the details of the handling process

Goertek’s supplier chain. such as environmental abnormality and non-conformity scenarios and definitions isolation of environmentally non-

conforming materials root cause analysis and corrective actions of abnormality disposal of environmentally non-

* Suppliers must provide third-party environmental testing reports such as RoHS halogen organotin PAHs VOCs MSDS conforming materials and supplier penalties.(Material Safety Data Sheet) and evidential technical information to confirm that their materials meet the Company's

hazardous substance restriction standards. If the requirements are not met the material cannot be imported. * Since the establishment of the Company there has been no accident involving hazardous substances exceeding the

standard.The Company's smart wearables virtual/augmented reality smart wireless headphones and other products all cooperate with customers to complete the verification of non-mandatory standards such as no specific hazardous substances wearing safety and

biocompatibility.By the end of 2024 the factories in Weifang Qingdao Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam have achieved 100% coverage of IECQ QC 080000 Hazardous Substance Process Management System Certification. Meanwhile the factories in Weifang Rongcheng and

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Hazardous Substance Management Standards

The Company's internal hazardous substance management standards cover the requirements of laws and regulations and are stricter than regulatory requirements including RoHS halogen REACH CP65 POPs battery directive packaging directive VOCs etc. The

restricted substances controlled in the standards are divided into prohibited substances and reportable substances. In response to updated laws and regulations the Company identifies and takes stricter control measures in advance. Regarding RoHS exemption 6(c) we

have reached a consensus with some clients to ban the use of lead-containing copper alloys in watches bracelets headphones and other products in advance to ensure that the products meet higher environmental standards.The Company has identified and strictly complied with relevant laws regulations standards and requirements related to hazardous substances including:

* Administrative Measures on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and * Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

Electronic Products

* Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (1986)

* Limit of Harmful Substances of Industrial Protective Coatings (GB 30981-2020)

North * Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) (1999)China * Limit of Volatile Organic Compounds Content In Adhesive (GB 33372-2020) America * Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (2016)

* Limits for Volatile Organic Compounds Content in Cleaning Agents (GB 38508-2020)

* Toxics in Packaging Clearhouse (TPCH) Model Legislation (2021)

* Limits of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Printing Ink (GB 38507-2020)

* Washington State Children's Safety Products Act (CSPA)

* Chemical Substances Control Law

Japan

* Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic * Japan Printed Circuit Association - Limitation of Chlorine and Bromine Content in Printed Circuit Boards

Equipment (2011/65/EU) (PCBs) (JPCA-ES-01-1999)

* Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (2012/19/EU)

* Amending Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste (2018/852/EU) Norway * Prohibition of Certain Hazardous Substances in Consumer Products (PoHS) (2021)

* Regulation Concerning Batteries and Waste Batteries ((EU)2023/1542)

* EU - Regulation on the Registration Evaluation Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

((EC) No 1907/2006)

EU

* EU - Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (2019/1021/EU)

* International Electrotechnical Commission - Limitation of Halogen Content in Materials for Printed

* French AGEC Law - Law Regarding a Circular Economy and the Fight Against Waste (No.2020-105) Boards and Other Interconnecting Structures (IEC 61249-2-21)

* Swedish Chemical Tax Act on Electrical and Electronic Products (2016:1067) * Material Declaration for Products of and for the Electrotechnical Industry (IEC 62474-2018)

* EC Regulation on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (2037/2000/EC) Others * Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

* EU Biocidal Products Regulation (EU No.528/2012) * Global Automotive Declarable Substance List (GADSL)

* EU Timber Regulation (No.995/2010) * Stockholm Convention

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The Company has established a complete hazardous substance management system and takes the following measures to ensure The Company seeks environmentally friendly alternative materials deploys hazardous substance reduction plans in advance and

that the use of chemicals complies with legal and regulatory requirements and minimize potential risks. continues to promote the implementation of phase-out plans to systematically carry out hazardous substance management and

control work.Hazardous Substance Declaration and Review

Chemical Substance Hazardous Attributes Effective Date

The Company has established a hazardous substance declaration system to review all chemicals to

ensure that their use does not conflict with applicable laws and regulations. Before chemicals enter and

are used the system verifies whether they are included in the list of banned substances and develops MOAH Carcinogenic risk genotoxicity organ damage March 1 2024

corresponding alternatives mitigation plans and protective measures.MOSH Bioaccumulation metabolism and toxicity March 1 2024

Procurement Front-End Control

2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-46- Damage to organs eye respiratory and skin

All products entering the Company are required to submit hazardous substance declarations test ditertpentylphenol irritation environmental hazards January 27 2025

reports and ingredient information. Before purchasing the Company strictly reviews relevant materials

and only products that meet regulatory requirements can be put into production eliminating the

purchase of hazardous substances from the source.Phenyl mercuric acetate Lipophilic toxicants that mainly invade the nervous system January 27 2025

Product Database and Compliance Management

(neodecanoato-O)phenylmercury Acute toxicants organ damage environmental hazards January 27 2025

All products manufactured by the Company are databased in the system to achieve full life cycle

management. When laws and regulations are updated the system can quickly identify the compliance

of existing products to ensure that existing and new products continue to meet the latest regulatory

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Carcinogenic risk endocrine disruption liver requirements. damage immune system damage March 1 2025

Elimination and Reduction of Hazardous Substances

Dechloran(DP) Liver pulmonary and reproductive toxicity potential neurotoxicity and endocrine disruption March 1 2024

As the global requirements for product safety and environmental protection continue to increase in order to ensure that the

Company's products comply with the regulatory requirements of major markets such as the European Union the United States

Canada China South Korea and Japan and to enhance the market competitiveness and brand image of the company's products

we continue to pay attention to the updates of laws and regulations on hazardous substances and customer requirements. 100% Substances containing halogen elements will

of the chemicals used have been identified and based on laws and regulations as the bottom line and in combination with clients' F、Cl、Br、I and its compounds generate harmful gases when burned causing March 1 2024

hazardous substance requirements we independently restrict reduce and replace hazardous substances and formulate harm to the human body.reduction and elimination plans for chemicals that do not meet control requirements.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Increasing Awareness of Hazardous Substance Management

The Company attaches great importance to the management of hazardous substances and is committed to comprehensively improving the awareness level of employees at all levels of the Company and supply chain partners and enhancing the management awareness

of all employees and the supply chain.Online Education and Training Hierarchical and Targeted Training Information Transparency and Release Supplier Training and Cooperation

All hazardous substances management training We have implemented a hierarchical and Through billboards announcements and other Supplier training activities are held regularly

courses have been made online to ensure that targeted training program for employees with forms we promptly release the latest legal and every year to ensure that all suppliers of

internal and external personnel can obtain different positions and responsibilities. New regulatory requirements for hazardous customized materials structural parts

relevant knowledge regularly and conveniently employees management and technical substance management and customer-specific packaging materials and auxiliary materials are

covering the basic knowledge of hazardous personnel and front-line operators all receive needs to all employees ensuring that every included in the training scope enhancing

substances the latest legal and regulatory customized hazardous substance management employee can keep up with industry trends and suppliers' understanding and implementation

requirements and customer-specific needs. courses to ensure that employees at all levels continuously improve their awareness and capabilities of hazardous substance

can fully understand the hazardous substance capabilities of hazardous substance management.management requirements within their scope of management.responsibility.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Clean Technology Exploration

In the context of global green transformation the Company closely follows the international clean technology concept and integrates the national policy "green and low-carbon development" task to optimize production processes reduce energy consumption and

greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of enterprises. Meanwhile the Company strengthens collaborative innovation with domestic and overseas partners to promote the application of clean technology in the industry reduces

greenhouse gas emissions in the manufacturing process of electronic components to further reduce the carbon footprint in global operations and value chains and creates more high-quality sustainable products for the whole society.The Company has always paid great attention to the research development and application of clean technology and continues to promote the research and practice of clean technology in the entire process of product development procurement manufacturing and

quality in order to reduce energy consumption during the product life cycle as well as greenhouse gas emissions improve the environmental performance of products and minimize negative impacts on the environment.Adhering to the principles of sustainable and ecological design we optimize material selection and

R&D product design to improve product sustainability. We promote the use of recycled materials and design

Innovation products that are easy to disassemble to minimize the environmental impact of the products’ entire

life cycle.Driven

* For details please refer to the chapter “Leading scientific and technological innovation”

We strictly follow green supply chain management select more environmentally friendly and safer

Procurement materials and continue to improve products’ environmental standards. We work closely with suppliers to

Green Supply promote higher environmental standards throughout the supply chain.Chain

* For details please refer to the chapter “Green Supply Chain”

We develop and apply green production processes to promote the transformation of the manufacturing

Manufacture process towards cleanliness automation and intelligence. We invest in clean energy advanced

Low-Carbon production equipment and technology to reduce resource consumption and waste generation improving

production efficiency and product quality.Technology

* For details please refer to the chapter “Optimizing Use of Resource”

Based on the chemical laboratory accredited by ISO/IEC 17025 and the self-developed SRM

Quality environmental collaboration system we monitor the environmental performance of green materials

Environment components and final products in real time to ensure that products comply with environmental

regulations and clients' clean and low-carbon needs.Monitoring

* For details please refer to the chapter “Quality First”

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Clean Technology Practices and Achievements

The Company adheres to customer-oriented values continues to provide green and low-carbon products and solutions to make breakthroughs in the fields of clean energy use energy-saving and low-carbon technology development recycled material application and

product lightweighting and broadens the field of clean technology research and development to explore potential market opportunities.Clean Technology Category Practice Description

Plastic Packaging Reduction The plastic reduction ratio of packaging materials for some parts and complete products reached 35.7% reducing the use of plastics.This year

Renewable Resource A project uses PCR (post-consumer recycled) materials in four colors: black white blue and purple. The weight of structural materials PCR

Technology accounts for 50%

Obtained 52 patents related to clean technology

A product shares similar materials or supplier standard materials reducing new mold openings and fixtures as well as resource

Low-Carbon Product Design

consumption. Targets to invest more than RMB 100 million in clean technology in

2025

We encouraged customers to use raw materials containing recycled aluminum switching from 6/7 series aluminum alloys to K series. After

Raw Material Recycling

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Craftsmanship

Opening Links to

the World

Goertek is committed to "To be a Great Company" upholding the spirit of

"Excellence Proactivity Pragmatic Innovation." We continuously improve

our products and services focus on employee growth promote sustainable

supply chain development actively fulfill social responsibilities and

consistently create value for all stakeholders.Related United Nations Sustainable Development Goals（SDGs）

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Quality First

Goertek Inc. regards quality as the cornerstone of corporate development and has formulated the quality policy: Quality Is Lifeline adhere to a customer-oriented approach based on the ISO 9000 quality management system focus on process management comply with

procedural rules and engage in continuous improvement across all personnel to provide clients with exceptional products and services.As of the end of 2024 the Company has obtained certifications for a number of international and industry-related quality management systems including the ISO 9001 Quality Management System the IATF 16949 Automotive Industry Quality Management System the ISO

13485 Medical Device Quality Management System the ANSI/ESD S20.20 Electrostatic Discharge Protection Management System the IECQ QC 080000 Hazardous Substances Process Management System the IEC 61340-5-1 General Requirements for Electrostatic

Protection of Electronic Devices and the ISO/IEC 17025 Laboratory Accreditation System.Product Quality Management

The company regularly reviews and strictly complies with product safety-related The Company has specified product quality requirements in terms of research and development quality engineering quality material quality manufacturing quality and basic

laws regulations and standards in all global markets where its products are sold quality.including the Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China and the Code of

Federal Regulations in the United States to ensure compliance with local

requirements. The Company has established internal systems such as the Product R&D Quality

Quality Standard Development Process the Product Regulatory Compliance Control

Process and the Process Quality Control Process. It has also set up a product In the process of project development through product design and development and testing and verification to ensure that the product appearance hardware/software

certification standard database to manage and timely update changes in laws function/performance/reliability/laws and regulations to meet the customer's requirements to achieve zero-defect product design and manufacturability.regulations and standards ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of information to

meet external market and regulatory requirements. This ensures that every aspect

of product design and manufacturing strictly follows established quality standards. Engineering Quality

In the process of project development reliable solutions for achieving mass production are ensured through robust process development adequate process validation

and comprehensive line acceptance.Quality Management Requirements

The Company has established a comprehensive quality management process

system including policy regulations such as the Basic Law of Quality Management Material Quality

which sets specific quality management requirements for all employees across The quality stability and consistency of the entire life cycle of the material is guaranteed throughout the entire lifecycle via reliable material design robust supplier control

various business segments such as research and development engineering and precise incoming material control.materials and manufacturing. These requirements cover multiple aspects including

the quality management system management review organizational management

and performance management. The Company is committed to continuously Manufacturing Quality

improving the First Pass Yield (FPY) practicing a "0PPM" (Zero Parts Per Million)

defect rate in the market and achieving a zero customer complaint target for major Implement production process controls in accordance with process documentation and quality control plans control the variation of the production factors to ensure the

product quality issues thereby continuously driving the Company's excellence in continuity and stability of product production and provide products that meet client requirements.quality management.Basic Quality

To support the improvement of R&D quality engineering quality material quality and manufacturing quality the Company pursues “Do It Right The First Time” and

continuous improvement in terms of quality culture construction quality system construction quality process and digitalization construction quality index management

and analysis quality process evaluation personnel quality capacity building and continuous improvement achieving both efficiency and effectiveness.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Process Quality Control

The Company has formulated internal quality management processes and systems such as the Process Quality Control

Procedures to implement refined and systematic quality control throughout the manufacturing process to ensure that each link Product Product Prototype Engineering Design Pilot-Design run/Process Mass

meets the quality standards. The following control measures are adopted by the Company to ensure product quality: Demand Project Development Verification Verification Verification Production & Evaluation Approval (Proto) Test (EVT) Test (DVT) Verification Test (PVT) Improvement

First-Article AOI Prior to the product assembly and enclosure closure stage AOI technology is employed to automatically

Automated inspect critical risk points affecting product functionality such as screw fastening and B2B (Board-to- Compliance Product Mass

Inspection Board) connector engagements. Certification Compliance Mass First Order Standard Compliance Product Production

Scheme Design Production Safety

Requirements Design Certification Safety

Development Requirements Determination Compliance

Identification Import Complian

Appearance

Compliance After the product is assembled an appearance compliance check is performed to ensure that the product

Check appearance is free of defects and meets the design requirements.Compliance

Compliance

Test

Design Test Design Change Evaluation

Requirements

Comprehensive Verification

Product Carry out comprehensive product function tests on the finished products to ensure that the product

Confirmation

Function Test specifications and performance meet the requirements.Battery Safety Management Process

For non-conforming items identified during inspection or testing engineering and technical personnel

Defective conduct analyses to confirm the causes of anomalies and develop corrective and preventive measures.Product Subsequently quality management personnel are responsible for following up on the implementation of Establishment Establish the Company's material standard library especially for batteries and other key components to

Analysis and these improvement measures to ensure that the issues are effectively resolved thereby forming a closed- of material clarify its safety norms and management requirements to ensure that all materials are in line with the

Follow-up loop management system. standard library established safety standards before storage.Define battery In the product design stage the certification team needs to determine the safety specification

The Company continuously carries out the investigation of nonconforming products in the process of production and operation requirements requirements of the battery and strictly screen the materials to ensure that the selected materials can

standardizes the process of controlling nonconforming products in the production process by formulating Nonconforming Products meet these safety requirements to protect the safety of the product from the source.Handling Process and Process Quality Control Process and immediately activates the emergency response mechanism for the

identified nonconforming products and organizes a professional team to review and analyze the situation of the nonconforming Product

products and take effective measures for correction and improvement. validation and Product design verification and product certification through a series of rigorous testing standards to

certification ensure that the battery can work stably and safely in practical applications to meet the established

testing performance and safety indicators.Safety Compliance Incoming Battery Sampling of incoming battery materials paying special attention to the safety specification part to ensure

that each batch of batteries are in line with the design requirements to avoid potential safety hazards

The Company's Quality Management Headquarters has established a dedicated Product Certification Department responsible for Materials caused by material problems.product safety and compliance management. This department comprising a professional product certification team and a Sampling

manufacturing safety compliance team coordinates and plans related work across various fields such as research and Real-time

development procurement manufacturing quality and processes. They assess the safety and compliance requirements of monitoring of In the production process automated and visual inspection means are utilized to monitor the use of

product design and manufacturing processes integrate these requirements into product research and development as well as production batteries in real time to ensure that batteries are installed and used correctly and safely and to reduce

manufacturing process management and confirm compliance during the design and manufacturing stages to ensure that the process safety problems caused by human error.Company's project products meet safety and compliance requirements.The Company has established a product safety and compliance management system that covers the entire product life cycle and Unscheduled Conduct occasional sampling and safety specification tests on batteries to ensure that the batteries can

has formulated the Regulatory Compliance Control Process. Safety and compliance management measures have been integrated Random still maintain their safety performance during long-term use and timely detection and treatment of Inspection

into relevant processes such as research and development design and manufacturing management. potential safety hazards.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Service Quality Management

Goertek Inc. insists on the service concept of “Customer Focus Quality First” and all staff members adhere to the principle that “quality is the bottom line of all work” focusing on listening to understanding and responding to customers' needs and aiming to provide

excellent service that exceeds customers' expectations.Customer Communication

To enhance employees' customer-oriented service awareness the Company has launched a This year to continuously improve customer satisfaction the Company has carried out the following special projects in line with its commitment to continuous

customer-oriented implementation transformation project. This initiative encourages each business improvement:

group to actively learn about customer culture and characteristics and to organize summarize

and internalize the mindset and behavioral norms that should be possessed during service delivery.The Company also conducts internal empowerment training to improve the service capabilities of

customer-facing personnel and to increase customer satisfaction. Additionally the Company

encourages each business group to proactively identify areas for improvement in customer Customer Satisfaction Management Optimization Initiative

communication and to develop measures for continuous improvement and enhancement of service

quality. The Company has established the Customer Feedback Management Process to achieve

full-process refined management of customer feedback from collection and analysis to the * Full-Chain Review: Conduct a detailed review of the entire customer satisfaction process including scoring criteria calculation logic and business

formulation and implementation of monitoring and improvement plans in order to continuously alignment to identify areas for further optimization.enhance customer satisfaction. * Implementation Plan Development: Develop specific implementation plans and solutions for the identified optimization areas to ensure that the

* For customer feedback and opinions related to product quality the Company has established optimization measures are effectively implemented.the Product Quality Complaint Handling Process. After receiving customer information from the * Feedback Collection and Improvement: When collecting customer feedback delve into the root causes behind the feedback to develop more

market the Company forms an 8D team in response to customer complaints analyzes the detailed measures. Ensure that customers are satisfied with the implementation results of the improvement actions. Actively address customer

causes of the problem and its leakage develops corresponding improvement measures and requests and promote successful improvement cases within the Company such as sharing through internal service accounts.conducts spot checks on the implementation of these measures to ensure that issues are quickly

and effectively resolved. * Cultural Manual: Continuously increase the training efforts on the cultural manual internally to reinforce a customer-oriented culture and ensure that

all employees understand and practice the customer-centric service philosophy.* For customer requests for returns exchanges and repairs the Company has established the * Marketing Process Compliance Verification: Conduct in-depth internal communication and promotion of the customer satisfaction management

Customer Return and Exchange Handling Process to systematically manage the accounting of process focusing on customer satisfaction and customer feedback. Continuously strengthen the improvement and closed-loop management of

returned goods and the identification of defects as well as repair processing. By real-time customer feedback.monitoring of the delivery commitment fulfillment rate for returns and exchanges return rate

and defect data the Company ensures that returns and exchanges are completed according to

customer requirements and provides support for the identification analysis and improvement of

quality risks.Customer Satisfaction Survey

This year the Company has updated and improved systems such as the Customer Satisfaction Survey and Analysis Management Process clarifying the channels for obtaining customer satisfaction information the analysis process and the application scenarios. This

enables the Company to quickly identify weaknesses in internal management and operations and to drive continuous improvement thereby creating the greatest value for customers.The Company's Customer Management Center initiates at least one customer satisfaction survey annually covering five major areas: quality cost delivery service and R&D. This comprehensive and multi-faceted approach collects genuine customer feedback. This year

the Company actively listened to customer ideas and opinions conducting a total of 199 customer satisfaction surveys. For three consecutive years the customer satisfaction scores have exceeded the set targets.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Quality Culture Construction

Goertek Inc. has always adhered to the philosophy that “Quality Is Lifeline” deeply engaged in manufacturing industry and driven

by the original aspiration to create world-class products. With the Basic Law of Quality Management as the core the Company

has built a unique quality culture system which includes quality philosophies process management requirements and key details Promotion of Cultural Philosophy Featured Cultural Activities

of quality operations and conducted quality culture construction activities to strengthen the Company's quality culture atmosphere

and enhance employees' awareness of pursuing high-quality development. * Basic Law of Quality Management * Quality Contest

The Company actively carries out a variety of quality culture activities including visual promotion of quality culture offline events * Quality culture visualization atmosphere creation * Quality culture street activities

quality competitions and improvement case contests to create a quality atmosphere in which all employees participate.Meanwhile the Company has organized employees in China and Vietnam to study the Basic Law of Quality Management with a * Quality field group building

total of more than 75000 participants. The Company has established the quality "Five Ones" code of conduct including writing

personal quality insights participating in internal and external quality audits teaching quality courses leading quality reviews or

self-reflection and communicating with customers about quality continuously promoting the transformation of quality awareness

into concrete practice. As of the end of 2024 the Company has completed a total of 108034 quality behavior practices effectively

integrating quality culture into daily work.This year the Company participated in the 10th National Corporate Case Competition organized by the

China Quality Club. The project " Innovative Technology Sharing of Anti-Error Anti-Omission and Anti-

300received the Quality "Five Ones" Practice Award Mixing in Packaging" won the Second Prize in the QCC Quality Improvement Session and the project "G

Project PCB CNC + CCD (Vision Guidance)" received the "First Prize in the Lean Production Session."

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Leading scientific and technological innovation

Innovative Process Management

Goertek Inc. adheres to the strategy of innovation-driven development and always adheres to the development concept of “standard-led innovation-driven”. Through The Company attaches importance to R&D innovation and actively responds to

continuous increase in scientific research investment expanding the scale of R&D team accurately identifying various types of innovation scenarios and customizing efficient market changes. Through continuous optimization of the innovation management

processes Goertek Inc. has been able to comprehensively support and empower innovative R&D business and effectively maintain and enhance the Company's core process system the Company accurately identifies diversified innovation demand

competitiveness. scenarios comprehensively considers the ethics of science and technology and

customizes highly efficient innovation processes which comprehensively supports

and empowers innovative R&D business and maintains the core competitiveness of

Innovation Management System the Company.The Company continues to increase the development of new technologies products

The Company continuously improves its innovation management system and is committed to promoting the standardization synergization and process of enterprise technology and processes and build a team of high-end technical talents. During the year the

innovation research. The Company has set up a technology committee which is composed of the Company's R&D backbone and technical experts. At the same time the Company achieved the following results:

Company identifies and cultivates experts in high-precision fields through internal evaluation and training mechanisms effectively integrates and shares expert resources and

provides solid support for the enhancement of the Company's technological innovation capability. The Company has set up the Science and Technology Innovation Award the

Innovation Excellence Award and the Innovation New Talent Award to recognize outstanding projects and talents in the fields of strategy technology and market.Appraisal Mechanism Specialized training Technical exchanges

The Technology Committee has established a Empower the technology research and Through the establishment of cross-

performance appraisal mechanism combining development team and enhance the related departmental and cross-specialty exchange and

KPIs and key tasks using the appraisal as a personnel's awareness of scientific and seminar mechanisms and the strengthening of

handhold for improving the effectiveness of technological innovation and technology exchanges and learning with external exchanges

scientific and technological innovation and development capability. it opens up new ideas for technicians in product

The Company’s R&D spending was RMB 4.57billion

promoting the healthy and orderly operation of R&D promotes in-depth planning of

each technical sub-committee to continuously technological R&D and facilitates the effective

produce scientific and technological promotion of scientific and technological representing 4.53% of the operating income

innovation results. achievements.Won the China Patent Excellence Award issued

The Company has built a globalized R&D system with R&D centers in Weifang Qingdao Beijing Shanghai Nanjing Xi'an Shenzhen and other domestic cities as well as in the by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)

United States Denmark Japan South Korea and other countries and through the establishment of national R&D platforms and the strengthening of upstream and downstream

cooperation the Company has continued to improve the Company's scientific research and innovation capabilities enhance the Company's leadership in the field of technology

research and development and further promote the industry's innovative development.The Company leads the development of the domestic industry and has led the The Company has established joint R&D centers joint laboratories and other

establishment of 14 provincial-level and above R&D platforms including the innovation platforms with globally renowned universities research institutes and

National Virtual Reality Innovation Center (Qingdao) the Technology Innovation upstream and downstream industry partners.Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for Common Virtual Reality

Technology and the National Engineering Laboratory for Virtual

Reality/Augmented Reality Technology and Applications.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Technical standardization

Goertek Inc. has accumulated a series of advanced management experience and technological achievements through

independent innovation and industrial cooperation. It continues to deepen the construction of the enterprise technology

standardization management system promote the formulation of industry technical standards and help the sustainable

development of related industry fields.Enterprise technical standards

Through the establishment of a perfect standardization management system the Company continuously strengthens thestandardization awareness of all staff members and achieves a comprehensive improvement from “attaching importance tostandards” to “practicing standards”. The Company implements the strategy of intelligent manufacturing standardization and

carries the concept of standardization through the whole process of product development and manufacturing resource allocation

and builds an intelligent manufacturing enterprise standard system with testing process and automation technology as the core

by continuously optimizing the process and collaborating in the allocation of resources.Development of industry technical standards

The Company always adheres to the innovation-driven development strategy and is committed to the construction and innovation

of industry technical standards focusing on the technical fields of virtual/augmented reality wireless audio acoustics and

intelligent manufacturing. By the end of 2024 the Company has led and participated in the formulation of 70 important technical

standards including 5 international standards 25 national standards 10 industry standards and 30 group standards focusing on

the general specifications technical requirements and test methods for complete equipment and key components which has

transformed the Company's technological innovations into industry standards and promoted the innovation and improvement of

technical standards in the field of consumer electronics.This year Goertek Inc. participated in the new release:

National Standard Industry Standard

GB/T 44220-2024 2024-0907T-SJ

Interfaces for virtual reality devices Positioning devices An Objective Evaluation Method for Virtual Reality

Audio Quality

GB/T 44465-2024

Specification for virtual/augmented reality content

production process

GB/T 44218-2024

Measurement methods for micro-speakers

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Technology Industry Synergy Technology and Humanistic Care

Goertek Inc. has established close strategic partnerships with industry leaders and organizations upstream and downstream of The Company has always adhered to the mission of “technology creates health and beauty” and is committed to integrating

the industry chain. Through continuous strengthening of industry cooperation collaborative development and integration of “warm” technology into the Company's products to meet the needs of consumers while providing comfort and convenience to the

cutting-edge software and hardware technologies and rich product resources from various parties we have achieved win-win public in their daily lives.situation in the industry and promoted the sustainable development of science and technology innovation.The Company continues to deepen the cooperation and exchange with top domestic and foreign universities and research

institutions in terms of joint technology research and development major scientific and technological projects high-level talent Technology Serving Human Comfort

construction etc. with Tsinghua University and other more than 20 well-known universities think tanks and industry partners to

The Company is committed to user-friendly innovative design integrating aesthetics functionality and comfort to create

carry out industry-university-research cooperation.outstanding experiences for users worldwide. This year Goertek's products have been honored with two international design

awards:

iF Design Award 2024 Germany IDEA Design Awards 2024 USA

Flexible VR Glasses won the German iF Design Award The Company's self-developed and designed XR

for the first time for its innovative design and user (Extended Reality) device wearing comfort detection

experience. The Company's Flexible VR Glasses product system and other four industrial design works in the

focuses on solving the pain point of bulky and field of XR won the 2024 IDEA Design Award for the

inconvenient to carry VR glasses and reduces the first time in the United States for its innovative design

space occupied by the product by 40% by adopting the and friendly user experience.foldable design realized by the pivot. At the same time This series of products meets the needs of users in

users can directly flip the front island (the main part) to different scenarios by building a one-stop XR solution

interact with the real environment which improves the effectively improves the comfort of the products and

convenience of the product and reduces the pressure provides consumers with the ultimate auditory and

on the face and eyes caused by wearing the front visual experience.island for a long time. In addition the product designs

and supplements the front island with a front mask air

duct which drives air circulation reduces the surface

temperature of the mask and realizes a good heat

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Promoting Talent Development

Goertek Inc. attaches great importance to talents and regards them as one of the core competitiveness of the Company. The Company adheres to the concept of "Talent First Attracting and Nurturing First-class Making the Best Use of Talent and Growing Together"

and continuously optimizes and improves the talent management system around the protection of employee rights and interests welfare personal development and occupational health and safety. Meanwhile the Company is committed to actively creating a

diversified fair inclusive respectful and safe working environment aiming to enable each employee to give full play to their potential and achieve common growth of individuals and the Company.Employee Rights

The Company complies with laws and regulations such as the Labor Law of the People's Republic of China the Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China the Law of the People's Republic of To ensure the implementation of the Company's labor

China on the Protection of Minors the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China and the Special management system the Company achieves

Provisions on Labor Protection for Female Employees. In accordance with international standards such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Protection of Human comprehensive supervision of issues related to employee

Rights the Company has established internal systems including the Regulations on the Prohibition of Child Labor the Regulations on the Protection of Female and Minor Employees the Regulations on

the Prohibition of Forced Labor and the Attendance and Leave Management Regulations to implement human rights protection measures and is committed to safeguarding the rights and interests of its rights through internal audits customer audits and external

employees. third-party audits (such as RBA).Theme Commitment Policy Management Measures Internal audit

By establishing human resource management systems the Company ensures the standardization

and transparency of employee management. Through training public notice and promotional

Prohibition of The Company commits to not employing any Regulations on the Prohibition of Forced activities the Company ensures that every employee clearly understands the requirements of the In accordance with laws and regulations customer

Forced Labor form of forced or involuntary labor. Labor entire process from application to resignation. Particularly in the resignation process employees requirements and industry standards the Company

are able to freely and conveniently handle their resignation procedures within a reasonable notice conducts regular inspections and random checks on

period. the implementation of the Company's labor system

The Company adopts a six-step method for checking child labor. In addition to visual inspection from time to time.Minor Employees The Company commits to not employing Regulations on the Prohibition of Child Labor technical verification methods are added to ensure the authenticity and validity of employee

child labor. identification preventing the accidental employment of child labor. The Company also formulates

remedial measures for child labor and implements its obligations for child protection.The Company commits to ensuring that

The Company sets clear weekly/monthly working hour standards and red lines for consecutive

Working Hours employees' working hours comply with local Customer AuditAttendance and Leave Management attendance. It regularly informs employees of their attendance status and establishes a system of legal regulations and all overtime is

accountability for managers in cases of unreasonable overtime.voluntary on the part of employees. Regulations

The Company clarifies the composition of employee salaries and the rules for calculation ensuring The Company responds positively to audits of the

The Company commits to ensuring that that employees are able to enjoy benefits and holidays in accordance with the law and receive Company's labor management system conducted by

Wages and

Benefits employees are entitled to wages and benefits fair lawful and reasonable remuneration and benefits. The Company also regularly conducts customers and provides timely feedback and

in accordance with the law. Compensation Management System external salary benchmarking and continues to adjust salaries to ensure that employees' communication of audit findings.compensation remains relatively competitive.Anti- The Company commits to treating all By strengthening training and communication through various channels the Company informs

discrimination employees fairly and justly without

Anti-harassment employees and managers of relevant disciplinary policies and procedures to prevent inhumane discriminating against employees on the Anti-discrimination Anti-harassment and

and Humane behavior. It standardizes and strictly enforces a reward and punishment system and provides basis of religion race gender political

Treatment Anti-abuse Management Regulations accessible channels for reporting and appeals. External Third-Party Auditviews region skin color or other factors.The Company respects the rights of all

The Company regularly conducts the election of employee representatives to encourage broad

Freedom of employees to voluntarily form and join labor The Company engages an external third-party employee participation and ensure the selection of representative staff members. The Company

Association unions engage in collective bargaining and organization to conduct systematic audits in

and hold periodic employee representative conferences to discuss and make decisions on significant negotiations and participate in peaceful Freedom of Association and Collective accordance with international industry standards to

Collective issues such as the Company's development plans production and operations and employee assemblies. It also respects the right of

Bargaining Bargaining Management System benefits fully promoting democratic management. Additionally the Company actively organize promote the continuous improvement of the employees to refrain from participating in

various labor union activities to enrich employees' leisure lives. Company’s labor management.such activities.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Talent Attraction and Retention

Goertek Inc. actively attracts outstanding talents from diverse backgrounds and fields and always adheres to the people-oriented philosophy. The Company provides employees with a variety of compensation and welfare guarantees as well as smooth communication

channels. It cares about employees' work and life needs values their opinions and continuously enhances their sense of belonging and happiness.Employee Recruitment

The Company carries out recruitment work with the principles of fairness and justice. It has established systems such as the Recruitment Management System and the Social Recruitment Implementation Management Rules which standardize various aspects of the

recruitment process including recruitment principles needs plans talent acquisition interviews hiring and recruitment channel management to ensure fairness and professionalism. The Company's recruitment principles are as follows:

Principle of equality Principle of

Principle of fairness Principle of merit Principle of personnel Principle of law-

voluntariness and confidentiality of

and impartiality based admission avoidance principle abiding principle

consensus information Yonyou

Public release of Selection of excellent The existence of Do not employ child Candidates shall be Strictly protect the

recruitment talents matching the relatives friends labor or arrange recruited and placed personal information 2024 Campus Recruitment

information. positions and strictly classmates alumni minor workers to in positions based on of the applicants and Excellence Practice Award

prohibit fraudulent fellow countrymen and engage in labor their own wishes and comply with the

Any form of practices. other relationships operations prohibited by mutual agreement Company's payroll

discrimination is should be avoided. by laws and and forced labor is confidentiality system.strictly prohibited. regulations. prohibited.Employees

recommending the Do not use forced

above relationships or debt-bonded or Liepin

special relationships contractually bound

with the Company's employees or 2024 Shandong Extraordinary

business must be involuntary employees. Employer Award

reported in advance.The Company attaches great importance to talent supply planning and strategy regularly evaluates market trends business needs and talent flow and continues to attract a

wide range of outstanding talents through various talent recruitment channels including joint school-enterprise talent training programs social recruitment campus recruitment Zhaopin.com

employee recommendation internal talent selection and hiring.For campus talent cultivation the company continues to deepen the integration of industry and education has established the Goertek Craftsmanship Training Center China Best Employer Award 2024

collaborating with 16 vocational colleges and 6 undergraduate universities. By the end of 2024 for the rapid development of the new generation information technology industry China Best Employers in Qingdao

over 4000 skilled vocational talents and over 200 undergraduate engineering and technical talents have been cultivated with currently over 1300 people under training.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Employee Remuneration

The Company has formulated internal systems such as the Remuneration Management System and the Employee Welfare Manual to build and continuously improve the remuneration and welfare management system and to supervise and guide the standardized

operation of the remuneration and welfare systems of its subsidiaries. Meanwhile subsidiaries have formulated differentiated remuneration and benefit policies according to their respective operating sites to meet the individual needs of local employees and further

enhance employee experience.The Company has formulated a compensation and incentive system with a complete structure sharing focusing on differences and protection and highlighting the characteristics of benefits and has gradually improved the incentive mechanism oriented to high

performance and high incentives prioritizing the allocation of resources to talents with excellent performance and key position groups and continuously improving the competitiveness of the compensation of high-contribution and high-potential employees.The Company's performance appraisal system which covers all employees at home and abroad continuously optimizes the internal performance appraisal system and the continuously optimized salary distribution mechanism ensures that salary distribution is closely

linked to individual and team performance creating a high-performance culture. The Company breaks down strategic objectives organizational objectives and individual objectives into layers forming a closed-loop process from performance objective setting

performance implementation and coaching performance evaluation and performance feedback. At the same time the Company adopts a data-driven performance evaluation mechanism to objectively evaluate the performance of employees and sets up a multi-round

communication mechanism to guarantee the fairness of the assessment.Long-term

The Company implements employee shareholding and option incentive plans for core business backbones and through the innovation of equity incentive mechanism conducts assessment based on the assessment indexes or work performance set

incentive at each assessment stage and continuously improves the formation of a well-balanced value distribution system so that the core staff can continue to share the growth of the Company's value.mechanism

Specialized

For key positions and talents supporting the development of the Company's strategic new business the Company has implemented special salary adjustment strategies to realize precise talent attraction and retention. The Company continues to

incentive raise the salary level of fresh graduates and implements the “Talent Retention Award” incentive program for high-potential talents and the “Moat (Talent Retention)” incentive program for core engineers to protect the talent pool.mechanism

During the year based on the Company's digital transformation needs and the identification of digital transformation positions and employee groups the Company formulated a competitive compensation system and continued to maintain its

attractiveness by conducting internal compensation analysis and external benchmarking of compensation levels in the same industry and for the same positions. The Company has set up monthly and quarterly performance appraisals for the

performance measurement cycle of operational employees first-line managers and technicians and added new digital assessment points to create a digital performance pilot for the Company.Employee Long-Term Incentive Program

The Company has set up an equity incentive plan for employees and long-term incentives have become one of the most important means to attract retain and motivate employees so as to realize the common development of the enterprise and employees.During the year the Company's long-term incentive plans that are still in existence including the “Home No.6” Employee Stock Ownership Plan “Home No.7” Employee Stock Ownership Plan 2021 Stock Option Incentive Plan 2022 Stock Option Incentive Plan and 2023Stock Option Incentive Plan” covering more than 6000 persons in total.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Employee Welfare

The Company has set up a diversified welfare system characterized by home culture and is committed to enhancing employees' sense of belonging and happiness. The Company provides diversified welfare programs for all employees covering eight categories:

comfortable living caring education joyful entertainment heartfelt exclusivity intimate life happy vacation peace of mind medical care and warm care and continuously organizes creative and temperature coexisting welfare activities to comprehensively multi-level

and three-dimensional protect employees’ welfare.* The world is a better place because of love * Home love and care This year

Mid-Autumn Reunion Gift + Chinese New Year Gift Free Apartment Accommodation Quality

Marriage/Childbirth Gift Money/ Goertek Community Inclusive Home

The Company organized and carried out a total of 10

Retirement/Hospitalization Anniversary Expatriate Purchase Policy Employee Home Purchase Company-level cultural and sports activities

Family Visit Subsidy

with more than 90000 times of employee

participants

Warm Care Comfortable

Living

* Embrace health relax the * Goertek education educate The Company set up 18 interest clubs in response to

mind together for good

the needs of employees and carried out

Employee/Family Physical Priority Enrollment + Discounts for

Examination EAP Counseling Peace of mind Caring Employee's Children Summer 120 interest club activities in a variety of forms with

Medical Center Acupuncture and medical Care Education Vacation Care Special Courses

Physical Therapy Eight Categories more than 50000 times of employee

of Benefits participation

50+ Benefit Sub-

programs

* Summer vacation is a Set up 4 specific care measures for marriage childbirth

treasure it's good for our * Be spontaneous have fun

well-being Happy Joyful hospitalization and retirement

Vacation Entertainment Goertek Spring Festival Gala Collective

Paid annual vacation Flexible Wedding Mid-Autumn Gathering New

working hours Expatriate Vacation Delving into the daily lives of employees and showing meticulous Year's Gifts Day Photography soccer

Warm Vacation Reminders badminton running team calligraphy care the Company has distributed welfare benefits amounting to

clubs over

Intimate Heartfelt RMB 3 million

Life Exclusivity

* Enjoy life feel the joy * Special offers for Goertek members

By the end of 2024 the company has met the diversified

Park Shuttle Bus/Customized Bus/Intercity Cinema/Gas station/Car group purchase

Shuttle Bus Goertek Cafeteria Ecological Discounts on watches bracelets headphones housing needs of more than 2000 employees

Fruits and Vegetables stereos and other electronic products

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Basic welfare rights and interests

New Year's Joyful Festival Jia·Yuan Mid-Autumn Festival Street

The Company strictly follows the national laws and regulations and the relevant

policies of the local government to protect the welfare rights and interests of

all employees: In 2024 the Company launched the Lunar New Year shopping event in which The 7th Jia·Yuan Mid-Autumn Festival Street event carries out the Company's

Weifang Qingdao Rongcheng and Dongguan factories jointly organized the “Together” cultural concept in depth aiming to carry forward the traditional

Chinese New Year bazaar non-heritage handicrafts and parent-child Chinese festival culture and integrate it with an international perspective and

interactions with a total of 15000 employees and their families participating contribute to the construction of a happy factory. The event brought a full

in the event. By setting up food bazaars fun games and presenting “Fu” range of sensory enjoyment to more than 18000 employees and their

The Company ensures that both domestic and foreign

Chinese New Year couplets the activities relied on traditional Chinese New relatives through cultural performances cultural and creative bazaar

Social employees participate in a comprehensive social insurance Year customs and aimed to create a warm workplace atmosphere enhance interactive experience of science and technology parent-child games and

system including pension health insurance work injury

Insurance the fun of family sharing and improve the sense of belonging and cultural gourmet street etc. The atmosphere at the site was warm and cozy.insurance unemployment insurance and maternity

identity of employees.insurance.Housing The Company contributes to the housing fund for

employees in accordance with national and local

Fund regulations and policies.All employees are entitled to local statutory holidays

marriage leave childcare leave nursing parent leave work

Diversified injury leave paid annual leave and sick leave. The Club

Company strictly protects all kinds of legal rights and 新年喜Ca“rn柿iva”l -汇 Fluorescent Night Running Interest ClubsVacation

Arrangement interests and treatment of female workers and provides

prenatal check-up leave maternity leave breastfeeding In May 2024 the first Goretek Sports Club Carnival was officially launched In order to enrich the spare time life of the staff the Company has set up three

leave etc. for female workers. with “Running Together on Fluorescent Nights” as the first activity which major categories of 18 interest clubs which provide a broad space for learning

kicked off in the Zhuo River Scenic Spot. The event attracted more than 700 and communication and a stage for displaying individual and team styles.participants including honorary leaders from various associations

department heads employee representatives chairmen of branch labor * Sports: Basketball soccer

Diversified The Company promotes diversified vacations and flexible badminton table tennis cycling unions and many running enthusiasts. The activity aimed to promote a

Vacation and working systems and establishes a variety of special

running swimming and other clubs

healthy lifestyle and enhance team cohesion and jointly create a positive

holidays such as paid welfare leave expatriate family encourage employees to actively

Flexible corporate culture.leave paid hourly leave and paid leave for specially exercise and enjoy the fun of sports.Working System recruited talents to help employees balance work and life. * Hobbies and interests: painting and

calligraphy travel reading chorus

yoga and other clubs to meet the

diversified interests of employees

Diversified Cultural Activities and promote spiritual and cultural

cultivation.During traditional festivals and anniversaries the Company has carefully planned * Support: Creative Arts Wing Pioneer

and successfully held 10 home cultural activities including New Year's Joyful Festival New Media matchmaker and other

Mid-Autumn Festival Street Fluorescent Night Running Talent Competition etc. clubs provide a platform for

which add color and vitality to the life of employees. employees to improve their skills

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Employee Family Care

The Company is committed to enhancing employees' sense of belonging and happiness by establishing a dating platform for young talents organizing family visit tours providing childcare benefits and free medical checkups which have attracted the active participation

of many employees and their families and jointly created a warm and harmonious working atmosphere.Youth Dating Lighting up the Light of Employees' Happiness Custodianship service care for employees' children

The Company jointly set up Weifang Young Talent Dating Union with external organizations and regularly carried out youth The Company attaches importance to the issue of family education of the employees effectively implements the work of

dating activities. In 2024 the Company carried out 13 special activities with more than 600 participants reaching nearly 50 caring for employees' children. In the current year the Company provided hosting service for 101 employees' children

pairs of dating intentions and 11 pairs of marriage certificates which helped the young employees to broaden the scope of effectively alleviating the problem of unattended employees' children during vacation.dating and assisted in the retention of young talents.Affinity connection building a happy home for employees Health Action Free Physical Examination Benefits Employees and Their Families

From July to August 2024 the Company organized two family visit tours for the families of employees in Vietnam inviting The Company attaches importance to the physical health of employees and their families and provides free medical

nearly 100 parents and children of employees to enter the Vietnam Factory visit the enterprise environment and experience checkups free re-examinations and interpretation of medical reports for new and current employees and their families so

the exotic atmosphere in close proximity which further brought employees their families and the Company closer and as to safeguard employees' body and mind and help them embrace a healthy life in high-quality work.enhanced the welfare experience of the expatriate employees and their families.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Leisure and Entertainment Activities

The Company is committed to letting employees have fun in high level work and enriching their lives with sports reading science and technology and art activities.Leisure facilities advocating a healthy and beautiful lifestyle Starry Night School Creating a Vibrant Social Circle for Employees

The Company has carefully planned and equipped various recreational facilities in each park including fitness equipment This year the Company launched the pioneering “Starry Night School” program which elaborately designed 12 diversified

badminton courts table tennis courts yoga studios libraries and spiritual harbors which provide employees with diversified courses covering vocal music dance fitness and beauty fashion etc. It attracted the enthusiastic participation of 600

ways to relax. employees which greatly enriched the spare time life of the employees cultivated a wide range of diverse interests and

promoted the comprehensive improvement of the overall quality of the individual.In the outdoor area the Company has also planned with great care to provide a green soccer field a dynamic basketball

court a circular running track and a comprehensive physical training area to satisfy the sports needs of employees in

all aspects.With a total area of more than 17000 square meters the Company has created a pleasant working environment where

employees can enjoy their leisure time after work and achieve a perfect work-life balance.Scholarly Goertek Building a Learning Organization Together

This year the Company and Weifang Library joined hands to create Goertek Library aiming to create a strong reading culture

for all employees stimulate their intrinsic motivation to learn and comprehensively improve their cultural and artistic cultivation

and build a learning organization with a library collection of more than 22000 books. In order to enhance the reading

experience the Company regularly organizes colorful reading activities aiming at deepening employees' understanding and

application of knowledge through interaction and communication and promoting knowledge dissemination.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Employee Communication

The Company attaches great importance to and firmly protects the legitimate rights and interests of all employees including participation in labor union activities freedom of The Company emphasizes employees' evaluation of their work and carries out

association equal consultation and the conclusion of collective agreements etc. and creates an open inclusive and transparent communication platform. annual employee satisfaction research through online questionnaires focusing on

aspects closely related to employees such as food clothing housing transportation

In promoting employee communication the Company has adopted diversified measures to ensure the smooth flow of information. We have established a three-tier feedback working environment and employee activities. The Company listens carefully to the

mechanism as channels for employees to voice their grievances so that each employee's opinions and suggestions can reach the management quickly and effectively suggestions and opinions of the employees and according to the collected

enhancing communication efficiency and employee participation. feedback sets up a special improvement team to carry out targeted analysis and

improvement. At the same time the Company incorporates the results of problem

The Company has set up a standardized internal complaint handling system and an internal monitoring organization which implements strict confidentiality and protection improvement into the performance appraisal of the relevant departments and

measures for employees who have lodged complaints or grievances and resolutely opposes any form of retaliation. The internal monitoring team will uphold the principle of continuously tracks and investigates the handling of problems to ensure that they

objectivity and fairness conduct an in-depth assessment of employee feedback and grasp the actual situation through visits and surveys employee seminars and other means are solved.to effectively help employees to solve the problems they face.At the same time the Company carries out research on organizational capability

The Company has set up a variety of communication channels and informed employees through various means advocating a proactive equal and mutually respectful and invites all employees to evaluate the strategy and organizational management

communication atmosphere. During the year the closure rate of employee feedback issues was 100%. related content and their own work experience by issuing a questionnaire with a

dual perspective of organizational capability and dedication reflecting the overall

health and effectiveness of the organization.Vietnam Factory Cultural Construction and Transformation Program

* Company-level mailbox: the Company intranet home page set up mailbox plate employees can make suggestions for valuable comments or

suggestions will be given certain rewards or be reproduced and published. This year the Company carried out the Vietnam Factory Cultural Construction

Feedback and Transformation Project to summarize and precipitate the experience of

channels * Hotline channel: the Company has set up a service hotline with dedicated personnel to answer the calls. multinational culture integration and promote the construction of culture in the

Vietnam Factory. Through 138 in-depth interviews and over 4000

* On-site feedback: the Company set up a workshop feedback hotline suggestion box management personnel contact card etc. questionnaires the program identified over 40 explicit and implicit cultural

distinctions between Chinese and Vietnamese practicesand identified the key

issues for improvement.* Developed the “Cross-cultural Communication and Management” course

organized seminars and established 14 actionable task lists and 13

Approach * The feedback process is clarified in the training materials for new employees at the onboarding stage. standardized behavioral guidelines for cross-cultural management.to inform

* * Collaborated with clients on a joint cross-cultural training initiative Regularly push the feedback channel through the manuscript publicity of the official account.feedback resulting in 7 employees earning cross-cultural management certifications.channels * The workshop prominently posted the feedback channel guide plate * Established cross-cultural management SOPs and formed the “Cross-cultural Management Handbook” to guide cadres to enhance localization

management competencies among personnel.In accordance with the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China the Constitution of the Chinese Trade Union

and other systems and statutes the Company has continued to improve the democratic management system centered

on the Employee Congress and signed Goertek Inc. Collective Contracts and Wage Collective Negotiation Agreements

to effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the employees and better promote the development of the

enterprise. According to the three-year collective contract agreement (2023.7-2026.7) the Company implements the

mechanism for safeguarding employees' rights and interests through diversified communication channels.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Talent Development

Based on the concept of talent planning supply retention

and development Goertek Inc. carries out diversified job Direct Employees Promotion Pathway

settings builds a scientific and fair talent development

management system and helps employees realize self-

development.Employee Promotion Technician Promotion Front-line Management Management Pathway

A fair and transparent promotion system is the basis for the Pathway Growth Pathway

common development of the enterprise and talents. The

Company continues to optimize the promotion system

develops differentiated development strategies for Senior Management

employees of different levels and departments and ensures

open fair and equitable promotion.The Company adopts a job classification system and builds Mid-level Management

“management + technical” career development channels to Chief Technician

provide employees with diversified development paths

covering key business lines such as management

technology research and development system engineers Specialist Technician Basic level

project management and other cross-fields ensuring that ManagementTechnical Pathway Technical Pathway

each employee has a clear and transparent career

development blueprint. Functional Pathway Senior Technician Five star Functional Pathway

At the same time the Company has formulated a clear

career development path and growth system for direct Technician Four star

employees and encourages employees to realize their

personal career growth through continuous learning and

Three star

skill enhancement. Senior Worker

The Company has established a comprehensive

performance appraisal system which focuses on hard skills Mid-level Worker Two star

soft qualities and personal qualities in addition to basic

qualifications and performance appraisal with the aim of

Junior Worker One starobjectively evaluating the performance of employees. The

Company attaches great importance to the feedback of

employees on the results of performance appraisal. Front-line workers

Supervisors communicate with employees after the

performance appraisal listen to their opinions and

feedback and counsel them to achieve personal growth.For outstanding employees the Company provides annual

promotion opportunities to promote the professional growth

of employees through a series of links such as promotion

nomination qualification review employee presentation

result approval and employee communication.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Employee Cultivation

Goertek Inc. regards talents as the Company's core strategic resources and lists “employee development” as one of the Company's core values. It has formed a perfect human resources training and development system and is committed to creating a first-class platform

for talent training and development as well as self-growth of employees.Precise Evaluation 精Ta准len评t M估atching

Through regular inventory of employees' ability potential character and experience we accurately identify personal Establish a diversified recruitment channel including external hiring and open competition for all employees emphasizing

qualities achieve dynamic matching of people and jobs optimize the internal talent allocation of the organization and the orientation of actual job requirements and combining internal and external resources to quickly respond to the talent

proactively match employees with the most suitable positions and development opportunities. gap in business development.Regular inventory to identify employee

characteristics and match jobs Competitions for open positions

External

assignment

Ability Temporary requirements

Current Cadre Potential Reserve Cadre

secondment Reserve

requirements Talents

Inventory Character Inventory

Experience New project Daily job

Staff

Staff looking

vacancies voluntaryElite talents job to switchReserve Expert entry

Goertek Wings vacanciesInventory Positions

Inventory Looking for staffs

All-staff annual

inventory Two-way Position Demand Choice Internal Staff

Staffs looking

for positions

Free rotation

The company designs cross-field rotation paths such as R&D and manufacturing marketing and procurement rotation to promote the accumulation of employees' experience in multiple business lines. Design the rotation mechanism of key business segments

strengthen the synergy between function and market and accelerate the comprehensive ability of talents.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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The Company and business groups work together to coordinate and manage the development of training plans for each business group and supervise the development of

training set targets for evaluation of training satisfaction ensure the orderly development of training and continue to cultivate high-quality talents for the business.By the end of 2024

Deepening the

integration of The Company closely integrates major strategic projects and management priorities with talent training to ensure that the direction of talent The Company has developed more than 2300 courses

strategic business training is consistent with the Company's strategy.for all employees covering management professional technical

and talent training cultural and general courses.Building a The Company has built a comprehensive talent training foundation system centered on cultural values new employees professionalism

diversified talent leadership and skilled personnel to help employees receive appropriate support and training at different stages.training system Reserve a team of more than 2700 lecturers.Built learning resources under various job qualifications which

are applicable to the training needs of people and support

various training activities.Culture Leadership

Training Training

System System

Technical For technical and frontline managers

Talent New Employee

Training Training System

System The Company has developed a total of 18530

courseware.Front-line Specialized

Worker Training Employee Talent Training

System System

Development

Developed 646500 test questions covering general

cultural and professional courses.GPS Training Learning Map

System Training

System

Elite Talent

Training

System

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Continuously iterating the training model for new employees recruited from schools helping new employees Improvement of degrees and vocational skills empowering staff growth

integrate and grow

The “Goertek Wings” is the fresh talent that The Company actively encourages all employees to

supports the company's long-term improve their degrees and vocational skills. The

development in the future. After more than Company has established close cooperation with

a decade of accumulation and iteration Shandong University Qufu Normal University and

the systematic and targeted cultivation other universities to provide employees with a variety

and development system has basically of channels for degree upgrading customized

matured. learning courses and tuition fee concessions for

enrolled employees. In 2024 the Company's

In 2024 the Company launched equivalent master's degree cooperation programcentralized training for new “Goertek cumulative total of more than 40 students.Wings” covering diverse contents such as

theoretical lectures development activities

and frontline practice providing a good

foundation for new employees to adapt to

and integrate into the Company change

their roles understand the culture and

quickly get on the job.Iterative Upgrade of Digital Transformation Continuously Helping GPS Talent Cultivation Establishment of Goertek Craftsmanship Training Center School-Enterprise Collaboration in Educational Training

Along with the advancement of the In 2024 the Company actively promoted the

Company's GPS strategy GPS Academy integration of industry and education. It developed

builds a “rocket model” for GPS talent two new cooperative institutions and collaborated

cultivation based on the intelligent with Weifang Vocational College and Shandong

manufacturing system adopts a Vocational College of Science and Technology to

obtain approval for two projects under the "First

hierarchical and classified cultivation Batch of National Vocational Education On-site

model to guarantee the continuous output Engineer Special Training Program." It also

of talent cultivation and support the established a new characteristic industry college with

Company's digital transformation. Shandong Chemical Engineering Vocational College

and initiated the construction of an Excellent Engineer

GPS Academy focuses on the training of College with Qufu Normal University.digital talents and plans and carries out

programs such as data analyst and AI Students trained in this model have a strong

application engineer. In order to improve willingness to work are proficient in technical skills

the digitalization and leaning ability of all and show positive confidence which has been highly

recognized by the employing departments. They

employees GPS Academy plans and have truly achieved the goal of "employment

carries out learning programs for all immediately after graduation and competence

employees. GPS Academy planned the immediately after taking up the post."

first Data Analyst Competition in which

more than 100 teams took the initiative to Meanwhile the Company paid attention to the

participate creating a trend of data- training of skilled talents in Vietnam and added three

training models for engineers: "local pre-training -

driven management learning. short-term training between China and Vietnam -

long-term training between China and Vietnam" and

established the Ban·Mo College for technicians.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Employee Honors

The Company values talent and has established a multi-level honor system with its own characteristics covering four aspects: innovative breakthrough strategic contribution employee development and cultural heritage. It affirms and recognizes the efforts made by

employees and their achievements.To reward teams and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the annual business value the Company holds the "Goertek Innovation and Kaizen Conference" every May to select and recognize innovation and continuous improvement awards. The “GoerAwards" is selected and presented every August to September to recognize cultural heritage awards. This year the Company has added awards for quality project management and market categories to strengthen the leading and driving role of market project

management and quality in achieving the Company's strategic management goals. This year the Company has selected and recognized 8 "Role Model Teams" and 90 "Role Model Individuals."

Strengthening Innovation Leadership

Innovation Honors

Highlight the leading role of technological and product innovation in the Company's future development while also

Kaizen Honors

Innovative reinforcing continuous improvement and emphasizing the importance of making steady progress through small

Breakthrough incremental steps. Encourage employees to identify opportunities for improvement in their daily work.Strategic Outstanding Value Contribution Excellence in Contribution Goertek Star

Contribution Leading in making significant value contributions to the achievement of the Company's strategic and Excellence in Quality Control Manager Star

operational goals quality improvement manufacturing optimization and other areas.Excellence in Marketing Development Rising Star

Excellence in Quality Control Craftsman Star

High Performance and Strong Growth

Excellence in Client Relations

* Tilt towards high-growth and high-potential employees to exert the power of role models.Employee Development

* Expand the coverage of awards to exert the traction of honors. Excellence in Project Management

Strong cultural identity practice and influence

* Regaining the excellent gene of initiative and pragmatism and setting up cultural

Cultural Heritage benchmarks Goer Awards

* Motivate employees to make extraordinary performance in ordinary positions

At the same time the Company is committed to all-round enhancement of staff's sense of honor strengthen the sense of honor ceremony and change honor from pure “information transfer” to a profound “emotional imprint”. The Company elaborately creates exclusive

immersive recognition activities and carries out honor penetration ceremonies through online and offline channels and carries out honor throughout the ceremonial activities and daily work scenes including setting up exclusive parking spaces for awardees and sending

honorary glad tidings to the relatives of the awardees etc.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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“REFRESH—The Power of Role Model-Goertek 2025 Annual Party” Pomegranate Music Festival--Goer Awards & Zhong Qin (Devotion & Diligence) Recognition

In January 2025 the Company held “REFRESH - Role Model Power - Goertek 2025 Annual Party” in Weifang Grand Theater This year the Company integrated the devotion and diligence recognition with the Goer Award recognition strengthened

which honored the teams and individuals with outstanding performance in the past year summarized the work in 2024 and the spirit of leading the development of the Company in the new era and reshaped the spiritual connotation of the Goer

looked forward to the future development. It also summarized the work in 2024 and looked forward to the future Award - entrepreneurs pursuing excellence and pioneering with passion doers doing things pragmatically with continuous

development. The annual meeting was held in the form of “main venue + live video + online graphic broadcast” which improvement and co-venturer being altruistic in sincerity with win-win situation for mutual benefit. The Company held the

conveyed the Company's guidance and role model power to all employees and had more than 28000 viewers in total. Pomegranate Music Festival for the first time using a sense of ceremony to inject respect and recognition for the Goer

Awards integrating resources to enhance the value of the Goer Awards and the sense of achievement of the awardees and

paying tribute to the Goer Awards winners.During the year more than 1000 employees were honored for 10 years and 20 years of Zhong Qin and each department

continued to carry out activities to commemorate employees' one-year three-year and five-year of service to pass on the

spirit of Zhong Qin.The Third Company-level Skill Competition “Passing on Craftsman Culture Casting Goertek Craftsmen”

To facilitate the implementation of the Company's GPS upgrade and respond to the call for innovation from all employees

the Company promoted the spirits of model workers and craftsmen through competitive events encouraging technicians to

respect and enhance their skills. This year the Company organized the third "Passing on Craftsman Culture Casting Goertek

Craftsmen" Skill Competition. The event featured seven major competition items in two categories: regular and challenge

events with nearly 3000 technical personnel participating.At the same time the Company's employees have received a number of external honorary awards for their performance

covering areas such as professional skills technological innovation and leadership.This year

Won 3 national talent honors Won 5 provincial talent honors Won 77municipal and

district-level talent honors

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Employee Health and Safety

Goertek Inc. adheres to the safety management philosophy of "Safety First Life First Prevention and Full Participation"

continuously improving management systems and enhancing employees' safety awareness and capabilities with a commitment

to creating a healthy and safe working environment.Goertek Inc. was awarded the Weifang 2024 “Outstanding Group for the City's Internal Security andDefense Work”.Occupational Safety Weifang Goertek Electronics Co. Ltd. was awarded the Weifang 2024 “Outstanding Group for the City'sInternal Security and Defense Work”.The Company strictly complies with relevant laws and regulations such as the Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases and the Fire Protection Law of Weifang Goertek Electronics Co. Ltd. was honored as “Advanced Enterprise in Work Safety” in Weifang

the People's Republic of China. It has established standards and procedural documents such as the Environmental and Comprehensive Free Trade Zone for the year of 2024.Occupational Health and Safety Management Manual as well as management documents including the Safety Responsibility

System Management Regulations the Hazard Identification and Risk Management Process the Hidden Danger Investigation and Rongcheng Goertek Technology Co. Ltd. was honored as “Advanced Unit in Fire Fighting Work” in Weihai

Management System the Safety Visualization Management Regulations the High-Risk Work Management Regulations the City for the year 2024.Emergency Management Regulations the Fire Management Regulations the Equipment Safety Management Regulations and

the Safety Education and Training Management Regulations. The Company continuously optimizes its management system with Rongcheng Goertek Technology Co. Ltd. was awarded “Provincial Healthy Enterprise” in Shandong

the goal of protecting employees' safety and health safeguarding business achievements and supporting the Company's long- Province in 2024.term development striving to create a healthy and safe working environment. This year the Company has had 0 cases of

occupational diseases.The Company continues to improve its occupational health and safety management system and work safety responsibility system.It has established a Safety Management Committee to oversee safety management with five subgroups focusing on safety and

environmental protection public security production equipment special and power equipment and hygiene and epidemic

prevention. Additionally safety leadership groups are set up in each business group and functional department and safety

management sub-committees are established in each subsidiary and platform.The Company has established a life cycle hidden danger management mechanism strictly following the Hidden Danger

Investigation and Management System. In 2024 more than 7000 hidden danger investigations were conducted at various levels.Through a three-dimensional risk identification system of "equipment inspection + process evaluation + employee feedback" the

Company closely monitors high-risk scenarios such as chemical leaks electrical fires and mechanical injuries establishing a

three-tier risk matrix for high medium and low risks and implementing differentiated control strategies.The Company vigorously promotes the optimization of equipment safety management incorporating a safety review mechanism

into the entire equipment management process shifting the focus of safety management to the early stages. Risks are identified

and control measures are established during the initial introduction phase to prevent risks from entering the production stage

thereby enhancing the inherent safety of equipment.The Weifang Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam factories have all obtained the ISO 45001

Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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The Company introduces innovative application of intelligent technology to enhance the essential safety in the work of hidden Emergency Response Mechanism and Handling

danger investigation and accident prevention.The Company has established a series of systems including the EHS Accident Management System and the Accident Analysis and

Investigation Report Guidelines which clarify the reporting procedures investigation processes and handling measures for

accidents and meanwhile implement the environmental health and safety (EHS) management responsibilities of managers at all

levels. In the event of an accident the department where the accident occurred must report it immediately. The Safety Committee

AI Monitor PPE compliance personnel violations and electronic fence overruns in real time deploy will report to the local government authorities within the stipulated time frame based on the severity of the accident and is

Behavioral intelligent temperature control alarm devices in the AGV charging area and install AI monitoring and responsible for organizing the establishment of an accident investigation team ultimately issuing an accident investigation and

Monitoring equipment interlocks in some of the large-scale manipulator areas to capture personnel entering handling report.System

hazardous areas and issue timely commands to them to stop the equipment from operating Safety Accidents Handling Procedure

Intelligent

Forklift Install acoustic and visual alarms outline lights and AI collision avoidance system and implement the Business Company Safety Government

Retrofit dual verification mechanism of “face recognition activation + seat belt detection” Group/Business Unit Management Regulatory

where accidents Committee Agencies

occurred

Accident Occurred

Hidden

Danger

Investigation Through the Hidden Danger Investigation and Rectification Tracking System ensure that safety hazards Affected Report to government and Accident level regulatory agencies

Rectification are rectified in a timely manner and the rectification closed-loop rate is increased to 100%

department report

in system evaluation depending on

Tracking accident level

System

Minor accident General and above accident

Establish accident Establish accident

investigation team investigation team

Equipment Visual AI self-monitoring self-alarming self-interlocking and self-protection technologies applied to

Safety equipment safety protection realizing the transformation from “employee risk avoidance” to “automaticIntelligence equipment identification and protection” mode

Submit accident

investigation

analysis report

Digital

Management Real-time monitoring through the digital platform to visualize safety management data Minor accident General and above accident

Platform

Deliver accident Deliver accident

investigation investigation

handling advice handling advice

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Safety Culture Construction Safety Training

The Company actively promotes the construction of safety culture and continuously organizes a series of safety activities. The Company is well aware of the importance of safety training and requires all departments to conduct regular production safety

training to popularize production safety knowledge enhance the quality of employees' safety skills and cultivate their sensitivity to

hidden safety hazards and risks. The Company has carried out special safety training for different groups of people aiming to

comprehensively enhance the safety awareness and preventive capabilities of employees.All-Staff Safety Knowledge Quiz: The Company organized a safety knowledge competition with

the theme of “Everyone Speaks of Safety Everyone Knows How to Respond to Emergencies” which

was carried out simultaneously online and offline with more than 10000 people participating in the Professional All-Staff Management Front-line Staff New Staff Production Safety

quiz online and nearly 2500 people participating in the offline parks which consolidated the Personnel

safety knowledge of the employees and at the same time created a strong safety culture

atmosphere. The quiz activity consolidated employees' safety knowledge and created a strong

culture of safety atmosphere at the same time. Conduct monthly Conduct security Develop Provide education Invite external

training on safety leadership training professional on safety knowledge equipment safety

topics including for mid-level and competence in to help them quickly experts to conduct

traffic safety senior management safety operations to integrate into the training in the

chemical safety so that they can fully master safety Company's safety Division explaining

occupational health consider security operation skills and culture. the key points of

Firefighting Competition: The Company held the 7th Volunteer Fire Brigade Skills Competition in and labor protection factors during the improve the on-site equipment safety

which 25 teams from various business groups in Weifang participated in the competition with a special equipment decision-making safety management and protection in

total of more than 100 people. The competition subjects included firefighting with fire extinguishers safety fire safety stage. level. terms of risk

obstacles and crossing the fire scene which were closer to the actual combat enhancing and food safety etc. classification

employees' fire safety awareness and skills. protective measures

safety interlocks and

electronic control

logic. The Company

conducts internal

transfer training to

improve the safety

Public Security Publicity into the Factory Activities : the Company jointly organized legal education skills and awareness

publicity activities with external organizations to promote the prevention of telecommunication of safety

fraud the rejection of pornography gambling and drugs and the protection of one's own rights professionals.and interests in emergencies and other topics and through daily broadcasting video and other

publicity methods to deepen the impression of the staff and enhance the awareness of law and

order and security.

119 Fire Safety Month Roadshow Publicity Activity: The Company organized 119 Fire Safety Month

Roadshow Publicity Activity with the theme of “Fire Prevention for All Life First” in each park set up

fire safety publicity area and fire equipment display area for employees to visit and learn and

popularized fire prevention fire escape primary fire and fire safety awareness through on-the-

Cumulative volunteer firefighters training of more than 24000 participants

spot explanations demonstrations presentations and so on. Through on-site explanation

demonstration and presentation the Company popularized the fire prevention fire escape fire by the end of 2024

extinguishing and other scenes of fire knowledge and improved the staff's awareness of fire safety.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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“EHS50” Professional Training Course to Cultivate Safety Management Elites The “first lesson” training at the start of work

From August to December 2024 the Company continuously conducted the “EHS50” professional training course for safety The Company organizes the “first lesson” training every year organizes all the staff to watch the safety

management professionals to further cultivate high-potential talents in safety management and enhance the comprehensive propaganda and education film and explains the typical accident cases in detail so as to educate and mobilize

ability of safety management personnel of business groups and subsidiaries. The course covers safety awareness and all the staff to effectively overcome the laxity enhance the safety awareness and quickly enter into the work

methods EHS management system occupational health fire safety laws and regulations and equipment safety. The state and to prevent all kinds of production and safety accidents from occurring.workshop combines practical cases and analysis to guide the participants to think deeply and realize the change from “keepme safe” to “I want to be safe I can be safe” and to build up a strong safety defense.Security System Informatization Construction Safety Experience Hall

The Company has built a safety command center data system integrating security fire fighting public order and EHS This year the Company built the first safety experience hall integrating knowledge transfer practical experience and

management data to anticipate resolve and track safety developments through system linkage. The Company has introduced interactive communication. The experience hall has 8 experience areas including safety culture display area mechanical

a global intelligent fire protection system and installed more than 120 sets of fire water monitoring devices and 20 sets of injury electrical safety safety protection hidden danger investigation fire linkage alarm local ventilation simulation and

electrical fire monitoring devices in its subsidiaries in many places to monitor real-time water pressure liquid level and the main safety marking signboard area with more than 20 types of somatosensory equipment as well as various types of safety

factors of electrical fires and set up more than 200 patrol points to ensure fire safety. At the same time more than 60 fire warning markers covering common types of risks in the Company. Through simulation of various kinds of imitation scenarios

mainframe collectors were installed to realize the networked management of fire alarm information. During the year the and interactive experience the hall helps the staffs to better master the basic self-protection skills and improve the Safety

Company also strengthened security patrol control by analyzing data from previous years adjusting patrol efforts to enhance Awareness. At present new employees in the Company are trained through the safety experience before they start their work.the safety of key areas and introduced a new type of law-enforcement recorder to improve disposal efficiency.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Occupational Health "Heartfelt Joy" EAP Program

The Company values the occupational health and safety of its employees proactively identifies and effectively controls The Company places great importance on the mental health of its employees. To this end the Company has actively

occupational hazards and focuses on preventive measures. It has established processes and documents such as the Occupational introduced an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) collaborating with a leading domestic third-party EAP professional

Health Management System and the Labor Protective Equipment Management System to ensure the safety and health of organization to jointly build a comprehensive and systematic mental health support platform. The platform offers a wide

employees during work operations. range of services including training corporate health managers implementing crisis prevention and intervention measures

providing professional psychological counseling conducting psychological assessments disseminating mental health

knowledge and offering psychological themed courses. In 2024 the EAP program saw 227 employee consultations and 4

mental health themed activities with a total participation of 33000 person-times.Occupational diseases: 0 cases

Occupational health administrative penalties: 0 cases

* Graded Management of Occupational Hazard Positions: Regularly monitor and assess the working environment to ensure it

meets occupational health standards. For positions with occupational hazards the Company implements clear graded

management formulates and enforces control measures for occupational hazards based on risk levels and continuously

improves these measures.* Measures to Reduce Occupational Hazards: Actively reduce and minimize occupational hazards through substitution isolation

ventilation and automation. For example in the injection molding workshop vacuum noise generators have been replaced

with vacuum noise reduction equipment and magnetic circuit material feeding protection nets have been replaced with noise

reduction protection covers to lower noise levels and reduce the number of people exposed to hazards.* Management of Positions and Workers: Annually identify positions with occupational hazards and update the List of Positions

for Occupational Health Examinations based on the findings. Timely optimize and adjust protective measures to ensure the

occupational health and safety of employees. Strictly enforce pre-employment on-the-job and post-employment health

examination systems for employees in hazardous positions and inform employees of their examination results. Additionally

establish and dynamically update employee occupational health surveillance files to ensure comprehensive and up-to-date

management of occupational health.* Protective Equipment Management: Based on the Regulations for the Management of Labor Protective Equipment by

Employers and the Company's graded results for hazardous positions formulate standards for the provision of personal

protective equipment to ensure that employees are provided with appropriate protective items such as dust masks earplugs

safety goggles and protective clothing. Regularly organize training and education to ensure employees correctly use personal

protective equipment. Include the use of personal protective equipment in routine inspections and regularly conduct special

inspections. Also set up occupational disease prevention facilities and emergency rescue facilities to further safeguard

employee health and safety.* Employee Awareness Training: Regularly provide all employees with training on occupational health and safety to enhance

their safety awareness and skills ensuring they can correctly implement safety measures. Conduct specific operational skills

training based on the characteristics of different positions to ensure employees can correctly use equipment and tools. Teach

employees how to properly respond in emergencies including fire chemical spill and first aid procedures. Train employees on

the correct use and maintenance of personal protective equipment such as dust masks earplugs safety goggles and

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Sustainable Supply Chain

Goertek Inc. always adheres to the supply chain management concept of “Agile Resilience Win-Win Collaboration Transparency and Professional Leadership”. By integrating ESG principles into every link of our supply chain we are committed to building a transparent

green fair and responsible supply chain system. Through green procurement and close collaboration with partners we consistently respond to challenges while sharing development opportunities. With the spirit of win-win cooperation we will inject enduring vitality into

our supply chain promote the harmonious unity of economic value environmental justice and social welfare and work together to move towards a sustainable future.Supply Chain Management

The Company has established a series of management systems and procedures including the Supplier Social Responsibility Code

of Conduct the Supplier Annual and Special Audit Process the Supplier Development and Certification Management Process and

the Supplier Performance Evaluation and Application Process. These aim to set high standards for supplier behavior in areas such

as labor rights and environmental responsibility. The Company conducts closed-loop management of suppliers in three stages:

development and access graded management and evaluation and audit.During the reporting period we added provisions for the introduction and approval of temporary suppliers in the Supplier

Development and Certification Management Process. We also required first-tier suppliers to effectively manage their own

suppliers (i.e. second and third-tier suppliers) further perfecting the Company's supplier management system.This year the Company optimized the capability requirements for supplier audit personnel. Based on the Qualification Matrix for

New Supplier Development and Certification Audit Personnel in addition to requirements in business and technical dimensions

clear requirements were set for the relevant experience communication skills and audit qualifications of supplier audit personnel.They are required to participate in professional training and pass exams or obtain International Organization for Standardization

auditor certificates in areas such as quality management social responsibility information security and hazardous substance

management to have the qualifications for new supplier audits and annual audits in the corresponding fields.During the audit process we communicated and promoted Goertek's standards and requirements for supplier management

product quality environmental protection and social responsibility with suppliers in a timely manner. We also required potential

suppliers to sign a series of documents including the Supplier Social Responsibility Commitment Letter the Integrity and

Cleanliness Commitment Letter and the Conflict Minerals Commitment Letter. At the same time it was clarified that suppliers must

obtain at least one certification each in quality management and environmental and social responsibility to be included in the list of Supplier access threshold Baseline investigation of supplier

potential suppliers. Audit of management systeminvestigation capability

Development and Access Evaluation Mainly investigate Mainly investigate suppliers' Audit supplier management

suppliers‘ industry qualifications production equipment testing system including quality system

The Company has established a new supplier development and introduction review mechanism. According to the access financial risks organizational equipment technical process quality process social

standards stipulated in documents such as the Supplier Development and Certification Management Process and the Supplier capabilities technical capabilities capability project management responsibility information security

Annual and Special Audit Process strict qualification reviews are conducted for suppliers. inspection capabilities capability quality control and hazardous substance

management systems and other environmental protection control management etc.basic conditions to support capability.business operations.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Graded Supplier Management Supplier Rights Protection

This year the Company optimized the Supplier Performance Evaluation and Application Process. After new suppliers are The Company places great importance on protecting supplier rights and has no instances of overdue payments to small and

onboarded the Company dynamically manages suppliers through periodic performance evaluations to ensure product quality medium-sized enterprises that have been publicly disclosed by the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System.and supply chain stability. A cross-departmental team is formed to evaluate suppliers' performance across dimensions such as

technology quality responsiveness delivery cost and social responsibility assigning them one of four performance grades: A B

C or D. The Company continuously tracks suppliers' performance requiring them to rectify any identified issues and submit Supplier Empowerment

rectification reports which are then verified either online or on-site.Supplier Grading and Classification Management Process Recognizing that supplier capability is crucial for building a sustainable supply chain the Company engages in various The Company refined the preferentially selecting optionally selecting

communication methods such as one-on-one on-site empowerment quarterly meetings specialized training and supplier

restricting selection or eliminating suppliers based on their performance levels resource alignment and willingness to cooperate.conferences to jointly identify management risks in the cooperation process and explore improvement directions with suppliers

This dynamic management approach differentiates suppliers to maintain an optimal supplier pool.thereby reducing business risks and continuously enhancing the level of cooperation. In October 2024 the Company held a

partners' integrity promotion meeting to advocate the Company's future development direction and policies and called on all

partners to jointly resist corruption. A total of 220 suppliers attended the meeting on-site.Supplier Grading Management Measures

* Prioritize participation in project selection increasing cooperation opportunities.Preferred Supplier Training Theme

* If performance deteriorates review for demotion.* Eligible for project selection.Selectable * Supplier Management Rules Update * Conflict Minerals Management

* Subject to upgrade or demotion based on performance.* SRM System Process Operation * Carbon Emissions and Energy Management

* Limited participation in new projects. * Integrity and Business Ethics * Product Quality Management

Restricted

* Subject to upgrade or demotion based on performance. * Project Information Security Management and * Harmful substances management

Personal Privacy Protection

* Ineligible for new projects with a phase-out plan to exit reduce supply share and * Other related matters involving synergies

Eliminated

eventually terminate cooperation within one year. * CSR Management and EHS Management

Supplier Evaluation and Audit

The Company conducts annual supplier audits and special inspections annually combining online and offline methods. The audit

dimensions are consistent with the entry audit dimensions to regularly verify that qualified suppliers continue to meet compliance

requirements. In 2024 the Company continued to promote the application of the SRM system directly and efficiently connecting

with suppliers through the system to enhance audit work efficiency ensuring records are traceable and verifiable and advancing

the systematization and standardization of supplier annual audits and special inspections.This year the Company optimized the Annual Supplier Audit Personnel Capability Matrix setting higher capability requirements

for those conducting annual supplier Audit Personnel in terms of system management and professional experience.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Responsible Supply Chain

Goertek Inc. actively practices the concept of responsible procurement and adheres to the RBA Code of Conduct committing to building a transparent and fair supply chain cooperation model. The Company has established internal management policies such as the

Supplier Social Responsibility Code of Conduct the Supplier Development and Certification Process and the Supplier Risk Management Process. These policies standardize the rules for supplier cooperation and the process of risk identification and assessment. Through

comprehensive management across the entire process the Company ensures that suppliers comply with internal and external regulatory requirements in terms of quality environment society and business ethics thereby continuously enhancing the stability and security of

the supply chain.Supplier Entry CSR Management

The Company strictly implements supplier access mechanisms such as the Supplier Survey Form the Supplier Development Requirement Form and the Supplier Development and Introduction Qualification Threshold. In accordance with the Supplier Development and

Certification Management Process the Company comprehensively evaluates and examines the environmental and social risks as well as the green environmental management system of both internal and external suppliers through written review and on-site audit. The

Company signs a series of documents with suppliers who meet the access requirements including the Purchase Contract the Confidentiality Agreement the Integrity and Cleanliness Agreement the Social Responsibility Commitment Letter and the Conflict Minerals

Agreement. These actions effectively implement and practice the supply chain management philosophy of "collaborative win-win and transparency" ensuring the stability and sustainability of the supply chain.Employee Rights and Interests Health and Safety Environmental Protection Business Ethics Management System Requirements

* Prohibition of forced labor * Occupational Health and Safety * Environmental Licensing and * Business integrity * Corporate Commitment

Reporting

* Child and minor labor * Emergency Preparedness * No undue advantage * Management accountability and

* Pollution Prevention and Resource responsibility

* Working hours * Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Conservation * Disclosure of information

* Legal and customer requirements

* Wages and benefits * Industrial Hygiene * Harmful substances * Intellectual property rights

* Risk assessment and risk management

* Non-discrimination/non- * Physically demanding work * Solid Waste * Fair dealing advertising and

harassment/humane treatment competition * Improvement objectives

* Machine safety guarding * Exhaust Emissions

* Freedom of association and * Protection of identity and prohibition * Training

collective bargaining * Public Health Food and * Restricted Substances of retaliation

Accommodation * Communication

* Water Management * Responsible sourcing of minerals

* Health and safety communication * Employee/stakeholder involvement

* Energy Consumption and Greenhouse * Privacy and access to remediation

Gas Emissions

* Audits and Assessments

* Corrective Action Process

* Documentation and Records

* Supplier Responsibility

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Supplier CSR Audits

We conduct compliance assessments of the Supplier Social Responsibility Code of

Conduct for domestic and international raw material and auxiliary material

suppliers based on standards and market requirements from international

organizations such as RBA the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Supplier self-assessment On-site Audit Process Rectification Review and validation

International Organization for Standardization (ISO). We also assist suppliers in

making necessary improvements.Based on risk management needs the Company follows the Supplier Annual and

Special Audit Process to develop and implement an annual CSR audit plan. CSR Require new suppliers to Sustainable Supply Suppliers submit and Sustainable supply chain

audits mainly cover five dimensions: employee rights health and safety conduct self-assessment Chain Professionals act on improvement professionals promote the

environmental protection business ethics and management systems. The Company upon admission Facilitate Audits plans final review and verification

requires suppliers to make timely rectifications for issues identified during the audit. of supplier rectification

This year the Company achieved a 100% CSR audit rate for new suppliers and a effectiveness

100% completion rate for the annual CSR audit plan for component and raw

material suppliers.This year Goertek Inc. has implemented online management for relevant audit

processes. By standardizing the entry of supplier information and providing

standardized templates and procedures the Company ensures the accuracy and

completeness of supplier information. At the same time the Company classifies and

grades suppliers implementing targeted audits and corresponding management

measures for different categories of suppliers.The Company's social responsibility audit process follows a closed-loop mechanism

of "supplier self-assessment → on-site audit → process rectification → review and

validation."

* Before conducting access audits for new suppliers the Company requires In 2024 during the CSR audits conducted on suppliers no significant violations were found regarding the prohibition of forced labor child labor compensation and benefits

suppliers to conduct self-assessments and submit the results encouraging them environmental permits hazardous substance management and occupational health and safety.to carry out internal reviews to identify shortcomings and manage them

independently to meet our requirements.* For suppliers with minor non-conformities identified during on-site audits we will

urge them to make rectifications based on the severity of the issues and verify

the effectiveness of the rectifications through final review and validation. Supplier CSR Empowerment

* For suppliers who repeatedly fail to meet the Company's standards for quality The Company values the construction of CSR management capabilities for suppliers in the supply chain striving to empower upstream partners with its own practical experience.delivery price and service in multiple performance evaluations or who violate We encourage suppliers to continuously improve their management levels and performance in labor rights environmental protection health and safety and business ethics

CSR standards such as labor rights environmental protection and business helping them enhance their sustainable development management capabilities. In the future we will strengthen relevant training to help both the Company and its suppliers

ethics we will reduce our procurement share from these suppliers. continuously improve their sustainable development performance.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Green Supply Chain

The Company has formulated supply chain-oriented measures related to carbon emissions environmental compliance and hazardous substance management and strictly complies with the requirements of laws and regulations on green supply chain management

selects more environmentally friendly and safer materials during product design and manufacturing continuously improves the environmental standards of its products and makes every effort to promote the green transformation of its supply chain.Supply Chain Environmental Compliance Management

To promote suppliers' implementation and maintenance of environmental compliance and enhance environmental compliance across the entire supply chain the Company has refined its supplier environmental compliance management system. It identifies common

environmental management risk sources and uses a database to track suppliers' environmental violation records. While supervising the Company and its suppliers to reduce and eliminate environmental management risk sources it also urges and guides suppliers to

establish standardized environmental management systems and regularly optimize them.Supply Chain Carbon Reduction Management

The Company fully recognizes the importance of energy conservation and emission reduction in the supply chain for achieving its carbon reduction goals. Through supplier training and on-site reviews the Company continuously practices and promotes the

realization of carbon emission reduction management in the supply chain. We encourage suppliers to actively participate in carbon verification and energy management empower suppliers to improve their carbon emission management level and earnestly fulfill the

commitment to building a green supply chain.Supply Chain Hazardous Substance Management

As a bridge between suppliers and customers we fully understand that conveying clear raw material management requirements to suppliers is an important prerequisite for providing customers with high-quality and environmentally friendly products. We require

suppliers to adhere to consistent standards and on the basis of their compliance continuously improve their management of hazardous substances and reduce supply chain risks.We continue to refine the environmental management module of the SRM system to systematically manage hazardous substances in the supply chain and support green procurement. The system includes a basic chemical substance database and a database of the

Company's environmental control requirements for various materials standardizing the submission of environmentally friendly materials by suppliers. We use the system to query and trace the material data and compliance status of substances and to implement

preemptive control and develop response strategies for new industry or customer requirements regarding the restriction or prohibition of hazardous substances. At the same time we also promptly share with suppliers the latest relevant laws and regulations industry

trends and customer and Company requirements for the management of hazardous substances to ensure that suppliers understand and comply with these requirements and work with us to ensure the efficient and high-quality delivery of products to customers

and users.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Conflict Minerals Management

Goertek Inc. adopts the basic policy of "prohibiting the use of conflict minerals" promoting continuous improvement and optimization of conflict minerals management in the Routine Compliance Management

supply chain and is committed to providing a solid guarantee for the Company's sustainable development and customer trust. The Company has publicly disclosed the Conflict- The Company has established systems and processes such as the Supplier Conflict

Free Minerals Policy Statement on its official website to avoid contributing directly or indirectly to illegal armed conflicts human rights violations environmental destruction and Minerals Management Process covering dynamic monitoring of conflict minerals

unethical business practices. risk reduction plans and corrective actions. The Company periodically reviews

"The Company does not accept or use gold tantalum tungsten cobalt tin and mica minerals originating from conflict-affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo multiple aspects of suppliers including verifying their industry qualifications

and its neighboring countries or from regions controlled by non-state armed groups or illegal armed groups." ensuring the signing of the Conflict-Free Minerals Commitment and addressing

non-conformities identified by the CMRT (Conflict Minerals Reporting Template)

The Company has incorporated the Conflict-Free Minerals Commitment into its commercial agreements with suppliers to regulate their behavior. It has also established through improvements and corrections. If any non-compliance is detected the

management policies such as the Supply Chain Policy and the Supplier Social Responsibility Code of Conduct requiring suppliers to conduct responsible mineral due diligence on Company will immediately communicate with the supplier requesting a detailed

the minerals used in their products proving that the sources processing and chain of custody of gold tantalum tungsten cobalt tin and other metals in their products meet problem description and corrective action documentation. Meanwhile the supply

regulatory or customer requirements. chain management department collaborates with business management sales

Understanding the importance of supply chain transparency and traceability the Company is gradually building a comprehensive and detailed supply chain traceability system. management and other relevant departments to conduct an in-depth evaluation

This system aims to enhance supply chain transparency while ensuring precise tracking and verification of the sources and flows of minerals used in the supply chain. The and analysis of the issue. Should there be any violation of laws and regulations that

Company requires all component manufacturers to provide compliance information for any conflict metals used in their products and to provide a list of upstream smelters or is not rectified within the stipulated time frame the Company will immediately

refiners (SORs) recognized by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) ensuring that their products do not use any 3TG (Tantalum Tin Tungsten and Gold) metals or minerals terminate its business cooperation with the supplier.that are not recognized. Moreover the Company actively urges suppliers to fulfill their conflict-free minerals

Based on its business structure the Company does not directly purchase raw materials from smelters or refiners. Not all products manufactured by the Company involve 3TG commitment in their daily operations empowering and deepening suppliers'

cobalt mica or other minerals. For products that do involve these minerals the Company can achieve 100% traceability of their country of origin ensuring management awareness of conflict minerals management through relevant supply chain

transparency and traceability. departments. The supply chain management department regularly conducts

training themed on conflict minerals management requiring department personnel

to actively promote the Company's policies and convey downstream customer

demands and requirements to suppliers thereby enhancing communication and

Supply Chain Due Diligence overall performance in conflict minerals management.The Company strictly follows the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas and the RMI due diligence

reporting process. It conducts continuous and in-depth due diligence on the metal raw materials and auxiliary materials involved in its business operations enabling the Company

to clearly understand key information about the sources and chain of custody of conflict minerals. This year

The Company identified suppliers involving 3TG and distributed

1 2 3 the CMRT questionnaire to 100% of them achieving a

100% response rate from suppliers.

Require suppliers to complete CMRTs and EMRTs The list of SORs collected through the CMRT Suppliers that do not obtain RMAP certification For suppliers involving cobalt and mica the Company initiated the

and require SORs from a list of Responsible and EMRT is compared to the RMAP list to and do not complete the corrective action

Minerals Assurance Program (RMAP) certified determine if the SORs have been validated as requirements within a limited period of time will EMRT investigation with a 100% coverage rate and the

SORs identified by RMI. conflict free. the results of the RMAP review are be removed from the supplier pool.reflected in the list of SORs that have been response rate from suppliers was 90.3%.validated by RMI.The percentage of suppliers with all smelters and

In response to situations where it is not possible to understand the source of the raw and auxiliary metal materials used through due diligence the Company has set up dedicated

staff to regularly check the compliance status of smelters determine their country of origin through other forms of investigation and provide the results of the investigation to

refiners having carried out RMAP certification was 92.6%.customers for reference to ensure the transparency of the source of spare parts and components.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Fulfilling Social Responsibility

Goertek Inc. fulfills its social responsibility with all its heart devotes itself to the development of social welfare undertakings and focuses on the theme of “Together” to make efforts in various dimensions such as community public welfare employee volunteering and rural

revitalization and gives full play to the advantages of the Company's organization scientific research and other strengths so as to fully create a social responsibility system with participation of all people and sustainable development. Let the warmth and power of public

welfare and charity spread everywhere in the society and contribute to building a better society.Community Welfare

As a responsible enterprise Goertek Inc. has always insisted on the deep integration of its own values and social values. This year the Company continued to carry out “6·25 Public Welfare Day” scholarships and other public welfare and charitable activities and deeply

participated in national fitness activities such as the Goertek-2024 Weifang Marathon innovated forms enriched the content and actively linked to more social resources to build a platform for the enterprise's employees and the community to carry out and participate in

public welfare and charitable and voluntary activities and to continue to promote the flourishing of community welfare undertakings. Continuously promote the vigorous development of community welfare undertakings. By the end of 2024 the Company had placed more

than 3400 underprivileged people and 200 unemployed people into employment.Guard the Starlight Together “6·25 Public Welfare Day” Takes Care of Special Children Groups The symphony of sports and technology Goertek supports “2024 Weifang Marathon”

In this year's “6·25 Public Welfare Day” Goertek Inc. actively fulfilled its social responsibility and showed its corporate In October 2024 the Goertek-2024 Weifang Marathon started with over 15000 professional marathon runners and

commitment. During the event the Company collected picture books from all employees aiming to send knowledge and enthusiasts participating in the race and Goertek and Weifang once again joined hands to create “Health and Beauty”.warmth to special children groups. At the same time Goertek Inc. once again donated RMB 200000 to the “Goertek CharityFund” of Weifang Charity Federation injecting Goertek's energy into the development of public welfare undertakings. The Following the success of the Goertek-The First Weifang Marathon the Goertek-2024 Weifang Marathon has become a

Company sent VR headset 3D printing pens and other gifts to the children in the auxiliary school to enrich the children's category A1 event certified by the China Association of Athletics Federations (CAAF) and has officially joined the Good Luck

learning life and further promote the deep integration of science and technology with special education. Shandong - Marathon City League platform. For this year's race the Company not only sent out a sincere invitation to more

children from schools in remote areas but also joined hands with the race operator to carry out pre-race training camp

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Volunteer Activities

Goertek Inc. has always been adhering to the concept of

actively fulfilling its social responsibility and has been “Goertek Growth Station” in the West AI Draws a Bright Future

vigorously encouraging its employees to participate in

various volunteer activities. Every year the Company carries In 2024 Goertek Inc. took active steps to build six new “Goertek Growth Stations” so that more schools in townships could have access to more high-quality science and technology education

out volunteer activities such as “Home Cleaning” “Civilization resources. Among them Goertek volunteers supported the western mountainous areas by building three new “Goertek Growth Stations” in Wen County Longnan Gansu Province. By the end ofAdvocacy” “Respecting the Elderly and Helping the Elderly” 2024 the total number of “Goertek Growth Stations” reached 20 benefiting more than 6000 students and teachers.etc. giving full play to its role as an exemplary leader and In order to help enrich the scientific and technological education resources in township schools the Company's volunteers kept up with the cutting edge of science and technology and upgraded

promoting the normalization of volunteer services. At the the special courses such as AI and XR making the contents of the courses lively and interesting. The upgraded science and technology courses stimulated the children's strong interest in science

same time relying on the “China Volunteer Service Network” and technology and some of them showed enthusiasm and potential for exploration.and the internal innovation platform “Goertek CharityPlatform” the Company further promotes the systematic The Company carefully planned and carried out the “First Lesson at the Beginning of the School Year - Walking with AI” return visit activity exchanging AI technology with the children guiding them

and project-oriented operation of public welfare and charity to look forward to the future world of science and technology and stimulating the children's vision of science and technology innovation.and volunteer activities. By the end of 2024 the Company

had built 30 public welfare teams carried out more than 90 The Company invited teachers and students from some of the station to participate in the Goertek-2024 Weifang Marathon campground outdoor development and other study activities which

volunteer services involving more than 1500 people and a enhanced the physical fitness of teachers and students and their teamwork ability and further enriched the high-quality educational resources in remote rural areas.total of 2360 hours of public welfare.In 2024 the Company was awarded the honor of the most

caring enterprise from 2018 to 2023 by Weifang Civil Affairs

Bureau and Weifang Charity Federation and at the same

time it was listed on the Weifang Charity List and ranked at

the top.Rural Revitalization

Goertek Inc. actively responds to the call to consolidate and

expand the results of poverty alleviation and

comprehensively promotes the revitalization of the

countryside and through the enterprise's own influence calls

on employees stakeholders and people from all walks of life

to participate in this topic.Starting from 2019 the Company has continued to pay

attention to the growth of children in rural areas carried out

the “Goertek·We Make It Together Program” and

constructed the “Goertek Growth Station”. The Company has

issued a call to all employees to carry out a variety of public

welfare activities in rural schools with weak educational

resources and to provide children with AI XR and other

special courses centered on cutting-edge technologies in the

field of science and technology. After the completion of the

station the Company insisted on carrying out special returnvisits such as “the first lesson of the school year - walkingwith AI” and continued to invite some teachers and students

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Appendix 1: Key Performance Indicators

Environmental KPIs1

Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit

Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission2 Consumption by type of energy

Total GHG Emission 482085 tCO2e Total direct energy consumption 33904 MWh

Direct GHG emission (Scope 1) 37104 tCO2e Gasoline consumption 243387 Liter

Indirect GHG emission (Scope 2) 444981 tCO2e Diesel consumption 29738 Liter

GHG Emission Intensity per Unit of Business Income 4.78 tCO2e/1 million RMB Natural gas consumption 2858339 Cubic Meter

Total GHG emission reductions 17422 tCO2e Liquefied petroleum gas consumption 234920 Kg

GHG emissions reduced through abatement measures Total Indirect Energy Consumption 874748 MWh

Retrofit equipment 9571 tCO2e Electricity 817803 MWh

Improvement of processes 7851 tCO2e Purchased non-renewable electricity 603817 MWh

GHG emissions reduction (Scope 1) 255 tCO2e Purchased renewable electricity 161172 MWh

GHG emissions (Scope 2) 17167 tCO2e Self-generated renewable electricity 52814 MWh

Energy use3 Steam 29990 Tons

Total Energy Consumption 908652 MWh High temperature water 124848 GJ

Energy consumption intensity per unit of business

9.00 MWh/1 million RMB Total Renewable Energy Consumption 213986 MWhincome

1Unless otherwise specified the statistical scope of environmental data is the Weifang Qingdao Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam factories.

2The statistics cover the Company's factories in Weifang Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam. The statistics are calculated in accordance with the Guidelines on Accounting Methods and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Enterprises in Other Industrial Sectors the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC published by the Intergovernmental

Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Standard of the People's Republic of China the General Principles for Calculation of Comprehensive Energy Consumption (GB/T 2589-2020).

3These statistics cover the Company's factories in Weifang Rongcheng Dongguan and Vietnam. The types of energy consumption include natural gas liquefied petroleum gas diesel fuel gasoline electricity steam and high temperature water. This statistical data is based on the National Standard of the People's Republic of China the General Rules

for Calculating Comprehensive Energy Consumption (GB/T 2589-2020) Gasoline for Motor Vehicle Use (GB 17930-2016) diesel fuel inspection report of the plant in Vietnam and the “Enterprises in Other Sectors of the Industry - Guidelines on Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting Methods and Reporting”.Goertek Inc. 2024 Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) ReportAbout Chairman’s About ESG Responsibility in Cultivating Green Smart Manufacturing Craftsmanship Opening Appendix

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Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit

Air Pollutant Emissions4 Waste Generation

Suspended particles and particulate matter (PM) 0.64 Tons Total Waste Generation 52886 Tons

Sulfur oxides (SOx) 0.15 Tons Hazardous Waste Generation 2196 Tons

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) 1.06 Tons Amount of non-hazardous waste generated 50690 Tons

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) 6.98 Tons Total amount of hazardous waste generated per unit of business

revenue 0.02 Ton/1 million RMB

Water Pollutant Emissions5 Total amount of non-hazardous waste generated per unit of business

revenue 0.50 Ton/1 million RMB

Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3-N) 1.55 Tons Amount of waste recycled 47482 Tons

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 16.65 Tons Consumption of renewable resources 46778 Tons

Total Nitrogen (TN) 6.67 Tons Consumption of renewable resources as a proportion of total

consumption of corresponding resources 88 %

Total phosphorus (TP) 0.001 Tons

Water Withdrawal

Total water withdrawal from all operating sites6 6090052 Tons

4The statistics cover the Company's factories in Weifang Qingdao Rongcheng and Dongguan.

5The statistics cover the Company's factories in Weifang Qingdao Rongcheng and Dongguan.

6The statistics are all from third-party facilities/municipalities.

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Social KPIs

Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit

Employee Employment Employee Rights and Benefits

Total number of employees 81819 Person Total number of employees entitled to parental leave 5293 Person

Employees by gender Number of male employees 3614 Person

Male 50721 Person Number of female employees 1679 Person

Female 31098 Person Total number of employees who actually took parental leave 4292 Person

Employees by Age Group Number of male employees 2858 Person

Under 30 years old 41233 Person Number of female employees 1434 Person

30 to 49 years old 40319 Person Total number of incidents of discrimination 0 Case

50 years old and above 267 Person Health and Safety

Indirect employee turnover rate7 13.32 % Amount invested in employee injury insurance 2397 10000 RMB

Coverage rate of workers' compensation insurance 100 %

Amount invested in employee workplace safety liability insurance 12.58 10000 RMB

Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews

Male 100 %

Female 100 %

7Indirect employee turnover = number of indirect employees lost during the year / (number of indirect employees at the end of the year + number of indirect employees

lost during the year)

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Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit Key KPI Indicators 2024 Unit

Training & Education R&D Innovation

Number of staff training8 2223 Times Amount of R&D investment 4.569 Billion RMB

Training hours per person9 34.45 Hours Amount of R&D investment as a percentage of revenue 4.53 %

Employees by Grade Group Number of R&D employees 12568 Person

Middle and Senior Staff 112462 Hours Ratio of R&D employees 15.36 %

Basic level Employees10 2706143 Hours Number of applications for patents of invention in the reporting period 2236 Patents

Business Ethics Related Training Number of patents granted during the reporting period 1387 Patents

Total hours of business ethics-related training 73179 Hours Number of active patents in the reporting period 17695 Patents

Middle and Senior Level Employees 5947 Hours Supplier Management

Basic level employees 67232 Hours Total number of suppliers with whom the Company has transactions11 1178 Firms

Of which total hours of anti-bribery and anti-corruption related 37560 Hours Domestic 814 Firmstraining

Middle- and high-level employees 3188 Hours Overseas 364 Firms

Basic level employees 34372 Hours Social Welfare

Hours of volunteer activities 561 Hours

8The statistics are the number of offline training

9Training hours per person = (total online training hours + total offline training hours)/total number of employees

10This statistic includes the Basic level managers and non-management staff. 11This statistic is the number of suppliers involved in the purchase amount in the reporting period of 2024

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Appendix 2: GRI Standards Index

Description Goertek Inc. reported the information in the GRI Indicator Index during the reporting period with GRI Standards Disclosure Chapter(s) in the Report

of use reference to the GRI standard.GRI 2 Strategy Policies and Practices

GRI 1 Used GRI 1:Base 2021

2-22 Statement on sustainable development strategy Chairman’s Statement

GRI Standards Disclosure Chapter(s) in the Report 2-23 Policy commitments No major violations

GRI 2 The Organization and Its Reporting Practice 2-25 Processes to remediate negative impacts Stakeholder Communications

2-1 Organizational detail About the Report GRI 2 Stakeholder Engagement

2-2 Entities included in the organization's sustainability About the Report 2-29 Methods of Stakeholder Engagement Stakeholder Communicationsreport

2-30 Collective bargaining agreements Promoting Talent Development

2-3 Reporting period frequency and contact point About the Report

GRI 3 Material Topics

GRI 2 Activities and Worker

3-1 Process for identifying substantive issues Stakeholder Communications

2-6 Activities value chain and other business relationships About the Report 3-2 List of substantive issues Stakeholder Communications

2-7 Employees About the Report

GRI 201 Economic Performance

GRI 2 Governance

201-1 Direct economic value generated and distributed by Goertek Inc. 2024 Annual Report

2-9 Governance structure and composition Corporate Governance the organization

201-2 Financial impact of climate change and other risks

2-10 Nomination and selection of the highest governance Corporate Governance and opportunities

Addressing Climate Change

body

201-3 Obligated defined benefit plans and other retirement 2-11 Chair of the highest governance body Corporate Governance plans Promoting Talent Development

2-12 Role of the highest governance body in overseeing the management of impacts Corporate Governance

GRI 203 Indirect Economic Impacts

203-1 Infrastructure investments and services supported Fulfilling Social Responsibility

2-13 Delegation of responsibility for managing impacts Corporate Governance

GRI 205 Anti-corruption

2-15 Conflicts of interest Stakeholder Communications

205-1 Operational sites where corruption risk assessments 2-16 Communication of key concerns Stakeholder Communications have been conducted Business Ethics

2-17 Corporate governance of the highest governance Corporate Governance 205-2 Communication and training on anti-corruption body policies and procedures Business Ethics Social KPIs

2-18 Performance assessment of the highest governance Promoting Talent Development 205-3 Corruption incidents identified and actions taken Business Ethicsbody

GRI 206 Anti-Competitive Behavior

2-19 Remuneration policies Promoting Talent Development

Legal actions for anti-competitive behavior anti-trust

2-20 Process to determine remuneration Promoting Talent Development 206-1 and monopoly practices Business Ethics

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GRI Standards Disclosure Chapter(s) in the Report GRI Standards Disclosure Chapter(s) in the Report

GRI 302 Energy GRI 401 Employment

302-1 Energy consumption within the organization Environmental KPIs 401-1 New Hire Rates and Employee Turnover Rates Key Performance Indicators

302-3 Energy intensity Environmental KPIs 401-2 Benefits offered to full-time employees (excluding temporary or part-time employees) benefits Promoting Talent Development

302-4 Reduction of energy consumption Optimizing Use of Resource

401-3 Parental leave Promoting Talent Development

302-5 Reductions in energy requirements of products and Optimizing Use of Resource Clean Energy services Exploration GRI 403 Occupational Health and Safety

GRI 303 Water and Effluents

403-1 Occupational Health and Safety Management Employee Health and Safety

303-1 Interactions with water as a shared resource Protecting Ecological Environment System

Hazard identification risk assessment and incident

303-2 Management of water discharge-related impacts Protecting Ecological Environment 403-2 investigation Employee Health and Safety

303-3 Water withdrawal Environmental KPIs 403-3 Occupational Health Services Employee Health and Safety

GRI 304 Biodiversity 403-4 Occupational Health and Safety Services Employee Health and Safety

Operational sites owned leased managed in or 403-5 Worker OHS training Employee Health and Safety

304-1 adjacent to protected areas and areas of high Protecting Ecological Environment

biodiversity value outside protected areas

403-6 Worker health promotion Employee Health and Safety

304-2 Significant impacts of activities products and services on biodiversity Protecting Ecological Environment Prevention and mitigation of

GRI305 Emissions 403-7 OHS impacts directly related to Employee Health and Safetybusiness relationships

305-1 Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions Addressing Climate Change Environmental KPIs 403-8 Workers covered by OHS management systems Social KPIs

305-2 Energy Indirect (Scope 2) GHG Emissions Addressing Climate Change Environmental KPIs 403-9 Work-related injuries Social KPIs

305-4 GHG Emission Intensity Environmental KPIs

403-10 Work-related health issues Employee Health and Safety

305-5 GHG Emission Reductions Addressing Climate Change

GRI 404 Training and Education

305-7 Nitrogen oxides (NOx) sulfur oxides (SOx) and other significant gas emissions Environmental KPIs 404-1 Average number of hours of training per employee per year Social KPIs

GRI 306 Waste

404-2 Employee skills enhancement programs and Promoting Talent Development

306-1 Waste Generation and Significant Impacts Related transition assistance programsto Waste Protecting Ecological Environment

404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular

306-2 Management of Significant Impacts Related to

Promoting Talent Development

Waste Protecting Ecological Environment

performance and career development reviews

GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity

306-3 Waste Generation Environmental KPIs

GRI 308 Supplier Environmental Assessment 405-1 Diversity in Governance Organizations and Employees Corporate Governance

308-1 New suppliers screened using environmental criteria Sustainable Supply Chain GRI 406:Anti-discrimination

308-2 Negative environmental impacts inthe supply chain Sustainable Supply Chain 406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective action taken Employee Rights Sustainable Supply Chainand actions taken

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GRI

Standards Disclosure Chapter(s) in the Report

Appendix 3: Index in accordance with Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s

Self-regulatory Guidelines No.17 for Companies Listed on

GRI 407 Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Rights Shenzhen Stock Exchange – Sustainability Report (For Trial

407-1 Operational Sites and Providers That May Be at Risk Talent Attraction and Retention Implementation)

GRI 408 Child Labor Dimension No. Issue Corresponding Article Chapter(s) in the Report

408-1 Sites of Operation and Suppliers at Risk for Significant

1 Combating Climate Change Articles 21 to 28 Addressing Climate Change

Incidents of Child Labor Employee Rights Sustainable Supply Chain

2 Pollutant Emissions Article 30 Optimizing Use of Resource

GRI 409 Forced or Compulsory Labor

3 Waste treatment Article 31 Optimizing Use of Resource

Sites and suppliers with significant risk

409-1 of incidents of forced or compulsory Employee Rights，Protecting Ecological Environment 4 Ecosystem and Biodiversity Article 32 Protecting Ecological

labor Sustainable Supply Chain Conservation EnvironmentEnvironmental

5 Environmental Compliance Protecting Ecological GRI 413 Local Communities Management Article 33 Environment

Operations with local community involvement 6 Energy Utilization Article 35 Optimizing Use of Resource413-1 impact assessments and development plans Community Welfare

413-2 Operations with actual or potential significant

7 Water Utilization Article 36 Optimizing Use of Resource

negative impacts on local communities Community Welfare Sustainable Supply Chain

8 Circular Economy Article 37 Optimizing Use of Resource

GRI 414 Supplier Social Assessment

9 Rural Revitalization Article 39 Fulfilling Social Responsibility

414-1 New suppliers screened using social criteria Sustainable Supply Chain

10 Social Contribution Article 40 Fulfilling Social

414-2 Negative social impacts of supply chains and actions

Responsibility

taken Sustainable Supply Chain 11 Innovation Drive Article 42 Leading Scientific and Technological Innovation

GRI 416 Customer Health and Safety

12 Science and Technology Ethics Article 43 Leading Scientific and Technological Innovation

416-1 Assessment of health and safety impacts on product and service categories Quality First Social 13 Supply Chain Security Article 45 Sustainable Supply Chain

416-2 Health and safety violations involving products and services No such incident occurred 14 Equal Treatment for SMEs Article 46 Sustainable Supply Chain

GRI 417 Marketing and Labeling 15 Product and Service Security and Quality Article 47 Quality First

417-1 Requirements for product and service information and labeling Intellectual Property Protection 16

Data Security and Customer

Privacy Protection Article 48

Information Security and

Privacy Protection

417-2 Breaches involving product and service information No such incident occurred 17 Employees Article 50

Promoting Talent

and labeling Development

417-3 Breaches involving marketing No such incident occurred 18 Due Diligence Article 52 Sustainable Supply Chain

19 Stakeholder Communication Article 53 ESG Management

GRI 418 Customer Privacy Sustainable development-related

Substantiated complaints related to governance 20 Anti-Bribery & Corruption Article 55 Business Ethics

418-1 invasion of customer privacy and loss Information Security and Privacy Protection

of customer data 21 Anti-Unfair Competition Article 56 Business Ethics

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http://www.goertek.com No.268 DongfangRoad 261031 0536-3055688 goertekcsr.list@goertek.com

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