BenQ Group’s Green Expo has gone a step further, establishing 21 goals for the 2024 COMPUTEX TAIPEI grand event in accordance with ISO 20121 with 15% carbon cut and 21 ESG goals achieved sustainability management systems.
Following the exhibition, all goals were met, and a third-party professional certification was obtained. After obtaining certification for the first time last year, BenQ Group became the only company to successfully renew certification at COMPUTEX.
Large-scale exhibition events in the past have frequently produced a significant amount of disposable waste. BenQ Group planned the Green Expo with the sustainability philosophy of “Together, Make the World Better.” In 2023, a zero-waste exhibition was established; in 2024, it further took on new challenges and innovated, beginning with the source design and successfully achieving a 15% carbon reduction. Following the exhibition, the wood from the venue was donated to campus courses and international educational expos, thereby designating wood as the ambassador for the BenQ Group in promoting the sustainability philosophy.
According to Joe Huang, General Manager of BenQ Group, COMPUTEX is the world’s representative technology event. This year, in addition to bringing together over 20 companies to showcase their AI capabilities, BenQ Group is dedicated to assisting customers with green transformations and demonstrating the effectiveness of sustainability exhibitions. Sustainability is the process of continuous accumulation and correction. It is hoped that by continuing to strive for excellence and laying the groundwork for sustainability actions, partners can work together to build a long-term green value chain.
A further 15% reduction in carbon emissions through the exhibition and spreading the sustainability philosophy through wood donations
In order to achieve the zero-waste goal in exhibition venue design, BenQ Group began with 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) as early as 2023, with a commitment to introducing a low-carbon design. At the 2.0 Green Expo in 2024, in response to plans to assist Taiwanese exhibition businesses in implementing carbon reduction by reducing wood use ratio, increasing equipment rental, and other actions, according to carbon emission estimates by the Industrial Technology Research Institute, BenQ’s product carbon emissions from booth decoration and power consumption decreased by 15% this year, as part of active efforts to achieve a zero-waste and low-carbon Green Expo.
On the other hand, BenQ Group has continued the wood’s life journey after the exhibition, providing recycling services to four K-12 schools as well as an international education expo. Given the recent emphasis on self-produced courses in elementary, junior, and senior high schools, the exhibition wood’s next stop will provide students with new materials for woodworking, school campus maintenance, teaching material production, and educational exhibition experiences. It is anticipated that 15 countries and 1500 participants will benefit, passing on the sustainability spirit from one generation to the next.
ISO 20121 verification: Meeting All 21 ESG Goals in Three Fields
In 2024, there were three major areas of innovation compared to 2023: environmental, where carbon inventory were introduced; social, where the “Green Travel Guide” were launched; and governance, where vegetarian set meals in the “1.5°C-aligned menu” were purchased. This year, all 21 goals were met, which is not only an increase from the previous year’s 15 items, but also a strengthening of the social goals to ten items. Green Expo’s communication and implementation extended beyond working with customers to campuses (different projects are available to universities and K12), educational funds and social welfare groups. The practices of Green Expo, not only take place during the four-day exhibition period at COMPUTEX Taipei, but also have an influence before and after the exhibition.
Additionally, in keeping with the objective of the 2023 Green Expo, in terms of the environmental aspect, the principle of 100% zero-waste from decorations, 100% use of recycled dining utensils, and 90% printed material digitalization on the exhibition venue has been met. For the social aspect, a network of partners made up of 20-plus have been brought together to promote sustainable actions, demonstrating more than 50% of AI green smart solutions. In terms of governance, economic values have been co-created with a network of partners, such as purchasing 90% local souvenirs and gifts and 80% local building materials made in Taiwan.
Co-creating Common Good; Calling 25 Partners to Respond to Sustainability Actions
BenQ Group continues to expand its sustainability influence. At the COMPUTEX Taipei exhibition, it invited 25 sustainability partners to respond to the current ISO 20121 sustainability initiatives. BenQ Corporation, Qisda Corporation, Ace Pillar Co., Ltd., Action Star Technology Co., Ltd., Aewin Technologies, Co., Ltd., Alpha Networks Inc., Aplex Technology Inc., Data Image Corporation, DFI Inc., DSI Group, D8AI Inc., Epic Cloud, Grandsys Inc., Hitron Technologies Inc., High Performance Information Co., Ltd., Metaage Corporation, Metaguru Corporation, Partner Tech Corp., PowerWalker, and WiXtar Corporation are among the BenQ Group’s enterprises.
