Sustainable Governance

Risk Management

Billion Group establishes appropriate measurement methods for risks as the basis for risk management. After assessing and summarizing risks, appropriate response measures should be taken for the risks faced. In order to ensure the stable operation and sustainable development of Billion and serve as the basis for various risk management and implementation, it is planned to formulate risk management policies and procedures in 2023. The policies and procedures are in accordance with the "Regulations Governing Establishment of Internal Control Systems by Public Companies" issued by the Financial Supervisory Commission. Public companies are advised to establish appropriate risk management policies and procedures and establish an effective risk management mechanism to assess and monitor their risk tolerance, current risk tolerance, determine risk response strategies and compliance with risk management procedures.


Risk Management Organization Structure

  • Board of Directors

    As the highest level of risk management, it aims to promote and implement risk management as a goal, in accordance with the overall operating strategy and environment, and in compliance with the law. It aims to clearly understand the risks Billion facing in operation, ensuring the effectiveness of risk management, and bear the ultimate responsibility.

  • General Manager's Office

    Responsible for planning and directing the execution of the board's risk management decisions, coordinating the risk of cross-department interaction and communication to reduce strategic risks.

  • Functional Units

    Responsible for analyzing, managing, and monitoring relevant risks within the respective units to ensure the effective implementation of risk control mechanisms and procedures.

  • Internal Audit

    As an independent unit under the Board of Directors, it assists the board in overseeing the implementation of the risk management mechanism, audits the execution status of risk response and control in various functional units, and provides improvement suggestions for risk monitoring.


Risk Management Process


Relevant Risk Management Policies and Strategies

Risk Implementation after 2022 Assessment

• In order to achieve sustainable operation, the Company attaches great importance to environmental risk management and control. If it does not, the Company's environmental risk management and control may face penalties under relevant laws and regulations in the future. Responsible environmental risk management can reduce the cost risk of the Company and improve the competitiveness of products on sustainability issues.


• Under the influence of the signing and implementation of regional trade agreements and the competition of a dominant country, the global business and trade environment has changed drastically in recent years, with multinational enterprises having a more significant impact. Looking back at the financial tsunami in 2008, the Sino-US trade war in 2019, the severe special infectious pneumonia in 2020 (hereinafter referred to as COVID-19), the logistics problems caused by the impact of COVID-19 in 2021, and the Ukrainian-Russian war in 2022, all of these events has brought significant challenges and impacts to business operations, making risk identification, management, and mitigation crucial for the group. 


• Risks of uncertainty in the production and operation of the Company affecting the normal operation of the Company, such as the building and maintenance of corporate image such as excessive concentration of sales/purchases and supply chain management.


• Positive impact: The Company must consider various possible risks and minimize them, even turning them into opportunities for sustainable operations. For example, the gradual growth of new customers will help increase performance, and expand sales areas and potential applications. The Company's products are environmentally friendly and energy-efficient, and the impact on the environment is minimum from raw materials to finished products.


• Negative impact: For regulatory changes or rapid risks, the Company invests additional resources in related fields, including the process from Product Development technology to manufacturing output. The business and support teams need to allocate more time and resources to establish cooperative relationships with new customers, and it is difficult to grasp the financial status of customers without previous transactions.


Operating Risks


The fluctuating of the pandemic has put great pressure on the global supply chain and logistics, causing major industries to face the crisis of supply chain disruption, as well as unsolved shipping congestion and container shortages. In addition, post pandemic consumer demand has surged, resulting in insufficient supply, rising raw material costs and soaring labor and transportation costs. At present, the world is facing inflation crisis, the pressure of inflation has made global central banks actively raising interest rates. In the face of high inflation and consumers controlling expenditures, the slowdown of consumption will pose risks to economic growth, impact the consumer market and increase uncertainty. Billion Watts adopts a long-term diversified and flexible layout strategy, and enables timely implementation to 

the diversification strategy and reduce risks in a timely manner when the global economy is unstable. At the same time, based on external risk information and business conditions, we will establish a real-time intelligence network to quickly grasp important international political and economic, market, customer and supply chain dynamics, and adjust the company's operating direction to facilitate adaptive 

adjustments to flexibly respond to various uncertain situations.


Climate Risks


The risk of climate change is increasing threat to human beings. At present, all humans residing on earth must do their best to avoid disasters, and no one can take away the hazards of climate change. Billion Group possess a profound understanding of its role. In addition to paying close attention to global and Taiwan's climate change trends and regulatory changes, it is also committed to various actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• The "Customer Credit Rating Table" assesses various rating criteria to determine credit limits, and its credit amount evaluated by the total grading. Except for the major adjustment factors described above and approved by the division management, the credit amount shall not exceed the credit limit of the total grading.

• Analyze the opportunities of various risks, plan preventive methods in advance, and formulate preventive plans and emergency response procedures.

• The Company follows the operating plan prepared by each unit to conduct risk assessments, formulate response strategies for implementation and continuously monitoring progress.

• Quality/Environment Policy: Striving for best quality to meet the needs of customers and regulations, the Company responds to green product consensus, and establishes a green supply chain.

• Environmental Policy: Encourage full participation, effectively conserve energy, continue pollution prevention, and commit to continuous improvement.

• Bad debts: In order to avoid the risk of bad debts for accounts receivable, most customers' transactions require full payment before shipment; Customers who have the needs of O/A (Open Account) will obtain the insurance bank's underwriting before providing this payment terms.

• Customer relationship management: According to the "Customer Satisfaction Measurement and Control Procedures-Communication Business Department".

Risk Implementation and Practice after 2023 Assessment

Billion Group establishes appropriate measurement methods for risks as the basis for risk management. After assessing and summarizing risks, appropriate response measures should be taken for the risks faced.

Reaction

Exchange Rate Risk

  1. In response to significant changes in exchange rates, the company employs appropriate financial instruments such as USD fixed deposits and bond repo transactions as hedging measures to mitigate exchange losses.
  2. A portion of the sales contracts is denominated in USD, and corresponding purchases are paid in USD to mitigate exchange rate risk in accounts receivable and payable.
  3. The finance department collects relevant information from partner banks to serve as a basis for future reference regarding interest rates and exchange rate trends.

Regulatory Risk

The business team keeps up with energy-related regulations, actively participating in discussions and seminars, and promptly providing feedback on regulatory conditions to facilitate management decision-making.

Reaction

 Liquidity Risk

Optimize the forecasting mechanism for collection and payments and implement a professional fund scheduling model to reduce liquidity risk.

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 Inventory Risk 

Optimize cross-functional communication mechanisms between sales, finance, procurement, and materials, with appropriate fund allocation and warning signals, providing management with decision-making information.


Customer Risk

Through export insurance, bank accounts receivable management, and other mechanisms, we aim to control customer risks and effectively manage account recovery.


Contract Risk

Optimizing the legal audit mechanism, consistently conveying the importance of risk awareness to all personnel. This involves professional reviews of various contracts, legal consultations, and educational training provided by experts.


Personnel Risk

Convene a meeting to assess the company's welfare and personnel planning initiatives. Additionally, recruit external professionals to enhance employee care, conduct a manpower inventory, and implement education and training as part of our talent cultivation and retention strategy.

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