Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU) worked with President Lai-Chu Chen (TEN Life) to establish the “Net Zero Transformation Alliance”, which was activated on May 26. This resource platform will operate based on ideas of teamwork, cross-sector collaboration, and digital transformation to provide tools & resources, consulting & guidelines, IT system buildup, and many other service for helping Taiwanese companies achieve the required quantitative indices and data management in the process of achieving zero carbon emission, as well as complete “DigiZero” to reach the ultimate goal of net zero. The activity was given simultaneously onsite and online and the corporate partners of digital carbon footprints verification were also announced. On the same date, President Chien-Yung Ma (Solar Applied Materials Technology Corporation, SOLAR) was invited to give a thematic speech on “SOLAR’s Circular Economy and Plans for Future Net Zero Transformation,” for giving alliance members more inspirations through experience sharing.   

In a video call President Lai-Chu Chen said, “it’s my pleasure to witness the activation of the Alliance today. Climate change is not a future tense, but a present tense, which is why all of us gather together here. The key point of change lies in “people.” I’d like to express my special thanks to CJCU President Lee’s support and CJCU CRO Pei-Chih Wu’s effort and time for discussions, which boosted the establishment of the Alliance. At the same time, I’d also like to thank SOLAR President Ma for his participation. SOLAR is one of the models in Taiwan working hard to fulfil circular economy. In addition, he also advocates “Initiative+Creativity+Business” as a way to sustainability and compares climate change and net zero transformation to the Age of Discovery, only through teamwork like an alliance (every one is like the helmsman and CJCU is like the great helmsman) can we find a way to sustainability for net zero transformation and carbon neutrality. 

TDEA President Lai-Chu Chen said that no one expected that the EU would determine to impose carbon taxes. In addition, after 2023, Taiwanese companies with their annual revenue over NTD 10 bn also have to disclose their greenhouse gas emission in annual reports certified by a third party, which is quite nerve-racking.

"Taiwan’s Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions in 2050” published by NDC is changing our work, life, and commercial patterns. Such a rapidly changing environment is beyond our expectations. In order to respond to such complex future, it is expected that through the co-learning system of Zero+ College, member can work as a team to face challenges, which may perhaps be a bit late in the beginning, but winning in the end is still possible.