2025/01/24 Commercial Times｜ 謝振寶
The "Joint Development Forum for Accelerating Sustainability" seminar, held both online and in-person, was jointly organized by SSBTi.org, A1 Smart Factory Alliance, TeaLa (Taiwan Eastbound Alliance - Landing America), Industrial University Of Ho Chi Minh City, NEXCOM Group, Anchor Fasteners Vietnam, and other companies. The event was successfully held on January 16, 2025, at Industrial University Of Ho Chi Minh City, the event attracted widespread attention from supply chain companies across Taiwan, Vietnam, and other Asian regions. Experts at the meeting emphasized that companies need robust technological support to accelerate sustainable development. They also highlighted the importance of formulating clear energy management strategies and ensuring ESG compliance.
Vietnam's "Newspaper of Industry and Trade", "doanhnghiepvn.vn ", AZitech, and other Vietnamese's media highlighted at the seminar that Vietnamese companies need to closely monitor and understand compliance requirements early to maintain business continuity and competitiveness. Establishing partnerships with European companies will help them develop plans to effectively manage changes.
SSBTi Chairman Raymond Wang stated at the seminar that in the context of sustainable development practices and ESG reporting, it is increasingly important to integrate these elements into corporate development strategies and policies. He suggested that Vietnamese companies should achieve sustainable development through the application of technology, he also introduced an emissions data platform designed to collect high-quality data on upstream and downstream emissions, helping companies address data collection and related challenges, this platform helps businesses solve data collection and calculation problems.
Dr. Kenneth Chen, who chaired the meeting (founder of the A1 Smart Factory Alliance and consultant of the the TeaLa), said that information silos, limited budgets, and talent shortages within the enterprise hinder the application of Sustainable Transformation (SX), Digital Transformation (DX), Smart Manufacturing (SM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The solution is to develop and provide a digital and sustainable information platform that ensures seamless integration of applications at all stages. This platform will offer cost-effective solutions for various phases and establish virtual information systems (MIS), research and development (R&D), and business departments. He highlighted the successful experiences of system integration in the United States, Vietnam, Australia, and other countries.
Mr. Pham, Hoai-Trung, Chairman of AZitech Technology Vietnam, believes that ESG data encompasses a wide range of indicators and KPIs related to environmental factors such as energy, water, sound, light, temperature, humidity, and various other metrics that identify environmental footprints. This requires enterprises to implement visual monitoring and management technology to integrate various fragmented data. This integration will enable the generation of accurate and reliable reports, helping enterprises demonstrate their sustainability to independent assessment department.
During the meeting, Dr. Kenneth Chen presented on the topic: "Integrating ERP Real-Time Calculation Products and Company Carbon Footprint - A Case Study of Anchor Fasteners Vietnam"； Curtis Wu, CEO of 3EGREEN (topic: Using the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to improve the efficiency of green energy)； Nguyen Bei Shan, Vice President of NEXCOM Smart IoT Automation Division (Topic: AI Situation Room Accelerates Green Intelligent Manufacturing)； Dr. Le Ngoc Tran from Industrial University Of Ho Chi Minh City (topic: Sustainable Manufacturing Development Based on AI Algorithms and Digital Twin Models), respectively demonstrated relevant smart sustainable solutions. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Nhon (Shire Oak International Singapore, Topic: Sustainable Energy and Infrastructure Project Financing, Transnational Finance) issues of global concern, such as green finance, were discussed. Professor Tung, Ching-Pin and Dr.Chuang,Wei-Chun from the Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering at National Taiwan University introduced the carbon footprint methodology PCR & LCA. This methodology provides a valuable reference for enterprises and countries to formulate sustainable development policies.
More than 150 people signed up for this seminar, and the results were fruitful. The successful event has fostered increased cooperation between Taiwanese and Vietnamese enterprises.
Special thanks to Professor Tran Ngoc Dang Khoa (Chinese name: Chen Yudengke) from Industrial University Of Ho Chi Minh City for his invaluable assistance in ensuring the seminar ran smoothly. Professor Tran received his PhD from National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan.