Design for Sustainability

Merry integrates the spirit of innovative management with the ten aspects of sustainable design to assist customers in producing advanced and efficient products. It continues to enhance modular production and product design capabilities, save manufacturing materials, use recycled materials, design environmentally friendly packaging, and reduce energy consumption during the usage stage. This approach realizes green manufacturing commitments from the inside out and implements sustainable values for both the environment and society. Meanwhile, Merry has established management measures for important global environmental issues, such as the management of hazardous chemicals in products and water risks, continuously incorporating internationally concerned environmental issues into the process of product development, production, and design.The products manufactured by MERRY are not included in the sustainable product categories under Taiwan's or international sustainability classification laws. Therefore, the revenue, expenses, or capital expenditures related to sustainable products or services under those classifications are all zero.

Since 2020, Merry has been implementing a sustainable design framework project. When developing new generation products, it aims to reduce the negative environmental impacts throughout the product life cycle while improving performance. This includes selecting raw materials, designing products, producing, using, handling, and recycling, to ensure the product maximizes its benefits and minimizes environmental impacts. The proportion of sustainable materials used has been increasing yearly, and Merry continuously seeks new materials. In 2023, Merry introduced "pineapple leather" made from pineapple leaf fibers in the ear cushion materials to replace artificial leather made from petrochemical materials, reducing environmental impact and addressing Taiwan's agricultural waste. Merry continues to integrate sustainability and circular concepts into new product development, demonstrating to customers its commitment to sustainable development and promoting the competitiveness of resource-circulating products.

To ensure the R&D team continues to implement sustainable design when developing new models, Merry organized basic and advanced workshops on cradle-to-cradle design at the end of 2023. These workshops established foundational knowledge and insights into product development and business model opportunities, embedding the DNA of circular design such as safe and circular material selection and evaluation, modular design, product life extension, dematerialization, and somatization—into Merry's product development. By the end of 2023, 22% of Merry's R&D personnel had completed basic workshop training, and 13% had completed advanced workshop training. In 2024, Merry will continue related education and training and has already begun designing a "Circular Design Scorecard," expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2024. This scorecard will help R&D personnel self-assess whether the developed models meet circular design criteria, implementing the product life cycle concept in product development Management forms