TSMC promotes green manufacturing to reach an important milestone, reducing harmful substances NMP by 95%

CTOnews.com October 31 news, TSMC ESG electronic newspaper said that the company launched a reduction program for hazardous chemicals N-methyl pyrrolidone (NMP) in 2016, successfully completed modification and alternative process verification in October this year, and achieved the annual target of "95 per cent reduction in NMP use" set in the sustainable report, reducing the carbon footprint of 7800 tons of carbon dioxide a year and continuously improving green manufacturing capacity.

Qin Yongpei, senior deputy general manager of TSMC Operations, pointed out that the use of non-toxic and environmentally friendly green raw materials is the goal of TSMC's hazardous substances management. With the efforts of colleagues, TSMC finally overcame the difficulties and achieved a 95% reduction in NMP, which is an important milestone in TSMC's promotion of green manufacturing.

CTOnews.com learned that TSMC said that hazardous substances management takes the QC 080000 Hazardous substances process Management system as the standard, based on the protection of human health and the reduction of environmental impact, adheres to the principle of no use and less use, and continuously improves the use of hazardous substances in accordance with the management cycle mode of planning, implementation, check and action.

TSMC pointed out that the comprehensive management of hazardous substances is an important part of improving quality and capacity, and will further promote the implementation of NMP reduction plans in plants in other regions, and at the same time assess the feasibility of replacing a small number of photobarrier solutions containing NMP, with a view to achieving the long-term goal of not using NMP, protecting the supply chain security of employees and industries, and promoting environmental sustainability.