Amkor Technology and Infineon Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly promote sustainability and decarbonization methods across their supply chain.
Both companies are presently engaged in growing their partnership with the aim of attaining sustainability. Infineon and Amkor intend to fully leverage their existing Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) business relationship to effectively tackle emissions across their supply chain, according to a joint statement.
In April, both companies announced to operate a dedicated packaging and test center at Amkor's manufacturing site in Porto, Portugal.
As part of the cooperation for climate protection, Infineon and Amkor will actively engage with common suppliers to help them develop and implement effective decarbonization strategies. This will involve workshops, meetings, and the sharing of best practices and learnings related to decarbonization.
The aim is to identify areas for improvement and support suppliers in setting science-based emissions reduction targets in line with the Science Based Targets initiative. Both companies are committed to providing ongoing guidance, fostering exchange, and tracking progress to drive continuous improvement across the common supply chain.
"Infineon has made excellent progress towards its aim to become CO2-neutral for scope 1 and 2 by 2030, as the company more than halved its emissions while doubling the revenue since 2019. Supply-chain-related Scope-3-emissions represent the highest share of total emissions at Infineon and are the hardest ones to minimize," said Angelique van der Burg, chief procurement officer at Infineon. "That makes it even more important to include them in our efforts. But no one can do it alone. We need to actively collaborate and drive innovation with our suppliers if we want to effectively reduce CO2 emissions."
"Amkor is excited to deepen its partnership with Infineon through this strategic collaboration. Addressing Scope 3 is the most challenging part of the decarbonization journey, and we anticipate mutual benefits from this collective work in undertaking the challenge," said Giel Rutten, president and CEO of Amkor. "This initiative is pivotal in achieving Amkor's goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 by strengthening supply chain engagement through joint efforts. We look forward to collaborating with suppliers and invite them to join our endeavor to set ambitious science-based targets."
To support Infineon's science-based target commitment and enhance the collaboration with suppliers, Infineon introduced a supplier engagement program in 2023. Since then, the company has been working with more than a hundred suppliers to set and implement science-based targets.
The partnership between Amkor and Infineon provides an impetus for the strategy of both companies to make science-based targets the standard for ambitious climate strategies in the semiconductor industry.
