Live Healthy, Think Grape King

 

Since our founding in 1969, Grape King Bio has been committed to becoming a leading health food manufacturer in the Biotechnology Industry. We are proud of our strong reputation in Taiwan, which is built on leading-edge raw material and product innovations. “Technology, Health, and Hope” are the core values of Grape King Bio. These values guide us in pursuing our vision and mission as a leader in the health food industry to become the “health expert taking care of the whole family". I am very proud of our employees for continuously working together during a challenging 2024 to ensure that the Company’s operations ran smoothly.

 

Since 2019, Grape King Bio has been continuously transforming our CSR efforts into "Environmental Sustainability", “Social Participation”, and “Corporate Governance”, with the Sustainable Development and ESG Committee serving as the foundation of our operating framework. Based on our company's core values of “Technology, Health, and Hope”, we take “contribution to a better society” as our starting point and further promote multi-faceted sustainable performance in the areas“Ethical Governance”, “Product Liability”, “Innovation and R&D”, “Happy workplace”, “Social prosperity” and “Green environment”

 

In 2024, Grape King Bio strengthened our industry leadership by becoming the first Biotech Company in Taiwan to officially obtain the net-zero target verification from the SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative). We also obtained ISO37001 Anti-Bribery Management Systems Certification for all our sites for the second consecutive year, being the only Biotech Company to do so. Additionally, Grape King Bio was also ranked in the top 5% of listed companies in the TWSE Corporate Governance Evaluation for the fourth consecutive year. We are committed to continuous improvement, heading towards the goal of sustainable operation.

 

Grape King Bio continued to promote food safety with our many international certifications such as PIC/S GMP, ISO22000, HACCP, NSF GMP, TQF, HALAL, ISO/IEC 17025 TAF certified laboratory and FSSC22000. Additionally, we conduct audits and evaluations of our internal and external raw material suppliers. In 2024, 218 of our external suppliers were audited by our QA and QC teams with the most stringent and high-standard controls to ensure that consumers can use our products with peace of mind.

For many years, Grape King Biotech Research Institute has used industry-leading fermentation expertise to develop raw materials and products that are beneficial to society. In 2024 Grape King Bio’s R&D achievements were recognized with 34 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze and 19 Special Awards from multiple International Invention events. Furthermore, our fungal protein and probiotic technology won three major awards from the authoritative IUFoST, aligning with the theme of sustainability. In addition, Grape King Bio received numerous awards for various aspects of our business, including Marketing and Products. As Chairman, I (Dr. Andrew Tseng), along with my colleagues also actively participated in various academic and talent programs where we mentor and cultivate future talents. Students are welcomed into our business and are encouraged to learn and gain practical work experience for their future careers. This also gives us an opportunity to seek out and recruit talented individuals to join Grape King Bio.

 

We continue to maintain an internal Occupational Safety and Health Committee which includes full-time nurses as part of the team. I encourage the committee to hold regular health lectures to help employees learn more about their own well-being. In 2023, we obtained ISO/CNS 45001 certification and have continued to promote various sporting events and competitions for employees. Furthermore, Grape King Bio was awarded Occupational Health and Safety certification as well as Employee Wellbeing with the Happy Enterprise Gold Award from 1111 Job Bank for the fifth year in a row.

 

Understanding the importance of social responsibility and prosperity, Grape King Bio has worked closely with local and national organizations, charities, communities, schools and other academia institutions to support different needs. Our Sustainability and ESG Committee has split these needs into the fields of "Environmental sustainability", "Social participation", and "Corporate governance", to ensure fair contribution across all sectors. In 2024, Grape King Bio donated NT$20.521 million and the number of volunteers reached 1,240.

 

In order to provide a sustainable environment for future generations, Grape King Bio deeply understands the urgency of setting proactive goals for climate change. Our Pingzhen Headquarters / Factory are both ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 certified and adopt the PDCA cycle for environmental management. In 2024, we officially passed the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), becoming the only Taiwan Biotech company in the industry to achieve net-zero target verification. Grape King Bio will therefore continue to plan and implement strategies to achieve our RE100 commitment of using 100% renewable energy by 2035.

 

We welcome your feedback on our 2024 ESG report in order to better communicate what is important to all of our stakeholders. Grape King Bio remains focused on utilizing our strengths in research and development to offer products that improve the health and overall wellness of consumers and society. “Live Healthy, Think Grape King.”