Employee Training and Development Program
The Company has established the Education and Training Operating Procedures and the Education and Training Management Regulations to support its corporate sustainability objectives. These frameworks are designed to enhance employees' knowledge and professional skills by providing job-specific training programs as well as courses on professional and managerial competencies for employees across different job categories.
1. Training Program Dimensions, Scope, and Content:
- For new employees: The Company's history, organization overview, rules and regulations, and future outlook, as well as the correct understanding of the organization and a sense of belonging.
- In-service personnel: On-the-job training plans have been formulated based on the Company's business philosophy and policies, the training requirements and development goals of each unit, as well as the job responsibilities and professional fields of each position. The scope of training includes internal training, outsourced training, and supplier training. The training methods include online learning, physical courses, external training, and on-the-job training.
- Management: The Company provides professional, regulatory, and management-related cultivation and training for the Company's supervisors and professional managers in accordance with the Company's business development strategy and corporate sustainability thinking so as to enhance supervisors' professionalism and leadership management knowledge and skills.
- Reading Group: In 2024, January 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30, division-level supervisors led readings of Grove's First Lesson for Managers. Attendees included the Chairperson, Chief Technology Officer, General Manager, division-level supervisors, and department managers, totaling 28 participants.
- 2024 ESG Kick-off Meeting: The March 4, 2024, training course covered topics such as sustainability development trends, an overview of the sustainability report disclosure framework, an introduction to the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), and material topic assessment. Attendees included the General Manager, division-level supervisors, department managers, section chiefs, and specialists, totaling 36 participants.
- Five-Year Growth Strategy Workshop: Held on 22 January 2025, the workshop featured bottom-up presentations of business objectives and strategic directions by division- and department-level managers, followed by top-down guidance from the Chairperson and CEO. Participants included the Chairperson, CTO, CEO, and managers at the division, department, and section levels, with a total of 39 attendees.
- 2025 ESG Kick-off Meeting: Held on 22 December 2025, with training topics including sustainability trends, sustainability report disclosure frameworks, material topic assessment and ESG Evaluation Indicators. Attendees include the General Manager, division heads, department managers, section chiefs, and staff members, totaling 35 participants.
2. Professional Development Training for Optometrist:
- The Company has carried out staffing as well as cultivation and training planning by professional functions grading for optometrists in accordance with the Training Blueprint 2.0, and has continuously developed professional courses according to the plan to provide optometrists with systematic on-the-job professional training that meets their practical needs.
- Certification Fee Subsidies: In 2025, the Company provided subsidies for opticians' membership entrance fees and annual membership fees payable to professional associations. A total of 154 employees received subsidies, with an aggregate amount of NTD 510 thousand.
3. General Training Courses
The Company has provided all personnel with relevant education and training on information security, personal data management, trade secret laws, etc. in accordance with the Company's information security rules, with the hope of strengthening colleagues' awareness of information security risks so as to ensure information security.
4. Quantified Resources Invested in the Training Program During the Year
In 2024, total training expenses amounted to NTD 1,233 thousand for the parent company and NTD 168 thousand for subsidiaries. Total training hours reached 7,455 hours for the parent company and 1,184 hours for subsidiaries.
