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2021 年 科技部南部科學園區管理局 永續報告書
INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE OPINION STATEMENT
2021 Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau, Ministry of
Science and Technology Sustainability Report
The British Standards Institution is independent to Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau, Ministry of Science and
Technology (hereafter referred to as STSPB in this statement) and has no financial interest in the operation of
STSPB other than for the assessment and verification of the sustainability statements contained in this report.
This independent assurance opinion statement has been prepared for the stakeholders of STSPB only for the
purposes of assuring its statements relating to its sustainability report, more particularly described in the Scope
below. It was not prepared for any other purpose. The British Standards Institution will not, in providing this
independent assurance opinion statement, accept or assume responsibility (legal or otherwise) or accept liability
for or in connection with any other purpose for which it may be used, or to any person by whom the independent
assurance opinion statement may be read.
This independent assurance opinion statement is prepared on the basis of review by the British Standards
Institution of information presented to it by STSPB. The review does not extend beyond such information and is
solely based on it. In performing such review, the British Standards Institution has assumed that all such
information is complete and accurate.
Any queries that may arise by virtue of this independent assurance opinion statement or matters relating to it
should be addressed to STSPB only.
Scope
The scope of engagement agreed upon with STSPB includes the followings:
1. The assurance scope is consistent with the description of 2021 Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau,
Ministry of Science and Technology Sustainability Report.
2. The evaluation of the nature and extent of the STSPB’s adherence to AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (2018)
in this report as conducted in accordance with type 1 of AA1000AS v3 sustainability assurance engagement
and therefore, the information/data disclosed in the report is not verified through the verification process.
This statement was prepared in English and translated into Chinese for reference only.
Opinion Statement
We conclude that the 2021 Southern Taiwan Science Park Bureau, Ministry of Science and Technology
Sustainability Report provides a fair view of the STSPB sustainability programmes and performances during 2021.
The sustainability report subject to assurance is free from material misstatement based upon testing within the
limitations of the scope of the assurance, the information and data provided by the STSPB and the sample taken.
We believe that the performance information of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) are fairly represented.
The sustainability performance information disclosed in the report demonstrate STSPB’s efforts recognized by its
stakeholders.
Our work was carried out by a team of sustainability report assurors in accordance with the AA1000AS v3. We
planned and performed this part of our work to obtain the necessary information and explanations we considered
to provide sufficient evidence that STSPB’s description of their approach to AA1000AS v3 and their self-declaration
in accordance with GRI Standards: Core option were fairly stated.
Methodology
Our work was designed to gather evidence on which to base our conclusion. We undertook the following
activities:
a review of issues raised by external parties that could be relevant to STSPB’s policies to provide a check
on the appropriateness of statements made in the report.
discussion with managers on approach to stakeholder engagement. However, we had no direct contact
with external stakeholders.
14 interviews with staffs involved in sustainability management, report preparation and provision of report
information were carried out.
review of key organizational developments.
review of the findings of internal audits.
review of supporting evidence for claims made in the reports.
an assessment of the organization’s reporting and management processes concerning this reporting
against the principles of Inclusivity, Materiality, Responsiveness and Impact as described in the
AA1000AP (2018).
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