ASUS's supplier chain guidance includes our green policy and a notice about green purchase requirements. We require our suppliers to coordinate their operations, and our green management system ensures that suppliers implement green management policies in their factories. ASUS has established an Advanced Green Classroom to provide courses and respond to questions. So that suppliers understand ASUS¡¦s requirements for green purchases and WEEE/RoHS-compliant components, they may login to ASUS¡¦s supplier relationship management (SRM) website. At the website, suppliers can familiarize themselves with WEEE, RoHS, and other regulations and can then link to the component approval procedure.

Environmental Management System
Once a year, ASUS's certified suppliers must pass the accreditation of ASUS¡¦s green management audit (QSA+QPA+GA) or QC080000:

1. Quality system requirement
2. Design control
3. Document control and quality record
4. Management of raw material vendors
5. Product identification and lot traceability
6. Inspection and test
7. Equipment calibration
8. Materials management
9. Production schedule
10. Purchasing
11. Customer service

Quarterly Business Review
Since November 2005, ASUS has carried out a quarterly business review (QBR) to evaluate how our suppliers comply with green ASUS standards. Suppliers are evaluated in terms of quality, cost, delivery, service, and technology (Q,C,D,S,T). Outstanding suppliers can be our long-term cooperating partners, and they also have the chance to become the Annual Best Supplier. The Annual Best Supplier demonstrates the following characteristics:

1. Collaborative process
2. Direct feedback
3. Support of continuous improvement in relationship

eGreen Management Platform
The requirement that suppliers conform to ASUS¡¦s policies for green purchases, as well as provide information about WEEE/RoHS-compliant components, appears on our SRM (supplier relation management) website. The green component approval procedure has also been established in this eGreen platform. Suppliers of green parts are required to provide a hazardous substances warranty letter, the composition information, an MSDS for each component, and a third-party test report for further approval.

Environmental Management

1. Hazardous substances
2. Product content restrictions

Products manufactured for ASUS must comply with our Green ASUS Technical Standard (S-AT2-001), which describes restrictions in connection with, or prohibition of, certain chemical compounds or materials in ASUS's products or manufacturing processes.

ASUS¡¦s Controlled Hazardous Substances

For related information, please link to: https://srm.asus.com.tw/SRMLoginForm/LoginSRM.aspx