Facing the significant challenge of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, ITRI is actively providing both technology and funding to assist Taiwanese companies in upgrading and transforming, allowing them to surpass competitors.
In terms of technology, ITRI has established the Intellectual Property Innovation Corp. through joint venture with the industry. This company inventories and collects patents related to SDGs, integrating ITRI patents with high-quality patent technologies in relevant domestic fields to provide one-stop services, creating a national-level net-zero patent pool and licensing or transferring the net-zero technologies needed by manufacturers. This approach helps Taiwanese manufacturers achieve SDGs targets efficiently and with minimal cost, overcoming the challenges of net-zero transformation that would be difficult to tackle alone.
Regarding funding, ITRI partnered with the Small and Medium Enterprise Credit Guarantee Fund (TSMEG) and financial institutions to promote an intangible asset financing project, allowing companies to use intangible assets like patents or technologies as collateral for financing and obtaining credit guarantees from TSMEG upon being evaluated and recommended by ITRI. This aligns with the Financial Supervisory Commission’s "Green Finance 3.0" initiative promoted in domestic banks. Furthermore, this approach
enables companies to monetize their hard-earned intangible assets while increasing financial institutions’ confidence in investing in netzero emission technologies. The capital injection helps Taiwanese industries successfully transform amid the net-zero transition wave. To date, ITRI has helped 9 domestic companies in green energy and sustainability-related fields obtain hundreds of millions in financing,
generating significant synergy in the subsequent capital market and serving as a benchmark for ITRI in linking the "capital market" with the "technology market" in the net-zero sustainability field.
