S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026 List Announced: 79 Taiwanese Companies Selected, Including Win Semiconductors
Economic Daily reporter Wei Xingzhong / Instant Report
On February 18, S&P Global announced the list of companies selected for the "S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2026". A total of 79 Taiwanese companies, including Zhen Ding-KY (4958) , Win Semiconductors (3105) , Nan Pao Resin (4766) , PharmaEssential (6446) , and Gamania (6180) , received this honor. This is an increase of nine companies compared to 2025, accounting for about 9.3% of the 848 companies selected globally, which shows that the concept of sustainability in Taiwan's capital market continues to improve.
On the 23rd, Alex Lee, founder and CEO of QIC, pointed out that being selected for the "S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook" is not just a matter of score performance, but also represents that the company has established a sustainable governance structure that can be understood and reviewed by international institutional investors.
Lee said that with the global capital market placing increasing emphasis on governance resilience, supply chain responsibility and information transparency, continued participation in international ESG assessments such as CSA (Corporate Sustainability Assessment) and the disclosure of performance using a consistent approach helps improve the company's comparability and trustworthiness, thereby enhancing communication efficiency with international institutional investors and long-term competitiveness.
Based on the CSA's assessment results, S&P Global selects companies with outstanding sustainability performance from the assessed companies in the same industry to be included in the Sustainability Yearbook. This year's selection scope covers 59 industries and more than 9,200 companies worldwide. In the end, only 848 companies were selected as members of the Sustainability Yearbook, and 79 companies from Taiwan were selected, an increase of nine from last year, accounting for 9.3% of the global selection.
In addition, S&P Global also further classifies companies into Top 1%, Top 5%, and Top 10% based on their relative performance within their respective industries, highlighting the most outstanding companies in each industry sector. This year, 14 Taiwanese companies were ranked in the Top 1%, an increase of three compared to 2025, demonstrating that Taiwan's benchmark companies continue to improve in terms of sustainability management maturity and overall performance.
Looking at the industry distribution of the selected Taiwanese companies, the industries with the most companies selected are banking and semiconductor and semiconductor equipment, with 12 companies selected in each industry. Among them, the selected companies in the banking industry include: E.Sun Financial Holdings (2884) , Mega Financial Holdings (2886) , Taishin Shin Kong Financial Holdings (2887) , and Hua Nan Financial Holdings (2880) , etc.; the selected companies in the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment industry include: TSMC (2330) , UMC (2303) , ASE (3711) , VIS (5347) , and Win Semiconductors, etc.
The second largest sector is the electronics, equipment and components industry, with 10 companies selected, including: E Ink Holdings (8069) , Zhen Ding, AU Optronics (2409) , Delta Electronics (2308) , etc.; and the computer, peripheral and office electronic equipment industry has nine companies selected, including: Lite-On Technology (2301) , Qisda (2352) , Wistron (3231) .
Overall, the financial industry and semiconductors and their supply chains remain key pillars of Taiwan’s sustainable competitiveness.
Lee pointed out that in addition to the aforementioned industries, representative companies in the chemical, biotechnology, and interactive media and entertainment fields were also selected, including Nan Pao Resins, PharmaEssential Pharmaceutical, and Gamania, demonstrating that the sustainable competitiveness of Taiwanese companies is continuing to expand into more diversified industries.