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Our mission

  • Enhancing food safety and supply
  • Recommending effective distribution channels to smallholder farmers so they can attain direct profits

Our roles

  • Using safe ingredients and organic vegetables in staff canteen
  • Working with social enterprises in launching an online marketplace for group purchases, allowing employees to directly purchase and thereby increase income for smallholder farmers

Our actions

  • Launching green restaurants and continue the use of organic vegetables in staff canteen
  • Online group purchases of smallholder farmers’ produce

The changes we have brought about

  • Helped organic and smallholder farmers expand sales channels and increase profits
  • Increased employees' awareness and support for environmentally friendly products
  • Helped employees improve their health
  • Employees developed a spirit of volunteerism, which improved their social awareness and the company's overall image

Good Food Movement: Company-wide food safety and direct purchasing

 

Since the end of 2013, WNC has been implementing the Good Food Movement, providing its employees with safe organic ingredients to create a farm to table green dining culture. This initiative not only enhances employee health but also supports smallholder farmers practicing sustainable land cultivation. In 2024 these efforts allowed WNC to be awarded two stars in the UK’s Sustainable Restaurants Association’s Food Made Good accreditation.

 

WNC collaborates with cafeteria vendors, fruit bars and convenience stores to create Green Marketplaces. Employee cafeterias have introduced organic vegetables and fruits grown using eco-friendly land planting methods, increased local sourcing to reduce carbon emissions, and extended waste reduction measures. In 2024, HQ, S1, and S3 introduced environmentally friendly lunch boxes to significantly reduce the use of disposable paper lunch boxes, receiving a total response of 202,593 participants.

 

Besides using organic vegetables in company cafeterias, we also increased the number of social enterprises we worked with in 2024. In addition to existing partners, we also started working with the Buy Directly from Farmers social enterprise. During festivals (Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival), we held online group purchase events featuring seasonal agricultural produce from our social enterprise partners. We also negotiate with these social enterprises to provide employees across Taiwan with high-quality products and special offers. At the same time we have expanded sales channels for smallholder farmers, allowing them to sell their produce at regular and festive sales events within the company. Sales revenue from both online and in-person purchases reached NT$86,178 this year, a 61% growth compared to 2023. 

Environmental Education: Creating eco-friendly farming practices that benefits both the environment and ecology

Yunlin is a county known for its agriculture, and its annual agricultural output ranks among the top three counties in Taiwan. However, only about 5% of cultivated land in the county is used for organic farming. The social enterprise AGRIC has long focused on promoting sustainable agriculture and as well as increasing the output value of organic agriculture. The company works with local organic farmers and assists smallholder farmers in production and sales.

 

For this reason, in 2024, WNC continued to work with AGRIC, purchasing 1,000 kg of organic rice for NT$100,000, a 67% increase from 2023 (600 kg). 171 employees also served as volunteers and assisted AGRIC with planting potatoes on a plot of land approximately 0.39 hectares in size. Many employees brought their family members with them to learn about organic agriculture through this potato planting event.  

 

Through funding and volunteer manpower, WNC hopes to support smallholder farmers in organic farming while at the same time allowing employees to gain a deeper understanding of the land.