Social Engagement

Social Engagement Policy | Doing Better, Together

For TCC, social and community engagement is more than just financial aid. It is about leveraging its core business, technology, and services to co-create new value and build corporate sustainable resilience.

"A factory cannot exist isolated; it is always connected with surrounding communities. A factory should become a part of society and local life."

Chairman　Nelson An-ping Chang

TCC DAKA Open Ecological Circular Factory

Opened in January 2020, TCC DAKA Open Ecological Circular Factory (TCC DAKA) is Taiwan's first open tourist factory in heavy industry. It began in 2019, when Hualien County invited TCC to co-process household waste at its cement kiln through a private BOO (Build-Operation-Own) project — marking the start of TCC's efforts to integrate industry with community. Through open communication, TCC turned early opposition into mutual trust. Guided by Chairman Nelson An-ping Chang's philosophy, TCC opened the Hoping Plant as a non-profit initiative to coexist with the community and foster dialogue between industry and society.

TCC maintains dialogue with residents through community activities, social networks, and visits to local opinion leaders. By integrating residents' expectations into its strategies across public welfare, co-prosperity, and transformation, TCC works to build a resilient community.

TCC DAKA Celebrates 10 Million Visits — A New Milestone Achieved

Since opening in 2020, TCC DAKA has become a unique destination in Hualien, connecting tourism, local communities, and cultural experiences. In March 2026, it passed 10 million visits.

Sitting at the intersection of mountains and sea, DAKA embodies TCC's vision of coexistence between nature and industry — a place where society, nature, and factory share the same space in harmony. Waves meet the shore, seabirds glide on the wind, and technology meets humanity, as TCC and local communities work hand in hand toward a more sustainable future.

An Open Factory's Journey to 10 Million VisitsFrom Traditional Mining to Fully Electric Operations

TCC DAKA cumulative visitors

10,222,387people

Every Purchase Accumulates Kindness — 

Supporting 155 Indigenous Families Through Emergency Relief

Rather than relying on traditional donations, TCC channels a fixed share of revenue from on-site businesses — including 7-ELEVEN, Starbucks, and the DAKA Market — into a dedicated local fund. In 2022, TCC established the Hoping Sustainability Charity Foundation and launched the Hoping Emergency Relief Fund, run under a community co-governance model.

Over the past six years, it has supported 155 families in Hoping Village facing illness, accidents, or other hardship. Every purchase helps someone in need. The model has since extended to neighboring Ho-Ping Power Company, which in 2023 established the Ho-Ping Power Maritime Emergency Relief Fund to support fishermen and their families in the Su'ao area.

Subsidy Amount (NT$)

Hoping Sustainability Charity Foundation

NT$4,059,416

As of 31st December, 2025

Ho-Ping Power Company Maritime Emergency Relief

NT$2,250,000

As of 31st December, 2025

DAKA Graffiti Hall Launches — A Hub for Sustainable Learning and Practice

TCC DAKA's Graffiti Hall opened to the public in March 2026 as a creative hub for sustainability learning and artistic exchange. Its inaugural event, a workshop called "Painting with Earth's Natural Colors," used soil from Hualien's Hoping area to create natural pigments — letting participants paint with the land itself.

Looking ahead, the Graffiti Hall will be available as a rental space and integrated with guided tours across TCC's certified environmental education sites, including the Hoping Eco-Industrial Park, Hoping Power Plant, and the TCC DAKA Renewable Resource Recycling Center. By pairing industrial transformation with hands-on activities, the initiative brings circular economy practices and environmental education to life through creative engagement and tourism.

Explore TCC DAKA Graffiti Hall

Providing New Industries and Job Opportunities

TCC supports development in the Hoping area through training courses and workshops that help local residents build new industries, create jobs, and advance the economic empowerment of local women.

• Hoping Summer Lite Tours: Training that helps residents combine traditional culture with tourism.
• DAKA Market Entrepreneurship: Space and training to help residents sell traditional Truku crafts such as weaving, woodwork, and rattan products.
• Online Store Operations: Training that helped residents sustain income through online stores while TCC DAKA was closed during the pandemic.
• RRRC Grapple Operator Training: Training that helps residents obtain an operator's license and work at the TCC DAKA Renewable Resources Recycling Center (RRRC).

TCC Cement Academy: Lighting Up the Future Through Education

Upholding the spirit of "giving back to society what is taken from society," TCC has long been committed to children's educational development. In 2012, we launched the "TCC Cement Academy" scholarship program in Taiwan and expanded it to Mainland China in 2014. To date, we have partnered with nearly 20 schools, helping over 10,000 students improve their nutrition and access to learning resources.

The name "Shih-Min" comes from a brand name left by our former Chairman, Mr. Koo Chen-fu. It is a play on the Chinese word for cement, and it also symbolizes the spirit of "cultivating virtuous and studious individuals." As 2024 marks the 70th anniversary of TCC's privatization, we have further expanded the impact of the TCC Cement Academy with two major initiatives:

• Expanded Scope: We have added new partner schools, increasing the number of supported students to over 10,000. This includes students in Yilan and Hualien in Taiwan, as well as Guangdong, Sichuan, Chongqing, Liaoning, Guizhou, Guangxi, and Hunan in Mainland China, giving more children a better learning environment.
• Deepened Program Content: In addition to providing nutritional meals and learning resource subsidies, we have launched an extracurricular program that offers character education, reading skills development, and enrichment courses to promote children's holistic development.

The core principles of the TCC Cement Academy are "Character, Academics, and Quality," and we are committed to:

• Character: Fostering students' good character and a sense of social responsibility.
• Academics: Enhancing learning resources for students and promoting educational equity.
• Quality: Providing nutritional support and a healthy environment for growth.

In the future, TCC will continue to advance the TCC Cement Academy program, focusing on education and the future to provide more children with rich learning opportunities and help them build a better tomorrow.