Company: COHU
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-010672
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Company: COHU INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 preserves the environment, which includes minimizing waste, conserving energy and preventing pollution. We believe an important aspect of our mission is to design products for a positive impact on society where our customers use our test and measurement products to reduce waste and to improve yield and the efficiency of the semiconductor process. Our actions go beyond regulatory compliance and ISO certifications, and some of our 2024 environmental, health and safety highlights include:

| • | Overall energy usage decreased by 9% year-over-year |

| • | Reduced global Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 32% in 2024 compared with 2023 calculations |

| • | Total water usage decreased by 16% year-over-year, primarily driven by the completion of our new consolidated facility in Laguna, Philippines |

| • | Replaced the air compressor equipment used in Poway, California, which decreased the site’s electricity use by 22% and lowered electrical costs by 31% |

| • | Converted our Melaka, Malaysia, manufacturing facility to use renewable energy |

| • | Through continued use of our assisted reality customer support system, used for remote technical support and training, we avoided 330,000 km in employee travel |

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| • | Continued to enhance our disclosures: |

| o | Continued annual submittal to CDP (1), a global disclosure system for environmental reporting, and improved our Climate Change score |

| o | Broadened site-specific and geographic water, energy, and emissions disclosures |

| o | In February 2024, committed to engage with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and are making progress toward the goal of developing near-term science-based emissions reduction targets |

| • | Provided more than 41,500 cumulative training hours to employees globally, investing approximately $421,000 in training, seminars and educational assistance fees. |

| • | Joined the Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable (2) (SBER) with the goal of reviewing strategies to reduce GHG emissions at principal operating sites and investigating renewable electricity energy sources. |

| • | In support of our goal to foster employee engagement, conducted focused quality culture assessment at our Melaka, Malaysia site, introduced Learning Communities to support individual professional development and continued programs focused on career growth within Cohu. |

| • | Continued our excellent employee safety record, with a 2024 global recordable incident rate of 0.5 per 100 employees, which is 38% lower than our industry benchmark (3). |

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