1. What was announced: nine companies, two workstreams
Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs (moda), together with the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research and the Information Service Industry Association of R.O.C., announced the companies selected for its Voluntary Green Software Guidance Pilot. Nine companies were chosen nationwide. The call belongs to the Voluntary Green Software Guidance Pilot under moda's 2026 Green Digital Services Planning and Promotion program.
Selected companies receive two kinds of guidance:
- Software carbon-emission accounting — building a calculable, comparable method for the emissions software produces during development and operation.
- Green software label pilot — validating the assessment process and indicators before a formal label scheme launches.
Selected, in the order published: Trend Micro, Galaxy Software Services, Openfind, SYSTEX, MiTAC Information Technology, HwaCom Systems, Big-O Information Intelligence, Yojue Intelligent Technology and Mika Technology. The original announcement is on moda's Green Digital Services site.
2. Why Big-O
Since its founding in 2023, Big-O has been defined around AI × Sustainability, and its product line is built on that axis: EcoComm AI (sustainable commerce platform), EcoGen AI (sustainable content and ESG report generation), and a recommendation engine whose objective function is low carbon (patented in Taiwan). "How much carbon does the software itself emit?" is not a new question for the company — it is the other side of the question its products already answer. Big-O has been helping customers account for the carbon of products and logistics; this time the ruler is applied to its own code.
Among the nine, Big-O is the only AI startup. The methods and indicators from the pilot will be fed back into its SaaS products, so that the SMEs using Big-O services can also get a quantified answer about the carbon footprint of their digital tools.
3. What this means for customers
In ESG disclosure, one of the most common and hardest questions for SMEs is whether the digital tools they use are themselves green. Today there is almost no verifiable answer. Big-O joined this pilot to turn that question from "we don't know" into "here is the number":
- Calculate the software carbon emissions of Big-O services using the official pilot method, and publish the results on completion.
- Productize the method so customers can see the estimated emissions corresponding to their own usage in the EcoComm / EcoGen consoles.
- Use the pilot results as the basis for a future application for the formal green software label.
These are directions of work during the pilot; actual deliverables and timing follow the program schedule.
4. About Big-O Information Intelligence Corp.
Big-O Information Intelligence Corp. was founded in Taipei in November 2023. Founder Elaine Chang is a PhD candidate in Computer Science at National Taiwan University and holds a master's degree in Management Sciences from Tamkang University. Positioned as a dual-engine AI × Sustainability company, Big-O offers EcoComm AI, EcoGen AI, EcoGEO Audit and DSCS digital employees, and is a certified vendor on moda's TCloud marketplace.
Disclaimer
This article describes selection for, and participation in, moda's Voluntary Green Software Guidance Pilot. It does not indicate that a green software label or any certification has been obtained. Program content, indicators and timing are as published by the organizers.