Social
Sharing
Management
Sharing Management
Hyosung TNC strives to be a company that empowers beneficiaries to shape their own future through education and sharing, under the slogan “Together Through Sharing.” To realize this vision, we have established working-level consultative bodies at each business site to actively promote a variety of shared growth initiatives.Our community engagement efforts are driven by the Communications Office and are implemented in line with the strategic direction of the company-wide social contribution program. Plans and outcomes related to these initiatives are reported to and approved by the executive consultative body, which convenes as needed on a monthly basis.
Building the Future Together Through Sharing
Strategy for Advancing
Sharing Management
- 1. No Poverty
- 2. Zero Hunger
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
- 4. Quality Education
- 5. Gender Equality
- 6. Clean Water and Sanitation
- 10. Reduced Inequalities
- 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 13. Climate Action
- 15. Life on Land
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
Support for vulnerable groups at home and abroad
Hyosung TNC conducts various social contribution activities, including rehabilitation treatment and support for children with disabilities and their families; educational sponsorships aimed at promoting employment among vulnerable women; an overseas child sponsorship program in Vietnam involving employees; and voluntary participation in the Hyosung Sharing Volunteer Group. In addition, the company carries out community support initiatives such as distributing rice, kimchi, and side dishes to underprivileged groups in Mapo-gu, where the headquarters is located, as well as engaging in local community sharing activities near its regional business sites.
- 4. Quality Education
- 8. Decent Work and Econimic Growth
- 10. Reduced Inequalities
Support for culture and arts
Hyosung TNC supports cultural and artistic initiatives that provide opportunities for underserved communities to enjoy and actively participate in the arts. The company sponsors barrier-free film productions, various festivals aimed at revitalizing local culture, and projects that support educational, cultural, and sports infrastructure in rural farming and fishing communities.
- 1. No Poverty
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
Support for patriots and veterans
Hyosung carries out activities such as employee participation in the cleanup of gravesites at the National Seoul Memorial Cemetery and providing financial support to military units.
Hyosung TNC’s Key Activities
Rehabilitation therapy for disabled children and support for their siblings (2013- )
Hyosung TNC supports rehabilitation therapy for disabled children and psychological therapy for non-disabled siblings in collaboration with the Purme Foundation. In 2022, activities included family trips for disabled children and Hyosung employees, outings for non-disabled siblings, and year-end music concerts involving disabled children.
Hyosung Sharing Forest (2016-)
To commemorate its 50th anniversary in 2016, Hyosung TNC reforested the "Hyosung Sharing Forest" in Noeul Park within the Sangam World Cup Park in Seoul. We support annual operation expenses for ecological conservation and management of the park. Additionally, environmental cleanup activities, such as volunteering by a new employees and those newly promoted, are held.
Hyosung Smiling Corps, Vietnam (2011- )
Since 2011, Hyosung TNC, along with its a major affiliates and holding company, has been supporting the dispatch of a medical volunteer group called the "Smiling Corps" to Dong Nai Province near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In 2020, due to COVID-19, medical teams were unable to be dispatched. However, we conducted emergency response training to improve safety awareness and accident response capabilities for approximately 16,000 elementary school teachers and students in ten elementary schools.
Local Community Sharing Activities
| Category | Location | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Industry-academia cooperative scholarship award ceremony | Ulsan | Hyosung TNC selects and supports scholarships for students at the University of Ulsan who have an excellent academic records but face economic difficulties. |
| 1:1 village volunteer activities | Ulsan | Since 2005, in a collaboration with the Jungosan Village 1:1 Cooperation Committee in Onyang-eup, Ulsan, Hyosung TNC has been discussing and conducting annual activities needed for sisterly villages. Activities include volunteering for rice planting and harvesting , holding feasts, and more. |
| 1:1 school volunteer activities | Ulsan | Hyosung TNC conducted employee volunteer activities at Jangsaengpo Elementary School in Ulsan. Activities included enhancing the tree landscaping and facilities within and outside the school. They also provided transportation for outdoor learning activities. |
| Sharing kimchi-making for charity in 2021 and support for North Gyeongsang Province's Community Chest of Korea. | Gumi | The Gumi Plant has been consistently conducting an event where over 100 employees make kimchi and deliver it to the community. This began in 2010 and lasted until 2019. However, in 2020 and 2021, due to COVID-19, they purchased kimchi and donated it to the local community. In 2021, they donated 2,000 heads of kimchi to the community. In 2022, they also contributed 33 million won to the Community Chest event organized by Gumi City, including 17 million won and 2,000 heads of kimchi worth 16 million won. |
| Gumi Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation Santa Expedition | Gumi | The Gumi Plant visits a local child centers every year at the end of the year in collaboration with the Green Umbrella Children's Foundation. They deliver gifts to children who cannot enjoy a warm year-end due to economic difficulties or the absence of parents and spend time with them to provide the emotional support. In 2021, due to COVID-19, they delivered 10 million won in sponsorship funds to ten children’s centers in Gumi to ensure that children received various gifts. |
Local Community Sharing Activities
Outstanding Cultural Arts Sponsorship Organization
The Outstanding Cultural Arts Sponsorship Organization is a system that certifies organizations and companies that promote or perform exemplary sponsorship activities in the field of culture and the arts. Hyosung has been certified as an excellent organization for a cultural arts sponsorship by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism since 2015. The company has been recognized for its continuous support in the field of cultural and arts, including sponsoring the Yeonu Mudae theater in Seoul’s Daehangno area, protecting cultural heritage at Changdeokgung Palace, and supporting the production of musicals for school violence prevention.
Cultural Heritage Preservation Company
Since 2018, Hyosung has been appointed as a Cultural Heritage Guardian Company, making efforts to preserve and purify our beautiful cultural heritage. In 2021, in recognition of its contributions, the company was selected as an excellent enterprise for cultural heritage contribution, in partnership with the Areumjigi Foundation, for its work on the lighting and interior restoration project at Changdeokgung Palace's Daejojeon and Huijeongdang.
Patriotic Culture Award
In 2021, Hyosung received the Patriotic Culture Award from the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, which is a recognition of its contributions, including its sponsorship of the "Nara Sarang Bogeumjari" project aimed at improving living environments for national merit recipients since 2012. The company also provided AI care robots to elderly, solitary national merit recipients who were constrained by social distancing measures due to COVID-19.