Hyundai Department Store Group Receives International Recognition for Women and Children Social Contribution Activities

Adoption of Official Statement by UN Commission on the Status of Women

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] Hyundai Department Store Group's social contribution project has been adopted as an official opinion paper by a UN (United Nations) affiliated committee. The group's social contribution efforts targeting women and children have been recognized worldwide.

Hyundai Department Store Group announced on the 10th that its social contribution model for women and children, submitted to the UN-supported SDGs Association, was adopted as an official opinion paper at the ‘64th UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)’ held at the UN Headquarters in New York on the 9th.

The UN Commission on the Status of Women is one of the functional commissions under the UN Economic and Social Council, where representatives from countries around the world and related organizations gather annually to share policy cases for empowering women and promoting their rights, and to seek effective implementation measures. The UN-supported SDGs Association is an international non-governmental organization established in 2011 with special consultative status to the UN Economic and Social Council.

The official opinion paper is the UN's formal position, documented as the result agreed upon at the plenary meeting attended by 54 member countries of the UN Economic and Social Council. The adopted opinion paper is distributed and recommended to the 54 countries under the name of the Chair of the UN Economic and Social Council. It is also officially received by the UN Secretary-General and permanently archived as an official UN document, accessible at all times by all 193 UN member states. The adopted official opinion paper was also published on the UN Commission on the Status of Women’s website on the same day.

Hyundai Department Store Group is the second domestic company and the first domestic distribution company to have its social contribution model adopted as an official opinion paper by a UN-affiliated committee. The UN Commission on the Status of Women highly evaluated Hyundai Department Store Group for leading efforts to help low-income women and children achieve economic independence, enhance social rights through quality education, and improve childcare environments for working women.

The official opinion paper introduced various social contribution projects for women and children by Hyundai Department Store Group, including Hyundai Home Shopping’s industry-first ‘Hi Campaign,’ a support program tailored to women’s life cycles, the opening of study rooms for low-income children, financial support for surgeries for hearing-impaired children, and the activation of creative child education through the operation of the Hyundai Children’s Book and Art Museum.

With Hyundai Department Store Group’s social contribution model adopted as an official UN opinion paper, it is expected to contribute in part to achieving the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ established by the UN in 2015. The UN typically sets long-term development goals every 15 years, and at the 2015 UN General Assembly, 17 goals including achieving gender equality, enhancing women’s rights, and ensuring inclusive and equitable education were adopted as long-term development goals.

A Hyundai Department Store Group official said, “We plan to continue various social contribution activities that can help the economic and social independence of marginalized groups such as women and children,” adding, “We will continue to strive to fulfill our corporate social responsibility.”

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