Lotte Holds '2021 Diversity Forum'... "Finding Future Competitiveness in Diversity"

'2021 Lotte Diversity Forum' poster.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] Lotte announced on the 15th that it will expand the scope of the existing WOW Forum, which focused on female talent, to include diversity as the theme and hold the ‘2021 Diversity Forum.’

The slogan of this forum is the inclusion of technology, talent, and diversity. The program is organized around four main themes: generation, gender, disability, and global. It includes introductions of outstanding employee cases, speaker lectures, and panel discussions.

A total of five outstanding employees were selected. Among them, Song Yanghun, an employee at Canon Korea who overcame a level 2 hearing impairment and developed excellent work skills, and Rodgeris Nam, a senior manager at Lotte Chemical who contributed to the successful establishment of Lotte Group’s first overseas branch in South America, shared the secrets of their success in the workplace and their personal values regarding diversity. They received encouragement cards and gifts in the name of Shin Dongbin, Chairman of Lotte Group. The encouragement card contained the message, “We support you in finding your true self within diversity.”

Lotte streamed the forum live on YouTube from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the same day, allowing 150,000 employees from over 30 countries worldwide to watch freely. All content was supported with sign language interpretation and English subtitles, and key forum images such as posters and emblems were created in collaboration with ‘Kimu,’ a group of designers with developmental disabilities.

Song Yongdeok, Vice Chairman and CEO of Lotte Holdings, said, “Distinguishing between difference and wrongness and leading change and innovation based on empathetic leadership will be the first step in embracing diversity within the organization,” adding, “Let us move forward together with the belief that future competitiveness can be secured through diversity.”

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