Lee Gap, CEO of Lotte Duty Free, Conducts Safety Inspection at Yeongjongdo Integrated Logistics Center Site

Reorganized Early This Year Under Direct Supervision of Safety Management Team Leader... Efforts to Strengthen Safety

Lee Gap, CEO of Lotte Duty Free (third from the left), visited the Lotte Duty Free Integrated Logistics Center in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, to conduct an on-site safety inspection. He reviewed the safety management status of key facilities and equipment at the logistics center to ensure safety measures for disaster prevention.

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] Lotte Duty Free announced on the 30th that on the 27th, Lee Gap, CEO of Lotte Duty Free, visited the integrated logistics center of Lotte Duty Free in Yeongjongdo, Incheon, to conduct an on-site safety inspection.

CEO Lee sequentially inspected major facilities of the logistics center such as elevators and conveyors, the safety management status of bonded transport vehicles and forklifts, and the solar power generation facilities on the roof of the 1st integrated logistics center, checking the safety management status to prevent disasters.

During the on-site inspection, CEO Lee said, "Even a small risk factor on site can lead to a major accident, so thorough management and supervision are necessary," adding, "We will continue to prioritize employee safety and strive to create a workplace free of disasters."

Lotte Duty Free has been making efforts to strengthen safety, such as reorganizing the headquarters' dedicated safety management team directly under the CEO earlier this year. To prevent safety accidents at partner companies, it has formed and operated a safety council and conducts joint safety inspections with partner companies, focusing on field-centered safety management.

Meanwhile, Lotte Duty Free obtained ISO45001, the highest level of international certification related to safety and health awarded by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), in November 2019. It is the first in the domestic duty-free industry to acquire certification not only for eight domestic business sites but also for the logistics center, which is a core operational capability of the duty-free business.

The Lotte Duty Free integrated logistics center is the largest logistics center in the domestic duty-free industry, capable of storing up to 10 million individual products. It consists of the 1st integrated logistics center, which opened in August 2006 with a total floor area of approximately 31,000㎡, and the 2nd integrated logistics center, which opened in September 2013 with a total floor area of approximately 33,000㎡.

It handles customs clearance, storage, and inspection of duty-free goods, transportation of duty-free goods to delivery points at international airports and ports nationwide, and supply of products to overseas stores. It also practices win-win cooperation by supplying products on behalf of local small and medium-sized duty-free shops that lack logistics capacity. Recently, it has introduced solar power generation facilities in idle spaces of the logistics center and replaced bonded transport vehicles with electric vehicles, making efforts for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management.

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