POSCO, Volunteer Activities in 53 Countries Worldwide... 'Model Citizen Week'

Held from 14th to 25th... Participation of All Domestic and International Employees

Vice Chairman Kim Hak-dong: "A Catalyst for Community Coexistence"

Kim Hak-dong, Vice Chairman of POSCO (front row, left), planting saplings of the honey source trees, the royal paulownia and the chickweed tree, with employees at Hwanho Park in Pohang on the 14th to preserve the local ecosystem. Honey source trees refer to trees from which bees can collect nectar. (Photo by POSCO)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] POSCO is conducting volunteer activities such as caring for underprivileged groups and preserving ecosystems in 53 countries worldwide.

POSCO announced on the 16th that it is holding the "Global Model Citizen Week" from the 14th to the 25th in 53 countries under the theme "POSCO Together! Us Together!" Since 2010, this special volunteer week has involved all domestic and overseas group company employees participating every June. This year, about 63,000 employees worldwide will engage in over 1,000 volunteer activities.

On the 14th, POSCO Vice Chairman Kim Hakdong planted saplings of the Chinese tallow tree and the bird cherry tree, which naturally form colonies in Pohang, together with employees at Hwanho Park in Pohang. Around the Spacewalk sculpture, POSCO’s flower and Pohang city’s city flower, the red rose, were planted. The Chinese tallow tree and bird cherry tree are trees from which bees can collect nectar, but their numbers have recently declined significantly.

Hwang Taeyoon, an employee of POSCO’s Sales Production Coordination Office who participated in the volunteer activities at Hwanho Park, said, "I am glad to have the opportunity to carry out volunteer activities that had been restricted due to COVID-19," and added, "I will work harder on sharing activities for the local community in the future."

Employees in Pohang and Gwangyang are engaged in volunteer activities such as improving housing conditions for vulnerable groups, serving meals at welfare centers, delivering lunch boxes, and washing blankets for elderly households. In Pohang, on the 15th, employees visited Citizen Bakery, Pohang’s first bakery established in 1949, to make local specialty bread and share it with underprivileged elderly and Pohang citizens.

POSCO Holdings employees are removing invasive plants to preserve biodiversity, and POSCO International is reading donated voice storybooks for multicultural families in the local community. POSCO Engineering & Construction is conducting volunteer activities such as improving housing environments to prevent fires in vulnerable households.

In countries around the world including China, Indonesia, Germany, and India, POSCO and group company employees are engaged in marine environment cleanup, installing solar lights in dangerous nighttime areas, and protecting endangered animals.

Vice Chairman Kim said, "I hope the volunteer activities involving all POSCO and group company employees become a catalyst for coexistence with local communities," and emphasized, "POSCO, group companies, and local communities must always develop together."

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