POSCO Hosts '2022 Global Model Citizen Week'

Volunteer Festivals Held in 53 Countries Worldwide... 12 Days of Volunteer Activities Since the 14th

POSCO Vice Chairman Kim Hak-dong: "Employee Volunteering as a Catalyst for Mutual Growth Between POSCO and Local Communities"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] POSCO announced that it will hold the ‘Global Model Citizen Week’ in 53 countries worldwide under the theme ‘POSCO Together! Us Together!’ which embodies the meaning of coexistence with local communities.

Since 2010, POSCO has selected a special volunteer activity week every June and has been hosting the 'Global Model Citizen Week,' in which all employees of domestic and overseas group companies participate.

This year’s ‘Global Model Citizen Week’ will continue for 12 days from June 14 to 25, with more than 63,000 employees worldwide engaging in over 1,000 diverse volunteer activities such as caring for the underprivileged in each region, ecological conservation, and supporting local welfare institutions.

On June 14, POSCO Vice Chairman Kim Hak-dong, along with employees, planted seedlings of the honey source trees (蜜源樹, trees from which bees collect nectar), such as the Mongamju tree and the chickweed tree, which naturally form colonies in Pohang, at Hwanho Park in Pohang to preserve the local ecology. Around the Spacewalk sculpture, they planted red roses, POSCO’s flower and Pohang city’s official flower, wishing for coexistence with Pohang city.

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

Hwang Tae-yoon, an employee of POSCO Sales Production Coordination Office who participated in the volunteer activities at Hwanho Park, said, “I am glad to participate as an opportunity has been provided to actively resume volunteer activities that had been subdued due to COVID-19,” and added, “I will work harder on sharing activities for the local community in the future.”

Employees in the Gwangyang and Pohang areas are conducting volunteer activities such as improving the living environments of vulnerable groups, serving meals at welfare centers, delivering lunch boxes, and washing blankets for elderly households.

In particular, on June 15 in Pohang, employees visited Citizen Bakery, the city’s first bakery established in 1949, to make local specialty bread themselves and share it with underprivileged elderly and Pohang citizens who have grown alongside POSCO’s development.

Group companies are also carrying out volunteer activities for community care and ecosystem conservation. POSCO Holdings employees are removing invasive plants to preserve biodiversity, POSCO International is reading donated voice storybooks for multicultural families in the community, and POSCO E&C is conducting volunteer activities such as improving fire prevention living environments for vulnerable households.

Overseas, POSCO and group company employees in countries such as China, Indonesia, Germany, and India are engaging in marine environmental cleanup, installing solar lights in nighttime danger zones, and protecting endangered animals.

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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