Kia Obtains 'Health-Friendly Company' Certification

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] Kia announced on the 25th that it has obtained the ‘Health-Friendly Company’ certification, organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Promotion Institute.

On the 21st, Kia received the Health-Friendly Company certification and a commendation from the Minister of Health and Welfare at the ‘2022 Health-Friendly Company Certification System Performance Conference’ held at Boco Seoul Gangnam in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

The ‘Health-Friendly Company Certification System,’ which was fully implemented this year, is a system that grants certification to companies that exemplary operate health-friendly systems. According to the National Health Promotion Act, companies that create a health-friendly culture and environment in the workplace and support employees to actively manage their own health are selected.

Kia received excellent evaluations in all four areas: health-friendly management, health-friendly culture, health-friendly activities, and employee satisfaction. In particular, it earned high marks for actively striving to regard the health and safety of executives and employees as core corporate values and for establishing a sustainable health management system.

The Health-Friendly Company certification period Kia obtained this time is three years, from the 7th of this month to December 6, 2025. Kia is forming governance with internal and external experts to build a sustainable and high-quality health management system and is transitioning the health promotion work system to a proactive management method.

Through platforms for listening to workers’ safety and health opinions, the Industrial Health Committee, and safety and health partner company councils, Kia actively collects and reflects opinions on health promotion systems and encourages executives and employees to participate in health management activities.

Additionally, Kia operates various prevention and rehabilitation return-to-work programs that provide high-quality health management services by utilizing in-house industrial health centers and sports center facilities.

A Kia official stated, “We will continue to take the lead in establishing a sustainable and advanced health management business system so that the value of health can be internalized in the lives of stakeholders.”

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