Yuhan Corporation Holds Joint Declaration Ceremony to Practice ESG Management Continuing the Spirit of Dr. Yuilhan

Yuhan Corporation announced on the 14th that it held the ‘Yuhan ESG Management Practice Joint Declaration Ceremony’ to actively engage in ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) management for the realization of shared social values together with Yuhan’s major affiliated family companies and Yuhan Academy, sharing the spirit of founder Dr. Yu Ilhan.

Participants are taking a commemorative photo at the Joint Declaration Ceremony for Practicing Yuhan ESG Management. From the left: Seunghan Choi and Jonghyun Park, Co-CEOs of Yuhan Clorox; Jaeseung Jin, CEO of Yuhan-Kimberly; Wookje Cho, CEO of Yuhan Corporation; Sanghoon Seo, CEO of Yuhan Chemical; Hyunjung Kim, President of Yuhan University; Byungdoo Ko, Principal of Yuhan Technical High School.
[Photo by Yuhan Corporation]

The declaration ceremony was attended by Jo Wookje, President of Yuhan Corporation, Jin Jaeseung, CEO of Yuhan-Kimberly, Seo Sanghoon, CEO of Yuhan Chemical, Choi Seunghan and Park Jonghyun, co-CEOs of Yuhan Clorox, as well as Kim Hyunjung, President of Yuhan University, and Ko Byungdu, Principal of Yuhan Technical High School, who gathered at Yuhan Corporation’s headquarters to reaffirm their commitment to practicing ESG management.

Through the joint declaration, Yuhan Corporation, its major affiliated family companies, and Yuhan Academy confirmed that the corporate philosophy and ideology of Dr. Yu Ilhan?“profits gained by a company must be returned to the society that nurtured it” and “honesty must be Yuhan’s eternal tradition”?are the fundamental spirit of sustainable management. Based on this founding spirit, they declared internally and externally that they will actively cooperate organically to pursue ESG management for a better future, healthy humanity, and the global environment.

The declaration includes commitments to environmental management and climate crisis response, strengthening ethical management and human rights management, communicating with various stakeholders to achieve mutual growth and create social value, and spreading ESG values across all areas of environment, society, and governance.

In his greeting, President Jo Wookje stated, “Dr. Yu Ilhan’s founding philosophy serves as the foundation for ESG management and sustainable management demanded by the times and is a very important spiritual asset for the Yuhan community.” He added, “Through this declaration ceremony, Yuhan Corporation, its affiliated family companies, and Yuhan Academy will strengthen ESG management by practicing the corporate philosophy and actively fulfill their social responsibilities and roles.”

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