Kim Jun, SK Inno Vice Chairman, "Future Green Energy Leader through R&D Innovation"

Emphasizing 'All-Time Net Zero' at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology

Kim Jun, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation, visited the Environmental Science and Technology Institute and urged them to become the key players in future green energy research and development (R&D).

On the 15th, Vice Chairman Kim visited the Environmental Science and Technology Institute in Daejeon to review R&D issues and encourage the members. He emphasized, "The Environmental Science and Technology Institute plays a core role as the green portfolio designer and developer for achieving all-time net zero."

Kim Jun, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation (right), is greeting members during his visit to the Daejeon Environmental Science and Technology Institute on the 15th.

Vice Chairman Kim visited the Analysis Solution Center and Environmental Technology Research Center within the institute, listened to the members' difficulties, and shared the institute's future vision. He also made a surprise visit to the institute’s communication program for members, 'The Happiest Day,' engaging in open communication.

He attended a tree-planting event to reaffirm his commitment to the next 40 years of future green energy R&D. Together with representative members born in 1983, the year SK Innovation’s R&D management was born, and the institute’s executives, he planted a type of pine tree called Bansong (盤松).

Vice Chairman Kim said, "This year marks the first year of full-scale future green energy business focusing on carbon reduction and electrification," adding, "The role of R&D is paramount to opening the future energy market."

He continued, "The institute is the origin of SK Innovation’s R&D management and has led the remarkable growth of SK Innovation affiliates over the past 40 years," and added, "Please continue to play a role in expanding the portfolio of future energy businesses such as ammonia and waste battery recycling through continuous R&D innovation for the next 40 years."

Kim Jun, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation (second from the right), is participating in a tree planting event on the 15th at the Daejeon Environmental Science and Technology Institute, spreading soil at the base of the planted tree.

SK Innovation introduced R&D management following the foresight of the late Chairman Choi Jong-hyun, who believed that independent technology development was necessary to leap forward as a comprehensive energy company. In 1983, the Technology Support Research Institute was first established at Yukong, the predecessor of SK Innovation, and in 1985, an actual research facility was established in Ulsan. The Ulsan Technology Support Research Institute was the first R&D center in the refining industry and, after several reorganizations, has now become the Environmental Science and Technology Institute.

The institute has played a pivotal role in SK Innovation’s development by continuously developing new technologies such as high-grade lubricating base oils, electric vehicle batteries, and lithium-ion battery separators (LiBS). Recently, it developed the world’s top-level BMR technology for lithium hydroxide recycling and expanded the demonstration of the plastic pyrolysis oil post-processing technology, which was first developed domestically, contributing to the establishment of SK Geocentric Ulsan ARC, the world’s first comprehensive plastic recycling complex, by 2025.

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