Spent 280 Million KRW on Otters and Cranes... S-OIL Sponsors Endangered Species Protection Fund

Support for Natural Monument Research Groups and Guardians

First Company to Run a 5-Species Protection Campaign for 16 Years

S-OIL donated 280 million KRW to protect natural monuments such as otters and cranes.

S-OIL (CEO Anwar Al Hezazi), together with the Cultural Heritage Administration, delivered 280 million KRW in sponsorship funds for endangered natural monument guardians to environmental organizations including the Korea Otter Protection Association, Korea Freshwater Fish Conservation Association, Natural Monument Insect Research Institute, and Korea Softshell Turtle Protection Association at the company’s headquarters auditorium in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the 5th.

The sponsorship funds will be used for protection activities of five endangered natural monuments: otters, cranes, Korean dark sleeper (Eoreumchi), longhorn beetles (Jangsu haneulso), and softshell turtles (Namsaengi).

A signing ceremony is being held for S-OIL's sponsorship of 280 million won for natural monument protection activities.

S-OIL has shown interest in environmental fields and signed a ‘Cultural Heritage (Natural Monument) Guardian’ agreement with the Cultural Heritage Administration in 2008 to realize social value. This promise, the first of its kind by a corporation, has been upheld for 16 years.

An S-OIL official expressed gratitude, saying, “Thanks to everyone who has done their best to protect the ecosystem and conduct research activities despite difficult circumstances, endangered species have recovered their populations and established a healthy ecosystem.” He added, “S-OIL will continue to take an interest in and support environmental fields and fulfill its social responsibilities as a company.”

S-OIL’s natural monument guardian activities include ▲supporting research and protection activities of conservation groups ▲volunteer activities by employees, customers, and their families as natural monument guardians ▲university student natural monument guardian groups ▲natural monument classes for children from low-income families.

So far, over 4,900 employees and customer family members have participated in volunteer activities, and 4,540 children from low-income families have attended ecological education camps.

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