Hyundai Department Store Group Donates 'Smart Shelter'... "Expanding ESG Management"

Hyundai Department Store Group announced on the 25th that it will support the establishment of public safety infrastructure to build a community safety net.

To this end, it is promoting the ‘Smart Shelter Donation Project’ in Gwangju Metropolitan City and Daejeon Metropolitan City. Smart shelters are future-oriented public facilities that integrate advanced safety technologies and various convenience facilities such as heating and cooling for citizens. Hyundai Department Store Group plans to establish detailed operational plans in cooperation with Buk-gu, Gwangju, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, the social welfare corporation Milal Welfare Foundation, and the Community Chest of Korea.

The core of the smart shelter construction project is the ‘Safety platform’ function integrated with information and communication technology (ICT). The shelters include emergency bells and communication devices that connect immediately to the city’s integrated control center and local police stations for two-way communication, as well as 24-hour operating internal and external security closed-circuit (CCTV) cameras, enabling police emergency dispatch in urgent situations. Automated external defibrillators (AED) for rapid emergency patient response, handrails for the elderly and disabled, and video information displays that provide local news and bus arrival information will also be installed.

The first smart shelter is scheduled to be installed next month in mid-month at a bus stop near Malbau Market in Duam-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju. The company expects that the shelter will transform the old bus stop, which is heavily used by elderly market visitors and residents of nearby apartment complexes, ensuring residents’ safety and improving convenience. In September, the second installation site will be finalized in consultation with Yuseong-gu, Daejeon.

Hyundai Department Store Group’s initiative to install smart shelters is part of strengthening ESG management. In March, it donated 150 million won to the ‘SAFE-SCHOOL’ campaign, which builds infrastructure to prevent accidents in areas near elementary schools with traffic accident concerns.

A Hyundai Department Store Group official said, “We plan to gradually expand social safety net projects by monitoring the operation status of customer participation social safety campaigns, school zone traffic safety solutions, smart shelters, and reflecting the opinions of beneficiaries. Furthermore, we will actively strive to help build infrastructure that can reduce damage from floods, earthquakes, and wildfires.”

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