Samsung Electronics Joins Climate Change Week 'Lights Out Campaign'... Greenhouse Gas Reduction

by Moon Chaeseok

Published 25 Apr.2023 08:42(KST)

10 Domestic Sites and 44 Overseas Subsidiaries Participate
"Pine Trees Absorb CO2 Equivalent to 770 Trees Over One Year"

Samsung Electronics announced on the 25th that it conducted a lights-off event at its domestic and overseas business sites in observance of Climate Change Week. The lights were turned off for 10 minutes over two days. This saved energy and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. It is explained that the amount of energy saved is equivalent to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by about 770 pine trees in one year.

On April 22, Earth Day, during Climate Change Week, Samsung Electronics conducted energy-saving light-off events at its domestic and overseas business sites. Before and after images of the light-off at Samsung Electronics Suwon Plant in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.
[Photo by Samsung Electronics]

Earth Day was established on April 22, 1970, following the 1969 oil spill incident in California, USA. Since 2009, the Ministry of Environment has designated the week around Earth Day as Climate Change Week and has conducted nationwide lights-off events. This year, the event is held from April 21 to 27 under the theme "Today, I Saved the Earth Again."

Before and after turning off the lights at Samsung Research America (SRA) in Silicon Valley, USA. [Photo by Samsung Electronics]

Samsung Electronics also participated in the event. Ten domestic business sites of Samsung Electronics and 44 overseas subsidiaries in the United States, Europe, China, and Southeast Asia turned off their lights for 10 minutes at 8 p.m. on April 21 and 22. Subsidiaries such as Samsung Electronics Sales, Samsung Electronics Service, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and Samsung Medison also took part.

Samsung Electronics reported that it is estimated to have saved about 3,410 kWh (kilowatt-hours) of energy during the campaign period. When converted to greenhouse gases, the energy savings correspond to a reduction of 1.786 tCO2-eq (tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). This figure is similar to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by about 770 pine trees in one year.

Before and after lights out at Samsung Electronics Vietnam Corporation (SEV) in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam. [Photo by Samsung Electronics]

In September last year, Samsung Electronics declared a "New Environmental Management Strategy" aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050. A Samsung Electronics official stated, "We plan to actively participate in responding to climate change through further greenhouse gas reduction and expansion of renewable energy."

Samsung Electronics Joins Climate Change Week 'Lights Out Campaign'... Greenhouse Gas Reduction

10 Domestic Sites and 44 Overseas Subsidiaries Participate"Pine Trees Absorb CO2 Equivalent to 770 Trees Over One Year"

10 Domestic Sites and 44 Overseas Subsidiaries Participate
"Pine Trees Absorb CO2 Equivalent to 770 Trees Over One Year"