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• SKC Expands Resource Recycling Education for Elementary Students with My Green Place ● My Green School, a resource recycling education program for elementary students, will be held consecutively this year in Uiseong, Gochang and Ulsan●​ My Green Place, a game-based waste sorting platform, has been designated as an ‘Outstanding Environmental Education Program of 2024’ by the Ministry of EnvironmentSKC (CEO & President Woncheol Park) has launched a resource recycling education program for elementary students, who are the future leaders of our society, using the game-based waste sorting platform My Green Place. Oh the 13th, SKC announced that it had partnered with the Happy Alliance, a social contribution network, to conduct the My Green School activities at a community child center in Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk Province. My Green School is an education program targeted at elementary students, launched by SKC to enhance awareness of proper waste separation. Since 2022, SKC has been conducting annual demonstration on plastic waste sorting methods at elementary schools and community child centers across the country.This year, starting on the 5th with the Grape Tree Community Child Center in Uiseong-gun, Gyeongbuk Province, along with three nearby centers, SKC will sequentially conduct educational sessions for about 100 students, moving from Gochang-gun, Jeonbuk Province on the 13th to a community child center in Ulsan on the 23rd.During the program, students learn about the properties of plastic materials and then use the My Green Place app to scan barcodes on plastic products, helping them learn proper waste sorting methods. Particularly this year, the program incorporates animations that clearly explain the waste sorting methods for different plastic types, making the education more engaging and accessible for students.My Green Place, Korea’s first game-based waste sorting app, launched in 2022, surpassed 100,000 cumulative downloads last year. Right after its release, it won the Minister of Environment Award (Grand Prize) at an idea competition hosted by the Ministry of Environment, its excellence was reaffirmed in May this year when it was designated as an Excellent Environmental Education Program.To further expand its educational outreach, SKC plans to further strengthen its collaboration with local communities in the second half of the year. Additionally, the Company aims to broaden its educational scope by participating in the government’s Neulbom School program, which ensures all first-grade students receive care at schools. Through this program, SKC will deliver practical environmental education focused on waste sorting, continuing to expand the scope of its education program.“With our resource recycling program utilizing the My Green Place, we aim to enhance the social value of the platform and lead the way in increasing awareness about resource recycling,” said an SKC official. ”We are committed to continuing our social contribution activities to support our ESG practices.” [End][SKC conducted a resource recycling education utilizing My Green Place at a community child center in Gochang, Jeonbuk Province on the 13th]
• SKC Publishes 2024 Sustainability Report ● Compiled to ensure ‘more detailed and transparent information sharing’ ···first instance of disclosing ESG data for each investee●​ Providing integrated information on business innovation and ESG management to enhance the utility of information for stakeholders, including investors and rating agenciesSKC (CEO Woncheol Park) released its ‘2024 Sustainability Report’ on its website on the 28th. Marking the fifth edition since its inauguration in 2020, the 2024 Sustainability Report has been compiled to provide key stakeholders, including investors, customers, rating agencies, and civic groups, with more detailed and transparent information on ESG management status.The report is composed of three main sections: the Corporate Overview section, the ‘Sustainability Storybook’ that describes the status of SKC’s business sustainability and ESG management, and the ‘ESG Factbook’ that showcases ESG-relevant data. The Sustainability Storybook covers SKC’s business model innovation in EV battery, semiconductor, and eco-friendly materials, along with an overview of their ESG management system. Notably, the ‘SKC Special’ feature provides an at-a-glance view of significant changes from the past year, including the acquisition of the semiconductor test solution company ISC.The ESG Factbook contains detailed quantitative and qualitative ESG-related data for the years 2021 to 2023. Until last year, ESG data was disclosed only as a sum of SKC and its key investees. However, starting with this year’s report, the 2023 data is disclosed separately for SKC, SK Nexilis, SK picglobal, and SK enpulse, and others. This allows stakeholders to access environmental performance data, such as greenhouse gas emission reductions and water recycling, as well as social data covering human resource composition and supplier management status, broken down by each investee.The ‘2023 SKC Activity Report’ is also included in this year’s edition. SKC produced this report on a trial basis for the first time last year to promote the evaluation principles, indicators, compensation scheme of the SKC board of directors and CEO. Going forward, SKC vows to further enhance the soundness of the governance structure by continuing to disclose information transparently.An SKC representative said, ”We promise to continue with bold business model innovations based on our identity as a global ESG material solution company, while simultaneously implementing genuine ESG management practices. We will transparently disclose our performance to stakeholders.”​