- 2016 Gas Safety Award (Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy)
- 2015 Lab Safety Day Best Lab Award (Science, ICT and Future Planning Minister Award)
- 2013 Safety Culture Award
- 2013 Ministry of Employment and Labor Commendation for Safety & Health
- 2012 Prime Minister’s Commendation for Korea Safety Award
protect health of the humanity, and achieve green growth.
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06:00 AMI wake up to the chilly morning air. My day starts early but full of energy. EVAEVA is an eco-friendly material with elasticity and softness which makes it ideal to be used as soles of sneakers. Its properties of transparency, flexibility and low-temperature sealability make it an ideal material for laminating films and solar-module sheets.
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09:00 AMAs always, people hurry their steps onto the subway to go to work. CACaustic soda is used in wide range of industries, such as paper, textiles, detergents, metals, food, and electrical generation. In particular, Chlorine is used to produce polycarbonates.
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02:00 PMA cup of coffee cheers me up in the middle of a hectic day. PEA polymer with outstanding physical properties and environmental stability, it is found in many different forms of plastic items we use every day. Polyethylene coating in paper cups prevent leakage.
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06:00 PMTime to wrap up! The red taillights on congested roads tell me it’s time to go home. TDIsTDI is a feedstock for PU resin and adhesives. Flexible foams are used in shoes, furniture, automotive components, bedding, and toys, while semi-rigid foams are used in car interior materials.
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11:00 PMTime to rest up for a fresh start tomorrow. Survived another day, good job! PVCPVC has a wide range of applications in the home, such as wallpapers, flooring materials, window frames, cable sheathing, stationary and toys.
SHE Management
- To fulfill our social responsibilities and seek sustainability,
Hanwha Chemical established protection of the environment
and health as our key management principle. In 1991, we
declared our comprehensive safety, health and environment
policy known as ECO YHES as the first corporation in Korea
to do so and has since been promoting its implementation. - ECO YHES
Yes! Health, Environment, Safety. The letters are set against the backdrop
of a green forest symbolizing sustainability & social responsibility.
- We recognize the protection of safety, health and environment as core values of corporate management for realizing
sustainability and social responsibility, and thereby make the following efforts. - 01 Implement advanced SHE management systems and promote continuous improvement by considering SHE as the
top priority in management. - 02 Make corporate-wide efforts to use energy and resources efficiently and to lower environmental pollutants by controlling all
energy and resources as their sources. - 03 Protect employee’s health and minimize possibilities of accidents and property loss by creating and continuously improving
a safe working environment. - 04 Create a mature SHE culture that satisfies all stakeholders including employees, local residents, customers and the government,
and thoroughly comply with all regulations.
Achieve sustainable growth and fulfill core values by establishing a culture in compliance with basic principles of safety, health, and environment
- 01. Common
- Accommodate SHE into core values
- Improve SHE system and regulations
- Preemptively respond to SHE
management - Improve emergency response
during product transportation - 02. Safety
- Improve workers’ safety awareness
- Improve safety management
standards of business partners - Strengthen process safety
management - 03. Health
- Promotion of employee health
- Systemize health risk assessment
- 04. Environment
- Systemized management of
chemical materials and Products
safety - Better respond to climate change
- Actively fulfill global
environmental regulations
Safety and Health Management System
Hanwha Chemical obtained the health and safety management system (OHSAS 18001) certificate in acknowledgement for our preventive
activities, such as organizing subcommittees for each business area and implementing an effective system to create and maintain a safe
and pleasant work environment. We are focused on spreading our health and safety management system and culture across the entire
organization. In addition, we have implemented the “Ten Golden Safety Rules” and a “three-strike out” system for employees or business
partners who have failed to comply with the rules, in order to make our restrictive actions more rigorous.
Environmental Management System
Hanwha Chemical obtained environmental management system (ISO-14001) certification by initiatively participating in an international
environmental management pilot project implemented for the first time in Korea in 1995. In addition, through continuous environmental
improvement and eco-friendly management based on PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Action), Hanwha Chemical maintains its status as a “green
company” designated by the Korean Ministry of Environment.
- 2015 Best Green Climate Award
- 2014 CDP Korea Climate Change Carbon Management Special Award
- 2013 Sustainable Management Award Environment category
- 2013 Best Pilot Emission Trading Project Industry Development category
- 2012 New & Renewable Energy Award (Ministry of Knowledge Economy)
Responding to Climate Change
Our response to climate change and energy-saving activities
We recognize climate change as an opportunity for growth rather than a crisis, and engage in activities to reduce greenhouse gas and energy
use in a sustainable manner. With the enforcement of emissions trading system, we calculate and disclose our emissions and energy use as per
government standard.
Energy-saving Activities
Hanwha Chemical has been carrying out 190 energy-saving activities since 2013 through the participation in greenhouse gas reduction
programs, and since 2009, has been a member of the CDP selected as the exemplary company in Carbon Management in 2011 and 2014.
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
A global system that enables listed companies to measure and disclose their environmental impacts for international financial institutes and the outside world in
an aim to improve their carbon management performance.
