Sustainability

ESG Governance

In July 2021, Samsung Heavy Industries established ESG committee under the Board of Director and established ESG vision and strategy. It serves as the highest decision-making organization that determines Samsung Heavy Industires' sustainability management activities and deliberates ESG disclosures.
In addition, the ESG governance system was further strengthened by establishing ESG improvement activities in a virtuous cycle with ESG Advisory Committee, ESG C-level Council, Chief ESG Officer and ESG Conduct Body.

Performance system

ESG Committee
Committee under BOD
ESG Advisory Committee
Provide advice to the Committee
ESG C-level Council
Discuss & decide ESG issues in c-level conference
ESG Office
ESG control tower
ESG Conduct body
Consists of 4 conduct bodies

A virtuous cycle of ESG improvement activities

  1. 01

    Propose short- and medium-term strategy for company-wide and department

  2. 02

    Analyse internal/external ESG assessment results

  3. 03

    Operate working-level conduct body (Development/ specification of improvement tasks)

  4. 04

    Feedback for ESG assessment

  5. 05

    ESG Performance Management

ESG Committee

The ESG Committee consisting of all independent directors is the top ESG organization that reviews ESG performance and approves siginificant ESG issues.

ESG Committee Regulations Information of ESG Committee meeting

Position Executive / Independent Name Gender Field Career
Chair Independent director H.W Jo Female Law,
Human rights
Former) judge, member of the Human rights Commission
Current) Lawyer
Member Independent director K.S Nam Male Financial Accounting Former) Senior Vice President at Export-Import Bank
Current) Senior independent Director
Member Independent director S.J Yoon Male Law, Policy Former) Minister of Trade and Industry
Current) General Counsel at a Law firm
Member Independent director W.J Lee Male Law, Policy Former) 1st Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport
Current) Advisor at Housing Industry Research Institute

ESG Advisory Committee

As an advisory Committee under ESG Committee, it provides an advice to the ESG Committee to supplement the expertise and objectivity of each agenda.

Name Career Operation Advice scope
J.H Park Current) Director of the Korea Institute of Continuous Management (ESG Management, Consulting) Report advisory results to ESG Committee prior to ESG Committee conference Making-decision agenda by ESG committee, recent ESG trends and implications, etc
Y.N Jo Current) CEO of Dae-shin Economic Research Institute (ESG assessment, Investment)
J.Y Gwon Current) Law professor at Kyung Hee University(Law, Investment strategy)

ESG C-level Council

It is composed of Samsung Heavy Industries' executives, discussing ESG agendas and submitting the agenda to the ESG committee to make the best decision.

ESG Office

As ESG control tower within the company, it develops ESG strategies & targets and set up improvement plans.

ESG Conduct body

It consists of working-level experts from each division and derive & specify improvement tasks so that the relevant departments can participate in.

ESG Conduct body Working-level bodies by division
  • Safety, Environment
  • Social responsibility
  • Ethnic management
  • Governance

ESG Vision·Strategy

Samsung Heavy Industries established ESG visions and strategies to respond ESG issues from various stakeholders.
We will make efforts to lead the sustainability of the shipbuilding and marine industries, not limited to the permanence of Samsung Heavy Industries as an individual company.

ESG vision

ESG VISION
Go Sustainable Shipbuilding & Offshore with Green, Safety, Transparancy
Target
The world's best shipyard leading management centered on Environment, Safety and Compliance
Strategy
Leading eco-friendly management
  • Lead eco-friendly product
  • Operate a net-zero shipyard
Realizing sustainable communities
  • Enhance safety and human rights-oriented management
  • Enhance win-win management
Advanced ESG
management
  • Enhance compliance management
  • Extend external cooperation
Keynote
Technology
Management

Safety
Top Priority

Communication & Cooperation

6 major implementation strategies

E
Lead development of eco-friendly products

Provision of net zero solutions to customers
Fostering of SME materials suppliers

Operate a net zero shipyard

Declaration of Net zero
Support for net zero activicties of supply chain

S
Enhance Safety and Human Rights Management

Global safety leader
Support for safety management of supply chain

Enhance win-win management

Settlement of labor-management programs
Expansion of CSR programs

G
Enhance compliance management

Global compliance leader
Deployment of a sustainable Supply Chain

Extend of external cooperation

Active participation in initiatives
Exploration of ESG business Opportunities

ESG Story