"For the Betterment of All" is the founding ideal at Samsung Electronics. To realize it in the community, in-house community service teams carry out professional community share-care programs, while employees volunteer at various social services and activities.
social commitment
social contribution activities
type and field of social contribution activities Social commitment
Based on a commitment to the community and an ethical mindset, Samsung Electronics contributes to the well being of society by helping to improve the quality of people‘s lives and serving cross border community services worldwide. All employees, who have the ―Betterment for All‖ firmly imprinted in their minds, demonstrate what a people-oriented company can do for the society. Therefore, all dedicated employees of the Company seek co-prosperity abided by self- discipline and ethical performance along with the Company‘s managerial ideal.
charter for social contribution
We take part in the well-being of society with all activities based on humanity and social ethics.
We do our utmost to heighten the quality of people‘s lives and to usher more affluence and happiness in our society.
We activate cross-cultural exchanges with global communities and preserve global ecology to make the world a more pleasant and healthy place.
We devote ourselves to volunteering in social welfare services and share our benefits with society.
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social contribution activities
Samsung Welfare Foundation takes part in contributing to society as a way to return corporate benefits to society. Since 1993, when ―returning corporate benefits to society‖ was set as one of the key managerial policies, Delegate social contribution Activities have been intensified. The social activities, which had been centered on the Samsung Welfare Foundation in general, were spread across the company and all employees are now encouraged to participate in various social activities home and abroad. Since 1995, when Samsung Electronics announced the new focus on social activities in three areas: the disabled, environment preservation, and informatization for society, the activities have continued to grow.
Also the Company has poured energy into supporting youth, culture and arts activities, academic exchanges, and scholarships. In 1995, Samsung Electronics revamped the community service teams to create a Community Service Volunteer Team. This reorganization was designed to help employees participate in the volunteer services that best suit their interests. In 2006 we established the volunteer council and expanded the corresponding organization as a part of sharing management expansion and operates by arranging organizations by establishing eight volunteer service centers at the each plant.
Since 1998, the Company has run computer classes for the blind, provided a scholarship for the children of disabled households, and volunteered good-will services for the needy. Each unit provides meals to undernourished children in the community where they work, which has resulted in closer bonds with people in the community. Recently, the Company has held ―Student Science Knowledge Olympics‖ jointly with science institutes to broaden students‘ scientific knowledge. To help increase students‘ creative thinking faculties, ―Creativity Olympiad‖ has been held jointly with the Patent Office of Korea. The Company has developed a new-concept ―Customer Volunteering Social Program‖ that is carried out by employees and customers together.
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POLICY AND GOALS
The 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development highlighted the need to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which have a direct impact on climate change. Under the ground-breaking Kyoto Protocol, signatory countries are required to reduce their combined GHG emissions by 5.2% from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012.
Samsung Electronics recognizes that governments as well as companies have responsibilities to address the global challenges posed by climate change. Samsung Electronics supports global mandatory cuts of greenhouse gas emissions of at least 50% by 2050 (from 1990 levels) and mandatory domestic cuts by industrialized countries of at least 30% as a group by 2020. The company also calls for global greenhouse gas emissions to peak by 2015.
To date, the company has focused on its direct impacts; reducing CO2 emissions during manufacturing processes via a range of energy-saving initiatives and improving the energy efficiency of its products. Future plans will expand Samsung Electronics' GHG emission reduction efforts to cover additional direct impact areas such as logistics and indirect sources where possible. Samsung Electronics has participated in several voluntary government-led initiatives on climate change in Korea, where 60% of our workforce and the majority of our operations are based. These include:
Pilot CO2 emission trading program supported by the Korea Energy Management Corp (KEMCO)
National Korean Greenhouse Gas Register (trial project)
Voluntary agreements to reduce energy consumption in all Samsung Electronics workplaces in Korea via the Catch CO2 Project
Agreement on Response to Climate Change and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases with KEMCO
Reduction Goals for emissions of GHGs
Samsung Electronics sets reduction targets for emissions of GHGs in terms of targets in absolute emissions and relative emissions.
Reduction target for absolute GHG emissions
: The company will reduce the total emissions of GHGs from its global manufacturing sites by 2% by 2011, from a baseline year of 2008.
Reduction target for GHG emissions per basic unit
: The company will reduce GHG emissions per basic unit globally by 36% by 2011, from a baseline year of 2008.
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