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Certificate

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
ISO 14001 % of business sites certified % 70 70 70
Business sites subject to certification sites 10 10 10
Certified business sites sites 7 7 7
Eco-friendly certification ‘Green Product’ certified products numbers 1 1 1
‘Low Carbon Product’ certified products numbers 1 1 1
‘ISCC Plus‘ certified products numbers 0 0 2

Greenhouse Gas

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
GHG emissions Total GHG emissions (Scope 1, Scope 2)* tCO2-eq 3,499,732 3,409,409 3,473,210
Scope 1 tCO2-eq 3,108,304 3,036,989 3,128,818
Scope 2 tCO2-eq 391,427 372,428 344,400
Scope 3** tCO2-eq 3,311,681 3,684,896 3,518,491
GHG emissions intensity (Scope 1, Scope 2)*** tCO2-eq/KRW 1 billion 1,002.9 619.8 682.8
* Difference in the total due to unit truncation
** Applied relevant emission factors (based on national LCI DB) to activity data by category using ERP system, and conforms to the categories of ‘purchased goods and services’,
‘fuel- and energy- related activities not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2’, and ‘upstream transportation and distribution’ under the GHG Protocol
*** Based on Kumho Petrochemical's revenue (separated)

Energy

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Energy consumption Total energy consumed* TJ 43,216 42,727 42,338
Total general energy consumed TJ 42,644 41,718 41,453
Direct energy Total consumed TJ 35,221 33,905 34,550
LNG TJ 510 551 500
LPG TJ 0.1 0.1 0.4
Gasoline TJ 0.3 0.2 0.2
Diesel TJ 25 27 26
Coal TJ 25,699 24,249 25,149
Others TJ 8,988 9,078 8,874
Indirect energy Total consumed TJ 7,423 7,813 6,903
Electricity TJ 5,040 5,329 4,832
Steam TJ 2,383 2,484 2,071
Others TJ 0 0 0
Renewable energy consumed (WCF) TJ 572 1,008 885
% of renewable energy consumed % 1.3 2.4 2.1
Energy consumption intensity** TJ/KRW 1 billion 12.4 7.8 8.3
* Difference in the total due to unit truncation
** Based on Kumho Petrochemical's revenue (separated)

Water

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Water withdraw and consumption Water withdrawn Total m³ 13,017,978 14,450,991 13,827,307
Water supply m³ 25,722 25,827 41,372
Groundwater m³ 4,972 6,488 7,140
Industrial water m³ 12,987,284 14,418,676 13,778,795
Others m³ 0 0 0
Water consumed m³ 5,981,974 6,548,271 6,139,120
Water consumption intensity* m³/KRW 1 billion 1,714.2 1,190.3 1,206.9
Water recycled m³ 730,751 795,381 505,001
% of water recycled % 12.2 12.2 8.2
Water stress Water withdrawn in regions with high or extremely high** baseline water stress m³ 9,782 9,532 10,281
Water consumed in regions with high or extremely high baseline water stress m³ 9,782 9,532 10,281
% of business sites in regions with high or
extremely high baseline water stress		 % 8.3 8.3 8.3
Wastewater Wastewater discharged m³ 7,036,004 7,902,720 7,688,187
Wastewater discharged intensity m³/KRW 1 billion 2,016.2 1,436.5 1,511.4
* Based on Kumho Petrochemical's revenue (separated)
** based on the World Resource Institute’s (WRI) Aqueduct tool

Hazardous chemical

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Hazardous chemical discharged Total discharged ton 68.6 64.3 51.2
Intensity ton/KRW 1 billion 0.02 0.01 0.01
Hazardous chemical used Total used ton 1,730,128.5 1,831,535.7 1,593,631.9
Intensity ton/KRW 1 billion 495.8 332.9 313.3
Hazardous chemical inspection No. of inspection Total case 17 21 24
Regular inspection case 11 7 8
Non-regular inspection case 6 14 16

Air pollutant

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Air pollutant emissions NOx ton 981.0 934.3 854.2
SOx ton 530.9 470.8 494.3
VOCs ton 30.3 20.8 16.4
HAPs ton 52.7 44.2 29.6
PM ton 68.4 76.3 81.7

Water pollutant

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Water pollutant discharged COD* ton 364.9 312.4 -
BOD ton 267.5 233.4 179.4
SS ton 151.0 181.1 153.8
TOC* ton - - 271.6
T-N ton 195.3 229.9 164.5
T-P ton 21.4 16.2 14.2
* According to the revision of the Enforcement Rules of the Water Environment Conservation Act, organic matter measurement indicators of wastewater discharge facilities was converted from the COD to TOC. Therefore, we disclose TOC instead of COD since 2022.

Raw material

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Raw material used ton 3,678,708 3,333,370 3,541,176
Recycled raw material used ton 53,408 77,097 76,307
% of raw materials used % 1.5 2.3 2.2

Waste

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Total waste Total waste generated ton 138,413 136,622 124,342
Total waste recycled ton 123,686 120,577 110,285
% of total waste recycled % 89.4 88.3 88.7
Total waste treated ton 14,727 16,045 14,056
General waste Total general waste generated ton 125,842 123,562 113,122
Total general waste recycled ton 120,378 117,367 108,204
% of general waste recycled % 95.7 95.0 95.7
General waste treated Total ton 5,464 6,195 4,918
Incineration ton 1,382 1,587 1,635
Landfill ton 4,021 4,608 3,282
Others ton 61 0 0
Hazardous waste Total hazardous waste generated ton 12,571 13,060 11,220
Total hazardous waste recycled ton 3,308 3,209 2,081
% of hazardous waste recycled % 26.3 24.6 18.5
Hazardous waste treated Total ton 9,263 9,851 9,139
Incineration ton 9,261 9,659 8,899
Landfill ton 0.1 0.0 0.2
Others ton 2 192 240

Environmental management

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
% of business sites conducted environmental compliance implementation checks % - - 100
% of employees received environmental training % 41.3 32.1 35.9
Environmental investment KRW 1 million 17,040 18,776 18,709

Eco-friendly product revenue

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Eco-friendly product* revenue KRW 1 million 41,673 40,606 61,244
* Total sales of eco-friendly certified products, and sales of RECs, etc.

Employee

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Total no. of employee persons 1,345 1,401 1,453
By age Under 30 persons 153 188 203
30~49 persons 848 859 888
50 and older persons 344 354 362
By employment type Full time employees persons 1,251 1,327 1,385
Temporary employees persons 94 74 68
Workers who are not employees persons 817 818 817
By gender Female persons 194 214 225
Male persons 1,151 1,187 1,228

Employee training

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Employee training hours* hour 146,858 140,326 97,846
Employee training cost KRW 1 million 1,314 1,804 2,099
% of employees received career training %
* Training hours decreased in 2022 as ‘Reading Communication’ program was abolished, which was included in the calculation of ‘Employee training hours’. Instead, we provide ‘Millie’s Library’ subscription to employees since 2022.

Benefits

Category 단위 2020 2021 2022
Employee welfare % of welfare costs to revenues (separated) % 0.8 0.6 0.7
Employee welfare costs KRW 1 million 29,172 31,629 35,785
% of employees participating flexible working system % 100 100 100
Parental leave No. of employees using parental leave Total persons 13 14 15
Male persons 6 0 2
Female persons 7 14 13
No. of employees returning to work after parental leave Total persons 8 12 15
Male persons 3 3 1
Female persons 5 9 14
No. of employees working more than 12 months after returning to work Total persons 5 11 9
Male persons 1 4 0
Female persons 4 7 9
No. of employees leaving, working less than 12 months after returning to work Total persons 0 1 0
Male persons 0 1 0
Female persons 0 0 0

Certification

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
ISO 45001 % of business sites certified % 70 70 70
Business sites subject to certification sites 10 10 10
Certified business sites sites 7 7 7

Occupational safety & health

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Employee health checkups support Total persons 1,116 1,145 1,237
Comprehensive checkups persons 747 736 818
General checkups persons 369 409 419
Safety & health risk assessment* % of business sites conducted safety & health compliance inspection check % - - 100
% of business sites conducted safety & health risk assessment % - - 100
% of employees covered by Occupational Health & Safety Committee** % 100 100 100
Occupational accident rate Employees LTIFR - 0 0 0
OIFR - 0 0 0
TRIFR - 0 0 0
Process Safety Event - Tier 1 - 0 0 0.7
LTISR - 0 0 0
Fatality rate % 0 0 0
Occupational accident rate % 0 0 0
Suppliers LTIFR - 1.27 0.63 1.84
OIFR - 0 0 0
TRIFR - 1.27 0.63 1.84
* (No. of business sites conducted) / (No. of business sites subject to conduct) * 100
** (No. of employess covered) / (No. of employess subject to cover) * 100

Supply chain

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Suppliers Total no. of suppliers numbers 1,022 1,041 1,048
No. of suppliers newly registered numbers 148 154 146
% of suppliers signed for Suppliers Code of Conduct % 67.2 66.0 65.6
No. of suppliers conducted risk assessment numbers 142 240 327
No. of suppliers conducted ESG risk assessment All suppliers numbers - 12 124
New suppliers numbers - - 2
Supply chain support Amount of Mutual Growth Fund KRW 1 million 20,000 20,000 20,000
Amount of loan interest supported KRW 1 million 6,190 5,410 11,200
No. of loan supported suppliers numbers 21 20 36
No. of training supported suppliers numbers 121 141 107
Participation in suppliers consultation channel times 4 4 4

Social contribution

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
Social contribution activities No. of employees participating in social contribution activities persons 1,025 283 295
Hours spent in social contribution activities hours 24,161 4,702 5,830
Donations Charitable donations KRW 1 million 394 1,584 503
Community donations KRW 1 million 233 396 335
Political donations* KRW 1 million 0 0 0
Other donations KRW 1 million 161 1,188 169
* We strictly prohibit political donations and lobbying, in accordance with the laws

Board of directors

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
BoD composition Total no. of directors persons 10 10 10
Executive directors persons 3 3 3
Independent directors Persons 7 7 7
% of independent directors % 70 70 70
Board diversity No. of female directors persons 0 2 2
% of female directors % 0 20 20
Average tenure Tenure of all directors years 4.2 1.8 1.1
Tenure of executive directors years 5.1 0.6 1.2
Tenure of independent directors years 3.9 1.8 1.1
BoD meetings and attendance BoD meetings times 10 11 10
BoD attendance rate % 97.0 100 100
Average attendance rate of executive directors % 96.7 100 100
Average attendance rate of independent directors % 97.1 100 100
BoD agendas No. of approved agendas agendas 28 29 22
No. of reported agendas agendas 8 13 14
BoD training times 2 3 3
Total independent director compensation KRW 1 million 423 564 499

Board Skills Matrix

Name Position Skills Gender
diversity
Business
Management		 Industry Finance Risk management Legal /
Public policy		 ESG
Choi Do-soung Independent director (Chairperson) ● ● ● Male
Baek Jong-hoon Executive director (CEO) ● ● Male
Park Jun-kyoung Executive director ● ● Male
Ko Young-do Executive director ● ● ● Male
Lee Jung-mi Independent director ● ● ● Female
Hwang Lee-seok Independent director ● ● ● Male
Park Sang-soo Independent director ● ● ● Male
Park Young-woo Independent director ● ● Male
Kwon Tae-kyun Independent director ● ● Male
Lee Jee-youn Independent director ● ● Female

BoD committees

Committee 역할
Audit Committee
• Supervising the work of directors and the management
• Approving the selected external auditors
• Other matters stipulated in the articles of incorporation or internal regulations concerning the audit
Independent Director Nomination Committee
• Establishing, inspecting, and improving the director appointment principles
• Recommending director candidates to be appointed by the general shareholders’ meeting
• Managing and verifying director candidates
ESG Committee
• Establishing corporate ESG strategies and policies
• Forming the corporate strategy and policy related to sustainable management and social value creation
• Other ESG matters delegated by the BOD
Related Party Transaction Committee
• Deliberating and deciding on internal transactions to promote fairness and transparency of transactions
• Deliberating and deciding on internal transactions in accordance with the Commercial Act, Monopoly Regulation And Fair Trade Act, etc 
Compensation Committee
• Deliberating and deciding on the limit of remuneration for directors and the remuneration system
Management Committee
• Establishing key management strategies or management policies
• Deliberating and deciding on significant management status

R&D

Category Unit 2020 2021 2022
No. of R&D employees Persons 165 169 174
R&D investment KRW 1 million 42,950 49,327 48,121

KCGS ESG Ratings

Year ESG integrated rating Environmental rating Social rating Governance rating
2022 A B+ A A
2021 B+ B A A
2020 A B+ A A
2019 B+ B+ B+ B+
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