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Our electronics companies make the small gadgets that run much more
powerful gadgetsincluding everything from components in our PCs and
mobile phones to green batteries and behind the scenes IT solutions.
Samsung Electronics
Samsung SDI
Samsung Electro-Mechanics
Samsung SDS
Samsung Display
Samsung Corning Advanced Glass
Chemical Industries
Samsungs Chemical Industries division works with high-profit electrochemicals and life sciences, and partners with corporations like BP and Total
S.A. to produce petrochemicals..
Financial Services
Samsungs financial services companies, serving customers in Korea, include
insurance, investments and credit card businesses.
CSR Management
At Samsung Electronics, the aim of CSR management is to promote mutual
growth with its stakeholders through Samsungs corporate vision of Leading
Digital Convergence Innovation and its CSR vision of Global Harmony with
People, Society and Environment, ultimately become a widely respected
corporate citizen. To that end, a CSR Liaison Office was set up under the CEOs
supervision in January 2009, to build a company-wide consensus and organize
its corporate social responsibility practice. With the launch of the CSR Liaison
Office, we devised a company-wide CSR mid-term strategy, centralized its CSR
communication channels, and established CSR meeting programs as part of its
internal CSR infrastructure. Samsung Electronics CSR initiatives are classified
into Integrity Management, Green Management, Social Contribution, Products
& Services and Partner Collaboration with business partners. We ensure that
business activities are closely connected with ours CSR activities in response to
stakeholder needs and major issues. Chaired by the CEO, Partner Collaboration
Executive Meetings are held twice a year as official CSR meetings. In the
meetings, the executive management in charge of the five CSR initiatives
decide on CSR policies, check the performances of each division, and come up
with follow up action items and measures reflective of the major CSR issues
and trends. Partner Collaboration & Enhancement Office also holds quarterly
working-level meetings. Samsung Electronics will continue to share and
implement its CSR initiatives while maintaining communications with its
stakeholders to collect and reflect their opinions in the companys future CSR
activities.
Sustainability in operation
a. Environment, Safety & Health (EHS) Policy
Samsung Electronics has established an Environment, Safety and Health (ESH)
policy that complies rigorously with local and regional regulations and
requirements wherever our production lines operate around the world. Through
these efforts, Samsung Electronics is striving to preserve the surrounding
environment and to share sustainable growth with local communities
b. ESH management
In compliance with the global standards of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001,
Samsung Electronics operates a health and safety system and environmental
management system in all of its production facilities around the world. All
operations have acquired the certification of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 and
undergo scheduled audits and renewals. An automated monitoring system that
manages the emission of environmentally hazardous wastes and pollutants is
also installed at all production facilities. Through scheduled diagnosis on
production lines for environment, safety and fire hazards, Samsung Electronics
strives to achieve continuous improvement in ESH Management at all facilities.
c. Biodiversity
Demand for the protection of biodiversity is increasing since an international
agreement on biodiversity protection was signed in 1992. Samsung Electronics
is responding to changing demands by raising awareness on the importance of
biodiversity. We have created a basic philosophy and action plan on biodiversity
protection to promote it in our business activities.
d. Water Resource recycling
Sustainable water supply and water source preservation has become an
important priority among all electronics companies including Samsung
Climatic Changes
1) Policy and Goals: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 (Annex I countries
of Kyoto Protocol) of at least 30% as a group by 2020. The company also
calls for global greenhouse gas emissions to peak by 2015.
To control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions effectively, the company
is building a GHG inventory for its business activities. This includes
Scope 1 and 2 (direct emissions and electricity purchases from global
business operations and production sites), as well as Scope 3 emissions
which are other indirect emissions from product use, product transport,
suppliers and employees business travel.
Samsung plans to reduce its GHG emissions intensity normalized by
sales (metric tonnes of CO2 per KRW 100 million) by 50% until 2013
based on the level of 2008. Also, the company plans to reduce the GHG
emissions by 24% compared to BAU (business as usual) by 2015 to meet
the Korean government's mid-term GHG reduction target and policy.
The reduction target covers all production sites in Korea only, since this
represents almost 90% of global GHG emissions in the company.
2) GHG Management for Scope 1 and 2:Samsung Electronics' total emissions of greenhouse gases with regional
breakdown are shown in Figure 1. The Global GHG emissions of Scope 1
and 2 in 2012 were decreased to 34% from 2011. It was mainly because
of structural reorganization, including separation of the LCD business
division.
The GHG emission data for Korea between 2010 and 2012 was adjusted
with third party verification in June 2012 according to Korea national
GHG target management rule.
Figure 2 demonstrates the decrease in GHG emissions normalized by
sales which was mainly resulting from the companys GHG reduction
initiatives. We have taken various measures including the installation of
facilities for reducing GHG emissions from industrial processes,
improvement in energy efficiency of production facilities and, installation
of high efficient facilities and we will continue to implement various
GHG reduction measures.
3) GHG Management for Scope 3:The below diagram provides an overview of GHG emissions occurred by
Samsung Electronics entire business activities. This was estimated and
developed based on currently available data for Scope 1, 2 and 3. Scope 1
and 2 data are managed well and verified by the third party organizations.
The company is investigating ways to improve Scope 3 data since it has
technical and manageable limitations on data collection management in
supply chain and transportation, etc.
Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Breakdown Diagram:-
4) Energy Management:-
Samsung Electronics has adopted various measures such as highefficiency facilities, energy management systems and training programs
for employees to reduce energy consumption across all manufacturing
sites.
The company established a working group for energy management which
meets every two months to share best practice for energy saving and
management throughout all business divisions. The company is also
implementing internal energy management program called Precertification of Energy Efficiency for all energy using devices,
equipment, and raw materials in order to promote energy efficiency
improvement in operations
To manage energy use more systematically and efficiently, the company
has now established the international standard for energy management
system (ISO 50001) in production sites. It can be certified from the third
party institutions by setting energy reduction targets and implementing
energy reduction programs. As of June 2012, the company gained ISO
50001 for all production sites in Korea, and it plans to achieve third party
certification for all global production sites by 2013.
COUNTRY
RECYCLING SCHEME
Austria
ERP
Belgium
RECUPEL
Czech Republic
COUNTRY
Netherlands
RECYCLING SCHEME
NVMP
ICT Milieu
Asekol
Poland
ElektroEko
Electrowin
Portugal
AMB3E
Denmark
El Retur
Finland
SERTY
France
EcoSystemes
Germany
NOEX
Hungary
Elektro-Coord
Sweden
El Kretsen
Ireland
ERP
Switzerland
SWICO
Italy
Remedia
UK
ERP
Latvia
Slovakia
Spain
Envidom
SEWA
ERP
Ecotic
4) Recycling performance:Samsung Electronics promotes that all its products are collected and
recycled at the end of their lifecycle, so that it can contribute to reserving
clean environment by reusing resources. The company has established
recycling infrastructure in Korea. It also finances for the collection and
recycling of its products in many other countries. Samsung Electronics
continuously work to increase the amount of recyclable products. Below
are the amounts that Samsung Electronics recycled across all its product
groups in Korea and Japan from 2004, in Europe from 2005, and in the
United States from 2006.
Green Management
Framework:Samsung Electronics green management strategy
enables us to grow sustainably and invest in the future of
both humanity and nature. We established our green
management vision based on the underlying philosophy
that we have a duty to help build a prosperous society and
preserve the environment through business activities that
respect people and nature. Our green management
activities are reinforced under our slogan of PlanetFirst.
Samsung Electronics is committed to leading way to a
sustainable society. Through our green management
activities, we are contributing to the prosperity of
humanity and the conservation of the natural
environment.
Global Green Management System We have established a
global green management system, ensure full compliance
with all environment safety and health regulations at all
our operation sites with factories, and enforce strict EHS
internal standards. Green Manufacturing Process In order
to minimize the release of greenhouse gas emissions and
pollutants, we have established manufacturing processes
that employ the best available clean manufacturing
technologies and improve resource and energy efficiency.
Life Cycle Responsibility for Products and Services We take
full responsibility for ensuring minimal environmental
impact and maximum safety at all stages of the product
life cycle, including parts and raw materials acquisition,
product development and manufacturing, distribution and
use, repair and maintenance, and end-of-life disposal,
reuse, or recycling. Protection the Environment We take
action against climate change to preserve the
environment and protect local communities. We disclose
our green management policies and achievements to both
our internal and external stakeholders.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT:Samsung Engineering is always looking for new, more innovative ways
to achieve green efficiency and further reduce industrial impact on the
environment. This commitment to sustainability is reflected at every stage
of the EPC process.
During pre-commissioning, Samsung Engineering conducts a feasibility
study to identify site-specific environmental impact control points.
Building on that analysis, the engineering design team then looks for
opportunities to streamline energy use and reduce pollutant output. The
procurement team takes the design teams component list and identifies
the suppliers who produce the greenest products, and then the
transportation team works to optimize delivery schedules and logistics to
minimize carbon emissions. On the jobsite, the project team creates a
construction environment management plan (CEMP) to maximize
resource efficiency, minimize the release of pollutants and preserve local
biodiversity. Once the plant has been transferred to the client, its real-time
environmental monitoring systems and efficient industrial components
allow the client to operate the plant while minimizing its impact on the
environment, reducing energy, water and chemical consumption in the
process.
Although we follow strict internal policies regarding environmental
preservation, we also abide by internationally recognized, third-party
regulatory guidelines. In 1996, Samsung Engineering first earned the ISO
14001 certification, a stringent environmental certification that has since
been offered to many of our regional offices around the globe. In 2011,
we decided to revamp our green management system in order to earn the
KS I 7001 certification, which includes standards for energy efficiency,
greenhouse gas, and social responsibility in addition to the core standards
of ISO 14001.
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL
INITIATIVE SYSTEM:Samsung Engineering's Sustainable Environmental
Initiative System (SEIS) is an internal three-part
proprietary environmental monitoring systemEMS, GMS
and GPIthat collects data from each of our project sites
every month. The Environmental Management System
(EMS) enables planning, site management, and monitoring
in accordance with ISO 14001. The Greenhouse Gas
Management System (GMS) measures and tracks
emissions, and the Green Performance Indicator (GPI)
allows Samsung Engineering to analyze environmental
performance statistics.
ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS
WORK PERMIT SYSTEM:In order to minimize environmental hazards, Samsung
Engineering has implemented a project permit system,
which requires construction plans to be checked for
potential environmental risk factors. For any project found
to require an environmental mitigation plan, a work permit
is issued. Those environmentally sensitive projects are
then monitored throughout the construction process by
inspectors who visit each job site to verify that the
construction team is adhering to the limitations and
requirements of the permits.
Samsung Engineering meets or exceeds global standards and guidelines
for environment protection and preservation. As a means to improve the
overall quality of environmental performance, we have used third-party
verification organizations to check our green management system.
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE:Samsung Engineerings response to climate change has included annual
assessments of climate change related risks as well as greenhouse gas
reduction campaigns to minimize emissions while maximizing
performance.
Samsung Engineering began collecting Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
data from domestic construction sites in 2007, and expanded the coverage
to overseas sites in 2008. Then, in 2009, we launched an online data
consolidation system, which simplified the collection, analysis, and
reporting of greenhouse gas data.
RENEWABLE ENERGY:Since the issue of non-renewable energy looms larger than ever before, and
since the cost of energy is a vital factor for the companys growth, Samsung
Safety & Environment Division monitors and analyzes the impact of renewable
energy on the global energy markets in order to minimize risks and capitalize on
opportunities.
Conclusion
1) Samsung deep commitment to sustainability has positioned the
corporate to conduct environmental programs worldwide.
2) Hundreds of Samsung employees have made voluntary services in
reclamation of fresh water bodies in China and S.Korea.
3) The company has organized awareness campaigns in Brazil on
deforestation of trees in Amazon rain forests, especially for children.