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Sustainability Report
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2023 Kumho Polychem
Sustainability Report

Kumho Polychem published its first sustainability management report

in 2024 to more actively communicate with stakeholders on ESG

management performance and activities. This report contains transparent

efforts to promote sustainability management and key achievements.

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2023 Kumho Petrochemical Group’s Connection criteria Sustainability Report

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Greenhouse Gas

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
GHG emissions	Total (Scope 1, Scope 2)	tCO₂-eq	325,294	315,131	292,044
	Scope 1 emissions	tCO₂-eq	3,009	2,396	6,172
	Scope 2 emissions	tCO₂-eq	322,286	312,736	285,872
GHG emissions per unit intensity		tCO₂-eq/KRW 1 billion	515	403	452

Energy

Category			Unit	2021	2022	2023
Total energy consumed			TJ	5,503	5,292	4,907
General energy consumed	Total		TJ	5,503	5,292	4,907
	Direct energy	Total	TJ	5.3	6.0	32
		LNG	TJ	0.3	0.5	27
		LPG	TJ	-	-	-
		Gasoline	TJ	0.5	0.6	1
		Diesel	TJ	4.5	5.0	5
		Coal	TJ	-	-	-
		Others	TJ	-	-	-
	Indirect energy	Total	TJ	5,497	5,286	4,875
		Electricity	TJ	4,328	4,157	3,936
		Steam	TJ	1,169	1,129	939
		Others	TJ	-	-	-
Renewable energy consumed			TJ	-	-	-
Energy consumed per unit intensity			TJ/KRW 1 billion	8.7	6.8	6.7

Water

Category			Unit	2021	2022	2023
Water withdraw and consumption	Water withdrawn	Total	m³	2,709,620	2,799,989	2,445,802
		Water supply	m³	-	-	2,372
		Groundwater	m³	-	-	-
		Industrial water	m³	2,709,620	2,799,989	2,443,430
		Others	m³	-	-	-
	Water consumed		m³	596,790	625,534	538,919
	Water consumed per unit intensity		m³/KRW 1 billion	945	800	833
Water risk (Data disclosure from 2023 onwards)	Ratio of business sites located in water-stressed areas		%	-	-	75
	Water consumption rate in water-stressed areas		%	-	-	100
	Water withdrawal rate in water-stressed areas		%	-	-	100
Effluent	Effluent discharged		m³	2,112,830	2,174,455	1,906,883
Effluent	Effluent discharged per unit intensity		m³/KRW 1 billion	3,346	2,782	2,948

Air Pollutant

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Air Pollutants Emissions	NOx	ton	2.0	5.3	4.6
	SOx	ton	0.9	1.4	2.9
	VOCs	ton	N.A	N.A	N.A
	HAPs	ton	N.A	N.A	N.A
	PM	ton	5.4	4.6	3.2

Water Pollutant

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Water Pollutants Emissions	COD	ton	65.1	-	-
	BOD	ton	4.7	67.7	48.7
	SS	ton	17.3	10.1	21.8
	TOC	ton	-	35.1	43.0
	T-N	ton	3.4	1.3	2.4
	T-P	ton	0.1	0.2	0.1

Hazardous chemical

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Hazardous chemicals used		ton	1,902	1,690	1,621
Hazardous chemicals used per unit intensity		ton/KRW 1 billion	3.0	2.2	2.5

Waste

Category			Unit	2021	2022	2023
General waste + Hazardous waste	Total waste generated		ton	5,831	5,397	4,708
	Total waste recycled		ton	5,282	4,796	4,140
	Rate of total waste recycled		%	90.6	88.9	87.9
	Total waste treated	Total	ton	497	549	567
		Incineration	ton	461	429	501
		Landfill	ton	36	120	66
		Others	ton	0	0	0
General waste	General waste generated		ton	5,110	4,661	4,006
	General waste recycled		ton	4,578	4,072	3,448
	Rate of general waste recycled		%	89.6	87.4	86.1
	General waste treated	Total	ton	480	536	557
		Incineration	ton	444	416	490
		Landfill	ton	36	120	66
		Others	ton	-	-	-
Hazardous waste	Hazardous waste generated		ton	720	736	702
	Hazardous waste recycled		ton	704	724	692
	Rate of hazardous waste recycled		%	97.7	98.3	98.5
	Hazardous waste treated	Total	ton	17	12	10
		Incineration	ton	17	12	10
		Landfill	ton	-	-	-
		Others	ton	-	-	-

Raw material

Category	Unit	2021	2022	2023
Raw materials used	ton	220,791	199,016	180,866

Environmental Management

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Environmental investment	Total	KRW 1 million	-	-	31,349
	CAPEX	KRW 1 million	-	-	30,783
	OPEX	KRW 1 million	-	-	566

※ Data disclosure from 2023 onwards

Employee

Category			Unit	2021	2022	2023
Total no. of employees			Person	215	226	245
By gender	Female		Person	26	31	39
By gender	Male		Person	189	195	206
By age	Under 30	Total	Person	20	32	43
		Female	Person	-	-	21
		Male	Person	-	-	22
	30~49	Total	Person	147	147	154
		Female	Person	-	-	18
		Male	Person	-	-	136
	50 and older	Total	Person	48	47	48
		Female	Person	-	-	0
		Male	Person	-	-	48
By employment type	Full time employees	Total	Person	207	217	238
		Female	Person	-	-	33
		Male	Person	-	-	205
	Temporary employees	Total	Person	8	9	7
		Female	Person	-	-	6
		Male	Person	-	-	1
	Non-affiliated workers	Total	Person	-	-	211
		Female	Person	-	-	9
		Male	Person	-	-	202

※ Some data disclosure from 2023 onwards

Employee Training

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Per capita training time		Hour/Person	62	75	53
Per capita training cost		KRW 1 million/Person	0.4	0.5	0.7
Ratio of employees with job-related training		%	-	-	100
Human rights training	Ratio of employees who have completed workplace sexual harassment prevention training	%	-	-	100
	Ratio of employees who have completed workplace harassment prevention training	%	-	-	100
	Ratio of employees who have completed disability awareness training	%	-	-	100
Other training	Ratio of employees who have completed environmental training	%	-	-	36
	Ratio of employees who have completed safety-related training	%	-	-	100

※ Some data disclosure from 2023 onwards

Welfare Benefits

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Welfare costs as a percentage of revenue		%	0.79	0.67	1.00
No. of employees on parental leave	Total	Person	0	2	1
	Female	Person	0	2	1
	Male	Person	0	0	0
No. of employees who returned to work after taking parental leave	Total	Person	0	0	2
	Female	Person	0	0	2
	Male	Person	0	0	0
No. of employees who worked for more than 12 months after returning to work	Total	Person	0	0	0
	Female	Person	0	0	0
	Male	Person	0	0	0

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Category			Unit	2021	2022	2023
Employee Health Checkups	Comprehensive checkups		Person	198	210	195
Employee Health Checkups	General checkups		Person	142	158	150
Risk Assessment	Company	No. of process hazard analysis conducted	Time	37	29	30
	Company	No. of job risk assessment conducted	Time	1	1	26
	On-site contractor	No. of process hazard analysis conducted	Time	1	0	1
	On-site contractor	No. of job risk assessment conducted	Time	2	5	6
Occupational Accident Rate	Employees	Fatality	Person	0	0	0
		LTIFR	-	0	0	0
		OIFR	-	0	0	0
		LTISR	-	0	0
		TRIFR	-	0	0	0
		Process Safety Event_Tier 1	-	0	0	0
		Fatality rate	‱	0	0	0
		Occupational accident rate	%	0	0	0
	On-site contractors	Fatality	Person	0	0	0
		LTIFR	-	0	0	2
		OIFR	-	0	0	0
		TRIFR	-	0	0	2
		Fatality rate	‱	0	0	0
		Occupational accident rate	%	0	0	1

Supply Chain

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Contractors	Total	EA	-	-	77
	Tier 1	EA	-	-	37
	Tier 2	EA	-	-	40
	Others	EA	-	-	0
New Contractors		EA	-	-	2

※ Data disclosure from 2023 onwards

Social Contribution

Category	Unit	2021	2022	2023
Per capita hours spent on community service	Hour/Person	-	-	0
Per capita social contribution cost	KRW 1 million/Person	-	-	1

※ Data disclosure from 2023 onwards

ESG Management Performance

Greenhouse Gas

Energy

Water

Air Pollutant

Water Pollutant

Hazardous chemical

Waste

Raw material

Environmental Management

Employee

Employee Training

Welfare Benefits

Occupational Health and Safety Management

Supply Chain

Social Contribution

BOD Composition

BOD Activities

Research&Development

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
Total no. of directors		Person	-	-	6
By gender	Male	Person	-	-	5
By gender	Female	Person	-	-	1

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
BOD meeting		Time	-	-	9
BOD agenda	Resolution item	Case	-	-	17
BOD agenda	Reporting item	Case	-	-	2
BOD average attendance rate		%	-	-	100

Category		Unit	2021	2022	2023
No. of R&D employees		Person	-	-	21
R&D investment costs		KRW 1 million	-	-	4,769