Society
Managing Business for a Sustainable Society
SK Networks recognizes the safety and health of stakeholders including customers, citizens and its employees as core values of its corporate management, and endeavors to keep serious industrial accidents at zero by enhancing and enforcing ESG practices, implementing a safety and health management system, and fostering safety and health culture.
Safety & Health Management Policy
SK Networks has developed management policies regarding safety and health as statements of the management leadership’s commitment to safety and health and enforced those policies in a bid to create wholesome working conditions and prevent industrial accidents more effectively. In addition, major developments concerning safety and health are reported to the board of directors and safety and health performance outcomes are reflected on the CEO and enterprise KPIs to provide interfaces with compensation schemes.
Mid-to-long-term Safety & Health Roadmap
We at SK Networks will ensure constant evolution and improvement of the safety and health management system and bolster up its effectiveness in consideration of worksite-specific characteristics and changing business landscape to create safe and healthy worksites of global top-tier level in each business domain and meet the goal of zero industrial accidents. By nurturing and embedding safety and health culture, we will empower all SK Networks people to exercise VWBE leadership in safety and health to roll out a business environment wherein SK Networks people and stakeholders can remain happy, healthy and safe.
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2024
Establishing Self-Prevention System
- Encouraging SKN people to participate in serious accidents prevention program and communicate better among themselves
- Conducting risk assessment with increased participation from SKN people
- Conducting follow-up audit of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001)
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2025
Promoting VWBE Health and Safety Culture as
a part of life- Promoting health and safety culture and bolstering VWBE health & safety leadership
- Enhancing health and safety culture through engagement and collaboration
- Conducting follow-up audit of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001)
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2026
Building Healthy and Happy Worksites
- Building safety-embedded highest-standard corporate culture
- Conducting renewal audit of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System (ISO 45001)
Identifying and mitigating safety and health risks
We are steadfast in our commitment to proactively mitigate serious accident risks and cultivate a safe and health work environment. This entails identifying safety hazards at worksites through risk assessment, developing and implementing recommended actions, and verifying their effectiveness. Since 2022, we have conducted risk assessments twice a year, ensuring that all 93 safety hazards identified in 2023 (with a risk level of 6 or higher) have been diligently addressed. Furthermore, SK Networks is taking proactive actions to eliminate hazards found from feedback contributed by workers via the health and safety council. Walkerhill has implemented an enterprise risk management (ERM) system to enhance its risk assessment scheme specific to the needs of its worksite.
(*) Risk = probability of occurrence X criticality of consequence (probability/criticality is estimated on a scale of 1 to 3 respectively)
Risk assessment process
Safety and health training
SK Networks provide health and safety training to SK Networks people, considering both legal requirements and the specific needs of each worksite. This training is designed to heighten their awareness of health and safety protocols as part of our organizational culture. Training programs are developed for various groups within SK Networks, including office staff and logistics center personnel, and are consistently delivered online to maximize effectiveness. Additionally, we arrange specialized training for health and safety managers through reputable external institutions.
| Classification | Training Description |
|---|---|
| Office workers | Fostering and improvement of occupational safety culture, work environment and health management for office workers, statutory safety and health training requirements, prevention of health conditions attributable to work stress, etc. |
| Logistics center | Work safety of forklifts, prevention of musculoskeletal diseases, understanding and utilization of material safety datasheets (MSDSs), safety protection gears set forth in the Occupational Safety and Health Act, etc. |
| Occupational training | Publicly accessible training courses in Korea Industrial Safety Psychology Counseling Association (KISCA), Korea Industrial Safety Association (KISA), Korean Industrial Health Association, etc. |
Collecting employee feedback
At SK Networks worksites across the nation, a monthly health and safety council is established and chaired by health and safety managers, with supplier involvement. The council serves as a platform to enhance health and safety protocols and gather feedback from workers regarding health and safety issues at each SK Networks worksite. Quarterly collaborative inspections are conducted to evaluate safety conditions and mitigate potential accidents onsite. Furthermore, risk assessments are also regularly conducted to solicit input from workers and suppliers on health and safety hazards, ensuring ongoing improvement. Walkerhill remains committed to identifying and mitigating health and safety risks, including the enhancement of road infrastructure to promote pedestrian safety.
Emergency response system and drills
Emergency response systems are implemented at worksites across the nation including Samil Building, SK Networks logistics centers, and Walkerhill. Regular emergency response drills for fire and natural disasters are conducted each year. Onsite facilities include Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and fire masks, with workers receiving regular training in CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and Heimlich maneuver to address airway obstructions. Walkerhill provides safety incident experience training to its people to prepare them for a variety of contingencies. Additionally, Walkerhill is certified as a CPR training institution by the Korean Association of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (KACPR), offering systematic and professional first-aid response training on a regular basis.