Korean Air active in CSR activities

Korean Air heir Cho Won-tae, fifth from left, with cabin attendants during the company's charity bazaar at the KBS Sport World Gymnasium in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Nov. 25. / Courtesy of Korean Air

Korean Air is fulfilling its social responsibilities by participating in various corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities.

Using its global carrier network, Korean Air delivered relief to natural disaster victims at home and abroad while carrying out the company’s Global Planting Project in Mongolia and China to fight global warming. It also held charity and volunteer events to help needy neighbors.

Korean Air said its global CSR activities are deeply rooted in company Chairman and CEO Cho Yang-ho's philosophy of sharing with neighbors. Cho has emphasized corporate responsibilities by sharing company earnings with others to make society better.

Korean Air helped victims of the devastating April flood in Peru by using its flight network to Lima. It is the only carrier that offers a freight transport service to Peru’s capital.

The nation’s largest carrier sent emergency relief supplies, including mineral water, clothes and food, to Peru.

The company also helped domestic victims of the Pohang earthquake earlier this year. It delivered 24,000 bottles of mineral water and 3,000 blankets.

In 2015, it helped victims of the Nepal earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people and injured about 22,000. Immediately after the earthquakes struck the country in April last year, Korean Air sent 35 tons of relief supplies through the Korean Red Cross.

It also sent emergency relief supplies, including mineral water, clothes and food, to Fiji after a cyclone hit the country in March this year.

When earthquakes struck Kumamoto, Japan, in April, Korean Air undertook a similar measure to help people there.

Korean Air not only helps disadvantaged communities but also is involved in an environmental campaign to plant trees in areas affected by desertification.

It built an environmental park in the Kubuchi Desert in 2007 and has since planted trees there. It has also sent a volunteer group there every year to help raise awareness of the environment.

Korean Air is also participating in domestic charities and volunteer activities.

Company workers have operated an English class for local students near Incheon International Airport since 2009.

Korean Air has donated rice to needy neighbors in the Gangseo-gu area for 14 years since 2004 while it has operated a charity bazaar since 2006.

There are 4,000 employees involved in 27 charity groups at Korean Air to fulfill its responsibility as a corporation.

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