Kumho Petrochemical continues campaign for society
Employees of Kumho Petrochemical removed foreign waterborne species around Cheonggye Stream in Seoul with help from the stream's ecology managing center in Seongdong District, Sept. 12. Courtesy of Kumho Petrochemical
Kumho Petrochemical Group is keeping its corporate social responsibility in check, engaging its employees in various volunteer activities to support local communities, according to the green chemical products developer, Friday.
Such activities by workers from its subsidiaries have been going on for some years. One of the companies, Kumho Petrochemical, has been helping local centers for people with disabilities since 2008. Every year, it selects a different facility and replaces its old windows with its own Hugreen-branded windows.
The company has also been helping wheelchair-reliant people by providing customized wheelchairs. Those with impaired vision have been receiving new white walking canes courtesy of the company as well.
The company's nonprofit campaigns have begun new initiatives this year. In August, employees visited an orphanage in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, to provide day care services. In September, they visited an ecology education center in Seoul's Seongdong District and went to Cheonggye Stream to clean up foreign waterborne species disrupting the local ecology.
Kumho Petrochemical's factories in provincial regions have been engaging in the campaign as well. Its factory in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, has been supporting seniors and children living in poverty with subsidies for everyday living and dental examinations. Its rubber and synthetic factories in Ulsan have been helping financially vulnerable seniors with daily necessities as well.
Kumho P&B Chemicals since 2016 has been helping those with hearing difficulties by participating in making kimchi for donation and raising funds through a walkathon. Kumho Polychem has been providing free lunches for seniors in Yeosu and repairing public study rooms in Seoul for free, while Kumho Mitsui Chemical has been supporting low-income individuals with everyday products and foods.
Kumho Resort, signing with Cultural Heritage Administration, has been engaging in volunteer campaigns to keep the country's cultural heritage sites clean each year. Last September, employees of the company cleaned up public streets and roads around Changdeok Palace in Seoul.
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