CEO's Message
In June of 1992, Samsung Electronics announced its "Environmental Policy," a policy aimed at building an Environmental Management System to prevent pollution-causing accidents and continuously improve the environment. This was followed by the announcement of "Green Management" in May 1996.
The Green Management philosophy indicates our commitment to take part in the global effort to enrich human lives and preserve the environment, by recognizing and actively promoting Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) as key components of our business activities. It is also our commitment to be a responsible corporate citizen by underpinning all business activities with environment and safety, developing environment-friendly products and processes,
enhancing efficiency in resources and energy consumption, creating clean and safe workplaces. In addition, we build a foundation for prosperity that is shared with our customers and local communities.
We have implemented numerous Green Management programs within the framework of Greening of Management, Products, Processes, Workplaces and
Local Communities. Results are evidenced in many domestic and international environment and safety certifications, the development of environment-friendly products and breakthrough improvements made in our processes. We also won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's safest workplace.
In short, Samsung Electronics has won recognition as a world-class enterprise in terms of environment and safety.
Samsung Electronics will continue to provide customers with world-class products and services that contribute to the well-being of people and the preservation of the earth's environment. We will also continue efforts to make the workplaces environment-friendly, safe and pleasant. Such efforts will establish
Samsung Electronics as a company dedicated to our customers and to the preservation of the ecosystem.
The "Green Management Report" is published to communicate to and with our customers, investors, business partners and others interested in the many aspects of Green Management in EHS. I sincerely hope that this report helps you to better understand Samsung Electronics' Green Management activities.
We eagerly await your well-respected opinions that we promise to reflect in our future Green Management activities.
Thank you.
November 2001
Vice Chairman and CEO
Jong-Yong Yun
Green Management Highlights
Green
Management
Highlights
Giheung Plant, 211.6 Million Hours of
Accident-free Operation
Waste Reduction through Improved LCD
Panel Process
Through aggressive investment and management, our Giheung plant, the leading semiconductor plant in Korea, operated 50 consecutive periods or 211.6 million hours without a single accident. The Guinness Book of World Records officially listed Giheung as "the world's safest
