Skip to content

LG Energy Solution builds a circular battery ecosystem in line with
carbon neutrality and drives sustainable growth across diverse industries.

Safety and Health

LG Energy Solution places occupational safety and health as a top management priority and pursues the continuous integration of safety and business operations by identifying and executing key initiatives that strengthen our capabilities and operational excellence in this area.

Safety and Health Strategy

LG Energy Solution has adopted a systematic occupational health and safety management system based on ISO 45001, and continues to improve it through third-party assessments and regular management reviews.

Vision and Goals: Harmonization of Business Activities and Safety & Health, Strengthening Safety and Health Competitiveness and Execution. Core Tasks: Secure absolute safety - Strengthen safety awareness among employees, Secure the safety of processing equipment, Reinforce fire/explosion prevention system. Promote Health in a Preventive Manner - Improve the work environment, Manage employees with health issues, Encourage health promotion activities. Continue to Improve the Environment - Preemptively respond to domestic & international regulations and issues, Reduce pollutants, Make efficient use of resources.

EH&S Management

LG Energy Solution publically announced its will for management based on safety, health and environment and established the EH&S management principles to suggest its overall directions. Based on these principles, LG Energy Solution established a set of standards for job implementation and rules/practices for work handling procedure to smoothly perform the works of business sites.

01

Policy

SE Policy shall be a top level document of management system that means corporation mission and direction officially announced by the CEO.

02

Standards

SE Standards shall regulate responsibilities, requirements and general procedures applicable to all sites.

03

Requirements

SE Requirements shall regulate specific methods or measures for detailed or general procedure set in Standards.

04

Procedures

SE Procedures shall be independent standards for individual sites including corporate HQ.Those Rules shall be practice document linked with SE regulations and practices.

EH&S Management. Leadership. Planning. Support. Operation. Performance Assessment. Improvement.

Leadership

  • SE policy
  • SE management system manual

Planning

  • Environmental Impact Assessment Risk Assessment
  • EHS Regulatory Compliance Management
  • EHS Goal Management
  • SE Risk Management for New Business and Investments

Support

  • Standard on SE Training Management
  • Standard on SE Communication Management
  • Standard on SE Document Management

Operation

  • Chemical Substance Management
  • Partner Company Environmental and Safety Management
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Health Management
  • Process Safety Information Management
  • Transportation Environment and Safety Management
  • Product Environmental Management
  • Environmental Operations Management
  • Safe Work Permit
  • Pre-startup Environmental and Safety Inspection
  • Change Management
  • Fire Prevention Management
  • Safe Operation Management

Performance Assessment

  • Safety Environment Monitoring and Performance Management
  • Accident Reporting and Investigation
  • Internal Safety Environment Audit

Improvement

  • Safety Environment Management Review
  • Corrective Actions for Non-conformities in the Safety Environment

EH&S Policy

Here at LG Energy Solution, we recognize that safety, health and environment(EH&S) is the fundamental element for securing differentiated competitiveness. For continuous improvement on EH&S performance, LG Energy Solution will be committed to implementing the following principles.

  1. 1

    We will comply with all applicable EH&S legal requirements and establish leading corporate EH&S rules and best practices.

  2. 2

    We will drive continuous innovation throughout the entire life cycle of operation to supply environmentally-friendly products and services.

  3. 3

    We will provide a safe and healthy work environment and ensure the principle-adhering corporate culture.

  4. 4

    We will support business partners and local communities to improve their EH&S practices as our social responsibility.

  5. 5

    We will communicate our EH&S policies and programs with stakehold

To ensure compliance with this policy, we will consider EH&S as the top priority in all ourbusiness activities.

Improvement of Safety Culture

LG Energy Solution is engaged in various activities to establish its own safety culture not only for facilities and equipment but also for workers.
  • Introduction of behavior-based safety (BBS) program: Change unstable behavior, which causes accidents, into safe behavior through observation and guidance between colleagues. Promote safe behavior through compliments.
  • Promote the leader's on-site management activities and each organization's own safe culture activities to prevent accidents.
  • Strengthen the on-site capability to prevent a recurrence of an accident by reflecting safety environment accidents in the evaluation of employees according to their gravity.
EH&S Training / Safety Environment Audit / Health Promotion Activities / Work Environment Management

01 EH&S Training

LG Energy Solution’s each site identifies the needs for safety, health

Training courses
customized for different
positions and duities

(beginner, basic, and professiona courses)

Training for
all sites and employees

(Improving member
mindset on environmental
safety)

Training for new recruits
and those whose duties
have been changed

(Safety and health training before)

Training for workers
who conduct special
tasks

(Specialized content for
high-risk workers)

Regular training
programs for the
employees
of partners

(Emphasis on suppliers’
safety
management)

02 Safety Environment Audit

LG Energy Solution's safety environment Audit system is divided into regular Audit,planned Audit, and special Aduit.

Regular Audit

Management systems, process safety, facility and
work safety, occupational health, fire and
hazardous materials, environment, etc.

Planned Audit

Partner safety Audit, facility safety management,
emergency response, system, implementation
check, etc.

Special Audit

Sites where serious disasters have occurred
or where disasters are likely to occur

03 Health Promotion Activities

LG Energy Solution minimizes the potential health risks of its employees by creating a health management culture through various health promotion activities.

Operate a medical office for each site

Carry out customized comprehensive
health examination every year for
employees who are over 35 old and those
who have served for the company for more
than 5 years

Provide in-depth psychological diagnosis
through a professional counselor by
operating a psychology counseling center
and establishing a referral process with
hospitals

04 Work Environment Management

In order to ensure a safe and pleasant work environment, LG Energy Solution requests outside experts to assess harmful factors in the work environment every year The company reviews the work environment by establishing internal standards that are stronger than legal standards.
In addition, the company constantly makes efforts to ensure that all employees work in pleasant work environment by conducting audit and prevention activities for musculoskeletal disorders and conducting inspection of local exhaust systems.