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Safety and Health Strategy

Occupational safety and health is our top management priority. By selecting and practicing key tasks that reinforce our competitiveness and initiatives in relevant areas, we constantly pursue harmony between our business activities and safety and health, and LG Energy Solution introduced a systematic environmental safety and health management system, including ISO 45001, and continuously enhances it through third-party inspections and 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 Assessmen
  • 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 comply with this policy, we place top priority on environmental, health, and safety considerations in all business 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

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)

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

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.

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.