Social Contribution
We will build a warm-hearted world with generosity and technology
Hyundai E&C, based on the Hyundai Motor Group's initiative "The Right Move for the Right Future,"
has established a mission of "Creating a Sustainable for Habitat for Human" encapsulating its own vision and philosophy under the name "We Build Tomorrow."
Since the establishment of the social service group in 2009, making it the first in the domestic construction industry Hyundai E&C has been actively promoting company-wide social contributions.
The company is advancing strategic social contribution activities tailored to the characteristics of its industry, focusing on safety and the environment, future generations, and local communities.
Current Status of Social Contribution Expenses as of 2023
Introduction to the Social Contribution Strategies and Key Activities of Hyundai Motor Group and Hyundai E&C
- The Right Move
- for the Right Future
Hyundai E&C, based on the social contribution vision and slogan of the Hyundai Motor Group, strives to collaborate with local communities through strategic social contributions tailored to the characteristics of the construction industry, aiming to be a global leading construction company. The company focuses on building economic and social infrastructure in local communities, particularly in countries where it operates internationally, and actively engages in mandatory social contribution activities in developing countries, seeking mutual development with third-world and developing nations.
In overseas operations, Hyundai E&C goes beyond mere construction activities and collaborates with international development agencies to support CSR initiatives addressing poverty, education, hygiene, culture, housing, and the environment in local communities. The company also annually dispatches an international volunteer group, H-CONTECH, reflecting the unique characteristics of the construction industry, to spread Hyundai E&C's technology and Korean culture. Moving forward, Hyundai E&C will continue to engage in "Locally Based Social Contributions" to collaborate with local communities and contribute to mutual development, fulfilling its social responsibility as a "Global Citizen."
CSR Strategy and Major Programs : 3 Domains
6 Tabs
Build for our Planet [Disaster Safety Management Prevention Program]
Hyundai E&C is bolstering its CSR efforts on disaster safety by applying its construction expertise. Specifically, the company has developed a child-protective hard hat to ensure safety of children in times of disasters like earthquakes. This hat is portable and user-friendly, thanks to its two-stage folding design and 290g light weight. It is also the first hard hat in Korea with an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag for rescue operations and quality excellence proven with KC (Korean) and CE (European) voluntary certifications.
Every year, Hyundai E&C provides specialized disaster management training for elementary school students and teachers who are vulnerable to disaster safety, such as teaching them about wearing hard hats and earthquake songs with to-do instructions in case of an emergency. Not only that, the company also conducts joint mock evacuation drills. Hyundai E&C will continue to fulfill its social responsibility in the field of children's disaster safety by conducting regular and comprehensive disaster safety training.
Build for our Planet [Environmental Conservation and Climate Change Action Program]
To realize its ambition of becoming a leading “Global Green One Pioneer”, Hyundai E&C has developed a comprehensive roadmap extending to 2050 and implemented environment and energy-based polices. Committed to protecting the global environment, the company focuses on enhancing environmental efficiency via organized management and strives to reduce the environmental footprint of its corporate operations. We are actively engaged in projects aimed at enhancing energy efficiency for vulnerable groups and social welfare institutions, aligning with our objective to cut down greenhouse gas emissions. Our initiative, “H-Greensaving”, involves replacing standard lighting fixtures with energy-efficient LED lights for the energy-impoverished and socially marginalized and social welfare facilities. This project is conducted in partnership with the Climate and Environment Headquarters, the Korea Energy Agency, and the Seoul Council on Social Welfare. It not only aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions but also to reduce the energy bills of those struggling with energy poverty. Furthermore, the carbon credits generated from this emission reduction will be donated back into energy education programs for young people aspiring to careers in environmental fields.
Build for our People [Youth Empowerment Program]
Hyundai E&C has initiated the Hillstate Dream Mentoring Corps, a program designed to support future generations who face challenges in realizing their dreams due to high entry barriers and environmental factors. This mentoring initiative focuses on cultivating the aspirations of young people and university students. It comprises a triad of mentors: an employee from Hyundai E&C, a college student, and a young mentee. Through this arrangement, youth mentees receive guidance in both academic learning and career planning from their two mentors. Simultaneously, the college student mentor gains valuable job-seeking advice and career development opportunities from Hyundai E&C and its employee mentor. The Hillstate Dream Mentoring Corps provides sustained assistance to youths, supporting their journey through education, college, and into the workforce. This annual program launches each year around September to October and concludes the following July to August, spanning a period of about 10 months.
Build for our People [Support Program for Construction and ESG Startups]
Hyundai E&C is actively involved in a CSR initiative designed to foster the growth of emerging entrepreneurs and early-stage startups in the construction and ESG sectors. We aim to create a virtuous cycle that both addresses social issues and integrates business opportunities by identifying and nurturing ideas that are grounded in innovative construction technologies commercialization through accelerating new startups.
Build for our Community [Employee Volunteer Activities and Community Outreach Programs]
Hyundai E&C conducts various sponsorship programs to support the underprivileged in Korea through employee volunteerism. The Love Sharing Fund, which has been in existence for 13 years, is a donation program in which employees voluntarily participate and collect and donate portion of their salaries. The donations are used for CSR programs to extend a helping hand to needy neighbors near domestic and overseas business sites. (about KRW 4.1 billion accumulated over 13 years) In addition, we continue to operate participatory CSR activities for the development of local communities and trust-building for local vulnerable groups and communities near overseas construction sites. Employees actively participate in solving local problems based on voluntary participation, such as support for the vulnerable in Jongno, where the headquarters is located, the “One Business to One District Partnership Project” in Gahoe-dong, blood donation and goods donation campaigns, and volunteer activities involving employees' families.
Build for our Community [Overseas Community Outreach Program]
Hyundai E&C adopts optimal technologies tailored to the needs of underdeveloped countries by leveraging the characteristics of the construction industry. It supports appropriate technologies to address the local needs such as in the areas of education, livelihood support, sanitation, and housing environment. Hyundai E&C's H-CONTECH Overseas Volunteer Corps, launched in 2017, is the first new concept of technical and cultural exchange overseas volunteer program organized by a Korean construction firm. While previous overseas CSR activities consisted of volunteering to improve facilities and the environment near the site and teaching children, H-CONTECH adds technology exchange to the existing activities to strengthen the global network at the site and locally. As a technical and cultural exchange volunteer group, H-CONTECH promotes Korean culture as well as Hyundai E&C's technology.
Since 2011, Hyundai E&C has actively participated in CSR activities in over 20 countries, beginning with the construction of a community center for low-income families in the Philippines. The company has carried out approximately 50 projects, focusing on health, sanitation, empowering the vulnerable, and refurbishing public facilities. In July 2022, Hyundai E&C notably improved the educational environment at School No. 1 in Zugdidi, Georgia, by establishing an “IT Classroom and Career Guidance Counseling Room”, contributing to the development of exceptional talent in the local community. As a global construction leader, Hyundai E&C is dedicated to leading in CSR by persistently engaging in diverse CSR projects worldwide.
Operation of Social Contribution Committee of Hyundai E&C
Hyundai E&C has operated and managed external donations in a transparent way.
Externally, we run the independent Transparent Management Committee (“investment information” – “corporate governance”-“committee”) and also run the independent (specialized) Social Contribution Committee.
Launch of Social Contribution Committee of Hyundai E&C
- We launched the Social Contribution Committee consisting of external professionals in September, 2018.
- The Committee is established to enhance transparency in the operation system and reinforce the expertise.
- The committee operates semi-annually (twice a year), covering agenda items such as disclosing Hyundai E&C’s donation details, sharing business plans, evaluating the outcomes of social contributions, and reviewing and providing advice on donations.
Details of Hyundai E&C’s donations can be accessed by visiting the Hyundai E&C Social Contribution Website (csr.hdec.kr)' and selecting [View/Request Detailed Donation Information].
News on Social Contribution
- Launch of 8th Hillstate Dream Mentoring Volunteer Group 11 Sep 2021
On September 11, the launching ceremony of the 8th HILLSTATE Dream Mentoring Volunteer Group was held online. The ceremony was designed to promote communication with college student mentors and teen mentees from the MZ generations at a time when face-to-face events had been limited due to Covid-19. The 8th volunteering group was launched with 18 employees, 18 college students, 18 teenagers, and 3 college student supporters and will be organized into a three-person teams of “employee-college student-teen” for about 12 months until August 2022 to conduct key academic and career mentoring activities. - Hyundai E&C Promotes Seoul’s “H-Green Saving” Project to Improve Energy Efficiency 26 Aug 2021
On August 26, at City Hall Seosomun Office, Hyundai E&C signed an agreement with the Seoul Climate and Environment Headquarters, the Korea Energy Corporation, and the Seoul Council on Social Welfare to improve energy efficiency for the vulnerable and social welfare facilities. Through this agreement, Hyundai E&C will participate in the CEMP project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and implement energy welfare. In response, Hyundai E&C started an H-Green Saving project to replace general lighting devices at vulnerable groups and social welfare facilities suffering from energy poverty with high-efficiency LED lighting devices by donating its own contributions and funds voluntarily collected by executives and employees. Once the greenhouse gases reduced by H-Green Saving are recognized as carbon emission rights, the profits from the emission rights will be donated again to energy education projects for elementary and middle school students. - Hyundai E&C to Host “Fun Smart City” for Middle School Students in Jongno-gu 5 Jul 2021
Hyundai E&C signed a “Creative Education CSR Operation Agreement” with the Jungbu Office of Education, Jongno-gu Office, and Hyundai Engineering in June 2021 and conducted the Jongno Creative Education CSR “Fun Smart City” program at Cheongun Middle School and Seoul National University Girls` Middle School from July 5 to 7. The goal of the Creative Education CSR is to help seventh graders to understand the construction industry and gain indirect practical experience of on-site operations. Students learned about the concept of smart city and problems of current cities through special lectures by Hyundai E&C executives and employees and took part in practical sessions to envision the future city (smart city) they each wanted. - Hyundai E&C “Rounds Down Salary and Donates Extra Pennies” to Community Chest of Korea 16 Dec 2020
Hyundai E&C and Hyundai Architects & Engineers Assoc. executives and employees donated about 280 million won to Community Chest of Korea located in Jeong-dong, Gwanghwamun, Seoul, on December 16, 2020. The fund was raised by rounding down the employees’ pay and donating the extra pennies to the chosen charity. The Love Sharing Fund has been in place for ten years since 2010. To date, more than 32,000 executives and employees have collected about 3.3 billion won and donated to the local community. The donations have been used to build resident and community facilities in developing countries such as Bangladesh and Indonesia, offer support for Covid-19 relief in Korea, improve housing environment in Jongno, and provide food assistance to the vulnerable groups. - “2020 Global Standard Management Awards” for Social Contribution 27 Oct 2020
Hyundai E&C received the grand prize in the social contribution category at the “2020 Global Standard Management Awards” organized by the Korea Management Certification on October 27. The Global Standard Management Awards is a comprehensive award system that measures the objective level of management strategies, future values, products and services adopted by companies by selecting excellent sustainable companies in a total of seven categories, including family-friendliness/corporate social responsibility/quality. For the first time this year, Hyundai E&C won the grand prize in the social contribution category. It was the only construction company, highly recognized for operating the “CSR Committee” and the “CSR Website” to communicate with various stakeholders, while introducing a CSR mileage system to encourage executives and employees to participate in CSR activities. - Launch of 7th HILLSTATE Dream Mentoring Volunteering Group 24 Oct 2020
A virtual ceremony to launch the 7th HILLSTATE Dream Mentoring Volunteering Group celebrating its seventh anniversary this year, was held on October 24. The seventh group will be participated by 20 executive and employee mentors, 20 college student mentors, 20 teen mentees, and four college student supporters. The HILLSTATE Dream Mentoring Volunteer Group is a volunteering group in which youth mentees in need of academic and career mentoring, university mentors who seek to develop their dreams, and Hyundai E&C employees or management mentors who are experts in the construction sector, get together to form a team on an 1:1:1 basis to join a long-term mentoring program for about 10 months.
