Korea
Toray Saehan Inc. (TSI)
Receiving Korea Green Management Excellent Award 2007 (Held On 09/13/2007)

Mr. Lee (front row, second from left) with
TSI staff members

Toray Saehan Inc. (TSI) received the Korea Green Management Excellent Award 2007 set by the Korea Management Association Registration & Assessment Inc. (KMARA). The award is given to corporations or local governments whose management is environmentally friendly in accordance with global standards.

With the ultimate aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the company introduced the environmental impact evaluation system when it proactively established an agreement with the government to help protect the environment in 1999. It has also been making efforts to reduce CO2 emission by introducing low-energy consumption processes and installing highly efficient facilities. The quality of wastewater was improved by the installation of a persistent organic pollutants removal system. All directors, managers, and employees are actively taking part in energy saving activities to achieve a cost reduction of KW2.2 billion, a decrease of 2.7% in energy cost when viewed in terms of sales. Since 2004, the company has been publishing its Environment Report to disclose environmental information related to its activities, and has also been working to improve management transparency. In the future, TSI is going to introduce a green accounting system and expand green procurements.

The Gumi City municipal government where TSI’s office and plants are located is also actively involved in environmental protection. Therefore, managers and employees of TSI regularly participate in the management of the city’s parks. They are also active in the “one company, one mountain, one river” campaign, which is one of environmental activities led by the local government. TSI provides staff members and support to environmental delegations organized by local environmental organizations or local government, as well as to departments whose environmental technologies are insufficient.

(By Eun-joo Kim, Corporate Communications Dept.)