ESG Report 2022-2023 - Flipbook - Page 12
HIGHLIGHTS
INTRO
ESG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PRIORITY AREA
APPENDIX
SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAIN
R&D
Economic value
• Ratio of R&D expenditure against
sales: 2.51%
• Patents granted in Korea and overseas:
643 patents in Korea, 280 patents
overseas*
• New patents registered: 67 patents in
Korea, 57 patents overseas
Social value
• R&D workforce: 992 persons
• Ratio of R&D workforce out of total
employees: 5.1%
Environmental value
• Ratio of eco-friendly products
(in quantity): 53.0%
* As of Dec. 2021, on a cumulative basis
Sourcing of raw material
Hankook Tire & Technology ESG Report 2021/22
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Hankook Tire & Technology effectively distributes the economic, social and environmental value created throughout its entire value chain, spanning R&D,
material sourcing, production, sales, use, recycling and disposal, to stakeholders to pursue sustainable growth for all.
Manufacturing
Distribution
Use
Recycling and disposal
Economic value
Economic value
Economic value
Economic value
Economic value
• Material purchases expenditure:
KRW 2558.8 billion
• Total employees: 19,593 persons
• New hires: 1,643 persons
• Corporate taxes paid: KRW 121.2 billion
• Dividends paid to shareholders:
KRW 85.4 billion
• Advertising expenditure:
KRW 153.7 billion
• Packaging costs: KRW 8.2 billion
• Warehousing costs KRW 87.2 billion
• Other export expenditures:
KRW 12.2 billion
• Corporate taxes paid:
KRW 121.1 billion
• Dividends paid to shareholders:
KRW 85.4 billion
• Extended Product Responsibility (EPR)
contributions made (Korea):
KRW 2.51 billion
• Sales of retread tires: KRW 2.34 billion
Social value
Environmental value
• Car donation: 80 vehicles
• Tire donation: 5,473 units
• Tuieum Bus: 17 buses
• Ratio of end-of-life tires recycled
(Korea): 92.3%
• Ratio of end-of-life tires reused or
recycled into material (Averages for
Korea/Europe/US/Japan, excluding
incineration): 44.33%
Social value
• Ratio of critical material suppliers who
participate in ESG assessment: 100%
Environmental value
• Ratio of sustainable materials usage:
29.3%(w/w)
Social value
• CSR expenditure: KRW 7.43 billion
Environmental value
• Investment for improving environmental
pollution: KRW 4.409 billion
• Waste discharge: Reduced by 2,158
tons year-on-year
• Ratio of treated wastewater recycled:
81.4% (Korea)
• Energy consumed:
Reduced by 1.6% year-on-year
• GHG emissions:
Reduced by 2.9% year-on-year
• All operations certified against ISO
14001
Environmental value
• GHG emissions reduced from the
sales of low-carbon products:
3,859,472tCO2-eq/ton of finished
product