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HIGHLIGHTS
INTRO
ESG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PRIORITY AREA
APPENDIX
Hankook Tire & Technology ESG Report 2021/22
Diversity Management
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Observing the principle of non-discrimination
at work
Respecting the diversity of customers
Facilitating the employment of people with disabilities
Nurturing female talent
Hankook Tire & Technology continues to provide services that
Hankook Donggeurami Partners was established in 2015 as a
We have consistently raised the ratio of female employees and
respect the diversity of its customers. As part of such efforts,
subsidiary-type standard worksite for people with disabilities
leaders to ensure gender diversity, and established a mid/long-
T’Station, our tire-focused total automotive service brand,
to provide the underprivileged with an opportunity to explore
term goal of reaching 10% in the ratio of female leaders by
launched the ‘all my T’ service in June 2021. This service is
their untapped potential and broaden their horizon to contribute
2030. To attain this goal, we have defined initiatives in each
distinguished as offering tailormade services optimized for the
to the growth and development of local communities. In
category of leadership, welfare, training and assessment. From
personal tastes of customers, along with carefully selected tires,
recognition of its achievements in continuously increasing
the leadership perspective, we will join the UNGC TGE* program
and offers customers wide-ranging benefits and segmented
inclusive employment and stabilizing the employment of people
to affirm top management’s commitment to nurturing female
services. Members of all my T may also take advantage of its
with disabilities, improving treatment, retaining long-term
talent and establish a pool of female leaders by providing them
‘pick-up service’, which is widely available for all its members,
employment, creating a safe and pleasant work environment,
with the experience and opportunity to serve as Project Leaders.
with or without mobility issues. Originally intended to serve
operating an onboarding program, and engaging in diverse
In addition, we plan to develop and improve welfare programs
customers who were challenged by an in-person visit to the
activities to raise awareness on disability, the company received
that promote a work-life balance and make institutional
store, this pick-up service designates a driver to collect the
the Minister of Health and Welfare Award for people with
improvements to ensure that employees on parental leave are
vehicle at the time and location of the customers’ choosing
intellectual disabilities in 2018. It was also honored with the
not disadvantaged in being assessed, along with bolstering
and return the vehicle following its maintenance, garnering
Prime Minister’s Award for promoting inclusive employment
training support to finetune our HR policies and systems and
positive response among customers. Meanwhile, we operate
and certified as a great employer for people with disabilities in
operate them as such.
a female maintenance technician training program to promote
2019. Hankook Donggeurami Partners serves as an outsourcing
the diversity of the workforce across our T’Station network.
service provider for Hankook Tire & Technology in the four areas
Nurturing female technicians through systemic training and
of in-house welfare operations, including laundry, bakery, coffee
practice, this program boosted the awareness for the potential
& beverage service, and administrative support. The company
of the female workforce to perform light maintenance.
opened the ‘Donggeurami Car Wash’ at our Headquarters
in Pangyo in August 2020 to extend its business areas to
car washing, and opened a car wash and a café at Hankook
Engineering Lab located in Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon
in early 2022. This tapped into new business territories and
enabled us to take the lead in creating jobs for people with
disabilities in the process. As of the end of 2021, the number
of employees with disabilities amounted to 146 persons in
total, and we remain committed to respecting diversity in the
recruitment process. Going forward, Hankook Donggeurami
Partners will further expand its service areas to provide
employment to vulnerable individuals, and do its utmost to
establish a responsible corporate culture that pursues harmony
between all people, regardless of physical/mental ability.
* TGE: Target Gender Equality
Training on diversity and inclusive leadership
We stipulate our policy to prohibit discrimination and prevent sexual/
workplace harassment in the Employment Rules which constitute
our major regulations. The specifics of this policy are also illustrated
in the Manual on Operating Grievance Handling Organizations.
We promptly address the grievances raised by employees within
10 days according to applicable regulations, and impose stringent
sanctions by taking disciplinary action for those accountable. To
prevent discrimination at work and sexual/workplace harassment, we
provide prevention training at least once a year to all employees as
stipulated in our Employment Rules. As Korea’s law mandates training
to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, we make doubly
sure that such training is stipulated in the Manual on the Prevention
of Sexual Harassment at Workplace and is conducted each year.
Prevention training is primarily offered in virtual format to make it
more convenient for employees to attend and improve management
efficiency on the part of the training department. The Employment
Rules specify that those accountable for discriminatory behaviors
or sexual/workplace harassment are subject to disciplinary action.
Depending on the severity and frequency of the behavior, we do not
To create an organization with diverse talent and driven by an
even hesitate to dismiss the individual in question. In 2021, one case
inclusive culture that nurtures female leaders, we have been
of workplace harassment was submitted, which was followed with an
providing Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) leadership training to all
investigation into the matter and resulted in disciplinary action.
team leaders of Hankook Tire & Technology and its affiliates
since 2021. Such training aims to improve the awareness of our
Female Employees at a Glance (unit: %)
employees from the perspective of unconscious bias, diversity
Category
and inclusion. In 2021, a total of 311 employees completed this
training, and the results of their surveys afterwards indicated a
high level of satisfaction (4.32 points out of five). This prompted
us to consider expanding this training to cover team members.
Ratio
2030 Target
Female employees
10.1
13
Female managers (total)
16.2
22.5
Female managers (assistant and senior
manager positions)
16.6
30
1.6
7.5
19.1
40
9.7
30
Female managers (top position)
Female employees in revenue-generating
departments
Female employees in STEM* positions
* STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math