On September 26, SK Innovation held a planting event to create the ‘SK Ulsan Forest of Happiness’ with the will of achieving Net Zero target in the Ulsan area, where the company’s major manufacturing plants are located. This is one of SK Innovation’s activities to celebrate its 60^th anniversary on October 13 this year.

The location to be reforested by SK Innovation this time is in Ulju-gun, Ulsan, South Korea. This is where a big fire occurred in March 2020, destroying a total area of 519 hectares (ha), which is the size of adding about​​ 727 soccer fields together. To alleviate such loss, together with the local government of Ulsan Metropolitan City and Ulju-gun, SK Innovation decided to plant 180,000 Sargent’s cherry (Prunus sargentii) trees on the total area of 60 ha there. The cost for reforestation, which is equivalent to KRW 1 billion, is to be sponsored by SK Innovation.

The company plans to carry out the reforestation and volunteer activities in Ulju-gun twice, from October to November 2022 and from February to March 2023. Afterwards, Ulsan Metropolitan City and Ulju-gun will manage and monitor the planted trees to keep them growing well.

“With the love for people and forests, ever since the early day of SK, the late Chairman Chey had managed the company with the philosophy of nurturing people like trees and nurturing forests like nurturing talent,” said Kim Jun, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation.“ “I hope that SK Innovation, which has grown with Ulsan’s love and partnership, will be able to create stronger companionship and greater happiness with Ulsan in the next 60 years as well,” he added.

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Photos from the planting ceremony for ‘SK Ulsan Forest of Happiness’ held in Ulju-gun, Ulsan, South Korea, on September 26 (local time)

▲ (Photo 1) From left: Governor of Ulju-gun Lee Sun-geol, Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City Kim Doo-gyeom, and Vice Chairman of SK Innovation Kim Jun

▲ (Photo 2) From left: Head of SK Innovation CLX Yoo Jae-young, Governor of Ulju-gun Lee Sun-geol, Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City Kim Doo-gyeom, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation Kim Jun, Chairman of SK Innovation Labor Union Lee Song-hun, and CEO of SK Energy Cho Kyong-mok

▲ (Photo 3) From left: Head of SK Innovation CLX Yoo Jae-young, CEO of SK Energy Cho Kyong-mok, Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City Kim Doo-gyeom, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation Kim Jun, Chairman of SK Innovation Labor Union Lee Song-hun, Governor of Ulju-gun Lee Sun-geol

▲ (Photo 4) Participants of the ceremony take a commemorative photo together

▲ (Photo 5) Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City Kim Doo-gyeom (left) and Vice Chairman of SK Innovation Kim Jun (right) look at the trees they have planted together

▲ (Photo 6) SK Innovation employees participate in the tree planting event

▲ (Photo 7) From left: Head of SK Innovation CLX Yoo Jae-young, Chairman of SK Innovation Labor Union Lee Song-hun, Vice Chairman of SK Innovation Kim Jun, Mayor of Ulsan Metropolitan City Kim Doo-gyeom, Governor of Ulju-gun Lee Sun-geol, and CEO of SK Energy Cho Kyong-mok