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A passport ensures ethical transparency and sustainability to the battery minerals supply chain (by James Carter)
2023.03.02
  “It’s now not just about securing minerals supply, but understanding ethics and geopolitics.”   Every so often I scroll through my social media feeds to find disturbing pictures of child labor or environmental damage that are purported to be the result of mining for battery minerals.   While these pictures and stories are sometimes ...
[Interview] The executives of SK Innovation talk about the beginning of a new 60 years ⑦ Head of SK Energy P&M CIC Oh Jong-hoon
2023.02.22
As SK Innovation celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022, 2023 marks the beginning of a new 60 years of its history, and it is also the second year the company and all subsidiaries execute their Financial Story.   To learn more about the company’s strategies and plans for this year, we’ve met the executives of ...
[Interview] The executives of SK Innovation talk about the beginning of a new 60 years ⑥ SK Incheon Petrochem CEO Choi Yun-seok
2023.02.20
As SK Innovation celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022, 2023 marks the beginning of a new 60 years of its history, and it is also the second year the company and all subsidiaries execute their Financial Story.   To learn more about the company’s strategies and plans for this year, we’ve met the executives of ...
Like father, like daughter – The love for environment of Nam Bong-woo (SK Energy) and his daughter Nam Hye-in
2023.01.26
  Members of SK Innovation affiliates are carrying out eco-friendly activities in various ways. Among them, there is a father and daughter who continuously show affection for environment. This is the story of Nam Bong-woo, a member of Utilities Unit 1, SK Energy, and his daughter Nam Hye-in, a stationery/illustration artist. Nam Hye-in recently opened ...
2022 recap of SK Innovation EnviRun for the Earth campaign
2023.01.17
Last year, the EnviRun for the Earth (in short, EnviRun) campaign, which began as a plogging volunteer activity of members of SK Innovation and its subsidiaries, went beyond Korea and spread the importance of environmental protection to every single corner of the world. It not only vitalized the direct cleansing activities for the environment, but ...
SK Energy and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power join hands to vitalize Energy Super Station and hydrogen convergence business
2023.01.13
■ SK Energy and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power promote the vitalization of the “Energy Super Station,” the gas-station-based distributed power generation business ■ Plan to spread the hydrogen convergence business by waste resource utilization and electricity generation through the establishment of hydrogen charging stations ■ Expect to contribute to Net Zero and distributed power ...
SK Innovation joins hands with SungEel HiTech to take lead in battery metal recycling market
2022.12.13
■ The two companies to cooperate in the metal recovery business for cathode materials from end-of-life batteries, aiming to establish a joint recycling venture in Korea in 2023 and start commercial production in 2025 ■ SK Innovation’s lithium recovery technology and SungEel HiTech’s technology of recovering nickel, cobalt, and manganese expected to synergize to secure ...
[Documentary] MangLub, the Vietnamese social enterprise protecting mangrove forest
2022.09.02
Known as “The lungs of Asia,” mangrove forests have a remarkable capacity of capturing carbon dioxide and act as the natural walls against tsunamis and erosions. They are also home to many species and provide diverse economic benefits to local communities as well.   However, mangroves were damaged mostly by human activities in recent few ...
SK Geo Centric 布局中国首个EAA项目,与美国、欧洲形成三足鼎立之势
2022.08.09
■ 8月8日,SK Geo Centric 与中国卫星化学签署了高附加值化学产品EAA项目合资合同暨徐圩新区投资协议 ■ 此次是SK Geo Centric自收购陶氏化学EAA业务后,首次自主建设的生产工厂,以应对亚洲地区市场需求 ■ SK Geo Centric罗庚秀社长指出,”将以中国EAA工厂为契机,发展成为全球环保化学材料公司。”   ▲ SK Geo Centric 罗庚秀社长视频线上出席签约仪式并致辞   SK Geo Centric将在中国建设又一新的高附加值化学材料EAA(乙烯丙烯酸)生产基地,这是继美国和欧洲之后,继续把事业版图扩大至亚洲地区。   8月8日, SK Geo Centric表示,与中国卫星化学签署了EAA项目合资合同,并与连云港徐圩新区石化园区签署了投资协议。 SK Geo Centric和卫星化学将按60%:40%比例出资成立合资公司,并在江苏省连云港徐圩新区石化园区内建设EAA生产工厂,其占地面积约6.6万平方米(2万坪), 投资规模约2,900亿韩元。该工厂将于2025年上半年竣工,产能达到4万吨/年。该合资公司计划由卫星化学供应原料,通过SK先进的加工技术和工厂运营经验生产EAA产品。   ▲ SK Geo Centric中国投资管理室蔡连春室长与STL沈晓炜副总裁分别代表双方签署合资合同   SK Geo Centric罗庚秀社长(线上出席)、连云港市委马士光书记、卫星化学杨卫东董事长以及连云港市委市政府等相关领导出席了在连云港大陆桥国际会议中心酒店举行的此次合资合同及投资协议签约仪式。   EAA是一种技术壁垒较高的高附加值化学材料,目前包括 SK Geo Centric在内,全球仅三四家巨头化学企业涉猎其中,占全球产能的80%以上。EAA作为高性能粘结树脂的一种,可有效地粘合金属与塑料、纸张与塑料等不同种类的物质。   同时,其耐久性、透明性、粘结性优异,从灭菌包装、肉类真空包装到高尔夫球、钢化玻璃等,适用范围变得越来越广泛。此外,还可用于电动汽车电池电极和隔膜,能够提高电池稳定性;用于肉类等真空包装时,可以大大延长保存时间。正是其广泛的应用领域,使得产品需求呈进一步增加的趋势。特别是优异的粘结性能及易分离性,可有效减少塑料使用量、提高循环利用率,作为一种环保材料今后将在更多的领域中备受青睐。   ▲ EAA的广泛应用实例   SK Geo Centric于2017年从美国陶氏化学收购EAA业务,同时拥有了美国德克萨斯、西班牙塔拉戈纳的生产基地。特别是韩国总部将首次研发成功的能够将钠离子等金属离子粘合在一起的化学材料——”Ionomer”及相关产品在西班牙工厂实现生产,不断持续扩展了新的事业领域。 ...
Social Venture Marine Innovation signed a contract with French brand ARGO to export eco-friendly plates and cups
2022.07.08
Marine Innovation, a social venture that has been recognized for its eco-friendly technology in South Korea, is expanding its overseas business in full swing. The company announced to have signed a three-year contract with French brand ARGO for the export of eco-friendly plates and cups using seaweed materials. The value of this contract is said ...
SK Innovation invests in Amogy, an ammonia-powered fuel cell system company
2022.06.23
■ SK Innovation decided to invest USD 30 million in Amogy and held a signing ceremony in San Jose, the U.S   ■ Amogy developed the technology to produce hydrogen fuel cells from ammonia, the future green energy source.   ■ SK Innovation and Amogy agree that ammonia is a sustainable choice to cut carbon ...
SK Innovation将于4月18日至29日举行全球性的“山海真美”捡跑周
2022.04.14
▲ 4月11日,SK Innovation法定代表兼副总裁金俊和公司新成员们在首尔市钟路区一带进行了捡跑活动。- 本活动中,各成员严格遵守了新冠疫情防疫规定。   | SK Innovation法定代表兼副总裁金俊宣布2022年“山海真美”捡跑周   4月11日,SK Innovation法定代表兼副总裁金俊 在首尔市钟路区一带进行了“山海真美”环保捡跑活动。“山海真美”是为了解决日益严重的废塑料垃圾问题SK Innovation宣传的实践性ESG活动之一。其旨在从废塑料垃圾保护“山”和“海”,打造“真”正“美”丽的地球。   此次金俊法定代表兼副总裁的捡跑活动包含了很多意义。其中最重要的是今年宣布的“山海真美环保捡跑周”。“山海真美捡跑周”是为了广泛激发环保意识,韩国国内各事业场以及海外法人、工厂、分公司等大部分工厂从4月18日到4月29日集中开展活动的期间。   为此,金俊法定代表兼副总裁首先亲自参与本次捡跑活动,引领管理层,领导层的率先垂范,还通过激活SK Innovation的优秀企业文化之一的成员志愿活动,表示成功推进本次捡跑活动的意志。   当天,金俊法定代表兼副总裁表示“废塑料导致的环境问题是全球性的,嘱咐海外分公司也积极参加该活动”,同时强调“通过超越泛国民、全球性的应对,可以结出变化之成果”。   为了提高海外成员和各地居民的积极参与和本次捡跑活动扩散至全球 SK Innovation完成了国际命名工作。用英文的国家,活动名通用结合“Environment”和“Running”的“EnviRun for the Earth”。华语圈则使用“山海真美”,并用“健康慢跑,文明拾光”这一口号。   ▲ 各国语言的山海真美官方徽标和象征图案   该活动始于企业成员的参与,为了地球环境和未来,泛国民认识改善和推广实践行动,计划开展比去年扩大规模的泛国民活动。   去年,韩国国内共16万名以上市民参加了捡跑活动,走了环绕地球8圈的行程,收集了240吨以上的废塑料和垃圾。今年,SK Innovation将积极扩大活动范围,鼓励30万以上韩国国内市民参加山海真美活动。   | CEO和新成员的有意义的时刻   11日,与金俊法定代表兼副总裁一同参加捡跑活动的是今年年初入职的新成员们。   ▲ 4月11日,SK Innovation法定代表兼副总裁金俊和新员工在首尔市钟路区一带进行了捡跑活动。   当天是新员工入职第100天的日子。捡跑结束后,金俊法定代表兼副总裁把100天纪念米糕分给参加活动的新成员,表示了祝贺:“年初只能在线上祝贺入职,感到很遗憾。不过与大家首次见面时能祝贺各位入职100天,还能一起参加山海真美捡跑活动,觉得很有意义。”他还强调,“希望各位积极展开包括捡跑在内的实践性ESG活动,带头扩大旨在创造环保社会价值的循环经济。”   ▲ (左)4月11日,金俊法定代表兼副总裁和新员工在首尔市钟路区一带参加捡跑活动后合影留念。/(右)捡跑活动后,金俊法定代表兼副总裁向新员工表达感言。     本活动之前,SK Geo Centric (SKGC)总裁罗庚秀也于4月6日在首尔与新成员参加了捡跑活动。在捡跑活动中,罗庚秀总裁和新员工还就塑料回收利用技术等SK ...