Protect members' human rights

Policy

In accordance with international standards such as the 'Universal Declaration of Human Rights', UNGC's 'Human Rights and Labor Principles', and the UN 'Principles for the Implementation of Business and Human Rights', SK gas has enacted and published the 2020 Human Rights Declaration and Human Rights Regulations. SK gas complies with the principles of respect for human rights, prohibition of discrimination, prohibition of forced labor, prohibition of child labor, compliance with working hours and working conditions, freedom of association, workplace safety, and protection of the environment and human rights of local residents in accordance with the declaration of human rights. We strive to protect the human rights of our stakeholders. In order to put this into practice, we initially established a human rights management system in 2020, and we intend to establish human rights management by conducting regular human rights impact assessments, monitoring and improvement activities.

SK Gas Human Rights Declaration

SK Gas declares its support for the human rights priniciples stared in the UN Universal Declaration Human Rightss, the Guiding Principles on Busuness and Human Rights; Ruggie Framework, and the International Labor Organization and pledges to fulfill its human rights responsibilities. Furthermore, SK Gas shares the policy with our stakeholders including employees, suppliers, customers and communities and contributes to improving and expanding their awareness of the policy. To implement this, SK Gas declares its human rights as follows

Respect for Human Dignity: SK Gas shall respect all employees and strive to create a secure working environment by prohibiting psychological or physical workplace violence.
Non-discrimination: SK Gas shall not discriminate in the decision of employment or in the decision of working conditions, such as wages, promotions and training, based on gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
Prohibition of forced labor: SK Gas shall not force labor against an employee's free will through mental of physical oppression. It shall not demand the transfer of IDs, passports, etc.
Prohibition of Child Labor: SK Gas shall comply with the local labor laws on minimum age of employment and prohibits child labor below the age of 15. Regarding anyone less than 18 years of age, SK Gas shall not put anyone under the age of 18 to dangerous, hazardous work.
Compliance with working hours and working conditions: SK Gas shall comply with the working hours prescribed by the respective national and local laws and labor-related laws, such as minimum wage, social insurance subscription, and rest and vacation provision.
Freedom of Association: SK Gas shall guarantee the employee's freedom of association and collectve bargaining in accordance with laws, and provides opportunities for communication between the company and employees. SK Gas shall not impose unfavorable treatment based on labor union membership, activities, or organization.
Safety and Environment of Workplace: SK Gas shall comply with domestic and international environmental laws, health and safety standards, and strive to protect the environment, prevent environmental disasters and safety accidents.
Human Rights of Local Residents. SK Gas shall prevent negative effects on community human rights through respect for the culture of the community. SK Gas shall contribute to improving the quality of life of local residetns by supporting economic, social and cultural development.

Apro; 28, 2020
Yoon, Byungsuk President of SK Gas

Plan

SK gas seeks to take a step-by-step approach so that a culture of respect for human rights can be established, and a checklist has been developed with a third-party organization to conduct human rights impact assessments on a regular basis. In addition to continuously supplementing our human rights management system through human rights impact assessment, we are managing and improving our potential human rights risks in three major areas: ① prevention of sexual harassment, ② prevention of workplace harassment, and ③ respect for the human rights of persons with disabilities. To this end, we are making efforts to protect the human rights of our employees by selecting vulnerable groups for each risk and conducting continuous human rights education in parallel with system improvement.

[Mid and long-term roadmap for human rights management]

Tasks

2019~2021 Introduce human rights management

Tasks

Establish human rights management system

Introduce and implement human rights impact assesment

Change perception and understanding of human rights management
2022~2024 Internalize human rights management

Tasks

Supplement and expand human rights impact assesment

Expand human rights education
(Expand training hours and diversify contents)

Improve and implement system
2025~ Establish human rights management

Tasks

Advance human rights management system

Spread culture of respect for human rights

[Human rights risk implementation plan by category]

성희롱예방, 직장 내 괴롭힘 예방, 차별금지/장애인 인권보오의 추진계획표
Category	Potentially vulnerable	Action Plan
Sexual harassment prevention	All members	Provide case study education through sexual harassment prevention education and ethical management education (Annually) Protect victim and manage reporting/grievance process regulations and channel → Separately operate male/female staff in charge of reporting channel (from 2021)
Workplace harassment prevention	All members	Conduct case study training to prevent workplace harassment → Organize and expand a separate curriculum (until 2021) Manage victim protection and reporting/grievance process regulations and channel
Anti-discrimination/ protection of humanrights of persons with disabilities	Members with disabilities	Conduct disabilities awareness training (Annually) Continue to expand recruiting of disabled members (15 at the end of 2020 → 18 at the end of 2021 → 20 at the end of 2022)

※ The human rights grievance reporting channel is operated as an integrated reporting channel for human rights issues, including prevention of sexual harassment and workplace harassment (from 2021)

Goal

2018~2021년, 2025년 인권교육확대, 인권영향 평가, 인권보호 및 구제의 측정방법과 측정표
Category	Measuring method	Unit	2018	2019	2020	2021	2025
Expand human rights education	Human rights education per staff	Hour(s)	1.2	1.7	1.7	2.0	3.0
Human rights impact assesment	Percentage of workplaces that received human rights impact assessment	%	-	100	100	100	100
Human rights protection and relief	Number of cases handled / complaints received	% (case/case)	-	- (0/0)	- (0/0)	- (0/0)	Over 80% (-/-)