Human Rights Impact Assessment
Overview
To prevent and mitigate human rights risks, SK D&D has established a human rights due diligence system based on global standards such as the UNGP, OECD Due Diligence Guidelines, and GRI Standards, and regularly conducts human rights impact assessments. When establishing human rights impact assessment plans, we consider group-wide human rights issues, focusing particularly on vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, non-regular workers, women, and the elderly. Human rights impact assessment involves reviewing existing human rights management policies and systems and utilizing methods such as surveys, checklist-based self-assessments, and focus group interviews (FGIs). For each human rights risk identified through the impact assessment, we establish mitigation and prevention plans, implementing policy revisions and awareness-raising initiatives when necessary.
SK D&D has established a mid- to long-term roadmap to progressively expand assessments to all business partners within the value chain (2024-2025), as well as key stakeholders within new business model and the value chain (2026 and beyond), and will continue to actively work towards enhancing the management of potential human rights risks.
Human Rights Impact Assessment Process
Human Rights Management Implementation Roadmap
Results and Corrective Actions
In 2023, we conducted a human rights impact assessment for employees at our headquarters and subsidiaries, identifying issues within eight human rights categories, including working conditions, labor relations, work-life balance, and grievances handling. For each issue identified, we established and implemented corrective actions, effectively mitigating all significant human rights risks within the organization.
2023 Human Rights Impact Assessment Results
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Temporary employment |
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Working hours management |
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Labor relations |
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Work-life balance |
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Assistance for vulnerable groups |
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Communication with subsidiaries |
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Workplace bullying/sexual harassment |
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Grievances handling |
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Human Rights Management Framework
Human Rights Policy
SK D&D supports and adheres to domestic and international standards and principles related to human rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the conventions of the International Labor Organization.
To actively promote and protect the human rights of all stakeholders, including employees, customers, local communities/environment, and shareholders, SK D&D revised its Human Rights Policy in 2024 and made it publicly available throughout the organization and to the public. The Policy applies to our employees, domestic and overseas affiliates, and our business partners are also encouraged to understand and put into practice our principles of respect for human rights. In addition, we regularly monitor global human rights standards and conduct human rights impact assessments to incorporate key issues identified into the revision process. The recently updated version of SK D&D’s Human Rights Policy is disclosed externally after consultation with the relevant departments, reporting to management, and approval by the CEO.
Human Rights Management Organization
To systematically implement human rights management, SK D&D has established and operates a human rights management governance framework based on a reporting system to the Board of Directors. The human rights working-level departments consist of the ESG Part and the P&C Part (People & Culture Part), which collaborate with the Internal Control Part as needed.
The ESG Part develops a comprehensive group-wide human rights management system, regularly reviews and revises SK D&D’s Human Rights Policy, and conducts human rights impact assessments across the company's value chain to identify human rights risks and corresponding improvement initiatives.
The P&C Part executes improvement initiatives identified through human rights impact assessments, provides feedback on Policy revisions, and conducts employee training on human rights (including topics such as prevention of sexual harassment and workplace bullying). It also collaborates with the Internal Control Part under the SK Autonomous-Responsible Management Support Group for ethical management, ensuring the implementation of procedures to protect and remedy reporters in handling human rights grievances.
The plans and outcomes of human rights management activities are ultimately reported by each working-level department to the ESG Committee, which monitors group-wide human rights management performance, including major human rights risks and improvement tasks.
Human Rights Management Organization