KOGAS, Korea’s largest natural gas provider, is responsible for minimizing environmental impact and mitigating climate change in its endeavour to supply safe and stable energy. We strive to realize sustainable management that pursues economic, environmental, and social values in a balanced way by listening to the various stakeholders’ opinions. KOGAS has built a strategic system of sustainable management with its vision of “Global KOGAS ？ With People, With the Planet”, and the system is pushing ahead organically in terms of governance, economy, environment, and society. The Win-Win Planning Department is in charge of everything related to sustainable management, and it periodically reports its management strategy plans and results to the Sustainable Management Committee, and makes decisions after reviewing important findings.

• Vision

  Global KOGAS - with people, with the planet

• Mission

  Sustainability Excellence : DJSI World Level

  • Governance

  • Economy

  • Environment

  • Society

• Strategic direction

  • Leadership in sustainability management by consolidating the foundation of

  • Promoting sustainable business through stable energy supply

  • Minimizing environmental impact by adopting environmental management initiatives

  • Creating corporate culture putting people first

• Key issue

  • • Reinforcing the efficiency of the Board, and responsibility of sustainable management
    • Strengthening independent risk management
    • Building management system for joint stakeholders
    • Analyzing the stakeholders’ issues, and reinforcing sharing system
  • • Strengthening capabilities for overseas projects
    • Developing new demand for gas and new business
    • Strengthening demand management for stable supply
    • Reinforcing alternative energy development
    • Building anti-trust system
  • • Strengthening environmental management policy and system
    • Improving reliability of internal & external environmental policy
    • Reinforcing response to climate change
  • • Strengthening ethical management operating system
    • Advancement of human rights and labor practices
    • Improving incentive system
    • Reinforcing safety and health systems
    • Strengthening win-win cooperation infrastructure
    • Strengthening social contribution strategy and performance
    • Reinforcing customer management policy

• Major Tasks

  • • Running Board of Directors Committee
      • Increasing the independence and effectiveness of the Board
      • Strengthening the responsibility of the Board on sustainability management
    • Risk Management
      • Systematization of enterprise-wide risk management
      • Preparation for pre-emptive measures against risk
    • Stakeholder Management
      • Integrated management of shareholder issues
      • Internal sharing and publicizing of issues
      • Building management system for joint stakeholders
  • • Strengthening Capabilities for Overseas Projects
      • Improving technological capability
      • Increasing effectiveness of E&P business
    • Demand-side Management
      • Increasing effectiveness of consumer management
      • Preparation for industrial cooperation
    • Developing New Business
      • Developing LNG plant project/transportation business lines
      • Strengthening business networks
      • Creating hydrogen-based demand
  • • Strengthening Environmental Management Policy
      • Re-establishing environmental management procedures and guidelines
      • Establishing biodiversity policy and strategy
    • Increasing Internal/External Environmental Policy Credibility
      • Improving management system for environmental pollutants
      • Disclosing information on environmental pollutant emission quantity
      • Increasing transparency of environmental activity cost
    • Reinforcing Climate Change Response
      • Establishing low carbon management
      • Contributing to national greenhouse gas reduction goal
      • Developing greenhouse reduction business
  • • Ethical Management
      • Supplementing ethical management policy
      • Reinforcing transparency of ethical management
    • Talent Management
      • Advancement of human rights and labor practices
      • Improving incentive system
      • Training skilled individuals
    • Health and Safety
      • Operating accident-free workplaces
      • Maintaining health management
      • Supporting business partners’ activities safety management and prevention of industrial accidents
    • Win-win Cooperation
      • Supporting sustainability of small and medium enterprises
      • Empowering of medium and small enterprises
    • Customer Satisfaction Management
      • VOC analysis and feedback
      • Strengthening customer information protection
    • Social Contribution
      • Strengthening performance management for social contribution activities
      • Promoting strategic social contribution