{"id":5606,"date":"2026-06-22T17:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/?post_type=blog&p=5606"},"modified":"2026-06-22T17:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:38:30","slug":"260622-2026-sustainability-report-esg","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.hscatalysts.com\/en\/blog\/260622-2026-sustainability-report-esg\/","title":{"rendered":"[2026 Sustainability Report] Heesung Catalysts’ ESG Journey Toward a Sustainable Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heesung Catalysts has worked to address environmental challenges in industrial settings through catalyst technology, while also pursuing greater sustainability across its overall management \u2014 from building safe workplaces and fostering a fair organizational culture to establishing a transparent governance structure. To share these ESG* efforts and key achievements from 2025, Heesung Catalysts has published its \u300c2026 Sustainability Report\u300d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report covers a wide range of sustainability initiatives, including eco-friendly technology development and climate change response in the environmental domain, as well as safety management, human rights management, and ethical management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*ESG: Environment, Social, Governance<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1. Heesung Catalysts 2026 Sustainability Report<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Following the publication of its first Sustainability Report in 2025, Heesung Catalysts has released another report in 2026, building ESG disclosure into a regular process of review and communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report identifies key ESG issues based on stakeholder feedback and materiality assessments, and systematically presents major achievements alongside future improvement plans. It offers a comprehensive look at how Heesung Catalysts has practiced responsible management across environmental, social, and governance domains, guided by its vision of becoming “a catalyst-based eco-friendly technology leader realizing a carbon-neutral society.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ESG Strategy Framework<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Heesung Catalysts’ ESG strategy is built around three pillars \u2014 Environmental, Social, and Governance \u2014 all connected toward a single vision: “a catalyst-based eco-friendly technology leader realizing a carbon-neutral society.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 2. ESG Strategy Framework<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Heesung Catalysts pursues its sustainability management across all three domains through three strategic directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, building a carbon-neutral implementation framework.<\/strong> Heesung Catalysts works to reduce carbon emissions at industrial sites through catalyst technology, while simultaneously developing the systems needed to achieve carbon neutrality at its own facilities. The goal is to become “a sustainable company pursuing eco-friendly transition.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, advancing ESG-based social responsibility management.<\/strong> With the goal of becoming “a company that practices transparent and fair social responsibility management,” Heesung Catalysts fulfills its social responsibilities across all aspects of its operations, including employee safety and human rights, a fair organizational culture, and mutual growth with business partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, establishing a sustainable eco-friendly business framework.<\/strong> For the first two strategic directions to translate into meaningful outcomes, they must be underpinned by an ethical and transparent management structure. Heesung Catalysts manages this strategy in connection with quantitative targets: achieving a GPTW score of 80 or above, maintaining a zero-accident workplace, and obtaining an AA rating from the Korea ESG Standards Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2025 ESG Highlights<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Heesung Catalysts has pursued a range of ESG initiatives across its environmental, social, and governance domains to support sustainable growth. Below are the key ESG achievements from 2025, as featured in the 2026 Sustainability Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 3. 2025 ESG Highlights<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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  • Establishing and implementing a 2030 greenhouse gas reduction plan<\/strong>
    Heesung Catalysts set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030 and has been advancing mid-to-long-term carbon reduction initiatives, including improvements to process and facility efficiency and enhanced energy data management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Strengthening the foundation for renewable energy transition through K-RE100 membership<\/strong>
      By joining K-RE100, Heesung Catalysts has established a basis for expanding renewable energy use and strengthened the implementation framework for eco-friendly facility operations and energy transition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Conducting Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) for key components<\/strong>
        Heesung Catalysts conducted life cycle assessments for key components, analyzing environmental impacts across raw material sourcing, production, use, and disposal stages, and advanced its product environmental impact management system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Applying an eco-friendly product design process<\/strong><\/strong>
          Heesung Catalysts introduced an eco-friendly product design process that incorporates environmental considerations from the earliest stages of product development, and pursued the development of sustainable raw materials to strengthen product competitiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Participating in a voluntary agreement to reduce particulate matter<\/strong>
            Heesung Catalysts joined a voluntary agreement to reduce particulate matter emissions and has been carrying out activities to lower air pollutant levels, with plans to continue these efforts going forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            • Recognition for commitment to safety management<\/strong>
              In recognition of its efforts to strengthen hazardous material safety management through field-focused activities \u2014 including the elimination of potential hazards, regular inspections, and emergency response drills \u2014 Heesung Catalysts received a commendation from the Chief of Siheung Fire Station.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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              • Establishing a human rights management system<\/strong>
                Heesung Catalysts built a human rights management framework to protect employee rights and prevent human rights risks, through the adoption and declaration of a Human Rights Charter, operation of a grievance handling system, and delivery of statutory and human rights education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                • Conducting human rights impact assessments and status surveys<\/strong>
                  Heesung Catalysts carried out human rights status surveys and impact assessments across 27 departments company-wide, examining human rights issues throughout its organizational culture and working environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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