Recently, the "14th Blue Book of Corporate Social Responsibility" and ESG China Forum 2022 Winter Summit "hosted by the China Social Responsibility Forum was held in Beijing. LG New Energy ranked first in the" Power Battery Industry Social Responsibility Development Index (2022) "by virtue of its outstanding practice and results in the field of sustainable development. The corporation won the Golden Bull Award for "green environmental protection" responsibility as well.

The CSR Blue Book, compiled by the Research Center for Social Responsibility under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is the most influential research result in the field of corporate social responsibility in China. Based on the evaluation system of "general index + industry characteristic index", the "Corporate Social Responsibility Development Index (2022)" evaluates the content and quantitative analysis of corporate social responsibility information by taking the nature of enterprises and their industries as the classification criteria.

LG New Energy received eight highest scores in the environmental responsibility section of green management, green production and green operation, the social responsibility section of partners, employees and communities, the responsibility integration section of responsibility management, and the customer responsibility section of essential responsibility. The total score ranked the first place. The ranking and the award are not only favorable recognition of LG New Energy's achievements in the field of social responsibility, but also recognition of LG New Energy's contribution to sustainable development and green production capacity as a leader in the power battery industry.

Taking advantage of the summit, LG New Energy released the Chinese version of the 2022 LG New Energy Environment, Society and Governance (ESG) Report. Adhering to the ESG vision of "Enabling a Better Future", LG New Energy is committed to becoming an ESG management leader in the industry and demonstrating the sustainable value of the enterprise. The release of the report actively spread the concept of enterprise ESG to the local public and shared the practice cases in three aspects: environment, society and governance.

The report not only shows that LG New Energy aims to make a medium - and long-term plan with RE100 as the core and complete the task of achieving carbon neutrality in a comprehensive way, but also lists three other core tasks that need to be completed in order to achieve ESG target management, including the whole industrial chain closed-loop system, supply chain sustainability, organizational diversity, equity and inclusiveness:

In terms of environmental governance, in order to accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of the industry, deeply contribute to the goal of "carbon neutrality by 2050" and China's "dual carbon" strategy, LG New Energy actively performs its responsibilities and promotes the green transformation of the industry.

In China, the three major production bases are actively implementing the RE100 initiative and plan to use 100% green electricity by 2025, gradually realizing "zero-carbon factories".

In order to implement the concept of high-quality development, LG New Energy continues to promote sustainable development projects such as energy conservation, emission reduction, waste gas treatment and resource recycling, and make unremitting efforts to build a leading green environmental protection demonstration enterprise:

In the factory in China, LG New Energy makes full use of the advantages of the factory, develops solar power generation and photovoltaic shed projects in the parking lot, and replaces traditional power with renewable energy. LG New Energy Battery Factory won the title of "Nanjing Environmental Protection Demonstration Enterprise". In order to strengthen the management of waste in the business site, LG New Energy plans to achieve "zero waste landfill" by 2023. LG New Energy Nanjing plant was the first to obtain the "zero waste landfill" certification from the global certification body - Underwriters Laboratories (UL) in 2018, and platinum level certification in 2022. At the same time, around the concept of green development, to promote the innovation of energy conservation and emission reduction, LG new Energy successfully promoted the upgrading of activated carbon adsorption tower, creative use of condensation process to dispose of VOCs waste gas, the removal rate increased to more than 90%, greatly improving the comprehensive treatment level of waste gas pollution.

In terms of social responsibility, since its entry into the Chinese market, LG New Energy has given full play to its technological leading advantages and industry leading responsibilities, actively participated in the training of industry talents, constantly promoted the community construction, and optimized the development environment of scientific and technological talents in China. Based on the rich local education resources, we will help college students improve their comprehensive quality and cultivate future-oriented innovative talents by holding innovative education competitions and practical activities continuously. The China College Student Power Battery Innovation Competition, which has been held for five consecutive years, focuses on the two courses of "specialty" and "science popularization" to promote college students to pay attention to the revolutionary changes of power batteries in the new energy vehicle industry, discover and cultivate more outstanding talents with strong interest in and research on power batteries, materials and related applications, and create an innovation incubator platform for new energy battery professionals.

At the same time, through a series of activities such as Korean language competition and LG New energy summer camp, we will develop the talent reserve of the new energy industry. Adhering to the organizational culture of "DEI (Diversity, Equality and Inclusiveness)", LG New Energy continues to create sustainable long-term value for building a harmonious community and a green home by supporting education, volunteering, and holding environmental protection public welfare activities, and builds a responsible corporate brand image.

In addition, LG New Energy actively establishes an ESG committee for operation, strictly adheres to compliance operation, strengthens compliance education, formulates "responsible procurement policy", builds a sound supply chain ESG management process, and improves the authority and pertinence of the supply chain management system.

Zhong Hongwu, professor of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and secretary-general of China Social Responsibility 100 Forum, spoke highly of the ESG work of LG New Energy (China) : "In 2022, LG New Energy (China) continued to play the role of industry performance benchmark, further improve the ESG governance system, actively spread the concept of ESG and performance to the public, and continued to rank first in the power battery industry social responsibility Development Index, making outstanding contributions to the sustainable development of China's power battery industry!"

In the future, LG New Energy will continue to provide global users with high-quality scientific and technological services and rejuvenating experience through advanced research and development capabilities and green products, and strive to become a leader in ESG operation and management with the mission of changing human life as the driving force.

近日，由中国社会责任百人论坛主办的“第十四届《企业社会责任蓝皮书》发布会暨ESG中国论坛2022冬季峰会”在京举办，LG新能源凭借在可持续发展领域的突出实践与成效，在“动力电池行业社会责任发展指数（2022）”排名蝉联第一，更摘得“绿色环保”责任金牛奖。

《企业社会责任蓝皮书》由中国社会科学院社会责任研究中心编制，是目前中国企业社会责任领域最具影响力的研究成果。“企业社会责任发展指数（2022）”基于“通用指标+行业特色指标”评价体系，以企业性质、所在行业为划分标准，对企业社会责任信息进行内容及定量分析的指数评价。

LG新能源在绿色管理、绿色生产、绿色运营的环境责任版块，伙伴、员工、社区的社会责任版块，责任管理的责任融合版块，以及本质责任的客户责任板块摘取八项最高评分，总评分名列榜首。此次排名的蝉联及奖项的殊荣，既是对LG新能源在社会责任领域取得成效的有利认可，也是对LG新能源作为动力电池行业的领军企业，在可持续发展和绿色产能方面做出贡献的肯定。

借势此次峰会，LG新能源同期发布了中文版《2022 LG新能源环境、社会及管治（ESG）报告》，秉承“赋能更美好未来”的ESG愿景，致力成为行业ESG经营领导者，彰显企业可持续价值。该报告的发布积极向本土公众传播企业ESG理念，分享在环境、社会及管治三方面实践案例。

报告不仅展现了LG新能源以RE100为核心旨在制定中长期计划，明确路线完成全面实现碳中和的任务，也列出了为实现ESG目标管理所需要完成的其他三项核心任务，包括全产业链闭环体系，供应链可持续性，组织多样性、公平性及包容性：

在环境治理方面，为加快产业绿色低碳转型，深度助力“2050全面实现碳中和”目标和中国的“双碳”战略，LG新能源积极履责，担当和推动产业绿色转型。

在中国地区，三大生产基地积极履行RE100倡议，计划到2025年100%使用绿电，逐步实现“零碳工厂”。

为贯彻落实高质量发展理念，LG新能源不断推动节能减排、废气废物处理、资源循环利用等可持续发展项目，坚持不懈打造绿色环保示范领跑企业：

在中国区工厂，LG新能源充分利用厂区优势，开发太阳能发电及停车场光伏车棚项目，以可再生能源取代传统电力，其中LG新能源电池工厂荣获年度“南京市环保示范企业”称号；为增强经营场所废弃物管理力度，LG新能源计划到2023年实现“零废弃物填埋”，LG新能源南京工厂率先于2018年从全球认证机构-美国保险商实验室（UL）获得“零垃圾填埋”认证，并于2022年获得铂金级认证；同时，围绕绿色发展理念，推进节能减排创新，LG新能源成功推进活性炭吸附塔的升级改造，创造性地采用冷凝工艺处置VOCs废气，去除率提升至90%以上，大大提升了废气污染综合治理水平。

在社会履责方面，自进入中国市场以来，LG新能源充分发挥自身技术领先优势与行业引领责任，积极参与行业人才培养，不断推进社区共建，优化中国科技人才发展环境。立足本地丰厚的教育资源，通过连续举办创新型教育比赛和实践活动，助力大学生提升自身综合素质，培养面向未来的创新型人才。其中连续五年举办的中国大学生动力电池创新竞赛，聚焦“专业”与“科普”两大赛道，促进大学生关注新能源汽车行业动力电池的革命性变化，发现和培养更多对动力电池、材料以及相关应用有浓厚兴趣和研究的优秀人才，打造新能源电池专业人才创新孵化平台。

同时，通过韩语竞赛、LG新能源夏令营等一系列活动，发展新能源行业人才储备。LG新能源奉行“DEI（多样、平等、包容）”的组织文化，持续通过支持教育助学、开展志愿服务、举办环保公益活动等，为建设和谐社区和绿色家园创造可持续的长期价值，塑造负责任的企业品牌形象。

此外，LG新能源积极设立运营ESG委员会，谨守合规经营，加强合规性教育，制定“负责任采购政策”构建完善的供应链ESG管理流程，提高供应链管理体系的权威性和针对性。

中国社科院教授、中国社会责任百人论坛秘书长钟宏武对LG新能源（中国）的ESG工作给与了高度的评价：“2022年，LG新能源（中国）持续发挥行业履责标杆作用，进一步健全ESG治理体系，积极向社会公众传播ESG理念和履责动态，蝉联动力电池行业社会责任发展指数第一，为助力中国动力电池行业可持续发展作出了卓越贡献！”