Human rights and ethical management
Korea Zinc upholds the values of trust through transparent
ethical management and a commitment to respecting human rights.
Human Rights and Ethical Management
Human Rights Management
Korea Zinc has disclosed its Human Rights Policy, starting in 2022. Based on this principle, Korea Zinc practices respect for human rights through human rights impact assessment and stockholder communication.
Human Rights Impact Assessment
Korea Zinc established a human rights impact assessment process in 2023 to proactively identify and manage human rights risks and key management issues. Korea Zinc also ensures the effective operation of the human rights management system by reporting the status of improvement of human rights issues to the Sustainable Management Committee.
Ethical Management
Korea Zinc is divided into an independent Audit Committee under the Board of Directors, a Compliance Management Team under the management of the Compliance Officer, an Audit Team, an Internal Accounting Team, and a Human Resources Team of the Human Resources Management Headquarters.
Korea Zinc’s Ethics Policy provides detailed guidelines that the company and its employees must adhere to, and they serve as ethical references that all members aspire to uphold. We revised the Code of Ethics in 2021 to ensure that it comprises all stakeholders within our new and expanding business scope and region. Korea Zinc’s Fair Trade policy cover customers, suppliers, and competitors, and describe protection of the rights and interests of customers and suppliers and fair competition with competitors, as well as other details.
Compliance Officer
In December 2023, Korea Zinc appointed a compliance officer in accordance with Article 542-13 of the Commercial Act (Compliance Control Standards and Compliance Officer) and has been conducting compliance control activities since 2024.