LS Cable & System’s social contribution activities are based on its management philosophy known as the ‘LS Cable & System Way.’ Based on C.O.R.E, the core values of the LS Cable & System Way, LS Cable & System is always putting Customers First (Customer First), all employees having a consistent mind-set (One LS C&S) in fulfilling their Rules & Responsibilities (Rules & Responsibilities), and carry out differentiated social contribution activities based on their Expertise (Expert).

Domestic business sites

[Employees’ volunteer activities]

The employees of LS Cable & System have voluntarily agreed to have fractions less than KRW1,000 deducted from their salaries and bonuses entrusting the company to match the same amount and use the money to help children raised by grandparents, families of people with disabilities and senior citizens living alone in the local community. More than 600 employees of the Gumi and Indong plants volunteer their time and efforts to help the Chamsaranghoe (True Love Association), established in 1999, while about 200 employees of the Donghae Plant participate in the activities of the Jeongnanumhoe (Affection Sharing Association) that was established in 2009 when the plant was completed. The volunteers periodically visit local welfare centers to help them improve their residential environment, throw birthday parties, hold athletic meets, and provide free meals and even beauty services. They also provide funds for fuel and subsidiary food costs, and scholarships for teenage heads of households, and they even work to clean up local rivers and cultural heritage sites. At the end of each year, they deliver so called briquettes of love to the underprivileged living near each plant and office site and even make kimchi for them.

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• △ Activities of the Chamsaranghoe
• △ Kimchi-making

[Support for the underprivileged / donations]

LS Cable & System is contributing to building the social safety net for local communities near its business sites, such as Sejong and Donghae City. The company has provided food and daily necessities to low-income families in Sejong City who are likely to skip meals due to COVID-19, and donates about KRW100 million every year to social welfare facilities in Donghae City where the submarine cable plant is located. In September 2019, it held the ‘Support for the Social Welfare Facilities in Donghae City’ event and made a donation to four social welfare facilities in Donghae City. The donated money went to provide therapy to children victimized by domestic violence, fund near-poverty rehabilitation projects, and fund improvements to residential facilities of the underprivileged, etc.

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• △ Making a donation to Donghae City
• △ Foodbag support in Sejong City

Overseas business sites

LS Cable & System is fulfilling its social responsibilities globally as well. The company has on many occasions supplied daily necessities and masks to low-income families vulnerable to COVID-19 in Columbia, and delivered relief goods to Chile, Mexico, etc. In Vietnam, the company and its employees join hands every year to raise funds to support vulnerable social groups in the surrounding community. The employees periodically visited schools for the blind and orphanages, did volunteer work, and supported the activities of social welfare foundations and the establishment of local public health centers. In China, the company donated 300,000 Yuan (about KRW50 million) to Yichang City where its business site is located to help improve the local educational environment. Also, the company has been selecting poor families from among its employees and giving financial support to them each month, and providing support for various social groups, such as veterans. In addition, it is making efforts at environmental conservation by, for example, cleaning river nears business sites.

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• △ Delivering relief goods in Columbia
• △ Making a donation to Yichang City

The researchers of LS Cable & System, who have expertise in cable diagnostics, have been donating talent, i.e. checking the possibility of short circuits in traditional markets, since 2017. They are not only repairing and replacing cables, but also providing cable safety education to merchants. They provided the inspection service for about 300 shops in 22 traditional markets around the country, including areas where its business sites are located, including Anyang, Gunpo, Gumi and Donghae.

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  LS C&S employees engaged in safety checks in the traditional market of Gumi (2019)
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  Safety checks in Daejeon Yongoon market (2019)

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• Choi Jin-Wook, senior researcher, Energy Research Group, participating in talent donation
  
  " I am happy that I could help the merchants who felt uneasy about facilities using my skills. I will continue to provide this meaningful service in the future."
  
  
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• Cho Myeong-Geun, Daejeon Yongoon market merchant
  
  " LS C&S employees visited the market and checked and replaced old wires. I am very grateful that the risk of fires has been reduced. From now on, I'll be able to do business with a relaxed mind.”
  
  

The ‘LS Dream Science Class’ is a hands-on science education program for elementary school students in Korea. It is a part of the company’s CSR program to provide local elementary school students with opportunities for practical science education and cultural experiences during the school holiday seasons. Employees at LS Cable & System and university students majoring in engineering participate as mentors to help elementary school students learn about science in fun and interesting ways.

Job schooling

As part of its donation for education, LS Cable & System has, since 2012, been participating in ‘Job Schooling’ together with Kangwon National University. The company is giving lectures on the system, design, manufacturing and quality management of key products to students majoring in electrical and electronic engineering, and information and communication engineering. In particular, the researchers and manager-level employees of LS Cable & System are personally delivering their know-how combined with theory and practice. The company gives preferential treatment to students who completed the Job Schooling program when they apply for a job, taking the lead in fostering excellent talents in the cable industry.

LS Cable & System has been sponsoring voluntary corps of university students who travel abroad to participate in a variety of service-oriented projects since 2007. The members of the voluntary corps consist mostly of university students, NGO experts and LS Cable & System employees. Together they work to help improve the education environments for children in India, Cambodia, Vietnam and other countries and engage in fun-filled cultural exchange activities.