WACKER Korea promotes "Sharing Challenge"
Ulsan, May 28, 2025
We share and give - this is what WACKER Chemicals Korea is encouraging its team to do with its "WACKER Korea Sharing Challenge" initiative. To kick off the project, the employees carried out two activities aimed at corporate social responsibility in everyday life.
The "WACKER Korea Sharing Challenge" is intended to encourage colleagues to do their bit for corporate social responsibility (CSR) - the company's commitment to society and the environment. CSR encompasses approaches with which companies voluntarily assume social, ecological and economic responsibility and actively contribute to the well-being of society. And the "Sharing Challenge", in which the team in South Korea focuses on the triad of "chemistry", "environmental protection" and "respect for the value of life", is also based on voluntary participation by employees.
The plan is to organize charitable campaigns twice a year at all WACKER Chemicals Korea sites. The start of the initiative focused on the environment and animal welfare. Under the motto "Clean DAY! Fresh DAY!", a team from the Ulsan production site organized a "plogging" event. To this end, over 30 employees from the site set out to thoroughly clean the area around the facility. In the end, several garbage bags full of "lost” items were collected and professionally disposed of.
At the same time, a team from the Pangyo office and the Anyang R&D center was on the road. They visited the animal shelter in Yongin; this facility, called "KDS Rainbow Shelter", provides shelter for dogs in need of a home. Here, too, the WACKER team took over the cleaning - clearing out the kennels, and grooming and feeding the dogs. The abbreviation KDS stands for Korean dogs that were rescued from inhumane treatment, e.g. from breeding facilities or neglect, and brought to the "Rainbow Shelter"
A total of around 50 employees were involved in both activities to make their environment a little better through the "Sharing Challenge". Hye-Won Kang, corporate communications manager in charge of CSR at WACKER Chemicals Korea, explains: "We had already been involved in creative activities in the past. With the Sharing Challenge, we want to go beyond one-off events to share positive experiences while contributing to our environment at the same time.”
In this way, tried-and-tested initiatives such as the "Good Market" charity bazaar or the joint creation of murals can take on new dimensions, as can the traditional cooking of the spicy vegetable dish kimchi. "With such activities, we will consistently be focusing on how we can not only strengthen team spirit, but also have a positive impact on society," emphasizes Hyewon Kang. The kickoff of the "WACKER Korea Sharing Challenge" has shown how well this can work!
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