LG : Chem Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin Searches for Human Resources to Lead ESG Innovation Technologies in Germany

■ Following his visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin scheduled to oversee the 'BC (Business & Campus) Tour,' an event for hiring master's and PhD degree holders in Frankfurt, Germany

■ Innovative technological human resources related to ESG from around 20 major universities such as the University of Oxford to be invited, where LG Chem's vision for new growth engines in the three main areas of eco-friendly materials, battery materials, and global new drugs will be presented

■ Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin,
"LG Chem selected eco-friendly sustainability business, battery materials, and global innovative new drugs as its three main new growth engines and is striving to solve issues for humanity"
"I ask those of you focusing on research to solve pan-humanistic issues to join LG Chem's challenge"

LG Chem Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin is on its way to procure talented human resources that will lead ESG innovation technologies in Europe.

LG Chem announced that on the 27th, Chief Executive Officer Hak Cheol Shin, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) and Executive Vice President Yu Jiyung, CHO (Chief Human Resources Officer) and Executive Vice President SUNGMIN KIM, and others held the 'BC (Business & Campus) Tour' at the Steigenberger Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany.

The 'BC (Business & Campus) Tour' is one of the representative global human resource procurement activities where key executives communicate directly with outstanding local talents and hold interviews, and it is held in connection with overseas business trips of the CEO.

At this event, approximately 30 master's and PhD degree holders possessing technologies in new business sectors related to ESG at around 20 major universities such as the University of Oxford of the UK, ETH Zurich of Switzerland, and Humboldt University of Berlin of Germany.

Chief Executive Officer Shin, who oversaw this hiring event after participating in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, shared the business visions of LG Chem such as its ESG leadership and new growth engines, as well as the insight of leaders around the world on the climate crisis to the talented individuals that attended the event.

Here, Chief Executive Officer Shin commented, "Leaders around the world currently share the consensus that we must concentrate all of our capacities for resolving issues directly connected to the environment such as carbon neutrality and virtuous resource circulation."

He added, "LG Chem also selected eco-friendly sustainability business, battery materials, and global innovative new drugs as its three main new growth engines and is striving to solve issues for humanity to ensure a better future for people."

He went on saying, "For this, we need never-before-seen innovative technologies and these technologies begin with talented human resources like you."

He also stated with emphasis, "I ask those of you focusing on research to solve pan-humanistic issues to join LG Chem's challenge."

Meanwhile, LG Chem declared 2050 Net Zero and that it would convert 100% to renewable energy, while innovating its business portfolio based on ESG. LG Chem plans to invest 10 trillion KRW by 2025 to expand the share of its three major new businesses focusing on eco-friendliness to account for more than half of its entire business, intending to raise overall revenue to 60 trillion KRW by 2030, which is more than double its current revenue.