Management of Hazardous Chemical Substances

LFC tallies and controls all the chemical substances that it receives and issues, ranging from raw materials to products, thereby thoroughly controlling such substances. Notably, we have established and operated the LCMS (LOTTE Chemical Management System), re-established a whole process management system for hazardous chemicals, and increased work efficiency through systematic management of chemical substance information.

Activities for Soil and Environment Conservation

LFC regularly inspects levels of soil contamination at facilities subject to specific soil pollution management within the workplace designated in accordance with the Soil Environment Conservation Act, together with a company qualified as a professional soil pollution agency designated by the Ministry of Environment, and discloses the data through the environmental information disclosure system. In addition, we are making various efforts to prevent soil contamination due to our factory operations.

Management of Water Resources and Water Pollutants

The water used in our production, process, and utility facility operations is supplied through water intake sources situated near each of our manufacturing plants that meet the standards for appropriateness of use. Also, the utility department based at each of our business sites takes the lead in optimizing our water consumption and expenditure through constant monitoring and process improvement. We also have established a system for monitoring the sources of wastewater generation in production processes and manage their status on a daily basis by setting targets for the amount generated.

Air Pollutant Management

As a result of proactive response to the total pollutant amount regulation and the subsequent enforcement of the Air Management Zone Act in 2020, LFC has been allocated 100% of the company’s estimated nitrogen oxide emissions. We are responding to the total pollutant amount regulation to prevent any disruption of our overall plant operations – even in the case of an addition to or expansion of our production facilities. Also, we began to improve our air pollutant treatment facilities in order to comply with the enhanced emission standards following the establishment of specific air pollutant emission allowance standards and the expansion of the total hydrocarbon regulatory targets, as the amendment to the Clean Air Conservation Act has entered into force, thereby striving to reducing emissions of air pollutants.

Waste Discharge Management

LFC manages the entire waste treatment process by using an online system in its business operations, sets an annual waste discharge target, makes continuous investments, and carries out taskforce activities aimed at reducing the generation of waste materials. In addition to increasing the waste recycling rate, with the purpose of reducing waste emission in the first place, we are encouraging our on-site employees to get actively involved through optimization of the processes of classifiers and circle feeders and the implementation of policies that grant incentives to employees to reduce waste generation.