HD Hyundai said on the 19th that it held the "HD Hyundai Safety Forum" at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, declared the group's new safety vision, and reaffirmed its commitment to putting a safety culture into practice.
At the forum, HD Hyundai announced its safety vision: "a workplace where everyone is safe, a company where safety becomes the brand." It also unveiled key implementation plans based on three strategic pillars: systems, culture, and technology. The plan is to build a risk management framework, raise the level of organizational safety culture, and use big data and AI to predict safety issues and respond in real time.
On the 9th, it announced a plan to invest a total safety budget of 4.5 trillion won over five years through 2030.
The event was attended by Chairman Chung Ki-sun of HD Hyundai, executives from each affiliate, and chief safety officers (CSOs). About 60 people participated, including Minister Kim Young-hoon of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL), Kim Tae-seon of the Democratic Party of Korea, and academic experts.
Chairman Chung said, "Safety is not a matter of social promises or norms but an essential condition that determines the survival of corporations," adding, "Sustained attention and action must come first to create a safety culture and build safe business sites."
Minister Kim Young-hoon of the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) said, "With this forum as a starting point, HD Hyundai will bring a strong resonance to industrial worksites as a model case in safety," adding, "The government will also expand the budget and carry out a comprehensive plan for labor safety without fail to fundamentally improve structural risk factors in workplaces."