Samsung will swiftly implement a five-day vehicle rotation across its group companies. The move is to expand participation in the government's energy-saving policy.
Samsung Electronics said on the 6th it will expand the ten-day vehicle rotation it began on the 25th to a five-day rotation. The measure is intended to join the government's policy stance amid a global energy supply-and-demand crisis while strengthening additional savings efforts at the level of corporations. Earlier on the 1st, the government further tightened energy demand-suppression measures, including a two-day rotation for public institution vehicles and a five-day rotation for public parking lots.
Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI and Samsung Electro-Mechanics, among other group affiliates, plan to implement this starting on the 8th. However, exceptions will remain in place as before for ▲electric and hydrogen vehicles ▲vehicles carrying pregnant women or infants ▲vehicles used by people with disabilities ▲vehicles within remote business sites. In addition, depending on the conditions of each business sites, the company will continue flexible operation for some work vehicles.
Under the five-day vehicle rotation, operations are restricted by day of the week based on the last digit of the license plate. Driving is limited by ▲Monday (1·6) ▲Tuesday (2·7) ▲Wednesday (3·8) ▲Thursday (4·9) ▲Friday (5·0).
Along with the five-day vehicle rotation, Samsung will also continue ongoing power-saving activities within business sites. It will maintain lights-off measures for non-work spaces such as outdoor landscaping, corridors and rooftops, and continue to close and turn off unused parking spaces on holidays. At the end of the workday, it will also keep running employee-participation campaigns such as ▲turning off PC and monitor power (OFF) ▲cutting standby power to lab equipment, to firmly establish energy-saving practices.
A Samsung official said, "We will gradually expand a variety of measures to improve energy-use efficiency to keep pace with the government's energy-saving policy."