From 5% in 2020 to 100% in 2025, company achieves RE100 goal

At the "2026 Renewable Energy Day" ceremony held at COEX in Seoul on Friday, Lee Hyeon-hui (from left), head of Amorepacific's Sustainability Management Center, Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Climate, Environment and Energy Lee Ho-hyeon, and Kwon Soon-cheol, executive vice president of Amorepacific's Safety and Environment Division, pose for a photo after receiving a presidential commendation. [Amorepacific]
At the "2026 Renewable Energy Day" ceremony held at COEX in Seoul on Friday, Lee Hyeon-hui (from left), head of Amorepacific's Sustainability Management Center, Second Vice Minister of the Ministry of Climate, Environment and Energy Lee Ho-hyeon, and Kwon Soon-cheol, executive vice president of Amorepacific's Safety and Environment Division, pose for a photo after receiving a presidential commendation. [Amorepacific]

Amorepacific said it received a presidential commendation — awarded to organizations — for contributions to the development of the renewable energy industry at the "2026 Renewable Energy Day" ceremony held Friday.

The ceremony, hosted by the Ministry of Climate, Environment and Energy and co-organized by the Korea Energy Agency and the Korea Renewable Energy Federation, was the first official government-hosted event since Renewable Energy Day (Oct. 23) was designated a statutory commemorative day.

Amorepacific was the only organizational recipient among the four presidential commendations presented at the ceremony.

Since joining the global RE100 initiative in 2021 — the first company in South Korea's beauty industry to do so — Amorepacific raised its share of renewable electricity from about 5 percent in 2020 to 100 percent last year. In June, it became the first private Korean company to have its RE100 achievement officially recognized by The Climate Group, the initiative's operating body.

Amorepacific pursued its renewable energy transition through a range of methods, including on-site solar power generation, direct and indirect power purchase agreements (PPA), virtual PPAs (VPPA), green premium contracts, and renewable energy certificate purchases. On-site generation now accounts for about 10 percent of total electricity consumption across all of the company's facilities.

In 2022, the company became the first in South Korea to sign both a direct PPA and a VPPA, proactively introducing new renewable energy procurement methods. It also shared the operational expertise it accumulated — including settlement procedures and power trading practices — with the government, public institutions, and other stakeholders, contributing to the establishment and market development of domestic renewable energy procurement systems.

Through long-term VPPAs, Amorepacific also shared market price volatility risks with power generators and created renewable energy procurement models that support local communities, further contributing to the expansion of domestic renewable energy supply.

"Building on our RE100 achievement as a new starting point, we will continue to expand procurement channels that make a tangible contribution to growing renewable energy supply, and work alongside our partners to reduce carbon emissions across the entire supply chain," said Kwon Soon-cheol, executive vice president of Amorepacific's Safety and Environment Division.


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