Upcycling, solar lantern making among expanded ESG activities

Family members of SK Eco Plant employees take part in the 2026 Epi Family Plogging Festival, collecting litter in central Seoul on Saturday. [SK Eco Plant]
Family members of SK Eco Plant employees take part in the 2026 Epi Family Plogging Festival, collecting litter in central Seoul on Saturday. [SK Eco Plant]

SK Eco Plant held an environmental cleanup event in central Seoul with employees and their families on Saturday.

The company announced Monday that about 200 employees and family members gathered at its headquarters in Susong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, on Saturday for the 2026 Epi Family Plogging Festival.

Now in its second year, the event is a corporate social responsibility program designed to let employees and their families experience environmental protection and resource recycling firsthand in everyday settings.

Participants formed family groups and walked through the area around the company's headquarters and Insadong, picking up litter along the way. They also sorted the collected waste by type and learned proper recycling and disposal methods.

This year, the company expanded its ESG experience programs. Activities included upcycling workshops, solar lantern making, an endangered-species memory game, a bicycle generator demonstration, a bottle-cap board game and a toy hospital.

The solar lanterns made at the event will be donated to the Miral Welfare Foundation for distribution to children in energy-poor countries.

Side events included the issuance of honorary employee ID cards, a family photo zone and a magic performance. Food trucks at the venue used reusable containers instead of disposable ones.

"This event was organized so that employees and their families could together appreciate the importance of environmental protection and share the meaning of small everyday actions," an SK Eco Plant official said. "We plan to continue running corporate social responsibility activities that employees and their families can participate in together."

Meanwhile, SK Eco Plant has launched a "one person, one AI agent" system that analyzes each employee's work data to develop and deploy a customized AI agent suited to their role. The company plans to use actual work data to identify each employee's task characteristics and bottlenecks, then apply tailored AI transformation solutions by team and job function.


quq@heraldcorp.com