SK On Wins at Hungary CSR Awards for Second Straight Year in Recognition of Community Engagement
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SK On received the "Exemplary Award for Practicing Sharing" at the "2nd Hungary-based Companies CSR Awards" in recognition of its local social contribution activities in Hungary.
The awards were established to identify examples of social contribution by Korean companies in Hungary, including community contribution, environmental protection, education, and welfare support.
SK On received the award for a second straight year after last year's "Innovative CSR Practice Award," and has continued community engagement activities since commercial operations began at its Komarom, Hungary, plant in 2020.
SK On said on the 20th, in an announcement, that it had received the "Exemplary Award for Practicing Sharing" at the "2nd Hungary-based Companies CSR Awards," in recognition of its local social contribution activities in Hungary. The awards were established to identify examples of social contribution by Korean companies in Hungary, including community contribution, environmental protection, education, and welfare support.
The ceremony was held on the 18th, local time, at the Korean Cultural Center in Budapest, Hungary, and was hosted by the Korean Embassy in Hungary. Park Cheol-min, South Korea's ambassador to Hungary, and officials from major Korean companies operating locally attended the event.
SK On received the award for a second straight year, after winning the "Innovative CSR Practice Award" at last year's inaugural ceremony. The company has continued community engagement activities since commercial operations began at its plant in Komarom, Hungary, in 2020.
As a representative example, the award cited the fact that SK On and SK Innovation hosted the music festival for people with developmental disabilities, the "Great Music Festival (Great Music Festival, GMF)," in 2024 and 2025. SK On also plans to hold the third "Great Music Festival (Great Music Festival, GMF)" in late November this year.
GMF is a music festival for people with developmental disabilities planned and sponsored by SK Innovation. After SK On established a partnership with the Hungarian Association for Music by the Developmentally Disabled in 2023, it has continued to hold local events in Hungary. More than 200 people, including officials from the Hungarian government, attended last year's event.
As SK On continues to support and host such music events for people with developmental disabilities, it is also running community support activities, employee volunteer programs, and education programs. SK On's European unit made donations to public-interest foundations in Komarom and Ivanca and also provided everyday necessities to vulnerable groups. In addition, it has held plogging sessions and regular blood drives every half-year, with more than 600 employees having donated blood cumulatively since 2021. Alongside these efforts, the company has been running vocational training programs in the battery industry for local students, with 800 people completing them so far.
Alongside these activities, it has also gained public recognition in the region. In 2021, SK On received the "Grand Enterprise Award" from Komarom-Esztergom County. In 2024, the road connecting the Ivanca plant to the existing highway was named "SK Road."
Kim Seong-sik, head of SK On's European unit, said the award recognizes the sincerity of SK On's ongoing social contribution efforts in Hungary, and expressed the company's commitment to continuing practical support for the local community and expanding the scope of mutual growth.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
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