Promoting consistent compliance management across GC Group by communicating operational guidelines, compliance management across GC Group, and future action plans to domestic and overseas companies in GC Group through annual meetings for compliance operators. Promoting the fostering of an ethical behavior standard and an integrity culture by supporting relevant training and communication for employees at all levels throughout the year in online formats through various platforms of the Company, such as Microsoft Teams and the e-learning system. Promoting on-site workshop training on fact-finding techniques and practices and fostering knowledge and understanding on complaint handling among Vice President-level executives across GC Group to enhance the trust and confidence of the personnel in the Whistleblower system. Overseeing, monitoring, and advising on GC’s stakeholder stewardship, requiring units and functions responsible for each group of stakeholders to report a summary of previous activities and a future plan that is consistent with GC’s policies and practices. Reviewing policies and practices in the Corporate Governance and Business Code of Conduct Handbook to ensure that they are up to date, congruent with domestic and international standards, and appropriate for application across the company. Overseeing the outcomes of GC’s anti-corruption measures for 2023 and approving GC’s anti-corruption plan for 2024 to ensure its consistency with relevant regulations, such as the criteria issued by CAC and the NACC Integrity Award under the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC). Reviewing and approving GC’s corporate governance plan for 2024 to serve as guidelines for executing, monitoring, and assessing GC Group’s corporate governance performance in a tangible manner. 2. Sustainable Development Supervising and monitoring GC’s sustainable development to ensure alignment with both GC’s business directions and international standards and achieve a balance among the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) aspects. Overseeing GC’s short-term and medium-term sustainable development operational plan to maintain alignment with its goals and strategies as well as establishing and monitoring sustainable development indicators to ensure consistency with its goals and an ESG balance in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Providing comments and recommendations on decarbonization action plans involving impacts from external factors and providing support in advancing relevant policies for efficient implementation in alignment with the Company’s goals. Promoting the creation of added value to the business on the basis of circular economy principles and prioritizing business restructuring initiatives that can enhance GC’s competitiveness. Promoting the revision of material issues as well as operational processes to better align with the situation, stakeholder expectations, and emerging global challenges, and providing suggestions on undergoing sustainable development ranking by an external organization. Providing comments and recommendations on sustainable development assessment and ranking by external agencies and proposing guidelines for improving sustainability operations to achieve alignment with assessment criteria and maximize benefits for GC and its stakeholders. As a result, GC was ranked number one in the Chemicals Sector on DJSI for a fifth consecutive year 214
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