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Environment1)

GHG Emissions

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
GHG emissions 2)
(Scope 1, 2)
Total tCO2eq 42,977 41,860 33,762 47,366
Scope 1 Subtotal tCO2eq 9,850 10,169 10,254 24,340
Scope 2 Subtotal tCO2eq 9,850 10,169 10,254 24,340
Electricity tCO2eq 33,127 31,691 23,508 23,026
Steam tCO2eq 0 0 0 0
GHG emissions intensity3) Scope 1 tCO2eq/
KRW 100 million
1.9 3.0 3.1 3.0
Scope 2 tCO2eq/
KRW 100 million
6.5 9.3 7.0 2.8
GHG reductions Total reductions tCO2eq 19 122 2,709 0.0
Scope 1 reductions tCO2eq 0 122 27 0.0
Scope 2 reductions tCO2eq 19 0 2,682 0.0
Scope 3 emissions Total tCO2eq 247,660 252,845 219,544 -
Category 1. Purchased goods and services tCO2eq 204,960 209,483 177,704 -
Category 2. Capital goods tCO2eq 7 69 9 -
Category 3. Fuel- and energy-related activities tCO2eq 20,004 20,174 21,8954) -
Category 4. Upstream transportation and distribution tCO2eq 2,048 1,986 1,386 -
Category 5. Waste generated in operations tCO2eq 955 753 1,267 -
Category 6. Business travel tCO2eq 943 1,393 1,468 -
Category 7. Employee commuting tCO2eq 262 295 342 -
Category 9. Downstream transportation and distribution tCO2eq 8,785 9,296 7,091 -
Category 12. End-of-life treat ment of sold products tCO2eq 9,696 9,396 8,382 -

1) Based on the Sejong and Eumseong sites, excluding the headquarters
2) Using truncated decimal values as the standard
3) Based on domestic separate revenue
4) Including Hanwha Advanced Materials and its subsidiaries

Energy Use

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Total energy consumption GJ 950,887 928,796 778,020 669,993
Energy intensity1) GJ/
KRW 100 million
186 273 231 479
Energy reductions GJ 404 2,399 928 0
Direct energy Non-renewable energy consumption Total GJ 193,090 199,377 201,143 427,710
Gasoline GJ 1,203 1,192 1,267 4,342
Diesel GJ 2,206 2,099 1,767 255
Kerosene GJ 0 0 0 0
LNG GJ 189,463 195,533 197,494 413,681
LPG GJ 218 553 615 9,431
Other GJ 0 0 0 0
Renewable energy consumption Total GJ 0 0 20,577 0
Indirect energy Total2) GJ 757,797 729,419 556,300 242,282
Consumption Subtotal GJ 692,246 662,242 491,248 242,282
Electricity GJ 692,243 662,242 491,248 242,282
Steam GJ 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Self-Generated Subtotal GJ 109,358 111,628 110,539 0.0
Electricity GJ N/A N/A N/A 0.0
Steam GJ 109,358 111,628 110,539 0
Sold Subtotal GJ 43,807 44,451 45,487 0.0
Electricity GJ 0 0 0 0
Steam GJ 43,807 44,451 45,487 0
Renewable energy share Total % 0.0 0.0 2.64 0.0
Electricity % 0.0 0.0 2.64 0.0
Fuel % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1) Revenue is calculated separately for Hanwha Advanced Materials and its subsidiaries based on consolidated revenue.
2) Consumption = consumed + in-house generation - sales volume

Water

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Withdrawal Total ton 455,771 442,987 516,631 430,235
By type Freshwater ton 455,771 442,987 516,631 430,235
Surface water ton 0 0 0 0
Groundwater ton 0 0 0 0
Seawater ton 0 0 0 0
Other ton 0 0 0 0
By water source Third-party ton 455,771 442,987 516,631 430,235
Withdrawal from high water stress areas ton N/A N/A N/A N/A
Discharge (wastewater)1) Total ton 162,436 196,943 418,962 43,146
By type Freshwater ton 162,436 196,943 418,962 33,636
Other ton N/A N/A N/A 9,510
By discharge destination Third-party ton 162,436 196,943 418,962 16,358
Discharge from high water stress areas ton N/A N/A N/A N/A
Water consumption ton 240,665 255,117 97,669 392,450
Water reuse Reused water volume ton 0 0 0 0
Reuse rate % 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1) Based on the Sejong and Eumseong sites

Pollutants

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Water Total organic carbon (TOC) ton 6.6 10.4 14.0 0.4
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) ton 8.8 11.4 21.8 0.0
Suspended solids (SS) ton 2.3 3.0 5.9 0.0
Air Ozone-depleting substances (ODS) ton N/A N/A N/A N/A
Nitrogen oxides (NOx) ton 4.4 5.3 5.0 0.3
Sulfur oxides (SOx) ton 0.2 0.5 0.3 1.6
Particulate matter (PM) ton 2.0 3.3 2.1 2.9
Persistent organic pollutants (POP) ton N/A N/A N/A N/A
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) ton N/A N/A N/A 0.2
Hazardous air pollutants (HAP) ton 1.3 1.3 0.7 N/A
Other air pollutants ton 13.8 18.9 7.6 N/A
Hazardous chemicals Consumption ton 40.8 33.2 68.9 5.9
Chemical discharge ton 0.0 0.0 12.9 31.0

Eco-friendly Business

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Green investment Environmental investment KRW million 481 394 981 216
Eco-friendly investment ratio compared to sales % 0.09 0.12 0.29 0.03
Eco-friendly vehicles Eco-friendly fleet ownership ratio % 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.0

Waste and Raw Materials

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Waste generated1) Total ton 3,705 5,452 4,738 8,392
By type Designated ton 27 74 58 3,105
Genera ton 3,678 5,378 4,680 5,287
Waste disposed Total ton 3,706 5,453 4,737 6,380
Designated waste By type Subtotal ton 27 73 58 3,096
Landfill ton 0 0 0 3,033
Incineration ton 10 13 16 63
Other ton 17 60 42 0
By method Subtotal ton 27 74 58 3,096
Intermal ton 0 0 0 0
External ton 27 74 58 3,096
General waste By type Subtotal ton 3,677 5,377 4,680 3,283
Landfill ton 269 384 395 3,262
Incineration ton 89 55 203 21
Other ton 3,319 4,938 4,082 0
By method Subtotal ton 3,678 5,378 4,680 3,283
Intermal ton 0 0 0 0
Externa ton 3,678 5,378 4,680 3,283
Recycled Waste Total ton 3,336 4,998 4,124 1,266
Waste-to-resource ratio % 90 91 87 15
Designated waste By type Total ton 17 60 42 143
Proceed for reuse ton 0 0 0 6
Recycled ton 17 60 42 137
Other ton 0 0 0 0
By method Intermal ton 0 0 0 0
External ton 17 60 42 192
General waste By type Total ton 3,319 4,938 4,082 1,122
Proceed for reuse ton 0 0 0 10
Recycled ton 3,319 4,938 4,082 1,111
Other ton 0 0 0 0
By method Intermal ton 0 0 0 0
External ton 3,319 4,938 4,082 663
Raw materials usage Total ton 76,574 75,630 62,188 63,608
Recycled materials Recycled raw materials ton 2,573 2,864 2,947 661
Recycled materials ratio % 3.4 3.8 4.7 1.0

1) Due to truncation of decimal places in waste volume data, a discrepancy of less than ±1 ton may occur between the total and the actual figures

Social

Employee Profile

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Total no. of employees Persons 638 686 618 1,632
Executives Total Persons 17 18 18 0
Gender Male Persons 17 18 18 0
Female Persons 0 0 0 0
Age Under 30 Persons 0 0 0 0
30 to under 50 Persons 3 1 1 0
50 and over Persons 14 17 17 0
Employees Total Persons 621 668 600 1,632
Permanent Total Persons 580 618 575 1,416
Gender Subtotal Persons 580 618 575 1,416
Male Persons 517 551 504 950
Female Persons 63 67 71 466
Age Under 30 Persons 64 67 61 323
30 to under 50 Persons 332 371 358 731
50 and over Persons 184 180 156 362
Contract Total Persons 41 50 25 216
Gender Subtotal Persons 41 50 25 216
Male Persons 37 48 23 216
Female Persons 4 2 2 0
Share of female employees % 11 10 12 29
By position Total Persons 635 683 615 1,416
Team leader level and above Total Persons 43 45 43 134
Gender Subtotal Persons 43 45 43 134
Male Persons 43 45 43 99
Female Persons 0 0 0 35
Age Subtotal Persons 43 45 43 134
Under 30 Persons 0 0 0 9
30 to under 50 Persons 27 25 20 88
50 and over Persons 16 20 23 37
Share of women at team leader level and above % 0 0 0 26
Staff Total Persons 592 638 572 1,282
Gender Subtotal Persons 592 638 572 1,282
Male Persons 525 569 499 851
Female Persons 67 69 73 431
Age Subtotal Persons 592 638 572 1,282
Under 30 Persons 95 102 71 316
30 to under 50 Persons 310 341 346 642
50 and over Persons 187 195 155 324
Non-affiliated workers Persons 0 0 0 18
Vulnerable groups Employment rate of persons with disabilities % 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.5
National veteran % 1.9 1.7 1.6 0.8
Number of child laborers Persons 0 0 0 0
Category Unit 2023 2024 2025
Total number of employees Subtotal Persons 2,097 2,369 2,251
Korea Persons 638 686 618
Asia Persons 67 66 65
Americas Persons 1,119 1,341 1,334
Europe Persons 273 276 234

Recruitment and Turnover

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
New hires Total Persons 46 61 43 528
New hire rate % 7.2 8.9 7.0 37.3
Gender Male Persons 40 53 35 349
Female Persons 6 8 8 179
Age Under 30 Persons 14 12 20 269
30 to under 50 Persons 31 49 22 229
50 and over Persons 1 0 1 30
Turnover Total Persons 65 53 123 524
Gender Male Persons 56 44 118 369
Female Persons 9 9 5 155
Age Under 30 Persons 34 27 36 214
30 to under 50 Persons 22 19 30 266
50 and over Persons 9 7 57 44
Turnover rate % 10.2 7.8 20.0 37.0
Voluntary turnover rate % 9.1 7.0 9.1 17.1

Parental leave

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Subject employees Total Persons 142 118 121 52
Male Persons 121 99 101 25
Female Persons 21 19 20 27
Used employees1) Total Persons 6 5 16 43
Male Persons 0 3 5 17
Female Persons 6 2 11 26
Returned employees1) Total Persons 4 6 8 28
Male Persons 1 1 4 17
Female Persons 3 5 4 11
Employees with over one year of service since returning Total Persons 2 4 5 19
Male Persons 1 1 1 13
Female Persons 1 3 4 6
Return rate from leave Total % 50 67 63 68
Male % 100 100 25 76
Female % 33 60 100 55

1) The number of employees who took/returned from parental leave counts only those who took/returned from leave while employed at the company; those who left the company are excluded.

Employee satisfaction survey

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Employees participated Persons 450 484 488 258
Employee participation rate % 70.5 70.6 79.0 15.8

Employee grievance handling

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Received grievance cases Cases 0 0 1 5
Resolved grievance cases Cases 0 0 1 5

Non-discrimination

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Number of discrimination incidents Cases 0 0 0 0
Status of actions on discrimination incidents Under investigation Cases 0 0 0 0
Remediation/mitigation plan established Completed Cases 0 0 0 0
Action completed Cases 0 0 0 0

Compensation System

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Salary rate Male to female salary rate % 58 68 64 86
Minimum wage ratio compared to the statutory minimum wage % 153 154 155 234
Average salary pay Total KRW million 83 85 86 57
Male KRW million 87 88 89 60
Female KRW million 52 55 57 52

Supply Chain Assessment

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials
2023 2024 2025
Number of suppliers Total number of suppliers Companies 566 551 594
Number of suppliers with contracts including environmental, labor, and human rights clauses Companies 106 87 83
Number of newly contracted suppliers Companies 78 67 86
Supply chain ESG Assessment Suppliers undergoing desk assessment Companies 0 13 24
Desk assessment rate % 0 18 4
Suppliers subject to on-site audit Companies - - 7
Suppliers undergoing on-site audit Companies - - 7
On-site audit rate % - - 100
Share of purchases from suppliers assessed for supply chain ESG % 0 44.1 40.5
Number of suppliers assessed as high-risk Companies 0 0 0
Follow-up actions Share of suppliers for which negative impacts were addressed % 0 0 100
Number of suppliers that agreed to implement corrective actions Companies 0 0 7
Share of suppliers that agreed to implement corrective actions % 0 0 29
Number of suppliers terminated due to identified significant negative impacts Companies 0 0 0
Share of suppliers terminated due to identified significant negative impacts % 0 0 0

Employee Training and Career Management

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Training completion status Employees Persons 642 679 707 1,007
Completion rate % 101.1 99.4 115.0 61.7
Total completed training hours Hours 6,081 7,988 9,504 7,338
Average training completed Hours/person 10 12 15 4
Total training hours Gender Male Hours 5,437 7,002 7,989 7,413
Female Hours 644 986 1,502 2011.60
By contract type Permanent Hours 5,437 7,687 9,145 7,131
Contract Hours 218 301 347 2,826
Average training hours per person Gender Male Hours/person 10.5 12.7 15.9 7.8
Female Hours/person 10.2 14.7 21.2 4.3
By contract type Permanent Hours/person 9.4 12.4 15.9 5.0
Contract Hours/person 4.0 4.6 8.7 13.1
Average training cost per person KRW 864,120 962,715 508,962 29,713
Percentage of employees that received performance evaluations Gender Male % 100.0 100.0 102.6 67.3
Female % 100.0 100.0 93.0 67.0
By position1) Managers % 100.0 100.0 107.0 88.8
Staff % 100.0 100.0 93.9 64.9

1) Excluding those who left the company

Health and safety

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Health and safety management system applicability Number of employees Persons 462 504 444 1,559
Employee rate % 72.4 73.5 71.8 95.5
Health and safety training1) Training completion rate % 92.9 92.6 92.4 95.5
Employee health check-ups Employees who got check-up Persons 546 628 559 680
Rate of employees who got check-ups % 85.6 91.5 90.5 41.6

1) Based on employees subject to regular training

Work-related Injuries

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Occupational incidents Employees Case 1 2 0 34
Occupational incident rate Employees % 0.16 0.29 0.00 2.08
Lost time injuries (LTI) Employees Case 1 3 0 11
Lost time injury rate (LTIR)1) Employees - 0.74 2.06 0 5.70
Recordable injuries (RI) Employees Case 2 3 2 34
Total recordable injury rate (TRIR)1) Employees - 1.48 2.06 1.21 17.61
Work-related severe injury Employees Case 0 0 0 0
Work-related severe injury rate Employees % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Fatalities (FAT) Employees Case 0 0 0 0
Fatality rate Employees % 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Total working hours Employees Hour 1,355,153 1,455,517 1,647,668 1,930,849

1) Per million man-hours

Occupational illness

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Employees No. of deaths caused by occupational disease Case 0 0 0 0
No. of occupational diseases Case 0 0 0 0
Suppliers No. of deaths caused by occupational disease Case 0 0 0 0
No. of occupational diseases Case 0 0 0 0

Labor-management relations

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
No. of members subject to labor union Persons 247 258 211 342
No. of members registered to labor union Persons 247 258 211 342
Employee labor union registration rate % 100 100 100 100
Labor-management council meetings held Count 8 8 8 0

Governance

Board of Directors

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Composition Subcategory Total Persons 5 5 5 8
Executive directors Persons 3 3 3 5
Outside directors Persons 0 0 0 0
Non-executive directors Persons 2 2 2 3
Gender Male Persons 5 5 5 8
Female Persons 0 0 0 0
Meetings Number of meetings Time 5 7 8 2
Number of agenda items Resolved Cases 23 31 27 2
Reported Cases 0 2 6 1

Remuneration

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
CEO compensation KRW million 859 539 487 268
Average annual pay per employee
(excluding the highest-paid employee)
KRW million 83 85 86 59
Median annual pay per person KRW million 88 83 82 55
Ratio of median employee pay to CEO % 10 15 17 20

Information Security and Privacy

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Information security status Employee information security training completion rate % 100 100 100 96
Share of sites with information security audits % 100 100 100 63
Number of information security risk assessments conducted Cases 1 1 1 11
Information security incidents Number of incidents Cases 0 0 0 0
Fines KRW million 0 0 0 0
Privacy violations Complaints from external parties Cases 0 0 0 0
Complaints from regulatory Cases 0 0 0 0
Personal data leaks/theft/loss Cases 0 0 0 0

Ethics and Fair Trade

Category Unit Hanwha Advanced Materials Subsidiaries
2023 2024 2025 2025
Ethics training Ethics training completion rate % 100 100 100 45
Anti-corruption risk Assessment Number of sites assessed Companies 0 0 2 1
Total number of sites Companies 2 2 2 8
Ratio of sites assessed % 0 0 100 13
Fair trade training Number of employees completed Persons 0 50 51 184
Number of employees training Times 0 2 2 1
Number of supplier training Times 0 0 0 0
Training hours Hours 0 50 157 184
Anti-corruption training Number of executives who completed training Persons 0 0 2 1
Ratio of executives who completed training % 0 0 67 13
Number of employees who completed training Persons 0 0 380 225
Ratio of employees who completed training % 0 0 61 14
Integrity pledge / Supplier code of conduct pledge Number of employees who signed Persons 0 317 386 438
Number of suppliers/partners who signed Companies 0 0 502 -
Ratio of suppliers/partners who signed % 0 0 99 -
Corruption incidents Corruption incidents Cases 0 0 1 0
Disciplinary actions for corruption Cases 0 0 0 0
Dismissals for corruption Cases 0 0 1 0
Partner contract terminations due to corruption Cases 0 0 0 0
Legal actions related to corruption Cases 0 0 0 0
Legal and regulatory violations Total Cases 0 0 0 0
Monetary sanctions imposed Cases 0 0 0 0
Non-monetary sanctions imposed Cases 0 0 0 0