On November 13, the third Beijing responsibility exhibition and the “CSR Blue Book (2020)” (hereinafter referred to as the Blue Book) conference hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences was held in Beijing. In the Blue Book released the latest Chinese enterprises 300 (domestic, private, foreign) social responsibility development index ranking, China Samsung for eight consecutive years in the first foreign enterprises, and won the overall ranking of the second, in the household appliances manufacturing, electronics and other key industry rankings are also ranked first.
The Social Responsibility Development Index is an annual evaluation comprehensive index launched by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for the status quo of corporate social responsibility management, responsibility information disclosure level. By virtue of its outstanding market performance, innovative vitality in each responsibility area, rigorous and standardized internal management and excellent external evaluation, China Samsung has become one of the “five-star” companies with the highest rating in the SRM Index and has been awarded the CASS Corporate Excellence Award.
The evaluation index of CASS for CSR includes market responsibility, environmental responsibility, social responsibility, responsibility management and other dimensions. Market responsibility means that the company creates quality products and services, creates value for investors, and drives supply chain partners to promote sustainable socio-economic development. Samsung has 20 production plants, 7 R&D centers, and nearly 80,000 employees in China. Since its entry into China, Samsung has continuously adjusted its industrial layout and accelerated the pace of transformation and upgrading in order to transform from “Made in China” to “Made with Quality in China”. Making important contributions.
By the end of 2019, Samsung has invested a total of over $40 billion in China, including over $30 billion in semiconductor, new energy vehicle power battery and other high-precision industry sectors, accounting for 72% of the total investment. At the same time, as a leading global technology company, Samsung China has also been insisting on integrating its own science and technology resources, leveraging its leading technology to create products that meet the needs of Chinese consumers with “meaningful innovation” and light up their better lives.
Environmental responsibility is an important criterion for achieving sustainable development. Since its inception in China, Samsung has made green development an overall and long-term priority, actively responding to China’s call for green development and integrating environmental protection into its daily business activities. With measures such as clean production, use of waste resources and low-carbon energy, five of Samsung’s factories in China have been selected as “Green Factories” by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Poverty alleviation is the new mission of Chinese enterprises’ public welfare work in recent years. In the battle against poverty in China, Samsung China relies on its corporate advantages and plays an active role in poverty alleviation in many fields such as industry, education and health. In the field of industrial poverty alleviation, Samsung China is guided by the concept of “shared management” and has created the “Shared Village” project, which aims to help poor villages realize the following through five aspects: industrial positioning and planning, village infrastructure construction and other support. “Really get out of poverty, don’t return to poverty”. Today, Samsung China has invested a total of 100 million yuan in building high-end home-stay tourism demonstration villages and agricultural product bases, and has helped all 13 poor villages in the country to escape poverty, with tens of thousands of villagers benefiting from the project, with average annual income rising from more than 3,000 yuan to more than 7,000 yuan, up to tens of thousands of yuan.
In addition to industrial poverty alleviation, Samsung China has invested 260 million yuan in education poverty alleviation, building 168 Samsung Hope Primary Schools, conducting intelligent teacher training and constructing intelligent classrooms across the country, providing young people in impoverished areas with the opportunity to change their destiny with knowledge. In the area of health and poverty alleviation, it has provided free sight restoration surgery to more than 20,000 youths and children with visual impairment in impoverished areas, and completed the construction and renovation of barrier-free facilities and equipment for 15 special education schools nationwide.
Wang Tong, Chief Vice President of Samsung China, said, “As a member of the Chinese society, Samsung will continue to uphold the original heart of ‘in China, for China’, and make unremitting efforts in fulfilling its public welfare responsibilities.
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