GS Caltex "Employees Walk 10,000 Steps, Donate 1 Billion Won by Giving 1,000 Won Each... Recycling Desk Donation"

56th Anniversary Employee Step Donation Campaign

Heo Se-hong, President and CEO of GS Caltex, along with long-term employees and other staff members, held an employee step donation campaign on the 19th to celebrate the company's 56th anniversary.

On the 9th, GS Caltex hosted a step donation event at GS Tower in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where participants walked approximately 10,000 steps on a round-trip course to Seonjeongneung. This activity combines GS Caltex's commitment to energy saving and carbon reduction with social contribution efforts.

President Heo stated, “Small efforts in daily life will become energy that protects both our health and the planet,” adding, “Step donation for carbon reduction is part of GS Caltex's Green Transformation and is expected to play a positive role in society and the environment.”

The GS Caltex step donation campaign, under the slogan “Steps of Change Starting from Me,” began on the 12th of last month and will continue for 50 days until the 31st of this month, relying on voluntary participation from employees. Through this carbon reduction practice, employees internalize the value of Green Transformation and contribute to the environment and society. The number of steps taken by employees is calculated using the step donation mobile application ‘Big Walk.’

Huh Se-hong, President and CEO of GS Caltex [Photo by GS Caltex]

Step donation is a carbon reduction virtuous cycle activity that reduces carbon emissions and connects to donations by walking in daily life instead of using cars. Replacing 100 km of driving by car (gasoline) with walking reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 13 kg.

After the campaign ends, GS Caltex plans to convert the total number of steps taken by employees into a donation amount at 1,000 KRW per 10,000 steps and will add the same amount as a matching grant to the calculated employee step donation amount. As of the 9th, the cumulative number of steps donated by employees is 180 million steps, and the accumulated donation amount is 36 million KRW. Through the matching grant method, the goal is to accumulate 100 million KRW in donations by the end of May.

The accumulated donation amount will be used to donate foldable adjustable desks made from GS Caltex’s physical recycling (Mechanical Recycling, MR) materials to elementary schools in rural areas. MR is a technology that selects, crushes, and washes waste plastics to recycle them as raw materials for new products. GS Caltex produces composite resins physically recycled from waste plastics.