Eco-Friendly Workplace

Environmental Management Strategies

Kumho Tire that aspires to be the Beautiful Company that flies into the future with the nature is proactively leading the environmental friendly management, environmental friendly product, green marketing, environmental friendly process improvement and social contribution activity to realize the sustainable environmental friendly enterprise for the 21st century.

  • Green
    Management

    Building a Global
    Eco-Friendly Management System
    • Establishment of a global environment management system (ISO14001 certification)
    • Establishment of a system to respond to global environmental regulations
    • Establishment of a sustainable management system
    • Establishing an environmental management evaluation response system
    • Securing global environmental management experts

  • Green
    Business

    Developing
    Eco-Friendly Products
    • Development of eco-friendly products
    • Substitution of hazardous substances and development of eco-friendly materials
    • Building product LCA and expansion of EL certification
    • Establishment of an eco-friendly product development system
    • Establishment of green purchasing (SCEM) system

  • Green
    Products

    Pursuing High-Efficiency
    Eco-Friendly Energy
    • Establishment and operation of a company-wide climate change response system
    • Development and application of innovative technologies to reduce CO₂ (Reducing process CO₂ /Developing products reducing CO₂ /Development of renewable energy)
    • Promotion of 20% energy saving by process improvement (ES-20 Project)

  • Green
    Production

    Creating Opportunities for
    Green Markets for
    New Projects
    • Expansion of eco-friendly product market (eco-friendly/EL/carbon labeling products)
    • Participation in carbon market (CDM & KCDM business/eco-friendly energy business/Emissions Market / investment in carbon fund)
    • Participation in national green partnership between major companies and SMEs

Environmental Management Organization

Environmental Management Organizational Chart
Environmental Management Organizational Chart Environmental Management Organizational Chart

Board of Directors → ESG aManagement Committee(Chaired by the CEO)

  • ESG Team Strategy Planning & Innovation Team ESG Part
  • Production Technology Division Safety Health Environment Planning Team
    • Gwangju Plant Health & Safety, Environment Team / Machinery Engineering & Maintenance Team
    • Gokseong Plant Health & Safety, Environment Team / Machinery Engineering & Maintenance Team
    • Pyeongtaek Plant Administration Team / Production Team
  • R&D Dvision R&D Safety Health Environment Team

Environmental Management System(ISO14001) Certification

After acquiring ISO14001 certification for the first time in the industry on September 1st,1996, Kumho Tire has been regularly conducting internal diagnosis and environmental impact assessment every year.

Environmental Management System Certification
Local Business Sites (4 Locations)
Gokseong Plant Gwangju Plant Pyeongtaek Plant Yongin R&D Center
Nov. 04, 2022 – Oct. 24, 2025
Abroad Business Sites (5 Locations)
Changchun, China Tianjin, China Nanjing, China Vietnam Georgia, US
Sep. 02, 2022 – Sep. 12, 2025 Nov. 19, 2020 -
Nov. 13, 2023		 Dec. 15, 2020 -
Dec. 14, 2023		 Jul. 23, 2022 -
Jul. 22, 2025
Abroad Business Sites (5 Locations)
Changchun, China Tianjin, China
Jan. 22, 2021 - Jan. 21, 2024
Abroad Business Sites (5 Locations)
Nanjing, China Vietnam Georgia, US
Nov. 19, 2020 -
Nov. 13, 2023		 Dec. 15, 2020 -
Dec. 14, 2023		 Jul. 23, 2022 -
Jul. 22, 2025