Hope Maker is a social welfare program that supports children and teenagers in low-income families and sponsors mentoring programs. Hope Maker is SK bioscience’s representative social outreach program that has been in place since 2012.
It sponsors economic and cultural activities for 150 children and teenagers in 11 social welfare institutions across the country.
It also promotes the employees’ volunteer activities in welfare institutions. In addition, “Hope Maker School,” which focuses on career education and mentoring for students, continues to provide step-by-step and systematic career education and consulting for students in each grade of elementary, middle, and high school.

Since 2009, SK bioscience has been supporting the “Silver Movie Theater,” the first theater dedicated to senior citizens. The Silver Movie Theater is Korea’s first social enterprise in culture and arts where people aged 55 or older can enjoy old movies at a low price (2000 won). SK bioscience is committed to promoting leisure activities and expanding cultural space for the elderly.
In addition, the “Silver Cinema in Your Town” event was held in Seongnam City with performances and movie screenings, aimed at improving cultural access for senior citizens in deprived areas.

SK bioscience formed the “SK bioscience Volunteers Group” in 2004 to fulfill its mission as a good corporate citizen, All of its members are participating in volunteer programs in the community. The SK bioscience Volunteers Group consists of volunteer teams at each business site and the CEO of the company serves as the head of the volunteer group.
Each group participates in the types of volunteer work they want, such as family, in-house and educational, activities, depending on the characteristics and needs of each business site.

We support the growth of social enterprises that lack talents in the areas of marketing, labor and business support through volunteer activities that utilize the expertise held by the employees.

Happy Green School is an environment education program for children, it is a social outreach activity in which our employees directly participate as guest speakers at nearby elementary schools to provide Environmental sustainability education tailored to children. We are helping elementary school students understand the importance of the environment in an easy and fun way by using customized textbooks and board games. Running since 2012, Happy Green School teaches the importance of environment protection and raises environmental awareness.
In 2019, it was certified as an excellent educational charitable institution (No. 2019-002) by the Ministry of Education in recognition of its outstanding work in providing environmental education.

Since 2005, we have encouraged our employees to purchase Environmental sustainability organic products. The goal is to build trust in urban-rural co-prosperity and support advanced distribution network projects, thereby promoting the conversion to Environmental sustainability farms and increasing farm incomes.