DL Holdings (000210.KS) has designated five items, including stronger workplace safety and health measures and climate change response, as material issues in its group-wide sustainability report. The company said on the 15th that it had published its 2026 group sustainability report, covering DL Group's ESG management strategy and key achievements.
DL Group conducted a double materiality assessment to manage issues affecting its sustainability management. It evaluated 15 issues in total and narrowed them to five material issues. In the environmental and social categories, the group selected stronger workplace safety and health measures, climate change response, and sustainable supply chain management. In the governance category, it included corporate governance systems and stronger ethics and compliance management. Beyond those five issues, the report also covered environmental management, human rights management and community engagement.
For supply chain management, one of the material issues, the report disclosed figures for each affiliate. DL Chemical increased the number of suppliers covered by safety and health audits and consulting to seven from five. It also expanded ESG training to 50 suppliers from 28. DL E&C (375500.KS) received the top grade in the 2025 win-win growth index assessment for the sixth consecutive year.
On climate change response, the report presented the results of a group-wide climate scenario analysis. DL Holdings analyzed the risks and opportunities that climate change could pose to each business at its main affiliates. The findings are reported to and reviewed by each affiliate's ESG committee and board of directors, then used in drawing up management and future business strategies. The company also monitors greenhouse gas emissions and energy use at major affiliates and reviews progress on reduction plans.
The group is also working to turn climate response into business opportunities. In petrochemicals, it is realigning its business portfolio around high-value specialty products and eco-friendly materials. In construction, it has begun standardized design work for small modular reactors (SMRs), which DL Holdings described as a first in South Korea.
In safety and health, the group identifies and addresses hazards through workplace risk assessments and uses smart technology and an integrated control center for on-site safety management. In governance, DL Holdings said it is maintaining board-centered accountable management while reviewing its internal control and compliance systems.
DL Holdings has published a group-wide sustainability report annually since 2023, and this year's edition is the fourth. The reporting scope covers domestic operations of the holding company and major affiliates, including DL Chemical, DL E&C, DL Energy, GLAD Hotels & Resorts, DL Construction and Pocheon Power. DL Group said it plans to strengthen its overall sustainability capabilities, including climate change response and safety and health, and to continue disclosing related information to stakeholders.
