SOOP ESG2023

SOOP is supporting the quantitative and qualitative growth of female employees to strengthen gender diversity in our workforce. Our female workforce has grown steadily over the past three years, and as of 2023, the percentage of female senior management positions(team leader and above) is 17% of all senior management positions. We are actively listening to the feedback and suggestions of our female managers to further increase the percentage of women in managerial positions, and we strive to create an environment where individuals are free to work and contribute to the organization based on their own capabilities.

SOOP is committed to providing a wide range of opportunities for job seekers with disabilities, and in 2023, we hired five people with disabilities. They work in a variety of departments and areas and contribute to a caring and inclusive team atmosphere where employees with and without disabilities work together. In the future, SOOP plans to provide more opportunities for job seekers with disabilities, contributing to job creation and expanding diversity and inclusion in the organization.

SOOP supports female employees and the birth of new life by providing support parental leave throughout pregnancy with the Maternity Protection System. Female employees are entitled to one health leave per month before giving birth, as well as five days of fertility treatment leave per year for women and three days per year for men.

We support prenatal check-up leave during pregnancy, and women who are between 12 and 36 weeks pregnant are eligible for a two-hour reduction in work hours each day. Women who are pregnant are also eligible to change their work start and end times and are entitled to a total of 90 days of pre- and postnatal leave. We want to make this the safest and healthiest time possible for our members who are starting a new family.

After childbirth, female employees raising infants under one year old are provided with 30 minutes of paid parenting time twice daily to support the time needed for breastfeeding and infant care. We also offer a reduced work schedule for parents raising children up to the age of eight or under the second grade of elementary school, and male employees are provided with parental leave based on the number of children they have through the Father Parental Leave Bonus Program.

SOOP was certified as a family friendly company by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family in 2020 and has maintained the certification ever since. As part of our family-friendly system, we provide congratulatory payments of KRW 300,000 for the first child, KRW 2 million for the second, and KRW 3 million for the third. We have also created a corporate culture where employees can freely take parental leave and return to work. Male employees are also given special paid leave to spend time with their families. In addition to this, we send small gifts to employees’ parents every year on their birthdays to show our appreciation for them, and on employees’ birthdays, we provide birthday points and a half-day leave to help them spend happy anniversaries with their families.