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ESG Performance

*Based on SOOP Pangyo Headquarters

  • Employee Overview

    Employee Overview
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Total employees1) Persons 645 720 768
    Gender Male 456 515 548
    Female 189 205 220
    Age Under 30 129 223 203
    30 to under 50 516 497 563
    50 or over - - 2
    Employment type Full-time All 642 719 767
    Male 453 514 547
    Female 189 205 220
    Contract2) All 3 1 1
    Male 3 1 1
    Female - - -
    Non-affiliated workers in workplace3) All - 51 52
    Nationality South Korean - 718 766
    Chinese - 1 1
    Vietnamese - 1 1
    Others - - -
    Percentage of foreign employees4) % - 0.27 0.26
    1) Includes 767 full-time workers and 1 part-time worker at SOOP as of December 31, 2024.
    2) Contract workers include short-term workers (part-time), and there are currently no full-time contract workers at SOOP.
    3) Workers employed to work in SOOP’s workplace on a dispatch, service agreement or subcontract basis.
    4) Percentage of management positions by nationality (managers or higher): 100% Korean.
    * Statistics on non-affiliated workers in the workplace, number of employees by nationality and percentage of foreign employees have been aggregated since 2023.

  • New Recruitment

    New Recruitment
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Newly recruited employees Persons 141 133 100
    By Region5) Domestic 141 133 100
    International - - -
    By Gender Male 91 90 62
    Female 50 43 38
    By Age Under 30 92 71 64
    30 to under 50 49 62 36
    50 or over - - -
    Average hiring cost per person KRW 1,000 383 279 719
    5) Classification by the location of place of business

  • Resignation

    Resignation
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Total resignations Persons 70 58 52
    Voluntary resignations 64 50 41
    By Gender Male 38 27 22
    Female 26 23 19
    By Age Under 30 23 26 14
    30 to under 50 40 24 27
    50 or over 1 - -
    Voluntary turnover rate6) % 91 86 79
    6) Number of voluntary resignations / Total number of resignations

  • Female Talent

    Female Talent
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Total number of female employees Persons 189 205 220
    Total number of employees 645 720 768
    Ratio % 29 28 29
    Total number of female senior managers
    (team leader or above)    		 Persons 15 17 16
    Total number of senior managers
    (team leader or above)    		 89 99 98
    Ratio % 17 17 16
    Number of female executive officers1) Persons 3 2 2
    Total number of executive officers2) 13 12 13
    Ratio % 23 17 15
    Number of female employees in IT and
    Technology fields3)    		 Persons - 16 17
    Total number of employees in IT and
    Technology fields4)    		 - 121 123
    Ratio % - 13 14
    1), 2) Based on the number of unregistered officers
    3), 4) Based on the number of R&D personnel in the Technology Research Center; aggregated since 2023 Hiring of Socially Vulnerable Individuals

  • Hiring of Socially Vulnerable Individuals

    Hiring of Socially Vulnerable Individuals
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    People with disabilities Persons 8 5 6
    Percentage of people with disabilities5) % 1.2 0.7 0.9
    5) Due to the nature of SOOP’s business operations, securing employees with specific skills is prioritized, such as developers, and SOOP has made various efforts to hire people with disabilities by creating new positions. However, due to the rapid annual growth in its total workforce each year, SOOP has not been able to meet the required ratio of employees with disabilities to overall staff.

  • Parental Leave

    Parental Leave
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Total eligible employees6) Male Persons 71 81 77
    Female 21 25 22
    Employees on parental leave Male 2 - 1
    Female 7 13 9
    Employees who have returned to work Male 1 - -
    Female - 7 7
    Employees working more than
    12 months after returning    		 Male 1 1 -
    Female 6 2 7
    Percentage of employees
    returning to work7)    		 Male % - - -
    Female 67 88 100
    6) Number of employees who have a child aged 8 or younger, or in the second grade or lower at an elementary school, in the relevant year, counted only for those who have provided information on their children.
    7) Number of returnees from parental leave in the relevant year / Total number of employees scheduled to return to work in the relevant year after using parental leave.

  • Employee Training1)

    Employee Training
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Training costs KRW 1,000 451,253 563,539 319,992
    Book printing costs 105,528 155,184 116,190
    Total training costs 556,781 718,723 436,182
    Average training cost per person 867 1,000 569
    Average training hours per person2) Hours - 12 16
    By Gender Male - 12.3 12.1
    Female - 12.4 13.1
    By Recruitment Type Full-time - 12.4 12.4
    Contract - - -
    1) Training costs, book printing costs and total training costs are aggregated on a consolidated basis, and average training costs and training hours per person are divided by the number of employees on a separate basis.
    2) The average training hours per person has been aggregated from 2023.

  • Occupational Health and Safety

    Occupational Health and Safety
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Absent rate3) % 0.17 0.25 0.14
    Work
    related
    industrial
    accidents    		 Employees Number of accidents
    and injuries    		 Cases - - -
    Accident rate % - - -
    Number of deaths Persons - - -
    Business partners Number of accidents
    and injuries    		 Cases - - -
    Accident rate % - - -
    Number of deaths Persons - - -
    3) (Total number of days of sick leaves used)/(Total number of working days)*100
    * Criteria for sick leave: sick leave, recuperation leave
    ** Based on the total number of working days: Based on the total sum of the number of working days of all current employees as of the end of the relevant year.

  • Information Security

    Information Security
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Privacy
    complaints
    and
    breaches     		Number of complaints received from external complainants
    regarding privacy breaches    		 Cases - - -
    Number of complaints received from regulators regarding
    privacy breaches    		 Cases - - -
    Number of privacy breaches Cases - - -
    Percentage of breaches involving personally identifiable
    information (PII)     		% - - -
    Number of users affected by privacy breaches Persons - - -
    Number of used cases of user personal information
    for purposes other than for the purposes provided     		Cases - - -
    Total number of policy violations and amount of monetary
    losses related to user privacy     		KRW
    million    		 - - -
    (1) Number of legal access requests for user information Cases - - -
    (2) Number of information requests Cases - - -
    (3) Percentage of information disclosed in response to
    information requests    		 % - - -

  • Information Security Investments

    >Information Security Investments
    Category Unit 2022 20234) 2024
    Investment in
    information
    security    		 Investment in information technology KRW 100 million 484.6 516.2 591.4
    Investment in information security KRW 100 million 8.6 12.2 15.7
    4) Adjusted following the change in data calculation basis.

  • Information Security Training

    >Information Security Training
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Security training for new hires % 100 100 90
    Security breach drills against malwares % 100 100 100
*Based on SOOP Pangyo Headquarters

  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions1)

    Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Scope 1 tCO₂eq 87.73 130.81 68.37
    Scope 2 296.31 289.47 312.65
    Total 384.03 420.27 381.02
    Intensity2) tCO₂eq/100 million 0.1379 0.1303 0.0996
    1) Greenhouse gas emissions have not been third-party verified.
    2) The intensity was calculated by sales on a separate basis, and data for 2022 and 2023 were adjusted due to the correction of the sales amount.

  • Energy Consumption

    Energy Consumption
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Energy
    Consumption    		 Electricity TJ 5.75 5.62 6.22
    Heat (Steam) 0.58 0.56 0.53
    Fuel 1.30 1.93 1.01
    Total amount of usage3) 7.62 8.10 7.75
    Intensity4) TJ/KRW 100 million 0.0027 0.0025 0.0020
    Energy
    Consumption    		 Electricity MWh 1,596.38 1,560.35 1,726.75
    Heat (Steam) 159.83 155.07 145.82
    Fuel 359.99 535.86 281.40
    Total amount of usage 2,116.20 2,251.28 2,153.97
    Intensity MWh/KRW 100 million 0.7500 0.6979 0.5633
    3) The figures for 2021 and 2022 were changed due to the inclusion of oil in the calculation of the amount of energy usage.
    4) The intensity was calculated by sales on a separate basis, and data for 2022 and 2023 were adjusted due to the correction of the sales amount.

  • Water Usage

    Water Usage
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Amount of water withdrawal5) m³ 1,748.65 1,873.19 1,932.35
    Amount of water usage 1,748.65 1,873.19 1,932.35
    Amount of water discharge 1,748.65 1,873.19 1,932.35
    Percentage of water consumption in high water
    stress areas    		 % N/A N/A N/A
    5) The volume of water supply, usage, withdrawal and discharge are the same.

  • Waste Disposal

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    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Total amount of general wastes6) kg 127.80 136.32 140.58
    Disposal
    method    		 Incineration 127.80 136.32 140.58
    Landfill N/A N/A N/A
    Recycling N/A N/A N/A
    6) Since the amount of wastes discharged could not be calculated by waste type or by each building tenant, it was calculated based on SOOP’s share of the wastes (waste woods) from the places of business in the entire building; all wastes were incinerated.
*Based on SOOP Pangyo Headquarters

  • Ownership Structure (Shareholders)

    (as of December 31, 2024)
    Ownership Structure (Shareholders)
    Category Number of Shares Value (KRW 1,000) Ownership (%)
    Saint International Co., Ltd. 2,961,109 1,480,554 25.8
    Treasury Stock 837,863 418,932 7.3
    UBS AG 821,803 410,902 7.2
    MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INTERNATIONAL PLC 618,660 309,330 5.4
    Other Specially Related Persons 58,982 20,491 0.5
    Others 6,196,350 3,107,175 53.8
    Total 11,494,767 5,747,384 100

  • Ethics Trainings1)

    Ethics Trainings
    Category Unit 2022 20232) 2024
    Ethics & human rights training for all employees Hours 2,456 1,224 503
    Number of training participants Persons 546 537 655
    Number and percentage of employees who
    completed the training     		Persons(%) 471(86) 500(93) 643(98)
    Training hours per employee Hours 4.5 2.4 0.8
    Disability awareness training Hours 702 840 800
    Sexual harassment prevention training 678 816 781
    Workplace harassment prevention training 701 840 873
    1) Disability awareness training, sexual harassment prevention training and other legally mandated trainings. The training hours listed do not represent the total company-wide training hours for SOOP (headquarters), but rather reflect a subset of hours extracted to align with the reporting categories.
    2) In the case of legally mandated training, the number of hours has been corrected based on the change of internal calculation criteria.

  • Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Competitive Behavior

    Compliance, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Competitive Behavior
    Category Unit 2024
    Legal violations Number of violations Cases -
    Amount imposed due to monetary sanctions KRW million -
    Number of non-monetary sanctions Cases -
    Total number of corruption cases detected 1
    Confirmed cases of
    corruption and actions
    taken    		 Total number of incidents in which a member was fired or disciplined due to a detected corruption incident 1
    Total number of incidents where contracts with business partners were terminated or not renewed due to corruption-related violations -
    Public law cases resulting from corruption cases of the organization or its members during the reporting period and the outcome of those cases -
    Incidents of unfair
    trade practices,
    including anticompetitive behavior
    and monopolization,
    and actions taken     		Number of ongoing or completed legal actions related to anticompetitive behavior and violations of antitrust/antimonopoly laws in which the organization was involved during the reporting period -
    Total amount of monetary losses resulting from violations of laws and regulations due to anti-competitive behavior KRW million -
    Violation of marketing
    and labeling laws and
    regulations     		Product/service
    information and
    labeling     		Number of cases fined for legal violations Cases -
    Number of cases of warnings for legal violations -
    Marketing
    communications    		 Number of cases fined for legal violations -
    Number of cases of warnings for legal violations -

  • Hotline Report Status

    Hotline Report Status
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Total reports Cases 2 3 9
    Reports by type
    of violation    		 Workplace harassment 2 2 4
    Sexual harassment - - 1
    Breach of duty / embezzlement - - 1
    Violation of regulations - 1 3
    Leakage of personal information - - -
    Others - - -
    Actions Reprimand 1 2 5
    Salary Reduction - - -
    Suspension - - -
    Dismissal 1 1 -
    Termination - - 1
    Others (temporary pay cut, etc.) - - 1

  • Distribution of Economic Values

    Distribution of Economic Values
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Streamers Commission KRW million 388,080 476,068 626,889
    Employees1) Compensation 63,014 77,456 91,718
    Shareholders Dividend 7,963 9,115 15,985
    1) Includes salaries, benefits, stock-based compensation and retirement benefits for employees on a consolidated basis.

  • R&D Investment

    R&D Investment
    Category Unit 2022 2023 2024
    Personnel expenses2) KRW 1,000 12,064,467 10,589,754 11,780,985
    R&D expenses 19,503,018 18,689,235 20,114,482
    R&D expenses (% of revenue) % 6.19 5.38 4.69
    R&D personnel3) Persons 111 115 116
    R&D personnel (% of total employees) % 17.2 16.0 15.1
    2) Includes the four major insurances and retirement benefits
    3) Excluding assistants

  • Association Membership

    To maintain political neutrality and to fulfill our ethical responsibilities, SOOP strictly prohibits political donations and sponsorships, as well as the use of company assets for political purposes, in compliance with the Political Funds Act, related laws and regulations, and SOOP’s Code of Ethics. However, SOOP is a member of politically neutral industry associations that work to promote public interest, such as industry development and institutional improvement.

    Association Membership
    Name of Association Purpose of Membership Responsible Team
    Korea Software Property
    Right Council (SPC)    		 Promoting the growth of the software industry and protecting copyright General Affairs
    Team
    Korea Internet Corporations
    Association    		 Responding to congressional and governmental regulations and contributing to ICT industry growth Communications
    Department
    Korea VR-AR Content
    Association     		Promoting and developing the VR/AR industry, and developing government projects Communications
    Department
    KOSDAQ Listed Companies
    Association    		 KOSDAQ market disclosure support and various legal advice and training IR Department
    Korea Listed Companies
    Association (associate member)    		 Providing legal and accounting tax information for publicly traded companies, and advising on investments and disclosures IR Department
    Korea Digital Advertising
    Association    		 Monitoring industry trends and developments in digital advertising, proactively responding to the advertising market, and engaging with the National Assembly, government and other external stakeholders to shape the regulatory environment for digital advertising Advertising
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