Korea Zinc Honored with Minister of Health and Welfare Award for Excellence in Population Management

Korea Zinc Selected as Leading Company in Population Management, Receives Prestigious Minister of Health and Welfare Award

Korea Zinc, a leading non-ferrous metal smelting company in South Korea, has been recognized as an exemplary company in '2025 Population Management' and awarded the Minister of Health and Welfare Award. This award is a testament to Korea Zinc's continued efforts to fulfill its corporate social responsibility and actively contribute to addressing the low birth rate issue. The company has been highly praised for operating various systems and programs that support childbirth and childcare, enhancing employee satisfaction, and fostering a corporate culture that balances work and family life. Korea Zinc plans to proactively respond to changes in the population structure and explore various ways to achieve sustainable growth. The company is expected to solidify its position as a model enterprise that emphasizes corporate social responsibility and contributes to solving the low birth rate problem. This award is also projected to enhance the company's image and positively impact the recruitment of talented individuals.

On October 29, 2025, at the '2025 Population Management Excellent Company Awards Ceremony' held at the Korea Federation of Banks building in Jung-gu, Seoul, Korea Zinc was honored with the Minister of Health and Welfare Award for being recognized as a company that provides a great environment for raising children. The awards ceremony was organized to raise social awareness of the declining population problem and encourage active participation from companies. Korea Zinc has been diligently implementing legally guaranteed systems such as maternity leave, parental leave, and reduced working hours for childcare, as well as operating various in-house childbirth and childcare support programs to enhance employee satisfaction. In addition, the company actively introduces flexible work arrangements, allowing employees to adjust their working hours and locations to suit their needs, and operates a daycare center within the company housing complex, providing employees with a safe environment to entrust their children. These efforts have culminated in this award. Korea Zinc plans to continue to develop more diverse support measures to improve the quality of life of its employees and spread a family-friendly corporate culture.

Korea Zinc received particularly high marks in the area of childbirth and childcare support in this '2025 Population Management Excellent Company' selection. This is analyzed as a result of the company's efforts to go beyond simply fulfilling legal obligations and create an environment where employees can focus on childcare through practical support. Korea Zinc encourages employees to actively utilize maternity leave and parental leave, and operates various support programs for employees returning to work after parental leave. In addition, there are systems in place to alleviate the financial burden, such as tuition support for children and childbirth congratulatory payments. These support policies help employees focus on childbirth and childcare with peace of mind, and this in turn has a positive effect on improving the company's productivity. Korea Zinc plans to continuously improve and expand its childbirth and childcare support systems to further enhance the quality of life of its employees.

Korea Zinc is promoting flexible work arrangements to support employees' work-life balance and is making various efforts, such as operating a daycare center within the company housing complex. The flexible work arrangement is a system that allows employees to adjust their working hours and locations according to their needs, and Korea Zinc has introduced and operates various types of flexible work arrangements, such as flexible starting and ending times, telecommuting, and part-time work. These flexible work arrangements can be usefully utilized when employees need to adjust their working hours for various reasons, such as childcare, personal learning, and health management, and this leads to improved employee satisfaction. In addition, Korea Zinc operates a daycare center within the company housing complex, providing employees with a safe environment to entrust their children. The daycare center in the company housing complex has professional childcare teachers and provides high-quality educational programs, which makes employee satisfaction very high. Korea Zinc plans to further activate flexible work arrangements and the operation of daycare centers within the company housing complex to actively support employees' work-life balance.

Korea Zinc's Minister of Health and Welfare Award is being recognized as a model case of a company fulfilling its social responsibility and actively contributing to solving the low birth rate problem. Korea Zinc plans to proactively respond to changes in the population structure and explore various ways to achieve sustainable growth. In particular, the company plans to continue to improve and expand its childbirth and childcare support systems, as well as further strengthen its efforts to spread a family-friendly corporate culture. In addition, the company will strengthen cooperation with the local community to contribute to the development of the local community and make more efforts to create social value. Korea Zinc announced that it will use this award as an opportunity to further strengthen the company's social responsibility and accelerate its efforts for sustainable growth. The company is expected to solidify its position as a model enterprise that emphasizes corporate social responsibility and contributes to solving the low birth rate problem.