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Under the principle of stakeholders’ human rights respect, SK Rent-a-Car seeks to identify all human rights impacts associated with business activities and improve the human rights management system

SK Rent-a Car’s human rights policy consists of 13 detailed guidelines : non-discrimination based on gender, age, race, religion, marriage, etc.; freedom of association; prohibition of forced and child labor; safety and health; responsible management of business partners; guarantee of environmental rights; protection of customer rights; and protection of women’s rights.

Human Rights Management Policy

SK Rent-a-Car established the human rights charter in 2022 in accordance with the UDHR, UNGP and ILO conventions and prepared detailed operating guidelines. With these guidelines, we encourage all our stakeholders including employees as well as those from subsidiaries and partners to fully understand and comply with our human rights policy.

Declaration of Human Rights Management

SK Rent-a-Car respects the human rights of all stakeholders who have a relationship with SK Rent-a-Car, including its members. SK Rent-a-Car's human rights policy stipulates that there is no discrimination due to gender, age, country of origin, race, religion, marriage, pregnancy or childbirth, and strongly prohibits major human rights-related matters such as forced labor and child labor. To create positive values in the environment where everyone gets respected, SK Rent-a-Car recognizes the importance of human rights management and plans to continuously check and improve its effective operating system.

  • 01Respect the human rights of the members
  • 02Don’t discriminate
  • 03Pay more than the minimum wage in a timely manner
  • 04Prohibit forced labor
  • 05Comply with working hours and regulations on leave of absence
  • 06Prohibit child labor
  • 07Guarantee freedom of association
  • 08Guarantee occupational health and safety
  • 09Protect the human rights of customers
  • 10Operate an online/offline grievance process

Mid/Long-Term Targets on Human Rights Management

2022~2023 Introduction
and Awareness

Target

  • Establish human rights charter and policies
  • Operate grievance handling process and counseling center
  • Implement human rights due diligence

Performance management

  • Establish human rights management system(policies and targets) and the human rights charter
  • Conduct education on occupational safety and health(quarterly), sexual harassment prevention, disability awareness, and ethical management(yearly)
  • Operate grievance handling process and counseling centers
  • Designate dedicated personnel for human rights and grievance handling

2023~2024 Internalization

Target

  • Assess and evaluate risk
  • Implement institutional improvement
  • Advance the entire process of human rights due diligence

Performance management

  • Advance the entire process of human rights due diligence
  • Establish and implement objectives for institutional improvement
  • Conduct workplace bullying prevention program(from 2023)

from 2025 Satisfy Global Standard

Target

  • Advance the system and policies
  • Promote a culture of respect for human rights(among external stakeholders)
  • Obtain certification through the inspection of independent assurance corporation

Performance management

  • Advance the human rights management system(review and improve management indicators by area)
  • Spread a culture of respect for human rights among external stakeholders including customers and business partners
  • Collaborate with external organizations to develop human rights surveys and obtain certification through external inspection

Human Rights Management System

SK Rent-a-Car oversees human rights-related matters within the Board of Directors based on policies and roadmap established by the dedicated Human Rights Management Division. We will also disclose our progress in implementing human rights management system to our stakeholders.

Human Rights Risk Assessment

SK Rent-a-Car implements a due diligence process for detailed diagnoses of human rights risks related business activities and contributes to improving all stakeholders’ human rights with regular evaluations and results sharing.

Human Rights Impact Assessment Process

Results of human rights impact assessment in 2023

Total score93.7%

(429 points out of 458 points in total)

Outstanding results in overall 7 areas, including prohibition of forced and child labor; freedom of association, humane treatment, occupational safety and health, guarantee of environmental rights, protection of local resident rights and protection of customer rights
Needs improvements in the areas of human rights management system, remedial procedures and responsible supply chain management

  • Targets for human rights impact assessment : Self-evaluation groups of related divisions; based on human rights management guidelines, 9 areas for assessment with 52 items and 271 indicators
  • Targets for investigation of human rights situations : All employees(640 persons); investigated in 4 areas with 24 surveys

Investigation Results & Improvement Plans

Category Task
Human Rights Management System
  • Identify issues in prior discussions with stakeholders including our business partners and receive related feedback
  • Organize training sessions, campaigns and other related activities to raise awareness of human rights management, and secure implementation plans and results as the grounds
  • Clarify targets to go through the remedial procedures and reflect them into the regulations
Protection of employees with disabilities
  • Prohibition of discrimination against employees with disabilities and mandatory training matters included in employment regulations and related rules
  • Introduce a regular monitoring system to identify any discrimination on the grounds of disabilities to protect employees with disabilities
Responsible supply chain management
  • Offer training programs for our business partners for them to establish their own human rights management system and raise awareness on human rights
  • Build a system to monitor whether our business partners comply with the rules on protecting human rights
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