Governance
We practice transparent management to build a trustworthy and reliable company.
With a strong determination to achieve stable business management and protect shareholder rights, we strive to create a transparent business environment by practicing ethical management and corporate compliance, and establish a sustainable business management framework based on the correct governance structure.
Board of
Directors
Samyang Corporation is devoted to enhancing our corporate value and protecting the rights and interests of our shareholders as well as other stakeholders.
Samyang Corporation’s Board of Directors is responsible for making important decisions regarding requirements stipulated by the law or the articles of association, matters delegated by the shareholders’ general meeting, and major items related to the basic corporate management and business operation principles. It also manages and supervises the work of the executive management.
Inside Directors
Outside Directors
ESG
Evaluation
Result
We are committed to enhancing our ESG management practices.
Samyang Corporation actively participates in ESG assessments. We remain steadfast in our pursuit of enhanced sustainable management through ongoing refinement of ESG management activities, transparent reporting, and active engagement with stakeholders.
KCGS (Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability) ESG Assessment Results
Samyang Corporation has received the following ESG ratings from KCGS (Korea Institute of Corporate Governance and Sustainability). With the goal of improving its ESG ratings, Samyang Corporation will continue to enhance its ESG governance framework and operating systems, while fostering a transparent and responsible management environment.
| Year | Integrated Rating |
Environmental (E) |
Social (S) |
Governance (G) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A | A | A | B+ |
| 2024 | A | A+ | A+ | B+ |
| 2023 | B+ | A+ | A | B |
CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) A-List Rating Achieved
Samyang Corporation received the highest A rating in the global environmental disclosure assessment conducted by CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) for both 2024 and 2025, earning external recognition for its climate change response and environmental management performance.
As a result of continuously reinforcing its ESG management capabilities, Samyang Corporation achieved the “Gold” level (top 5%) in the EcoVadis assessment.
Committee
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee audits accounting and business activities, and reviews and makes decisions regarding matters delegated by the Board of Directors. It supervises the job performance of directors and the executive management to ensure that they make sensible business decisions.
Committee Members
The Audit Committee consists of at least three directors in accordance with the Commercial Act, the articles of association, and the Audit Committee regulations, and at least two-thirds of the total members are outside directors, and includes at least one accounting or financial expert.
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Kwang Kim, committee chairman
(outside director)Ok-Kyung Yang, committee member
(outside director) -
Dae-Houn Lee, committee member
(outside director)
Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee
The Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee participates in the review of business management policies in an objective and fair manner, and recommends and decides outside director candidates who can supervise and support the executive management as a member of the Board of Directors.
Committee Members
In accordance with the Commercial Act and the regulations of the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee, the Outside Director Candidate Recommendation Committee consists of Chairman Ryang Kim, who is an inside director, and two outside directors, so that outside directors are a majority of the total members.
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Ryang Kim, committee chairman
(Inside director)Min-Jae Ko, committee member
(outside director) -
Jin-Byung Park, committee member
(outside director)
ESG Committee
ESG committees strategically drive and review the company's environmental, social and governance action plans. In addition, performance and improvement measures related to ESG factors are reviewed and approved to ensure the company's sustainable growth.
Committee Members
According to regulations, the ESG Committee consists of a Chairman Ho-Sung Kang, who is an internal director and five outside directors.
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Ho-Sung Kang,
committee chairman
(Inside director)Kwang Kim,
committee member
(outside director) -
Dae-Houn Lee,
committee member
(outside director)Ok-Kyung Yang,
committee member
(outside director) -
Min-Jae Ko,
committee member
(outside director)Jin-Byung Park,
committee member
(outside director)
