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ESG Data Reporting Scope and Notation Guidelines
- The scope of data encompasses the entire ESG performance of SK bioscience’s domestic worksites (Headquarters, R&D Center, Andong L HOUSE). We have included data on a consolidated basis for those limited ESG activities of our subsidiaries IDT Biologika and TEW Service, which are included in our consolidated financial statements since 2024.
- The level of reporting varies depending on the availability of information and operational status, and where consolidated basis data is included, the indicators have been noted in a separate footnote.
- When converting euros to Korean won, the average exchange rate from October 1 to December 31 (1 EUR = KRW 1,489.10) was applied.
Employee Happiness
Employee Status (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | |||||
Total number of employees | Persons | 1,079 | 1,101 | 2,785 | 1,028 | 1,656 | 101 | |
By age | Under 30 | Persons | 464 | 349 | 518 | 249 | 252 | 17 |
30s and under 50 | Persons | 565 | 697 | 1,788 | 731 | 1,002 | 55 | |
50 and above | Persons | 50 | 55 | 479 | 48 | 402 | 29 | |
By site | HQ1) | Persons | 570 | 651 | 2,357 | 619 | 1,637 | 101 |
Worksites2) | Persons | 509 | 450 | 428 | 409 | 19 | 0 | |
Managerial position | Supervisors/ Team Leaders |
Persons | 86 | 92 | 298 | 85 | 199 | 14 |
Executives | Persons | 38 | 38 | 50 | 37 | 12 | 1 | |
Sub-total | Persons | 124 | 130 | 348 | 122 | 211 | 15 | |
By employment | Regular worker (male) | Persons | 541 | 591 | 1,245 | 558 | 614 | 73 |
Regular worker (female) | Persons | 359 | 380 | 1,148 | 371 | 766 | 11 | |
Regular worker (sub-total) | Persons | 900 | 971 | 2,393 | 929 | 1,380 | 84 | |
Contract worker (male) | Persons | 119 | 78 | 215 | 57 | 143 | 15 | |
Contract worker (female) | Persons | 60 | 52 | 177 | 42 | 133 | 2 | |
Contract worker (sub-total) | Persons | 179 | 130 | 392 | 99 | 276 | 17 | |
By gender | Male | Persons | 660 | 669 | 1,460 | 615 | 757 | 88 |
Female | Persons | 419 | 432 | 1,325 | 413 | 899 | 13 | |
By occupation | Technical/ Production/ Maintenance | Persons | 483 | 416 | 1,357 | 382 | 878 | 97 |
Office job | Persons | 192 | 206 | 341 | 181 | 160 | 0 | |
Research | Persons | 280 | 336 | 395 | 308 | 87 | 0 | |
Sales | Persons | 39 | 47 | 84 | 67 | 17 | 0 | |
Other jobs | Persons | 46 | 58 | 571 | 53 | 514 | 4 |
- 1)SK bioscience (Pangyo), IDT Biologika & TEW Service (Dessau-Rosslau, Germany)
- 2)SK bioscience (Andong L HOUSE), IDT Biologika (Magdeburg, Germany)
Employee Status (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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Total number of employees1) | Persons | 1,079 | 1,101 | 1,028 | |
By age | Under 30 | Persons | 464 | 349 | 249 |
30s and under 50 | Persons | 565 | 697 | 731 | |
50 and above | Persons | 50 | 55 | 48 | |
By site | HQ | Persons | 570 | 651 | 619 |
L HOUSE | Persons | 509 | 450 | 409 | |
Managerial position | Supervisors/ Team Leaders |
Persons | 86 | 92 | 85 |
Executives | Persons | 38 | 38 | 37 | |
Sub-total | Persons | 124 | 130 | 122 | |
By employment | Regular worker (male) | Persons | 541 | 591 | 558 |
Regular worker (female) | Persons | 359 | 380 | 371 | |
Regular worker (sub-total) | Persons | 900 | 971 | 929 | |
Contract worker (male) | Persons | 119 | 78 | 57 | |
Contract worker (female) | Persons | 60 | 52 | 42 | |
Contract worker (sub-total) | Persons | 179 | 130 | 99 | |
By gender | Male | Persons | 660 | 669 | 615 |
Female | Persons | 419 | 432 | 413 | |
By occupation2) | Technical/ Production/ Maintenance | Persons | 483 | 416 | 382 |
Office job | Persons | 192 | 206 | 181 | |
Research | Persons | 280 | 336 | 308 | |
Sales | Persons | 39 | 47 | 67 | |
Other jobs | Persons | 46 | 58 | 53 |
- 1)The difference from the figure in the business report is due to the inclusion of standing directors.
- 2)Calculated except executives
New Hires (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | |||||
Total | Persons | 249 | 158 | 206 | 79 | 119 | 9 | |
By age | Under 30 | Persons | 80 | 46 | 77 | 28 | 46 | 3 |
30s and under 50 | Persons | 158 | 110 | 104 | 45 | 55 | 5 | |
50 and above | Persons | 11 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | |
By gender | Male | Persons | 130 | 103 | 114 | 47 | 59 | 8 |
Female | Persons | 119 | 55 | 92 | 32 | 60 | 1 | |
By site | HQ1) | Persons | 187 | 141 | 176 | 49 | 119 | 9 |
Worksites2) | Persons | 62 | 17 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
- 1)SK bioscience (Pangyo), IDT Biologika & TEW Service (Dessau-Rosslau, Germany)
- 2)SK bioscience (Andong L HOUSE), IDT Biologika (Magdeburg, Germany)
New Hires (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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Total1) | Persons | 249 | 158 | 79 | |
By age2) | Under 30 | Persons | 80 | 46 | 28 |
30s and under 50 | Persons | 158 | 110 | 45 | |
50 and above | Persons | 11 | 2 | 6 | |
By gender | Male | Persons | 130 | 103 | 47 |
Female | Persons | 119 | 55 | 32 | |
By site | HQ | Persons | 187 | 141 | 49 |
L HOUSE | Persons | 62 | 17 | 30 |
- 1)Includes executives, full-time employees, and (general) contractors (excluding advisors, outside directors, and short-term contractors)
- 1)Age classification is based on international (full) age at the time of employment.
R&D Personnel
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
PhD | Persons | 38 | 43 | 39 |
Master | Persons | 180 | 201 | 204 |
Bachelor | Persons | 71 | 75 | 70 |
Total | Persons | 289 | 319 | 313 |
Employee Diversity (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | |||||
Female employees | Number | Persons | 419 | 432 | 1,325 | 413 | 899 | 13 |
Percentage | % | 38.1 | 38.6 | 47.6 | 40.2 | 54.3 | 12.9 | |
Female managers | Middle managers | Persons | 19 | 17 | 108 | 20 | 88 | 0 |
Executives | Persons | 8 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
Percentage | % | 21.8 | 18.5 | 34.5 | 21.3 | 44.1 | 6.7 | |
Foreigners | Number | Persons | 8 | 13 | 64 | 5 | 58 | 1 |
Percentage | % | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | |
Employees with disabilities | Number | Persons | 36 | 36 | 77 | 34 | 37 | 6 |
Percentage | % | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 5.9 |
Employee Diversity (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female employees | Number | Persons | 419 | 432 | 413 |
Percentage | % | 38.1 | 38.6 | 40.2 | |
Female managers | Middle managers | Persons | 19 | 17 | 20 |
Executives | Persons | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
Percentage | % | 21.8 | 18.5 | 21.3 | |
Female managers by division | STEM positions | Persons | 12 | 10 | 12 |
Percentage in STEM positions | % | 31.6 | 31.3 | 32.4 | |
Revenue-generating divisions/positions | Persons | 27 | 20 | 14 | |
Percentage in revenue-generating divisions/positions | % | 38.6 | 27.8 | 20.0 | |
Foreigners | Number | Persons | 8 | 13 | 5 |
Percentage | % | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | |
Employees with disabilities | Number | Persons | 36 | 36 | 34 |
Percentage | % | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | |
Veterans | Number | Persons | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Percentage | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Employee Training
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Training cost1) | Average cost per person | KRW 1 million | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | |
Total | KRW 1 million | 2,167 | 2,920 | 2,440 | ||
Training hours1) | Average hours per person2) | Hours | 43 | 70 | 59 | |
Total | Hours | 44,283 | 68,694 | 63,561 | ||
By gender | Male | Hours | 39.3 | 43.3 | 54.9 | |
Female | Hours | 46.0 | 57.0 | 55.7 | ||
By occupation | Technical/ Production/ Maintenance | Hours | 64.3 | 54.3 | 51.2 | |
Office job/ Research/ Sales | Hours | 25.4 | 44.0 | 59.6 | ||
Key training program performance | Pharmacovigilance3) | Total | Hours | 482 | 687 | 629 |
Average hours per person | Hours | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | ||
Human rights | Total | Hours | 2,042 | 2,076 | 2,056 | |
Average hours per person | Hours | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
Responsible marketing training4) | Total | Hours | 96 | 113 | 125 | |
Average hours per person | Hours | 2 | 2 | 2 |
- 1)Figures for 2022 and 2023 have been updated due to changes in the calculation standards.
- 2)The denominator of the average training hours per person is the actual number of people trained.
- 3)All employees are eligible and are encouraged to complete the training, with the goal of achieving 100% completion every year.
- 4)Contract workers with contracts less than 6 months, outside directors, and advisors who face difficulty in completing training due to the nature of their work, as well as employees on maternity/parental leave, are excluded from regular training.
Employee Satisfaction
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Participation rate | % | 83.7 | 63.8 | 68.0 |
Participant | Persons | 582 | 493 | 600 |
Total score | Score (0-100) | 67.7 | 64.5 | 65.0 |
Employee Performance Evaluation (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | |||||
Male | % | 93.6 | 93.6 | 80.2 | 96.9 | 68.0 | 68.0 | |
Female | % | 95.6 | 93.2 | 75.9 | 93.3 | 68.0 | 68.0 |
Employee Performance Evaluation1) (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
By gender | Male | % | 93.6 | 93.6 | 96.9 |
Female | % | 95.6 | 93.2 | 93.3 | |
By position | G1 | % | 92.9 | 94.1 | 97.1 |
G2 & G3 | % | 93.5 | 90.8 | 92.3 | |
G & Full-time non-regular staff | % | 98.0 | 96.9 | 98.1 |
- 1)Performance evaluations are conducted for all employees except those hired after July 1st of each year or those who have been on a leave of absence for more than six months.
Compensation System
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pay ratio by gender1) | Executives | % | 110 | 99 | 107 |
Managerial positions | % | 99 | 103 | 101 | |
Non-managerial positions | % | 100 | 102 | 102 | |
Total | % | 90 | 88 | 89 | |
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) status | Depository | Korea Securities Finance Corporation | Korea Securities Finance Corporation | Korea Securities Finance Corporation | |
Number of shares owned | Share | 623,603 | 411,390 | 341,761 | |
Share ratio | % | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
Number of people enrolled in pension support | Defined Benefit (DB) | Persons | 713 | 1,072 | 768 |
Funded amount (DB) | KRW 100 million | 208 | 396 | 668 | |
Defined Contribution (DC) | Persons | 2 | 5 | 8 |
- 1)Target: Incumbents at the end of the year (including registered executives)
Expenses for Fringe Benefits (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | |||||
Expenses for fringe benefits per person | KRW 1 million | 4.8 | 5.6 | - | 4.9 | - | - | |
Total expenses for fringe benefits | KRW 1 million | 5,067 | 6,121 | 15,595 | 5,354 | 9,390 | 851 |
Expenses for Fringe Benefits (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Expenses for fringe benefits per person | KRW 1 million | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
Total expenses for fringe benefits | KRW 1 million | 5,067 | 6,121 | 5,354 |
Childcare Leave (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | ||||
Male | Persons | 7 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
Female | Persons | 5 | 18 | 56 | 27 | 29 | 0 |
Total | Persons | 12 | 26 | 70 | 38 | 32 | 0 |
Childcare Leave (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Targets1) | Male | Persons | 130 | 140 | 137 |
Female | Persons | 47 | 51 | 69 | |
Total | Persons | 177 | 191 | 206 | |
Users | Male | Persons | 7 | 8 | 11 |
Female | Persons | 5 | 18 | 27 | |
Total | Persons | 12 | 26 | 38 | |
Employees who have returned after childcare leave |
Male | Persons | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Female | Persons | 4 | 7 | 24 | |
Total | Persons | 11 | 14 | 32 | |
Employees retained over 1 year after return2) |
Male | Persons | 23) | 73) | 7 |
Female | Persons | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
Total | Persons | 8 | 11 | 14 | |
Return-to-work rate | Male | % | 100 | 87.5 | 72.7 |
Female | % | 80.0 | 38.9 | 88.9 | |
Retention rate after return4) | Male | % | 28.6 | 100.0 | 87.5 |
Female | % | 150.0 | 57.1 | 29.2 | |
Average days of use | Days | 238 | 228 | 221 |
- 1)Pregnant female workers, or male/female employees who have a child aged not more than 8 years or a child in the 2nd or lower grade of an elementary school
- 2)Includes employees who returned from leave in the previous year
- 3)Figures for 2022 and 2023 have been updated due to changes in the calculation standards.
- 4)(Employees who continued to work more than 12 months after return / Employees who returned from leave) × 100
Employee Turnover Status
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total number of voluntary turnover | Persons | 64 | 71 | 110 | |
Voluntary turnover rate1) | % | 5.9 | 6.4 | 10.7 | |
By age | Under 30 | Persons | 25 | 23 | 28 |
30s and under 50 | Persons | 39 | 46 | 80 | |
50 and above | Persons | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
By gender | Male | Persons | 35 | 44 | 72 |
Female | Persons | 29 | 27 | 38 | |
By position | Executives | Persons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Managerial position | Persons | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
Non-managerial position | Persons | 62 | 64 | 100 | |
By site | HQ | Persons | 46 | 43 | 64 |
L HOUSE | Persons | 18 | 28 | 46 |
- 1)Voluntary turnover rate (%) = (Voluntary leavers / Total employees) × 100
Labor Practices
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number of employees joining the labor union | Persons | 141 | 139 | 139 |
Number of employees entitled to collective bargaining | Persons | 141 | 139 | 139 |
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements |
% | 13.1 | 12.6 | 13.5 |
- ※G-positions are subject to collective bargaining agreements, and other positions are not subject to labor unions, but their working conditions are discussed and decided by the employment rules, Labor and Management Consultative Body (Our Happy Bioscience, OHB), and Warm-hearted Professionals Talk Talk.
Safety∙Health
Safety Training (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | ||||
Training hours per person | Hours | 21 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 15 |
Total training hours | Hours | 19,869 | 20,343 | 33,454 | 20,340 | 11,599 | 1,515 |
Employees who received training | Persons | 945 | 1,021 | 2,786 | 1,028 | 1,657 | 101 |
Safety Training (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Training hours | Training hours per person (HQ: Non-office job) |
Hours | 24 | 24 | 24 |
Training hours per person (HQ : Office job) |
Hours | 12 | 12 | 12 | |
Training hours per person (L HOUSE) |
Hours | 24 | 24 | 24 | |
Total training hours | Hours | 19,869 | 20,343 | 20,340 | |
Employees who received training | Persons | 945 | 1,021 | 1,028 |
Industrial Accident (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||
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Total | SKBS | IDT | TEW | |||||
Occupational injuries | Occupational injury | Cases | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR) | Cases/200,000 working hours |
0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | |
Total working hours | Hours | 2,140,736 | 2,186,498 | 5,634,994 | 2,179,898 | 3,258,812 | 196,284 | |
Work-related fatalities | Employees | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Business partners | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fatality rate | % | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial Accident (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occupational injuries | Occupational injury1) | Cases | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lost Time Injury Rate (LTIR)2) | Cases/200,000 working hours |
0 | 0 | 0.1 | |
Total working hours | Hours | 2,140,736 | 2,186,498 | 2,179,898 | |
Work-related fatalities | Employees | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Business partners | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fatality rate | % | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 1)Aggregated based on the standards of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA)
- 2)Refers to occupational injuries involving the Company’s own employees
Win-win Management
Business Partners
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Business partners | Major partners1) | No. | 16 | 22 | 33 |
Other partners | No. | 513 | 337 | 402 | |
Total | No. | 529 | 359 | 435 |
- 1)Business partners with an annual transaction volume of KRW 1 billion or more
Corporate Philanthropy
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corporate philanthropic activities | Participation per person | Hours | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
Annual participation | Persons | 429 | 880 | 659 | |
Total participation | Hours | 1,036 | 1,951 | 1,581 | |
Total social contribution1) | KRW 1 million | 5,162 | 3,498 | 3,995 | |
Social contribution as a percentage of revenue | % | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
- 1)Calculated as the total amount of corporate social contribution expenditure including donations, funds, and in-kind donations
Product Safety & Quality
Quality Inspection (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | SKBS | IDT | ||||
Due diligence targeting client company | Cases | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Quality inspection targeting health authorities | Cases | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Quality Inspection (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Due diligence targeting client company | Cases | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Quality inspection targeting health authorities | Cases | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Due diligence targeting business partners | Cases | 53 | 80 | 25 |
Total | Cases | 64 | 83 | 26 |
Drug Safety (Consolidated)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | SKBS | IDT | ||||
Recalls | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total units of recalled products | No. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drug Safety (SKBS)
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Recalls | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total units of recalled products | No. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total amount of products approved for recovery, reuse, or disposal | Ton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Responsible Marketing
Category | Unit | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Warnings due to violations of marketing laws | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Penalties due to violations of marketing laws | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Violation of marketing self-regulation | Cases | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fines due to marketing law violations | KRW | 0 | 0 | 0 |