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Governance

Based on the board-centered ESG management system and mid- to long-term roadmap,
BH is gradually improving the level of operation for long-term corporate value and a better governance.

BH’s Governance Goals
Board-centered Management

BH aims for a board of directors with checks and balances.

In order to promote board-centered responsible management, BH is accelerating ESG management and upgrading the governance system based on transparency, efficiency, and stability.

ESG Management Organization

BH has established an ESG management decision-making system to establish short-term,
mid- to long-term plans and carry out strategic tasks for the environment (E), society (S), and governance (G).

Organization and Scope for Risk Management

To minimize risks and ensure stable business operations through preemptive response,
BH is promoting systematic risk management and upgrading the management system.

Risk Category
Internal business risks External business risks Compliance risks Environmental safety and health risks ESG risk
  • Strategy
  • Investment
  • Finance
  • Liquidity
  • Tax
  • Credit
  • Internal issues
  • Disclosure, settlement of accounts
  • Organizational culture
  • Macro economy
  • Global risk
  • National and regional situations
  • Policies and regulations
  • Customer trends
  • Competitor trends
  • Technological changes
  • Potential risk
  • Ethics
  • Compliance
  • Internal control
  • Environment
  • Safety
  • Health
  • Environmental pollution
  • Climate change
  • Resource consumption
  • Human rights
  • Supply chain
  • Safety and health
  • Information protection
  • Governance
  • Stakeholders
Risk Category
Internal business risks External business risks
  • Strategy
  • Investment
  • Finance
  • Liquidity
  • Tax
  • Credit
  • Internal issues
  • Disclosure, settlement of accounts
  • Organizational culture
  • Macro economy
  • Global risk
  • National and regional situations
  • Policies and regulations
  • Customer trends
  • Competitor trends
  • Technological changes
  • Potential risk
Compliance risks Environmental safety and health risks ESG risk
  • Ethics
  • Compliance
  • Internal control
  • Environment
  • Safety
  • Health
  • Environmental pollution
  • Climate change
  • Resource consumption
  • Human rights
  • Supply chain
  • Safety and health
  • Information protection
  • Governance
  • Stakeholders
Ethical Management System

BH is promoting ethical management activities mainly based on the three corporate cultures: interest, trust, and transparency.
In order to fulfill its social responsibilities, BH it is strengthening and internalizing ethical management by promoting the establishment of a world-class ethical culture.

Direction for Ethical Management

Establishment of Global Leading No.1 Corporate Ethics Culture

Proactive response to risks Change in employees' awareness Establishment of culture of ethical compliance
  • Risk check
  • Prior work consultation
  • Survey of mutual respect organizational culture
  • Consultation on ethical management
  • Ethics education
  • Customized training for high-risk organizations
  • Ethical management campaign
  • Ethics workshop
  • Establishment of culture of complying with ethics and fair trade
Code of Ethics

· Establishment of ethics regulations in 2018

· Composed of ethics charter, full code of ethics, and guidelines for practice of code of ethics

· Strengthening ethics regulations and detailed practice guidelines through continuous revision (A total of 4 revisions, -2023)

BH’s Code of Ethics
  • Ch.1

    Customers

  • Ch.2

    Shareholders and Investors

  • Ch.3

    Coexistence with Society

  • Ch.4

    Basic Ethics of Employees

  • Ch.5

    Obligation to Comply with Ethical Management Regulations

Guidelines for BH’s Code of Ethics
  • Ch.1

    General Provisions

  • Ch.2

    Relationship with Customers

  • Ch.3

    Relationships between Employees and the Company

  • Ch.4

    Relationships between Executives and Employees

  • Ch.5

    Relationship with Trading Company

  • Ch.6

    Coexistence with Society

  • Ch.7

    Reporting System

Advancement of Ethical Management
Ethical Management Policy Organization and System Ethical Practice Activities
1. Establishment and operation of ethics regulations 2. Expression of manager's will 3. Ethical management organization and consultation/reporting/investigation channels 4. Measures to prevent recurrence and ethical management system 5. Ethics education and campaigns 6. Ethics check in everyday life
  • Establishment of ethics regulations
  • Code of ethics
  • Guidelines for preventing sexual harassment and bullying
  • Guidelines for preventing conflicts of interest
  • Guidelines for human rights protection
  • CEO message
  • Employee ethics pledge
  • Designation of ethical management personnel and organization
  • Introduction of reporting system and channel
  • Counseling on unethical practices and reporting channel
  • Establishment of legal operating standards
  • Periodic guidance to executives and employees
  • Survey on mutual respect, follow-up measures
  • Prevention of deposit of external lecture fees and solicitation
  • Regular ethics education
  • On/offline training
  • Use of proper language
  • Prevention of sexual harassment and bullying
  • Prevention of abuse of power
  • Ethics check in everyday life
  • Proper use of budget and supplies
  • Improvement of working environment
  • Strengthening information protection and security awareness
  • Practice of safety and environmental protection
  • Community service and support
Ethical Management Policy 1. Establishment and operation of ethics regulations
  • Establishment of ethics regulations
  • Code of ethics
  • Guidelines for preventing sexual harassment and bullying
  • Guidelines for preventing conflicts of interest
  • Guidelines for human rights protection
2. Expression of manager's will
  • CEO message
  • Employee ethics pledge
Organization and System 3. Ethical management organization and consultation/reporting/investigation channels
  • Designation of ethical management personnel and organization
  • Introduction of reporting system and channel
  • Counseling on unethical practices and reporting channel
  • Establishment of legal operating standards
  • Periodic guidance to executives and employees
4. Measures to prevent recurrence and ethical management system
  • Survey on mutual respect, follow-up measures
  • Prevention of deposit of external lecture fees and solicitation
Ethical Practice Activities 5. Ethics education and campaigns
  • Regular ethics education
  • On/offline training
  • Use of proper language
  • Prevention of sexual harassment and bullying
  • Prevention of abuse of power
6. Ethics check in everyday life
  • Ethics check in everyday life
  • Proper use of budget and supplies
  • Improvement of working environment
  • Strengthening information protection and security awareness
  • Practice of safety and environmental protection
  • Community service and support
Ethical Management Policy 1. Establishment and operation of ethics regulations
  • Establishment of ethics regulations
  • Code of ethics
  • Guidelines for preventing sexual harassment and bullying
  • Guidelines for preventing conflicts of interest
  • Guidelines for human rights protection
2. Expression of manager's will
  • CEO message
  • Employee ethics pledge
Organization and System 3. Ethical management organization and consultation/reporting/investigation channels
  • Designation of ethical management personnel and organization
  • Introduction of reporting system and channel
  • Counseling on unethical practices and reporting channel
  • Establishment of legal operating standards
  • Periodic guidance to executives and employees
4. Measures to prevent recurrence and ethical management system
  • Survey on mutual respect, follow-up measures
  • Prevention of deposit of external lecture fees and solicitation
Ethical Practice Activities 5. Ethics education and campaigns
  • Regular ethics education
  • On/offline training
  • Use of proper language
  • Prevention of sexual harassment and bullying
  • Prevention of abuse of power
6. Ethics check in everyday life
  • Ethics check in everyday life
  • Proper use of budget and supplies
  • Improvement of working environment
  • Strengthening information protection and security awareness
  • Practice of safety and environmental protection
  • Community service and support
Compliance Management

BH, which considers compliance with the law and fair trade as its top management principle, continues to strengthen its compliance management system in accordance with internal compliance control standards to build trust with stakeholders.

Goals and Plans of Compliance Risk Management
Plans
Research and benchmarking of domestic and international advanced cases Strengthening monitoring and response to internal and external issues such as laws and standards
Evaluation of on-site self-management activity performance, consulting Preemptive inspection of social issues, strengthening corporate compliance inspection
Mid-and long-term plans
Enhancement of corporate transparency and reliability Establishing a system for preemptive risk response
Advancement of risk management level Establishment of site-centered risk management system
Compliance Risk Management Process
  • 01

    Identification and evaluation

    • Review of potential risks and management of risk pools
    • Assessment of risk management level
  • 02

    Improvement

    • Offline compliance education
    • Improvement of work policies and processes
    • Response to stakeholders’ demands
  • 03

    Inspection

    • Inspection of risk management activities
  • 04

    Report

    • Report to management
Operation of Information Protection Management System

Recognizing the importance of information security to enhance global competitiveness, BH has established a systematic information security system to continuously strengthen its information security infrastructure and response system.

Information Security Goals