Samsung Display receives top zero waste certification

By Lee Min-hyung

Samsung Display has won the highest rating on the “Zero Waste to Landfill” certification in recognition of its resource recycling efforts at all of its domestic and overseas worksites, the company said Monday.

The certification is verified by UL Solutions, a global applied safety science organization. Samsung Display was given the Platinum rating for its four domestic worksites and four others abroad.

This is a noteworthy achievement because the certification proves the firm’s strong willingness to fulfill environmental-friendly management. UL Solutions verifies the recycling rate of waste from each worksite of a firm over the past year and assigns three ratings: silver, gold and platinum.

Samsung Display received its first Platinum rating for its Asan 1 Campus in South Chungcheong Province in 2020. The following year, three other worksites in Asan, Cheonan and Giheung also won the glory. In 2023, its overseas subsidiaries in China, India and Vietnam earned the Platinum rating.

The company also made significant strides in reducing waste generation. In 2023, total waste from the firm's worksites here and abroad reached around 150,000 tons, down more than 20 percent from two years ago.

“We have been able to achieve the highest ratings all across our worksites due to our faithful implementation of environmental management,” said Lee Geon-hyung, head of the firm’s global infrastructure division.

“The transition to a resource circulation system is recognized as an essential part of sustainable management. We will continue expanding our efforts to reduce waste and promote more resource recycling.”