2018 Communication on Engagement (COE) Report

Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum

www.g-cef.org

• Introduction of GCEF/ A Letter from Executive President (Page 3)

• Sustainable Development Goals (Page 4)

• Organization Status (Page 5)

• Part 1. Human Rights and Labour

Seminar/Event (Page 6) Education/Presentation (Page 6) Policy/Research (Page 6)

• Part 2. Anti-corruption

Seminar/Event (Page 7) Appointment/MoU (Page 14) Education/Presentation (Page 17)

• Part 4. General CSR

Seminar/Event (Page 18) Appointment/MoU (Page 19) Education/Presentation (Page 20)

• Part 5. PR (Page 21)

• Member Companies (Page 22)

• Global Partners (Page 23)

• Advertisement of GCEF (Page 24)

Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum (GCEF) is a non-for-profit organization to promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Creating Shared Value (CSV), sustainability, and business integrity of public, private, and social enterprises. GCEF is specialized in research, education, seminar, policy analysis, multi-stakeholder dialog, and cross sector cooperation nurturing Collective Action. GCEF was established on November 20, 2008, and became registered as a non-for-profit organization under the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE) on February 28, 2011 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

A Letter from Executive President

It is my great pleasure to introduce the 2nd COE Report of Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum (GCEF) that covers its organization activities focusing on the human rights, labour, anti-corruption, and general CSR from the former part of 2016 to the former part of 2018.

The world is changing so rapidly. Corporations in the 21st century have to face many challenges to deal with their economic, social and environmental responsibilities, fair returns to stakeholders, sustainable development, transparency, ethics, and human rights etc. GCEF’s mission is to empower business leaders so that they can transform Angela Joo-Hyun Kang these challenges into parts of their global competitiveness. Founder and Executive President of GCEF GCEF supports the UN Global Compact and its 10 principles covering human rights, labour, environment and anti- corruption. This COE report explains GCEF’s efforts to improve public and business policies honoring those principles. GCEF will continue its endeavors so that business leaders can embrace and integrate those principles into their corporate practices in South Korea and beyond.

Sincerely,

GOAL 5 Gender Equality - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF participated in 2017 W20 Germany and continues to participate in 2018 W20 Argentina which presents policy recommendations to G20 as a South Korean delegate. Also, she has been acting as one of the mentors who support young women through customized mentoring, appointed by Ministry of Gender Equality & Family(MOGEF) from 2017-2018.

GOAL 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all From 2016 to 2018, GCEF implemented three consecutive yearly joint researches and field studies to US, Europe, and Vietnam with Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) for finding the latest trends and the best practices of global corporate citizens in responsible business conducts in human rights and labour.

GOAL 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure - Promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation The International Contractors Association of Korea (ICAK), the Association of French International Contractors (SEFI) and GCEF teamed up to enhance anti-corruption competitiveness of the global infrastructure environment by signing a trilateral memorandum of understanding (MoU). Also, Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF participated in and contributed for B20 (Business 20) policy recommendations to G20 in 2016 during Chinese Presidency as one of B20 Infrastructure Task Force Members.

GOAL 16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels GCEF initiated and implemented the South Korean project of the 2nd round of global Siemens Integrity Initiative, Fair Player Club (www.fairplayerclub.org), with UN Global Compact Network Korea (GCNK). Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF became a member of Financing Growth & Infrastructure Taskforce Group with joint membership of Responsible Business Conduct & Anti- Corruption Cross-Thematic Group of B20 Germany. Furthermore, she has been appointed as one of task force members of 2018 B20 Argentina which presents policy recommendations to 2018 G20 Argentina and participating in a B20 process as an Integrity & Compliance Task Force Member. Also, she has become a member of OECD BIAC(Business & Industry Advisory Committee) Anti–Corruption Task Force, which presents policy recommendations to the OECD Working Group on Bribery.

GOAL 17 Partnerships for the Goals - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development GCEF is specialized in development, facilitation, and implementation of multi-stakeholder dialogues and engagement for cross sector collaboration among business, government, civil society, and academia.

A nonprofit organization enumerated in the Article 12 of Enforcement registered under the Ministry of Ordinance of the Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax Trade, Industry and Energy Act. Activities related with religion, charity, and academic research are applied. GCEF was established as an incorporated organization of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Inheritance and gift taxes are not imposed on Energy (formerly, the Ministry of Knowledge the assets that are donated to a public service Economy) on February 18, 2011 according to the corporation under the tax law in order to Article 32 of the Civil Act and the Article 4 of the encourage donation by a person or an Rules on Establishment and Supervision of organization for public interests. Nonprofit Organization under supervision of the Minister of Knowledge Economy and its directors. High-Level Advisory Committee GCEF is a nonprofit organization to promote CSR, CSV, sustainability, compliance, business ethics, and Mr. Joon OH human rights centered management. Its activities Professor, Department of UN and include hosting and organizing seminars in both in the Art of Peace, Kyung Hee University South Korea and overseas, research projects from Chairman, Save the Children Korea business and government, and education & training. Former South Korean Ambassador to UN The 71st President of the Economic and Social An official volunteer organization Council (ECOSOC) of UN certified by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety Mr. Kee-Poong PARK Former Chairman of International Contractors In June 2015, GCEF was certified as an official Association of Korea (ICAK) volunteering organization by the Ministry of the Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Land, Interior and Safety for its national volunteering Infrastructure, and Transport reinforcement service project, '1365 Volunteering'. Mr. Keun-Hee PARK An official certificate to prove volunteering will be Chairman, CJ Logistics issued from the 1365 Volunteering portal site Former Advisory Vice Chairman, (www.1365.go.kr) to high school students or Samsung Life Insurance university students as interns who work as volunteers at GCEF. Former Vice Chairman, Samsung Corporate Citizenship A public service corporation Former CEO, China Samsung granted by the Mapo Tax Dictrict Office Stakeholders Communication

GCEF was registered additionally as a public service GCEF has more than 3,000 South Korean and corporation under the tax law on August 20, 2015, over 1,000 foreign email subscription members. as its contribution to promote public interests was recognized since its establishment. GCEF official website (www.g-cef.org) A public service corporation under the tax law GCEF facebook of social network service refers to a corporation among nonprofit (https://www.facebook.com/GCEF- organizations that implement activities promoting 412448825461560/) public interests, GCEF online activity news

Human rights are the basic rights of each human business conducts at the Human Rights and Asian being, regardless of race, sex, religion, political Corporate Leadership Forum on April 17-18, 2017, opinion, social status, and any other characteristics. at Regency Room, Grand Hyatt Seoul, Republic of Korea. GCEF has focused on business and human rights through various activities such as seminar, workshop, training, lecture, research, and policy dialogue so that companies can internalize human value centered management into their business.

Seminar/Event

Program Partner - The Seminar Promoting OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Business and Human Rights GCEF has supported the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Seminar, co-hosted by the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) and the Korea In-house Counsel Association (KICA) on December 21, 2017 at 403 Conference Room (South), COEX, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF presented the Session 4: Global Trends Enhancing Sustainability of Overseas Investment.

Education/Presentation Policy/Research Guest Speaker - Human Rights and Asian Corporate Leadership Forum Joint Research- Samsung Economic Research Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive Institute (SERI) President, GCEF was invited to speak about ‘Human From 2016 to 2018, GCEF implemented three Rights-Friendly Business for Enhancing Corporate consecutive yearly joint researches and field Transparency and Sustainability’ as a panelist and studies to Europe, US, and Vietnam with SERI for emphasized importance of public and business finding the latest trends and the best practices of policies for global, country, and corporate social global corporate citizens regarding responsible responsibilities to improve human rights-friendly business conducts in human rights and labour.

Corruption is recognized as one of the world's Siemens Integrity Initiative is a USD 100 million greatest challenges. It is a major hindrance to global anti-corruption initiative to promote fair sustainable development, with a disproportionate market conditions and clean business through impact on poor communities. Its impact to the Collective Action and Education & Training private sector is also considerable. projects with nonprofit, academic and global organizations worldwide. It impedes economic growth, distorts competition, and imposes serious legal and reputational risks. For the 1st round, 31 initiatives from over 20 Corruption is very costly for business, with the extra countries were chosen. For the 2nd round, total 25 financial burden estimated to add 10% or more to anti-corruption projects around the world were the costs of doing business in many parts of the selected out of more than 180 project proposals world. from well-known non-profit organizations from about 60 countries. GCEF has focused on multi-stakeholder based collective action projects for anti-corruption in From South Korea, NABIS by FKI-IMI in order to foster a clean and transparent business cooperation with GCEF was the only project environment in Republic of Korea through the Fair selected in the 1st round. Fair Player Club by GCNK Player Club, the public-private sector platform to in cooperation with GCEF was the only project promote collective action for anti-corruption. selected in the 2nd round.

Seminar/Event

Fair Player Club, the South Korean Project of the 2nd round of Siemens Integrity Initiative

GCEF initiated and has successfully implemented Fair Player Club, the public-private sector platform to promote collective action for anti-corruption in cooperation as the Project Partner Organization, with Global Compact Network Korea (GCNK), the Fair Player Club was established in May, 2015 to South Korean Integrity Partner of Siemens Integrity strengthen Korean companies’ compliance and Initiative by Siemens AG, from 2015 to 2018. business ethics capacity and create transparent business and market environment. It has achieved three goals that collaboration building, capacity [Introduction about the Siemens Integrity Initiative] building, and collective action. http://www.siemens.com/sustainability/en/compli ance/collective_action/integrity_initiative.php During three years from 2015 to 2018, Fair Player Club has hosted 21 seminars to help companies [Introduction about Fair Player Club in the Siemens build capacity for anti-corruption; throughout the Integrity Initiative Website] seminars, 1,100 people have attended, 19 http://www.siemens.com/about/sustainability/en/ specialists have shared their insights, while 28 core-topics/collective-action/integrity- companies have shared their best practices. initiative/status-second-funding-round/global- Government, civil society, international compact-network-korea-gcnk.htm organizations, academia and business cooperated to make ‘collective action’ possible. Fair Player [Fair Player Club Website] Club’s accomplishments have also been introduced http://www.fairplayerclub.org (English and Korean) by the press and leading conferences worldwide.

Fair Player Club Launching Ceremony & the 1st Joint Public-Private Industry Council Meeting was held at Conrad Seoul on May 19, 2015.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics of Railway Industry was held at the Bexco, Busan on June 11, 2015.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics of Machinery Industry was held in Room 209, Exhibition Center 1, KINTEX, Ilsan on October 30, 2015.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics of Electronics Industry was held in Conference room 9-10, 25th floor, GS Tower on November 5, 2015.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics of Automobile Industry was held in Topaz Hall, the Palace Hotel Seoul, on December 8, 2015.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics of International Construction Industry was held in the seminar room 9-10, 2nd floor, Ferrum Tower on December 11, 2015.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics of the Korea Medical Devices Industry Association (KMDIA)'s Ethics Committee was held in conference room, KMDIA on February 15, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Korea In-house Counsel Association was held at the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry on October 11, 2016.

Fair Play Pledge Ceremony was held at Lotte Hotel on February 18, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Seoul Metropolitan Government was held at the Korea Press Center on July 14, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Busan Metropolitan City was held at the Busan Chamber of Commerce & Industry on September 20, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Gwangju Metropolitan City was held at the Gwangju Chamber of Commerce & Industry on September 22, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Daegu Metropolitan City was held at the Daegu EXCO on November 11, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Ulsan Metropolitan City was held at the Ulsan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on November 28, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Daejeon Metropolitan City was held at the Daejeon Chamber of Commerce & Industry on November 30, 2016.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Incheon Metropolitan City was held at the Incheon Chamber of Commerce & Industry on December 2, 2016.

2017 Fair Player Club Summit was held at Lotte Hotel on February 24, 2017.

2017 Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Pledge Ceremony was held with participation of approximately 150 representatives from seven metropolitan cities including Seoul Metropolitan Government, local chambers of commerce & industry, and companies on Friday, February 24, 2017, at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Fair Player Club is one of the 24 global anti- corruption projects which aim to spur collective action in business and government to create fair and transparent market conditions with the support from the World Bank and Siemens Integrity Initiative. In the 2nd Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Pledge Ceremony, representatives from companies and organizations pledged for fair play principles to create clean corporate culture and to run business complying with the law and codes of conduct. Also, major outcomes in the Cycle 2 and the plan of the Cycle 3 were introduced during the summit.

Fair Player Club aims to spread a transparent and ethical corporate culture by taking its incremental steps in three years, such as, seminar, research, and raising awareness activities for anti-corruption by industry (Cycle 1), region (Cycle 2), and country (Cycle 3) since 2015.

Since 2015, 125 companies and organizations participated in ‘Fair Play Pledge for Anti- corruption’ and 70 companies and organizations newly participated. Especially, close cooperation with Seoul Metropolitan Government, Busan Metropolitan City, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Daegue Metropolitan City, Ulsan Metropolitan City, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Incheon Metropolitan City and Local Chambers of Commerce & Industry, 34 local companies participated. In 2016-2017, it has motivated local companies to become aware of importance of compliance and business ethics.

During the summit, OH, Kyun, 1st Vice Minister, Office for Government Policy Coordination of Prime Minister’s Secretariat / Chief of Pan Governmental Anti- corruption Bureau, PARK Won-soon, Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government, KIM Jong-kap, Chairman & CEO of Siemens Korea, and Iohann LE FRAPER, Vice Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce on Corporate Responsibility & Anti- corruption delivered their congratulatory speeches on spreading the anti-corruption in management culture. Also, PARK Gyeong-ho, Vice Chair of Anti- Corruption and Civil Rights Commission and Iftekhar ZAMAN, Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh gave special lectures.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with the Embassy of Sweden in Seoul was held at Millennium Seoul Hilton on June 21, 2017.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with the British Embassy Seoul was held at Aston Hall of the British Embassy Seoul on June 22, 2017.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Better Regulatory Compliance was held at the American Center Korea on October 12, 2017.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry was held at Grand Ballroom A, Millennium Seoul Hilton on November 21, 2017.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with Delegation of the EU to the Republic of Korea and ECCK was held at Conference Room on the 3rd Floor, Seoul Square Building on December 5, 2017.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with China was held at Chamber Hall (B2F), Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on December 20, 2017.

Fair Player Club Seminar for Compliance and Business Ethics with ASEAN-Korea Centre and Korea-ASEAN Forum Association was held at Seoul Square Building on Friday, January 26, 2018.

2018 Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Pledge Ceremony was held at Grand Hyatt Seoul on March 7, 2018.

© 2018 GCEF Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum www.g-cef.org 11 2018 Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Over the last three years, about 230 companies Pledge Ceremony and organizations have signed to Fair Play Principles which signify commitments to fair and 2018 Fair Player Club Summit and Fair Play Pledge transparent business through FPC. Among 230 Ceremony was hosted on March 7, 2018, at Grand companies, the service sector (19%) comprised Hyatt Seoul, Republic of Korea, with all the largest percentage, followed by collaborating stakeholders during 3 years from manufacturing (13%), electronic/communication Cycle 1 to 3 including senior government officials, (10%), and mechanical (9%). CEOs from major foreign embassies, local and foreign chambers of enterprises, SMEs, state-owned enterprises and commerce, business leaders, and compliance organizations attended to publicly pledge their managers, for reaffirming the importance of commitment during the ceremony. ‘Collective Action’ towards anti-corruption through Fair Play Pledge. Fair Player Club, which led the collaboration between government and private sector, has The summit began with opening remarks from Mr. worked together with 7 industry associations in Dong-kurn Lee, President of Global Compact 2015, Seoul metropolitan government along with Network Korea. Following the opening address, H.E. 6 municipal governments and regional chambers Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the of commerce in 2016, and 7 foreign embassies United Nations and current Honorary President of and chambers of commerce in 2017 to host more GCNK, Mr. In-ho Lee, Vice Minister of Ministry of specialized anti-corruption seminars based on Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), and Mr. Jon- each industry, region and country. kap Kim, Chairman & CEO of Siemens Ltd. Seoul gave congratulatory remarks. In the afternoon, to review the goals of Fair Player Club that has furthered anti-corruption culture For the first Keynote Address, Ms. Un-jong Pak, throughout various companies and organizations, Chairperson of the ACRC, illustrated that “ACRC is a three breakout sessions were held with following committee responsible for integrity policies of our topics: Global Anti-Corruption Trends and government, and is expanding legal and Response in Private Sectors, Collective Action, institutional framework in order to ensure that the and Compliance & Ethics Management System for government-wide anti-corruption efforts become Anti-Corruption Risk Management. applicable not only to the public sector, but also to the private sector, so that the sense of integrity is After breakout sessions, Mr. Woo-sung Shin, CEO established throughout the whole society. of the BASF in Korea, gave a special lecture. For closing, Mr. Chew-kong Lum, Senior Executive Lastly, as another keynote speaker, Mr. Drago Kos, Vice president/CFO of Siemens Ltd. and Mr. Suk- Chair of the OECD Working Group on Bribery, bum Park, Secretary General of Global Compact clearly explained the reason why businesses must Network Korea gave their closing remarks. not be corrupt and the negative societal outcomes that come from corruption. Fair Player Club, which began in March 2015, has come to an end in March 2018. However, the companies that have pledged their commitment is now beginning their journey. More projects will be carried out for collective action based on public-private partnership.

GCEF would like to express its gratitude to Siemens Integrity Initiative, Siemens Ltd. Seoul, MOTIE, ACRC, Financial Services Commission, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who have sponsored and supported this project for the last three years, and the companies who have pledged to contribute to spreading anti-corruption.

Fair Player Club was introduced as one of the cases of collective action in the policy recommendation paper of the B20 Germany 2017 Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption Cross- Thematic Group, which was chaired by Dr. Klaus Moosmayer, Chief Compliance Officer of Siemens AG and Anti-Corruption Chair of Business at OECD (BIAC).

All policy recommendations from seven taskforce groups - Trade & Investment, Energy, Climate & Resource Efficiency, Financial Growth & Infrastructure, Digitalization, Employment and Education, Responsible Business Conduct and Anti- Corruption, and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises – were presented to Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, at the 2017 B20 Summit on May 3, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.

As a member of Financing Growth & Infrastructure Task Force Group and Responsible Business Conduct & Anti-Corruption Cross-Thematic Group, Angela-Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF (Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum) outreached participants of the 6th High-Level Anti-Corruption Conference for G20 Government, Business, and Civil Society and the B20 Conference on Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption on January 26-27, 2017 in Berlin, Germany, B20 Responsible Business Conduct and Anti-Corruption Cross- Thematic Group meetings on October 21, 2017 in Basel, Switzerland and on March 22, 2017 in Paris, France, and the 2017 B20 Summit on May 2-3, 2017 in Berlin, Germany.

© 2018 GCEF Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum www.g-cef.org 13 Appointment/MoU For policy recommendation and contribution, as the only non-corporate and female task force Appointment - 2016 B20 Task Force Member - member from South Korea, she participated in the B20 China 1st meeting of Responsible Business Conduct & Anti-Corruption Cross-Thematic Group in Basel, Switzerland on October 21, 2016, the 6th High- Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive Level Anti-Corruption Conference for G20 President of GCEF participated in and contributed Government, Business, and Civil Society & the for B20 (Business 20) policy recommendations to B20 Conference on Responsible Business Conduct G20 in 2016 during Chinese Presidency as one of and Anti-Corruption on January 26-27, 2017 in B20 Infrastructure Task Force Members. Berlin, Germany, B20 Joint Task Force Meeting on March 22, 2017 at OECD Headquarter in Paris, There were 8 Task Force members from Republic France, and the 2017 B20 Summit on May 2-3, of Korea from Federation of Korean Industries 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (FKI), Samsung, Hanwha, POSCO, SK, and Crebiz Factory including her, out of 553 Task Force She succeeded to include two South Korean cases members. as good practices into the policy paper of the 2017 B20 Germany's Responsible Business She attended kick-off meeting on January 26 at Conduct & Anti-Corruption Cross-Thematic Group, Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, the first which was submitted to the Chancellor of joint Task Force meeting on April 17 at IMF Germany, Angela Merkel at the 2017 B20 Summit headquarter in Washington DC. US, the second on May 3, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. joint Task Force meeting on May 31 at OECD headquarter in Paris, France, Anti-Corruption One was Fair Player Club, the only South Korean Forum on April 27 at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Beijing, project of the 2nd round of Siemens Integrity China, and B20 Summit on September 3-4 at Initiative, supported by the World Bank and Hangzhou International Convention Center in Siemens AG, which UN Global Compact Network Hangzhou, China. Apart from offline meetings, she Korea and GCEF jointly has implemented from also participated in three conference calls among 2015 to 2018. B20 Infrastructure Task Force Members. The other was an incentivising policy for private sector's anti-corruption efforts by providing a mandatory ethics training to construction companies as well as lifting penalty measure in exchange of the training, by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT) of the South Korean government. She is one of trainers of Korean Specialty Contractors Association that MOLIT appointed.

Appointment - 2017 B20 Task Force Member - B20 Germany

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF became a member of Financing Growth & Infrastructure Taskforce Group with joint membership of Responsible Business Conduct & Anti-Corruption Cross-Thematic Group of B20 Germany.

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and President of GCEF has been appointed as one of Executive President of GCEF has been nominated task force members of 2018 B20 Argentina which as a member of OECD BIAC(Business & Industry presents policy recommendations to 2018 G20 Advisory Committee) Anti–Corruption Task Force, Argentina and participating in a B20 process as an which presents policy recommendations to the Integrity & Compliance Task Force Member. OECD Working Group on Bribery, the OECD Integrity Forum and other relevant OECD meetings where the issues of bribery and There are eight task forces of of 1,200 members corruption are addressed, from July 2017 by for 2018 B20 Argentina - Trade and Investment, Federation of Korean Industries (FKI), the South Digital Economy and Industry 4.0, Energy, Korean Secretariat of OECD BIAC. Resource Efficiency and Sustainability, Financing Growth and Infrastructure, SMEs Development, Integrity and Compliance, Sustainable Food There are fourteen members from South Korea, Systems, and Employment and Education. mainly from major law firms - Lee & Ko, Kim & Chang, Yulchon, and Yoon & Yang. She is one of three female members and the only South Korean She attended and contributed for policy member of OECD BIAC Anti–Corruption Task recommendations at the B20 meetings which were Force Group. held in Washington D.C. of U.S. on April 19-20, 2018 during the week of Spring Meetings of IMF and World Bank as well as in at OECD Conference She has been participating in preparing policy Centre, Paris, France, on May 28, 2018 during the recommendations as follows: week of OECD Forum. * The OECD Roundtable on 20 years of the Anti- Ms. Kang will participate in the 2018 B20 Summit Bribery Convention at OECD Conference Centre in which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Paris, France, on 12 December 2017 Oct. 4-5, 2018 as a South Korean delegate. * Consultation with the OECD Working Party on All B20 policy recommendations will be presented State Ownership and Privatization Practices on at to 2018 G20 Chair and the President of Argentina, OECD Conference Centre in Paris, France, on 27 Mauricio Macri. She succeeded to include the South March 2018 Korean incentivising policy for construction company’s anti-corruption efforts by decreasing penalty in exchange of its legal and mandatory * 2018 OECD BIAC General Assembly (as an training obligation, by the Ministry of Land, observer) at OECD Conference Centre in Paris, Infrastructure, and Transport (MOLIT), as one of France, on 28 May 2018 examples of the 2018 B20 Argentina’s Integrity & Compliance Cross Thematic Group policy recommendation paper.

© 2018 GCEF Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum www.g-cef.org 15 Trilateral MoU - French and South Korean Also, corporate self-cleaning efforts need to be International Contractor Associations recognized by rewarding policy actions. Starting with our collaboration with South Korea, we will The International Contractors Association of Korea strive to build a cleaner and fairer global (ICAK), the Association of French International construction environment.” Contractors (SEFI) and the Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum (GCEF) announced that they Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and have teamed up to enhance anti-corruption Executive President of GCEF, emphasized the role competitiveness of the global infrastructure of “Collective Action”: “In order to promote anti- environment by signing a trilateral memorandum corruption, it is essential to pursue ‘Collective of understanding (MoU) for “Collective Action” and Action’ even among competitors in the same to create public-private partnerships in order to industry by rising above the “prisoner’s dilemma” bring about a fairer and more transparent while forging public-private partnerships with international construction market. The MoU was like-minded businesses and governments. It is signed at SEFI headquarters in Paris, France, on meaningful to bridge South Korean and French June 20, 2018. international contractor associations. We will continue to engage with more countries by The trilateral co-signing ceremony is aiming at utilizing this trilateral collaboration as a catalyst.” disseminating integrity and compliance among international contractors through bilateral Three parties will continue to endeavor to collaboration, promoting ‘Responsible Business promote “Collective Action” and public-private Conducts’ culture with other international partnership of global construction industry, for contractor associations of G20 countries through anti-corruption efforts in global construction multilateral collaboration, and advocating market not as obstacles but as competitiveness, ‘Responsible Government Policies’ through public- by exchanging knowledge, information, and private partnership for anti-corruption towards experiences as well as exploring joint research. public sectors of G20 and non-G20 countries as well as multilateral development banks. As a 2018 B20 Argentina Task Force Member, Ms. Kang succeeded to include the efforts of Mr. Kee-poong Park, Chairman of ICAK, expressed French and South Korean international his positive view on the trilateral effort: contractors, as one of examples of the 2018 B20 “The World Bank estimates that global public Argentina’s Integrity & Compliance Cross procurement accounts for around 20% of the Thematic Group policy recommendation paper. global GDP. The OECD Foreign Bribery Report 2014 states 15% of foreign bribery cases occurred in the construction industry. To fix this negative image, it is important to initiate self-driven change and mobilize commitment from international contractor associations in each country. We will try to do our best to uphold the pride of all those who work in the global construction industry and reaffirm the importance of the industry, starting with our collaboration with France.”

Mr. Bruno Cavagné, President of Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics (FNTP) which represents SEFI, highlighted the importance of the MoU: “In order to prevent corruption -- especially bribery -- both the demand and supply sides of bribery should be addressed. Namely, companies and business associations should work to prevent, detect and correct misbehaviors while government and public sectors should try to control improper solicitation and extortion. © 2018 GCEF Global Competitiveness Empowerment Forum www.g-cef.org 16 Education/Presentation

Guest Speaker - Korea Defense Industry Association

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF was invited as a speaker to the customized training to enhance business integrity for the defense industry, co-hosted by Anti- Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) and Korea Defense Industry Association on September 7, 2016.

Her lecture was delivered to about 60 corporate executives from business, compliance, and business ethics management of defense industry and CEOs of defense industry contractors. Guest Speaker - Russia: International Conference on Government and Business against the Corruption In particular, success and failure cases of business ethics management of global defense companies were presented. Also, she introduced Fair Player Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Club and Fair Play Pledge, that organized by GCEF. Executive President, GCEF was invited as a speaker at the expert discussion for government officials working in public procurement, which was hosted by Moscow Metropolitan Governance University (MGUU) on 8th December 2016.

She was also invited as a plenary speaker at the plenary session of the International Conference on Government and Business against the Corruption in the Procurements and Trade Area, which was hosted by Government of Moscow and the World Bank Group on 9th December 2016.

Panelist - Basel Collective Action Conference Ms Angela Joo-Hyun Kang presented about "Anti- corruption in public procurement: challenges and Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive the experience of South Korea" and shared the President of GCEF was invited as a panelist of the experiences and best practices in South Korea. special session: Research Panels – Evidence of effectiveness, results and advocacy: selected research of the 2016 Collective Action Conference to present a case study of South Korea for collective action promoting anti-corruption on Oct. 20 in Basel, Switzerland.

She presented her paper, "From Minority to Majority: Collective Action Strategies Promoting a Fair Business Environment in South Korea" accepted by International Centre for Collective Action of Basel Institute on Governance in the session, prepared for sharing case studies specific to national contexts in Asia and opportunities for lessons learned.

CSR(Corporate Social Responsibility) has become an Forum Event - CSR Conference & Expo in essential element of business leadership in the 21st Dhaka, Bangladesh century. CSR goes beyond corporate philanthropy or compliance and engages in corporate actions that GCEF played a role of strategic partner of the CSR develop shared values of economic, social, and Conference & Expo which was held at the Golf environmental responsibility. GCEF has focused on Garden in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 21-22 nurturing CSR leadership of individuals in the November 2017, hosted by BizCare, and business community, companies as organizations, supported by the World CSR Day of India, Sasin and society as a whole. Center for Sustainability Management of Thailand, and School of Business of Independent University, Seminar/Event Bangladesh.

CSR Conference & Expo was the first Forum Series - The 13th Global Competitiveness international conference in Bangladesh to discuss Empowerment Forum insights about CSR, focusing on environmental, social and economic responsibilities to support The 13th Global Competitiveness Empowerment the development of Bangladesh and the world. Forum with the subject of "Global, Country, and Corporate Competitiveness of South Korea' was held It was an opportunity for global companies and at the Best Western Premier Seoul Garden Hotel on organizations to introduce their CSR activities and June 16, 2017. programs.

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive Panel discussions and master classes on relevant President, GCEF shared her overseas outreach topics by international speakers with a high activities with conversational dialog with breakfast reputation in CSR, sustainability and international meeting participants. development made CSR Conference & Expo as a useful place for sharing knowledge and experiences. Participants: Siemens Ltd. Seoul, Siemens Healthcare Korea, KT, Samsung Economic Research Institute, Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., UN Global From South Korea, Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Compact Network Korea, UNCITRAL Regional Founder and Executive President of GCEF was a Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Seoul Seodaemun-gu session chair of the session, on Tue. November 21, 2017 Helicopter, Korea Human Rights Foundation, the as well as a speaker of the master class, on Wed. November 22, Cooperation Foundation. 2017.

Appointment - 2017 W20 Delegate of South Korea Appointment - 2018 W20 Delegate of South - W20 Germany Korea - W20 Argentina

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF participated in 2017 W20 Germany President of GCEF became a South Korean delegate which presented policy recommendations to 2017 of 2018 W20 Argentina which presents policy G20 Germany as a South Korean delegate and recommendations to 2018 G20 Argentina. attended to 2018 W20 Germany Summit which was held on April 24-26, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. There were four policy recommendation groups - Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Labor Inclusion, and Rural Development. There were four policy recommendation groups - Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Labor Inclusion, and Strengthening W20. She has been participating in preparing policy recommendations to 2018 G20 Argentina through online and offline meetings and communications. She participated in the voting process of final adoption of 2017 W20 Communique which delegate Ms. Kang participated in the Round Table of Digital members from all G20 countries attended. The Inclusion as a South Korean delegate Communique was presented to the Chancellor of representative which was held on May 29, 2018 at Germany, Angela Merkel at the Summit. Argentina Embassy in Paris, France, chaired by GSMA(Global System for Mobile Communications) as a topic chair.

For the Round Table of Rural Inclusion, chaired by UN Women as a topic chair and held at the Sheraton Hotel on August 3, 2018, in Salta, Argentina, she was invited by W20 Argentina and participated in the policy recommendation dialogue, as the only non-Latin America delegate with on-site attendance, with other delegates from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Appointment - Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Ms. Kang will participate in the 2018 W20 Summit which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive Oct. 1-3, 2018 as a South Korean delegate. President GCEF was appointed as one of mentors who support young women through customized On Oct. 26, 2018, GCEF will co-host the 2018 W20 mentoring by Ministry of Gender Equality & Talk Concert in Seoul with Ewha Womans Family(MOGEF). All 19 mentors are women leaders in University, supported by the MOGEF. various fields of business, law, culture, media, and medical sector etc., who broke glass ceiling.

Guest Speaker - Japan: Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF was invited as a keynote speaker by headquarter of Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for the CSR lecture to its executives.

Panelist - The 19th President's Economic Policy Moderated by Mr. Jun, Kuriha, one of board members Direction Symposium as a Non-Executive Director of Ono, the CSR lecture was held on November 11, 2016 at its headquarter premise in Osaka, Japan with presence of about 50 Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive top executives including Ono's founder's family President of GCEF was invited as a panelist to the member as one of board members, Mr. Kei Sano, "The 19th President's Economic Policy Direction Executive Director of Corporate Management and one Symposium" hosted by New Daily Media Group, on of board members, Mr. Masaki Itoh, Director of May 31, 2017, at the Korea Press Center's Corporate Planning, Mr. Nobuyuki Iwai, Deputy International Conference Hall (20th floor), in Seoul, Senior Director of Corporate Planning and CSR Republic of Korea. Promotion Dept., and Dr. Toichi Takino, Executive Director of Corporate Development & Strategy.

The topic was focus on CSR, sustainability, GloCalization, and UN Sustainable Development Goals, specific to pharmaceutical sector. In 2017, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. joined UN Global Compact Network Japan.

Speaker - The 9th Kyunghyang Youth Diplomatic Forum 2017

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President of GCEF provided mentoring to youth regarding importance of social solutions through CSR in the 4th industrial revolution era at the opening session, “Talk Concert with Foreign Ambassadors in South Korea” of the 9th Kyunghyang Youth Diplomatic Forum 2017 on July 27 at Olympic Parktel in Seoul. Guest Speaker - The 3rd Incheon ODA Forum

Ms. Angela Joo-Hyun Kang, Founder and Executive President, GCEF was invited to speak about "SDGs and SOC Infrastructure in Developing Countries" and the way that South Korean companies can participate in SOC Infrastructure business in developing countries through ODA at the 3rd Incheon ODA Forum on April 4, 2017, at G-Tower, Songdo, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

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Intel Korea (2011~2013)

Intel is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Intel is one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers, based on revenue. It was founded on July 18, 1968, by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore and widely associated with the executive leadership and vision of Andrew Grove, Intel combines advanced chip design capability with a leading-edge manufacturing capability. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel Korea was a GCEF member company from 2011 to 2013. (http://www.intel.com)

Asiana Airlines (2011~2012)

Asiana Airlines is one of South Korea's two major airlines, along with Korean Air. Asiana has its headquarters in Asiana Town building in Seoul. As a member of Star Alliance, it operates 14 domestic and 90 international passenger routes, and 27 cargo routes throughout Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. As of December 2014, the company employs 10,183 people. Asiana Airlines is the largest shareholder in Air Busan, a low-cost regional carrier joint venture with Busan Metropolitan City. Asiana is also an official sponsor of the South Korea national football team and the Presidents Cup 2015. Asiana Airlines was a GCEF member company from 2011 to 2012. (http://us.flyasiana.com/C/en/main.do)

Hyundai Motor Company (2013~2014)

The Hyundai Motor Company is a South Korean multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in 1967 and, along with its 32.8% owned subsidiary, Kia Motors, together comprise the Hyundai Motor Group, the world's fifth largest automaker based on annual vehicle sales in 2012. It employs about 75,000 people worldwide. Hyundai vehicles are sold in 193 countries through some 5,000 dealerships and showrooms. Hyundai Motor Company was a GCEF member company from 2013 to 2014. (http://worldwide.hyundai.com/WW/Main/index.html)

KT (2017~2018)

Since its founding in 1981, KT has led Korea's information and telecommunications industry to make universal and higher quality communications services. Born back in 2002 as a private company, KT focused its efforts on building a broadband Internet network. In the first two years of high-speed Internet service, KT have led the era of digital network by making new record such as exceeding 6 million customers. Recently, it contributed to putting Korea in the leading position of information and communication advanced countries by building the first high-tech Internet network and satellite communication network in Asia and launching Korea's first communication satellite, 'Mugunghwa'. KT was a GCEF member company from 2017 to 2018. (https://corp.kt.com/eng/html/intro/info/history.html)

GCEF possesses accessibility to a wide range of global network from its multiple years of experiences and activities to empower business and CSR leadership.

GCEF has been collaborated with its engagement network to promote solution-oriented vision, strategy and approach for multi-dimensional purposes and synergy effects.

GCEF also has an extensive network in South Korea in public, private, and nonprofit sectors including academia so that Korean subsidiaries of multinational corporations can improve its ‘GloCal(Global+Local)’ strategy and practices.

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