LG Chem’s new employee voluntary service since 2023, ‘Green Class Employee Volunteer Team.’ Today, we hear from Senior Lee Solji who planned this program.

What is Green Class Employee Volunteer Team?

‘Green Class’ is a social contribution activity that teaches our future generation about climate, environmental, and social issues that they will have to face. The program is mostly operated online, but with hope to meet students face-to-face, we established the employee volunteer team. Since last year, our employee teachers have been visiting elementary schools and care centers to run the class. The team is composed of LG Chem employees who provide students with 2 weeks of environment education, along with career mentoring.

Last year, employees from LG Chem headquarters successfully finished the pilot program. This year, it has been expanded to 5 business sites: headquarters, Magok, Yeosu, Iksan, and Osan in Korea.

How Green Class Employee Volunteer Team Works!

Our volunteer team makes two visits to one organization. On our first visit, we provide environment education. Students learn about biodiversity through Green Class education materials and videos, followed by a craft session of decorating their own mood lamps using a kit with endangered species drawn on it. Seeing young students raise their hands to ask questions and make their unique lamps, we always wish we had more time.

The second visit is a career mentoring session. Our employee teachers share their process of growth, deciding their paths, and their hard works. Based on the mentoring, students set their own goals and think about their own future while filling in the Mandal-Art chart. Since it’s the second visit, students feel more familiar with the teachers. As we listen to their dreams, we can’t help the smiles on our faces.

LG Teachers! Please come again!

Since expanding the program to five business sites, 68 employees have visited 24 organizations to meet about 700 students, having meaningful time of studying biodiversity and discussing their careers.

In particular, this year at Yeosu plant, our volunteer team visited a small branch school on an island, with only 11 attendees. Normally, Green class targets at upper grades only. However, in this case, the whole school participated in the class. At the end of the class, the students shouted “LG Teachers! Please come again!” School teachers also thanked our volunteer team, saying, “We were sorry that we couldn’t provide various activities, due to the small size of the school. Thank you for visiting such a small island, and we hope to have more of these opportunities.”

The employees who participated also commented, “It’s hard to take part in a volunteer service besides my job, and it was a fun experience to prepare for this class and meet children. I enjoyed it so much that I forgot it’s a volunteer service, and while introducing my job to those children, I gained motivation for the role again.”

Green class employee volunteer team is having a break, as schools have entered their summer vacations. Coming up in the second half of the year, the team plans to become employee teachers once more to meet more students. Next year, we will add more topics and diverse activities to restructure the program.

Please keep your support for the CSR Team, as we practice the company’s social responsibility and plan various social contribution programs to coexist with the local community.

* This article is based on the contribution published by Professional Lee Solji of LG Chem CSR Team.

LG Chem’s ‘Green Class’ is a program of developing and distributing educational videos and workbooks to schools and care centers, so that teenagers can understand the upcoming climate crisis and environmental problems. ‘Green Class Employee Volunteer team’ visits educational organizations as special lecturers to communicate with students through the class and mentoring sessions.

LG Chem, together with the volunteer team, will continue to help teenagers become global citizens who can actively deal with social and environmental problems. We call for your attention and support for LG Chem’s employee volunteer team!