Big Four Conglomerates, Including Samsung, Upgrade to 5-Day Vehicle Rotation System: "Supporting Government's Energy-Saving Efforts"

The Financial News reported that the Big Four conglomerates in South Korea, including Samsung Group, will strengthen their energy-saving measures by moving from a 10-day vehicle rotation system to a 5-day system. The move is intended to respond to energy supply concerns caused by the prolonged Middle East war and to actively support the government's energy-saving efforts.
Samsung Group announced on the 6th that it will upgrade the 10-day vehicle rotation system, in place since the 25th of last month, to a 5-day system. Under the 5-day vehicle rotation system, vehicle use is restricted on specific weekdays according to the last digit of the license plate number. Samsung Group plans to apply the 5-day system on a voluntary basis at all of its domestic sites and to actively encourage employees to participate. Affiliates such as Samsung Electronics notified employees of the new rules internally on the same day, and the system is scheduled to take effect on the 8th, when the government begins a 2-day vehicle rotation system for public institutions. A Samsung Group representative stated, "We will continue to expand various measures step by step to improve energy efficiency and stay aligned with the government's energy-saving policies." The government has judged that the energy supply situation has entered a critical phase due to the prolonged Middle East war and announced that, starting on the 1st of this month, the 5-day vehicle rotation system for the public sector would be tightened to a 2-day system.
Samsung Group will maintain existing exemptions for electric and hydrogen vehicles, vehicles carrying pregnant women or infants, vehicles used by people with disabilities, and vehicles operating within remote worksites. It also noted that, depending on conditions at each site, some company vehicles will be managed flexibly under the system.

LG introduced a 5-day vehicle rotation system from the same day for all of its domestic business sites across every affiliate. This strengthens its measures just about ten days after it began operating a 10-day vehicle rotation system on the 27th of last month. At major sites such as LG Twin Towers, the company is also running automatic lighting shutoff systems to cut unnecessary power use and operating shuttle buses, combining these with broader energy-efficiency initiatives at its facilities. LG Electronics continuously monitors energy use at its sites, while LG Display has set up a company-wide energy-saving organization to improve equipment efficiency and minimize standby power consumption.
An LG representative explained, "We will keep reviewing additional measures to save energy and to make conservation a habit, and we plan to stay in step with the government's energy-saving policies."
SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group have already been operating a 5-day vehicle rotation system at all of their business sites since late last month.
ehcho@fnnews.com Jo Eun-hyo Reporter