Expanding support for children overseas beyond Korea... LX Pantos steps up global social contribution efforts

[Financial News]
LX Pantos, a comprehensive logistics company, is expanding its social contribution activities beyond Korea to support children from vulnerable groups overseas. By extending its community support, previously focused on overseas subsidiaries, to international relief work, the company is strengthening its social responsibility as a global business.  According to industry sources on the 11th, LX Pantos donated 200 million won to Good Neighbors, an international NGO specializing in children's rights, on the 10th to support children from vulnerable groups overseas.
 The donation will fund Good Neighbors' overseas child-support programs. Key areas of support include health care, water and sanitation, education and protection, and humanitarian aid. Good Neighbors operates 270 project sites in 50 countries around the world and holds general consultative status, the highest level of NGO consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
 The donation is significant because it marks an expansion of LX Pantos' existing, overseas-subsidiary-centered social contribution activities through collaboration with international relief organizations. The company is broadening the scope of its support by drawing on the networks of specialized relief organizations, moving beyond individual assistance delivered through local operations.
 LX Pantos has supported local communities through its overseas subsidiaries in countries including Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. It has helped improve children's educational environments and supported vulnerable groups through projects such as renovating elementary school facilities, donating supplies to child-protection facilities, and running self-reliance programs for people living in poverty.
 The company also continues its social contribution activities for future generations in Korea. It runs a housing subscription savings account support program for children in childcare facilities and a program in which employees accompany them on experiential learning trips. It is also establishing “LX-Green Learning Playgrounds” across the country for children from vulnerable groups.
 LX Pantos has also supported Seoul National University Children's Hospital for 10 consecutive years and is carrying out various activities, including supporting ChildFund Korea and reading fairy tales using voice contributions from employees.
 LX Pantos plans to disclose how the donation for this overseas child-support program is used through external disclosures, including future sustainability reports. The aim is to increase transparency around the results of its support while expanding the scope of its social contribution activities.
 Shin Sang-young, executive vice president of LX Pantos, said, “We aim to fulfill our social responsibility as a global company by expanding our social contribution activities beyond Korea to support vulnerable children and local communities around the world.” He added, “We will continue to support future generations and put ESG management into practice through sustained and sincere social contribution activities.”
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