KRAFTON develops plans to create a sustainable future focused on the environment, social and governance to grow the value of company and various stakeholders in the short and long term, and realizes them. In addition, Krafton practices sustainability by managing not only financial risks but also non-financial risks.

Environment

Item Detailed item Activity
Environmental management system Environmental information disclosure
Disclosing green management organization, water and energy use, waste generation, etc. for 2021 on the Environmental Management Information System
Operational environmental impact and eco-efficiency Energy conservation
Encourage energy saving culture to employees through resource saving campaigns
Details of automatic power off setting
Large display in front of elevator: 22:00
Meeting room air conditioner (summer): 1st 20:00, all shut down 23:50
Lighting
Use LED lights (Pangyo, Yeoksam: Dimming function / Seocho: Only On-Off is allowed)
Meeting room lighting: Apply sensors, etc. to automatically power off when not using
Resources recycling
Using recyclable paper shopping bag for employees
Using A4 recycled paper
Use ‘recycled pulp’ that uses waste paper as raw material instead of ‘natural pulp’ when producing paper,
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the ‘pre-manufacturing stage’ as ‘wood collection and cutting/processing stage’ have been excluded
Carbon emissions reduction
Operating shuttle bus
Shuttle bus use rate: about 120 applicants as of March 2023 (around 10%)
Shuttle bus
By office: Yeoksam, Seocho, Pangyo
Between stations: Gangnam Station, Yeoksam Station
Not operating vehicles for business purpose (corporate cars)
Resources conservation and environmental protection
Employee campaign
Upload more than one post per quarter
Upload posts or ads about resource saving and environmental protection
Collecting Nespresso coffee capsules separately
Participate in recycling program run by Nespresso
Promoting using tumbler at in-house cafe
Provide coupon when tumbler is used
Management of climate change risks and climate-related opportunities Greenhouse gas reduction
Using game server cloud service
Currently KRAFTON is using about 20,000 cloud (A**, M**) instances as of April 2023
Not operating own data centers due to using game server cloud service
A few physical servers for in-house information systems located in third-party’s data center with lease
Not significant greenhouse gas emissions

Social

Item Detailed Item Activity
Industrial safety and health Employee safety and health
Operating Industrial Safety and Health Committee (employee member, employer member / hold meetings on a quarterly basis)
Measure annual air quality (for all offices)
Conduct bake out when moving into the Seocho office
Company-wide training on AED heart defibrillator
Annual fire drill training (Yeoksam and Pangyo in 2022 / Will also hold at Seocho in 2023)
Detect wiretapping, eavesdropping and illegal filming (closed space, meeting room, rest room, etc.)
Install dimmable equipment by replacing lighting at Pangyo (2022)
Semi-annual risk assessment activities (industrial safety and health committee activities)
Addressing agenda discussed at Industrial Safety and Health Committee meeting such as elevator issues
Adopted ISOS services that provides comprehensive safety management services during overseas business trips starting 2022 (covers both business travelers/dispatch employees, 300 business trips in 2022)
Human resources development Employee health promotion
Operating a system to promote employees’ health
Offer health check-up (employee and one family member)
Purchase a group insurance policy
Provide exercise expenses
Work and life balance
Operating KRAFTON daycare center (Yeoksam, Pangyo)
Little Fore (max. 180)
Operating an approved leave system
Refresh leave, long service leave, medical check-up, moving, birthday, etc.
Operating a self-approval leave system
94.3% of annual leave used (as of end-2022)
Pregnancy support programs
Providing reserved parking spots for pregnant employees
Operating nursing rooms
Providing maternity leave and leave of absence for parental needs
Employee family care
Congratulations and condolences
Providing congratulatory and condolence support for the wedding, death, birth, child’s admission to elementary school, etc. and support for congratulations and operating a congratulation and condolence leave system
Employee housing support
Interest-free housing loan
Housing loan interest assistance
Helping new employees settle in
Sharehouse
Fair employment
Established the anti-discrimination policy
Stated in Articles 4 and 5 of the Work Rules
Employee communication
Active communication with employees
Gathering employees’ feedback and opinions through the Board of Communication (labor-management council) meeting each month (labor-management council)
Employee satisfaction survey
Conducting employee satisfaction surveys
Resigned employees (Culture Team): Conducting a survey on workplace satisfaction and experience at the time of resignation
New employees (L&V Team): Conducting a satisfaction survey targeting new employees three months after joining the company
Employee benefits (Focus Team): Conducting a satisfaction survey on employee benefits
Employee education
External training support
Offering training expense reimbursements of KRW 2M per person annually
Job training
Foreign language training
Self-improvement training
Operating partnership with external training institutions
Providing mandatory training courses
Prevention of workplace sexual harassment
Personal data protection
Prevention of workplace bullying
Promotion of disability awareness
Leadership education
Operating a program to strengthen leadership competencies
Training courses
Training for newly-appointed leaders
Training for employees with two or more years of service
Training for top management
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Mandatory for KOSPI-listed companies
Employee performance evaluation and reward
Performance review
Conducting performance reviews twice a year (mid-year, year-end)
Providing multi-faceted feedback to leaders
Operating stock-based compensation programs for all employees
RSU
Stock options
ELI
Talent nurturing
Business-education partnership
KAIST Jungle
Recruitment in progress every year through this program from April 2021
Internship program
AI Fellowship: An internship program for bachelor’s degree students in top domestic/overseas universities (Jun-Aug)
AI Research Internship
An internship program for master’s degree or PhD students in top domestic/overseas universities (Jun-Aug)
Hiring Interns in 2022 and conducting research with the aim of achieving results
Internship on a rolling basis
Job posting and hiring on a rolling basis at the request of the team and will review transition to permanent employment if needed
Employment creation
Selected as a leading company for job creation
In 2019, 2020 and 2022
Respect for fundamental rights Employee harassment report
Established a system to address employee harassment issues
Culture Team collects reports and provides counseling (workplace harassment, sexual harassment, etc.)
Collects reports via HUB or email. The process is announced on HUB.
Employee harassment issues are addressed based on the company policy (Workplace sexual harassment/bullying prevention and response policy)
A formal investigation is conducted by Compliance Dept. The investigation results and review committee’s feedback is shared with internal directors
Employee Mind Care
Employee Mind Care
Psychological counseling program to help employees address issues such as job and interpersonal stress, mental health, personal concerns, and addiction
Outsourcing Mind Care program via a specialized organization with 280 centers nationwide
Local community engagement and development Social contribution
Refer to ‘CSR’ page
Data protection and cyber security Data protection system
Providing personal data protection training
As it is legally mandatory, personal data protection training is provided to all employees (incl. contract employees) once a year
Providing personal data protection training to new employees
Data protection certification
ISMS-P certification
Annual external audit
Certification renewal every three years
Creation of an environment for data protection
Running data protection-related campaigns

Governance

Item Detailed item Activity
Corporate governance Corporate governance
Corporate governance
Refer to ‘Governance’ page
Refer to ‘Corporate Governance Report’ disclosed on May 31, 2022
Business ethics Speak Up policy
Operating Speak Up
Can file reports on HUB or the company’s website
Business Assessment Office to first review the case and request Compliance Team to review it if it is deemed that the case should be handled by Compliance Team
After the review, discuss disciplinary actions and measures to prevent a recurrence if necessary (consultation with HR)
Report the final investigation results to management (Chairman)
Compliance activities
Annually conducting a compliance audit in each area
Conducting control activities regarding compliance and ethics in each operation
Reporting the compliance status (compliance report) to management half-yearly based on these findings
Employee ethics improvement
Spreading the Code of Conduct
Providing compliance training sessions such as the prevention of insider trading
Practice and promotion of gaming ethics
“Chapter 1 A Healthy Game” in the Code of Conduct
Posting a notice about violations of in-game ethics (Service Policy Team)
Reviewing the ethical appropriateness of vendors when pursuing collaborations (Transactions Team)
Running campaigns to prevent gaming violence
Prevention of bribery and corruption
Prevention of bribery and corruption
Run related campaigns
Send Chuseok Holiday Gift announcements
Send in-house manners campaign e-mails
Review and answer relevant inquiries from employees
Inquiries related to the Code of Conduct (gifts, entertainment, unfair trade, conflict of interests, etc.)
Inquiries related to the amendment and interpretation of the Code of Conduct
Inquiries related to various Compliance-related systems such as the Pre-notification of Stock Trades by Officers and Employees