Inclusive Growth
A Healthy and
Safe Workplace

Amorepacific Group is striving to make a healthier and safer workplace where social responsibilities are faithfully observed, and everyone works in happiness. Providing safer and healthier workplace, full of opportunities, Amorepacific Group creates a beauty that changes the world.

Safe Workplace for Everyone

Amorepacific Group is implementing strict management standards that meet global standards. The safety and health of employees are guaranteed by an objective audit system from both internal and 3rd party. In 2019, Amorepacific Group instituted 'APG Safety Week' from April 22 to 26. 11,391 employees (including duplicate participation) of Amorepacific Group and suppliers in 12 workplaces participated in the campaign.

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'APG Safety Week' was conducted across 12 workplaces

‘AP Pride’ –
From Compliments to Donations

'AP Pride' is a company-wide campaign to relay compliments between employees, building a more intimate organizational culture and expanding into donations and sharing. Through Workplace, an enterprise service provided by Facebook, a total of 1,958 compliments were shared by employees. When employees donated their prize money for making compliments, the Group additionally donated the matching amount of money.

‘Global Ward’ –
A Study Group for Global Knowledge

The first step in capturing the global market is establishing a deep understanding of different regions around the world. 'Global Ward' is an internal, self-driven study group, developing the understanding of the global market and accumulating the big data on respective countries and regions. In 2019, a total of 179 employees grouped into 18 teams participated in the program, suggesting and learning diverse subjects. As a result, Amorepacific Group procured a unique, valuable knowledge on global trends and markets.

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179 employees grouped into 18 teams participated in the Global Ward program

An Inclusive Workplace without Barriers

Everyone has rights to pursue their own dreams, and any disability shall not be an obstacle. Through 'WeDream' program, Amorepacific Group hires disabled employees, who are often isolated from the job market, and support their economic independence. They work with confidence as packaging workers at the Amore Beauty Park and health keepers at LAON, the in-house massage center. In 2019, the Group developed additional job positions, with the launch of a car washing business 'CarOn'. 'WeDream' was awarded "Workplace of the Year" by the minister of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and "the citation of excellence in employing disabled persons" by Gyeonggi-do.

innisfree improved diversity of workplace under the slogan of 'Working Together at innisfree,' hiring six employees with severe disabilities as gardeners and nail artists. Female employees with severe hearing disabilities were hired as nail artists at innisfree’s corporate welfare facility 'inninail.' Service fees paid by innisfree employees were donated to Autism Society of Korea. In addition, 'inninail Outreach' by nail artists of inninail provided hand care services and 'My Valuable Self - Beauty Class' gave skincare and makeup classes to people with developmental disabilities, supporting them to lead more confident lives.

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Employee Engagement

In order to create an organizational culture where everyone enjoys their work and are be creative, Amorepacific Group conducts annual Engagement Surveys. Since 2017, the assessment model was improved by revising certain criteria and specifying the definition of engagement to understand the level of employees’ engagement more practically. Through the assessment, Amorepacific Group comprehends the direction of improvements and reflect them in overall business activities.

Engagement Survey Results

Category Amorepacific Group Amorepacific
2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019
Engagement (%) 46.6 48.2 45.5 42.0 45.1 41.5

Support for the Pregnants and Parents

Amorepacific Group operates the ‘Care for Expectant Moms’ program to create a working environment better for the pregnants. The program promotes shortened working hours prenatal testing during working hours, and compliance to no excessive working hours. The program also provides ergonomic chairs, footrests and radiation shielding blankets to help relieve physical discomfort of the pregnants and stretch mark creams and supplements for the pregnants to stay healthy.
Furthermore, we encourage the parents of newborns to use parental leave and we also operate on-site daycare centers at Amorepacific headquarters, Amore Future Park, and Amore Beauty Park. The Group also implemented maternity and parental leaves according to laws and regulations of respective country, including shortened working hours during the early years of parenting.

Parental Leave Status (Domestic)

Category Amorepacific Group Amorepacific
2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2019
Number of Employees Using Parental Leave 289 289 321 259 248 273
Return-to-work Rate After Parental Leave (%) 99.0 92.4 96.4 98.8 92.2 97.3
One-year Retention Rate After Returning to Work (%) 84.3 84.9 81.4 84.6 83.1 80.2

Support of Health and Well-being

Category Key Programs
Stress Management - AP-Severance Clinic: Autonomous nervous system examination (stress test) and mental health clinic
- Happy Life Consulting: Psychological counseling service operated regardless of time and space, through face-to-face/phone/bulletin board
Healthy Working Environment - Management of lighting, noise, air quality, humidity and temperature to create an ergonomic working environment
Physical Health Training - On-site fitness centers and healing facilities
Health Support - AP-Severance Clinic not only provides general diagnosis but also operates vaccination, nutrition counseling, gynecology, and otorhinolaryngology. The clinic also operates physiotherapy and manipulative therapy facilities for muscoskeletal treatments.
- Post-examination care service for employees with potential health risk in the results of medical examinations.
- Operation of health fund and no-smoking fund
- Success rate of health fund in 2019: 42%