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A company-wise voluntary forestation project run by the employees, Dong-A ST Forestation Project helps greenization of the Korea's border area and improve biodiversity. Starting its first campaign in Cheolwon-gun, Gangwon-do, Korea in the name of “Forest of Peace” in 2020, the Project is now greenizing a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Yeoncheon-gun, Gyeonggi-do, Korea since 2022, nearing Jaein Falls, a UNESCO Geopark. Greenizing a forest in Yeoncheon-gun is expected to improve biodiversity by creating habitats for honeybees and birds.

With more than 4,690 tons of waste drug emitted in Korea and the figure expected to grow to 6,700 tons by the end of 2025 as the society is aging over time, Dong-A Pharmaceutical and Yongma Logis in collaboration with Korean Pharmacy Association entered into a memorandum of understanding to run a campaign to improve waste drug collection management. The campaign comprises Dong-A Pharmaceutical’s collaboration with the local governments and regional pharmacy associations to distribute waste drug collection boxes, Yongma Logis’ collection of waste drugs from pharmacies and transportation of the collected waste drugs to the incineration plants, and the Association’s encouragement of individual pharmacists to help people bring out waste drugs to the pharmacies. The Campaign took its first step in October 2021 when Dong-A Pharmaceutical entered into a memorandum of understanding with Dangjin City Government in Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, followed by entering into another memorandum with Wonju City Government in Gangwon-do, Korea as the campaign is expanding its footprints across the nation.

Encouraging the middle school students who want to become an environment expert, Dong-A Socio Group has held annual ‘Love Environment, Love Life’ Campaign starting 2005. In the 5-day campaign, young adults learn what the environment can do for them spending time in the wild, while retreating themselves from the intense competition.

To encourage volunteers and support arts and culture communities, Dong-A Pharmaceutical has sponsored “Merry,” an arts and culture volunteer team, since 2020 and funded the Team’s voluntary and charity performance programs. In collaboration Korea Mecenat Association, Merry has planned numerous arts and culture performance programs that promote cultural diversities and social integration among children, young adults, citizens and the communities.

The Group’s One Company-One Army Camp Program sponsors the ROK Army bootcamp, Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon, The 51st Infantry Division, The Dong-Myung Unit in Lebanon, and Seoul Metropolitan Police the Third Squad by hosting consolation visit programs, civil-army collaboration event and, more importantly to soldiers, free bottles of Bacchus at the end of a march.

Since its first 6-class school decorated with the school florae of magnolia and pine tree established in 1954 to grow talents who ‘Learn Right and Live Honest,’ the Foundation took a bold step forward in the age of the former Chairman Kang Joong-hee (chaired in 1964) and the Group’s honorary chairman Kang Shin-ho (chaired in 1977) and has made its high school (Sangju High School) one of the most prominent high schools in the nation’s southeastern area. Focusing on both talent growth and humanistic education, the Foundation teams up the faculties to help students hone their creative talents, which the Foundation believes a sure way to contribute back to the local society.

n collaboration with bigWalk, a charity miles mobile application, the employees of Dong-A Socio Holdings held themselves ‘:D-style Walking’ campaign since 2021 to continue volunteering in the time of the pandemic while improving their health. With more than 4,983 employees took part in this biennial campaign as of 2023, the Group has donated the funds to volunteer programs that meet The 17 Goals of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

This annual campaign teams up each Dong-A Socio Group employee and an adult individual with a developmental disability to give the handicapped people an opportunity to go outside, as part of an effort to socially integrate and embrace handicapped people. Highlighting the campaign were its first program in 2018 to team up and visit the sites of 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang and visiting amusement parks in 2019.

Since 2009, Dong-A Socio Group joined the voluntary citizens from the local society to hold a charity bazaar where consumers buy the Group companies’ products cheaper and the local welfare society is funded to help low-income families and vulnerable group of people out.

In collaboration with Dongbu District Office of Education in Seoul, Dong-A Pharmaceutical has served breakfast, oral care products and health functional foods to the children, students and young adults living in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul to help prevent them from going school without a meal.