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Hanwha Group, the nation’s ninth-largest business conglomerate by assets, is stepping up its corporate social responsibility in China.
Its latest plan to install a 30-kilowatt solar power generation facility on the rooftop of Hope School in Qinghai province reflects its CSR philosophy, which revolves around a campaign it calls the Hanwha Happy Sunshine Project.
“Our actions are based on our chairman’s beliefs that it’s better to go farther together than faster alone,” said Nam Seong-woo, head of Hanwha SolarOne, the solar power generation unit of the business group. He vowed continued efforts to contribute to Chinese society.
Its latest plan to install a 30-kilowatt solar power generation facility on the rooftop of Hope School in Qinghai province reflects its CSR philosophy, which revolves around a campaign it calls the Hanwha Happy Sunshine Project.
“Our actions are based on our chairman’s beliefs that it’s better to go farther together than faster alone,” said Nam Seong-woo, head of Hanwha SolarOne, the solar power generation unit of the business group. He vowed continued efforts to contribute to Chinese society.
On Tuesday, executives of Hanwha Group and its Chinese operation signed an agreement with officials at the China Youth Development Foundation office in Beijing to finance the installation of the power facility at the Qinghai school.
Last year, Hanwha sponsored a program to install 30-kilowatt solar panels and a power generation facility on the rooftop of an elementary school in Hubei province. The schools receiving such support are mostly underprivileged institutes that lack basic resources.
The Happy Sunshine Project was launched in 2011 and mainly involves using solar power to carry out its corporate social responsibility programs.
Elsewhere around the world, Hanwha Q Cells last year installed 640 modules on the 1,000-square-meter rooftop of the Davos Congress Center in Switzerland, where the annual World Economic Forum is held. Hanwha later donated the modules to the center in line with its dedication to environmentally friendly green growth.
In July 2012, SolarOne installed solar power generators in the Baijitan desert in the Ningxia Autonomous Region to produce electricity for a plant nursery.
“This was introduced as the first good example of how solar power could be used to fight desertification,” said Hanwha spokesperson Kwon Young-sam, stressing that the company would continue to serve as an advocate for global issues.
At home, Hanwha has installed panels and generators at 86 special facilities since 2011. SolarOne is planning to sponsor installations at up to 30 more care facilities this year.
By Bae Ji-sook (baejisook@heraldcorp.com)
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Articles by Korea Herald
