In February 2023, we announced the Samsung Electronics Global Human Rights Principles (hereafter referred to as the Policy), which outline our commitment to uphold human rights in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The Policy reflects our commitment to uphold all human rights, in line with international human rights standards, to prevent human rights violations, and provide effective remedies to those who may suffer harm as a result of our business activities. The Policy provides a framework for the implementation of our commitment to uphold human rights. The Policy includes our due diligence approach and covers our salient human rights risks, and is applied to our stakeholders, employees, suppliers, and business partners.
Samsung Electronics conducts annual human rights training for employees to ensure they understand their rights and respect human rights in all aspects of business activities. Samsung Electronics believes that building and strengthening employee capacities plays an important role in proactively identifying, preventing, and mitigating potential human rights issues across the value chain.
In 2018, we started human rights training for employees. In 2020, we developed a training system targeting different groups and teamed up with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) to create training content for each employee group. As a next step, we worked with internal experts to further develop different training programs that target all employees, employees assigned to human rights duties, and human rights champions.
We conduct annual employee human rights training at global DX Division business sites, which include production, sales and research units. Office-based workers receive online training, while employees at production sites are trained offline in the relevant local languages with programs featuring local examples. In 2025, 97.5% of our employees completed the training, with the completion rate for online and offline training at 95.6% and 100%, respectively.
In 2021, we introduced human rights training for employees who are closely involved in human rights duties at relevant departments: People, Security, Workplace Solution, and Procurement. Recognizing the critical importance of the supply chain, we have implemented a regular annual program specifically for procurement staff.
In response to the growing international expectations to strengthen human rights due diligence, we expanded our training in 2025 to include HR and due diligence managers at our overseas manufacturing and sales sites and research centers. The curriculum focused on risk mitigation strategies identified during the 2024 regional Human Rights Risk Assessments (HRRA) and provided actionable guidance for the effective implementation of our human rights policies.
Human rights training for human rights champions has been conducted since 2020 with the goal of integrating human rights into each subsidiary’s business activities. About 70 human rights champions from global sites also serve as human rights trainers in their respective subsidiaries in the fields of HR, employee relations, compliance, and learning & development. They identify potential human rights risks that may arise at their business sites, interact with other human rights champions from other subsidiaries, and advise each other on their activities. In 2025, the champions received training led by ILO experts on implementing the ILO MNE Declaration, including freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. The session also covered ILO Convention No. 190 on eliminating violence and harassment.
Additionally, Samsung Electronics hosts a Global Human Rights Workshop for employees assigned to human rights duties at major departments at the Suwon Head Office and in departments of People, Legal, and Compliance across our global subsidiaries. Launched in 2024, this workshop aims to strengthen human rights awareness and capabilities, foster cross-departmental learning and cooperation, and ensure operational consistency and collaboration between the Suwon Head Office and our global sites. The 2025 program covered our due diligence and HRRA methodologies, stakeholder engagement activities, and the management and training of external and in-house suppliers. Notable attendees included the Head of our People Team and Celeste Drake, Deputy Director-General of the ILO, who delivered presentations emphasizing the importance of respecting workers' rights throughout all business operations.