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▲ A list of South Korean companies among the world's top sustainable growth companies for 2025. You can check the names of SL, Sebang Battery and Kia Motors. (photo = Time magazine website)SL, Sebang, and HL Mando were selected as the "2025 World's Best Companies in Sustainable Growth 2025" announced by U.S. weekly magazine TIME and data company Statista.According to Time magazine's world's top sustainable growth company in 2025, six Korean companies were listed in the Automotive Industry & Suppliers category on the 1st.The world's top sustainable growth company in 2025 was created to select the top 500 companies that showed outstanding performance in sustainable development while maintaining strong financial health. Time and Statista evaluated a company's sales growth, financial safety, and environmental impact.Time magazine explained that the companies selected as the world's top sustainable growth companies showed low carbon emissions, low water consumption, waste generation rates, and high eco-friendly energy use.The company with the highest score was SL. SL scored 81.64 out of 100, ranking 117th overall. SL is developing eco-friendly materials, and in 2022, the Sustainable Management Committee was established to disclose ESG management strategies and achievements every year.Following SL, Sebang scored 79.08 points. Sebang was ranked 189th overall. After Sebang, Kia Motors (77.08 points), Hyundai Mobis (76.33 points), HL Mando (74.68 points), and Hankook Tire (71.22 points).A total of 23 Korean companies were included in the world's top sustainable growth companies for 2025. JYP Entertainment received the highest evaluation. JYP Entertainment ranked third with 93.66 points. Samsung Biologics, LG Electronics, Hanwha Aerospace, SL, and Kolmar Korea were also listed at the top.An official from Time magazine said, "There is a reason why investing is more important than 'It's just a good thing'," adding, "Ultimately, no economy can thrive without a healthy environment."

[On the 23rd, Good Neighbors Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters held a donation ceremony with SL Co., Ltd. / Provided by Good Neighbors Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters]Support for growth kits and scholarships in Daegu and Gyeongsan regionsOn the 23rd, Good Neighbors' Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters announced that it held a donation ceremony of 50 million won with support for growth kits and scholarships for 300 children from low-income families in Daegu and Gyeongsan.The "Share Love Kit," a growth kit, consisted of 11 types, including girl sanitary pads, and 9 types, including physical activity products for boys, and was produced by 45 SL executives and employees participating in packaging activities. In addition, the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters of Good Neighbors plans to pay a total of 5 million won for "Love Sharing Scholarship" to families with poor economic conditions based on SL donations.Since 2022, SL has been producing and delivering love sharing kits for children from low-income families every year, and plans to support low-income children's health rights twice a year in the future.Kim Sung-min, head of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk regional division of Good Neighbors, said, "We sincerely thank SL, a representative company in the region, for its continued support and service with deep interest in children's health rights. We hope that our region will become a leading region in the sharing culture as more and more companies share happiness as good neighbors like SL."SL Chairman Lee Chung-gon said, "We are happy to continue to practice sharing to children in need in the region through Good Neighbors," adding, "We will always support children to grow up healthy and happy in the process of growth."Good Neighbors Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters is carrying out domestic welfare projects and child rights advocacy projects, and is working with the government, local governments and companies to solve various problems in the community and promote children's rights. Companies wishing to participate in sharing in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region can contact Good Neighbors Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters (+82-053-427-5147).

[SL's representative product "Road Projection" / courtesy of SL Co., Ltd.]SL will participate in the "2024 Korea Future Auto & Mobility Expo 2024 (hereinafter DIFA 2024)", which will open on October 23, to present a corporate history view that can see the history of 70 years of growth at a glance.SL, which has grown for more than half a century mainly in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, has continued the domestic auto parts industry, and plans to introduce its technological innovation and achievements to general consumers through participation in this exhibition.An SL official said, "We would like to introduce the products of each business unit representing 'past-present-future' under the theme of the history view containing the company's growth story, reflect on the company's current performance through the story contained in it, and look at the future vision," adding, "This exhibition will be an opportunity to share SL's 70-year growth story and present a future vision."At DIFA 2024, SL, a leader in automotive lighting, will showcase a near-field road projection concept that expands safety, design, and functionality simultaneously.An SL official said, "The future autonomous vehicles will become more intelligent with intelligent and electric technology, making independent decisions and communicating with their surroundings in real time. For this, an intelligent lighting system that interacts between vehicles, pedestrians, and other vehicles is essential.""SL displayed concept vehicles equipped with the technology at the booth, reproducing the actual operation of projecting clear and intuitive lighting on the road surface, so that visitors could experience the technology firsthand," he added.The SL exhibition booth at DIFA 2024 will also reveal LiDAR products under development in collaboration with SOSLAB.An SL official said, "Instead of installing a separate LiDAR sensor for self-driving, we will introduce a product integrated into the headlamp. Through this, we will introduce technology that improves the durability of sensors, extended detection range, and sensor cleaning functions, and present solutions for the era of self-driving."In addition, SL's innovative technology and product lineup to lead the automotive parts industry in the electrification era of BMS (Battery Management System), SBCM (Side Body Control Module), and LiDAR Sensor can be seen.Meanwhile, SL, founded in 1954, is a global company that has been focusing on producing automobile parts for the past 70 years, and has led the automobile industry through various lamps, shift levers, mirrors, front end modules (FEM), and battery management systems (BMS). It is recognized for its excellent technology and quality by supplying parts to leading automakers in the world, including Hyundai and Kia, GM, Ford, Stellantis, Renault, and BMW.In the era of electrification, SL has announced a new vision of 'premium value innovation' in 2023, and is striving to exchange technologies and develop new technologies in many ways to become the No. 1 global auto parts company.

Industrial Bank of Korea(hereinafter "the IBK") (President Kim Sung-tae) announced on May 23 that it has signed a 'mutual growth agreement' for win-win support for partner suppliers with SL Corporation(hereinafter "SL")(Chairman Lee Choong-Kon) at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Headquarters of IBK.With this agreement, the IBK and SL will create a fund worth KRW 20 billion to provide low-interest mutual growth cooperative loans to SL's 1st and 2nd tier partner suppliers.The loan limit is up to KRW 500 million per company, and the loan interest rate is automatically reduced by 2.04%p (points) per year, and up to 3.44%p can be reduced by additionally reducing up to 1.40%p depending on the transaction contribution and credit rating.Hanyoung Kim, President of SL expressed gratitude to the IBK for helping to set up the Win-Win Growth Fund and reduce interest rates, and said, “I am delighted to be able to participate in the support policy for 2nd and 3rd tier suppliers promoted by Hyundai Motor Company, our customer.” expressed his feelings.An official from the IBK said, "We hope that this agreement will help spread win-win management between mid-sized and small businesses."Meanwhile, SL is a global auto parts company based in Daegu and ranked 74th in the global auto parts company ranking by U.S. auto magazine Automotive News last year and Chairman Lee Choong-Kon was named the " Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame" by the IBK in 2005.

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[Renault Korea 2021 Supplier of the Year 'R&D Award']Renault Korea Motors held the ‘2022 Supplier Conference’ at the Paradise Hotel in Busan on the 27th to seek active cooperation from suppliers for the successful development of new eco-friendly vehicles and to award excellent suppliers.At the 2022 Supplier Conference, which was attended by around 150 suppliers, Renault Korea explained the progress of Renault Group's management strategy and the group's mid- to long-term plans, and shared Renault Korea's performance and management plans. had a seatAt the ‘2021 Partner of the Year’ award ceremony, which culminated the event, awards were given in a total of 5 categories to 6 excellent partners who made great contributions to Renault Korea’s R&D and production last year. SL won the ‘R&D Award’ (R&D) was honored.

SL was selected as the ‘GM Supplier of the Year Awards’ by General Motors.At this awards ceremony, which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, credit was given to 134 companies from 15 countries that had achieved excellent results in various fields such as technology leadership, quality level, service enhancement, and cost reduction among GM's more than 20,000 suppliers worldwide. congratulatedSL has been awarded this award 25 times since being selected as an excellent partner of GM for the first time in 1997, and is growing into a major global partner of GM in lamps and electrification products.

[23rd GM SOY Award]SL was selected as the ‘GM Supplier of the Year Awards’ by General Motors.The awards ceremony was held online due to the global pandemic.At this awards ceremony, which celebrated its 28th anniversary this year, among more than 20,000 GM suppliers around the world, 116 companies in 15 countries were given recognition for their achievements in various fields, such as technology leadership, quality level and service enhancement, and cost reduction. .SL has been awarded this award 23 times since being selected as an excellent supplier of GM for the first time in 1997, and is growing into a major global partner of GM in lamp and chassis products.