SK Gas Ltd

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Direct Lobbying Transparency

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	SK Gas provides a strong level of transparency around its climate-policy lobbying. It names two distinct government measures it has engaged on – the Ministry of Environment’s “Expansion of charging infrastructure for eco-friendly vehicles (electric vehicles, hydrogen vehicles)” and the 2023 “Restriction on the Use of Diesel Vehicles” – and links its activities to the March 2021 Memorandum of Understanding to establish LPG-hydrogen complex charging stations in the Seoul metropolitan area, allowing the reader to clearly identify the policies involved. The company also explains how it seeks to influence those measures: it signed an MOU with the Ministry of Environment, collaborated with the Korea LPG Association and the Korea Federation of Small Businesses, and helped launch subsidy schemes such as the “LPG Truck Purchase Support Project” and the “LPG Hope Charging Fund,” all of which explicitly name the Ministry as the target of engagement. Finally, SK Gas is explicit about the outcomes it is pursuing, aiming to “build more than 50 hydrogen charging stations by the end of the year,” provide subsidies of “3 million won” to help small business owners replace old diesel vehicles with LPG trucks, and promote wider adoption of alternative-fuel vehicles as a cost-effective way to cut greenhouse-gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. By detailing specific policies, the channels and partners through which it lobbies, and the concrete results it wants to see, the company demonstrates a high degree of openness about its climate-related lobbying activity.	3

Lobbying Governance

Overall Assessment	Comment	Score
Strong	SK Gas has established a structured governance process for ensuring that its policy engagement aligns with its decarbonization strategy, with the Board of Directors endorsing its initiatives, as “the BOD deliberated on and decided to implement the decarbonization business transformation, and the aforementioned engagement activities were also finally decided by the BOD Based on the strategic direction, and the relevant organization regularly reports on the progress thereof.” Oversight is further embedded in the Board’s ESG Committee, which “정기적/비정기적으로 기후변화 대응 및 관리 계획을 모니터링하고 이행 상황을 검토하여 향후 계획을 논의하고 있으며, 결과를 이사회에 보고하게 됩니다,” thereby subjecting both direct lobbying with the Ministry of Environment and indirect engagement through bodies like the LPG Association to formal review. SK Gas also affirms that it has “promoted engagement activities directly/indirectly influence national climate-related policy” and confirms “Yes” when asked if it maintains a public position linking its engagement to the goals of the Paris Agreement. However, the company does not disclose a dedicated, transparent audit or third-party review of its lobbying or detailed criteria for assessing its association memberships, and while it references regular reporting “by the relevant organization,” it does not specify the mechanisms for monitoring or evaluating the alignment of its policy advocacy beyond board approval.	3