2023 New Year’s Greetings by SK CEOs

Ushering in 2023, the Year of the Black Rabbit, Chairman Chey Tae-won shared the New Year’s message, sending his greetings and sharing the overall direction of SK for the year. Chairman Chey Tae-won commented on the importance of the values that are to be protected in order to overcome the challenges of the tough business environment. “The future will be on our side if we take them as an opportunity to reorganize our management system while reflecting on our important values,” said the chairman, encouraging everyone. Echoing the need to re-build the financial stories in order to earn the trust of society, leaders of SK companies also shared their New Year’s messages, expressing their hopes for 2023.

“Companies that can offer solutions to address issues such as climate change, diseases, and poverty will be chosen by mankind,” said Chairman Chey Tae-won in his message. “The competitive advantage of a company will be the scale and depth of the relationship that it has with its stakeholders and the extent of their trust in the company.” In addition, Chairman Chey Tae-won also emphasized that “happiness matters to [him] even though it may be a sensitive topic to discuss during these challenging times,” making a commitment to “staying close by [SK People] to create more opportunities to grow happiness for all and continue to build a system where [SK People] have a voice, which will be heard and reflected in management.”

CEOs of member companies echoed Chairman Chey Tae-won’s message by emphasizing the importance of happiness of SK People—the ultimate goal of business management of SK—and proposed measures to respond to the uncertainties in the global economy. Analysis of the messages suggests the following keywords: phrases such as relationship, financial story, global, and ESG encapsulate the key topics in business management that SK Group pursues while trust, growth, and overcoming challenges stood out as expressions of hope for greater happiness of SK stakeholders. Please continue to read the New Year’s messages of SK member companies.