▲ Students in SK Happy Cooking School are taking courses from a professional chef in Youngsan-Gu, Seoul.

The focus of the social contribution of the SK Group is ‘a system for living together’, which creates a win-win situation in the whole society. To do this, SK Group has offered talented individuals education opportunities and financial aid, and it also supports social corporations.

Organizing several foundations including the Happy Sharing Foundation, the Korean High-Education Foundation, and the Miso Financial Foundation, SK Group is actively participating in various activities. For example, it provides vocational education for vulnerable social groups, and it does business for mutual prosperity among large enterprises and small-medium enterprises.

In particular, SK Group is aligning with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) to organize the Social Entrepreneur MBA to educate and nurture social entrepreneurs. About twenty students are participating in the Social Entrepreneur MBA.

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