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Kakao | Sustainability & Chart

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Basic information on Kakao

Location: South Korea

Industry: Information & Telecommunications

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Impact Score

Description Kakao

Kakao is a South Korean technology company that operates mobile messaging, digital content, commerce, fintech, mobility, and other online platform services. Its core ecosystem centers on KakaoTalk and related consumer and business services.

Kakao Sustainability Performance

Renewable Energy
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Supply Chain
Waste Recycling
Sustainable [100]
Almost sustainable [67-99]
Moderate [34-66]
Not sustainable [0-33]
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We measure the sustainability of companies based on 12 criteria.Indicators range from 0 to 100: values from 0 to 33 are shown in red (“not sustainable”), values from 34 to 66 in yellow (“moderate”), values from 67 to 99 in light green (“almost sustainable”), and a value of 100 in green (“sustainable”). Learn more about our method.

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Sources of sustainability performance

MetricValueUnitYearPDF NamePDF Page
CEO Pay Ratio
CEO nameShina Chung2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf6
CEO-to-median-salary-ratio12,5Ratio2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf101
Employee Turnover Rate
Voluntary employee turnover5,7%2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf116
Glass Ceiling
Women in management32%2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf117
Number of employees3 922persons2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf116
Women in workforce1 736persons2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf116
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Number of employees3 922persons2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf116
Scope 1 emissions2 042tCO2eq2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf130
Scope 2 emissions, location based159 960tCO2eq2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf130
Harassment and Discrimination at the Workplace
Confidentiality mechanismsYes2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf108
Anti-discrimination policyYes2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf78
Incident notification mechanismYes2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf72
Retaliation safeguardsYes2025Daum_Eng_ethics.pdf9
Renewable Energy
Total renewable energy consumption11,5%2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf126
Supply Chain
Scope 1 emissions2 042tCO2eq2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf130
Number of employees3 922persons2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf116
Scope 2 emissions, location based159 960tCO2eq2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf130
Scope 3 emissions65 330tCO2eq2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf132
Union Formation and Collective Bargaining Power
Collective bargaining agreements coverage100%2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf119
Recycling and Recovery of Waste
Waste recycled460metric tons2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf115
Total waste generation644metric tons2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf115
Women on Board
Supervisory board size8people2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf121
Women on supervisory board4people2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf121
Women in Management
Women in management32%2025Kakao_SustainabilityReport2025_EN.pdf117
Note: The PDF pages given here refer to the page in the PDF document, which is not necessarily the one found in the footer of the page. For example, page 10 is the 10th page in the document, even if it is labeled as page 8.

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