KOMIPO has developed social responsibility activities to generate happiness when it goes abroad.

“Power is a necessity for life of people, and without it people cannot be happy. Generating happiness is tied to our core business,” KOMIPO CEO Choi Pyeong-rak said.

When KOMIPO goes abroad, the company seeks out such activities to deliver its corporate value to local people as part of its global corporate citizenship program. Following a series of discussions, the power generation company developed elementary school building projects in rural areas in Indonesia with support from the official development program of the Korea International Corporation Academy. 

“We believed children’s education is key in advancing their quality of life and making people happy in Indonesia,” Choi said.

On Nov. 22 last year, KOMIPO opened the first KOMIPO Elementary School in the Grobogan region on Java Island, Indonesia.

The school opening followed the company’s official launch of its thermal power plant in neighboring Crebon on Oct. 18.

In the opening ceremony, Choi said, “I hope KOMIPO will contribute to not only by generating power but also lighting the dreams of Indonesian children, both of which are tied to advancing people’s happiness.”

KOMIPO broke ground to build the second KOMIPO elementary school in the same region last April.

The company also launched a small hydro power plant construction project last September in partnership with a local nongovernmental agency named IBEKA to support electricity supply for the poor in Indonesia.

By Seo Jee-yeon (jyseo@heraldcorp.com)