PHNOM PENH: Hyundai Motor Group held an inauguration ceremony for its latest Dream Center in Cambodia, which looks to provide vocational training to youths in underdeveloped regions.
The new training centre is part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts and is the third of its kind.
The largest automaker in South Korea, together with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), had previously opened such centres in Ghana and Indonesia since 2013.
The company has also indicated that it has plans to open one centre annually in other Asian and African nations.
Last month, the South Korean automaker donated 21 of its Starex-based ambulances to the United Nations (UN) in support of its Global Ebola Response activities in Liberia, West Africa.
The vehicles have been equipped with respirators, oxygen tanks and other medical kits
Furthermore, the company also launched its ‘Hyundai Green Zone’ as part of its environmental CSR activity.
Its first phase was previously launched in 2008, which looked to convert 50 million square metres of salt desert in Chakanor, Neimenggu, China into grassland – a process that took six years.
The second phase will take place in Zhenlan Qi, 300km north of Beijing, and together with EcoPeace Asia, Hyundai plans to create 40 million square metres of grassland over the next five years.
Upon completion of the second project, Hyundai will return the land to the local government of Zhenglan Qi.
The project will hire local employees as well as send its ‘Happy Move Global Youth Volunteers’ – the group’s university student volunteer group.
China Corporate Social Responsibility International Forum chose Hyundai Motor Group as the most responsible company for four consecutive years since 2011.
