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Cheil Worldwide | Sustainability Performance

https://www.cheil.com/cz

Provides marketing and advertising services with a digital and creative focus.

1973

South Korea

5,001 - 10,000 employees

Marketing & Advertising

$1B - 10B in revenue

$100M - 500M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#9187
Overall
#110
in South Korea
#88
in Marketing & Advertising

Sustainability Maturity

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Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

102 out of 106

Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversityClimate risk
Social
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and Exclusions
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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Female employees

48% 2024
Laggard

Externalities

109.4K $, 2024
Critical

Market cap

1.9T $, 2026▼0.3% YoY

Revenue

4.3T $, 2024▼4.7% YoY

Intensity


Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Industry Benchmark

7.4

B/M 28.8


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Female employees

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Share of female employees (%)

25
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75
100
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Controversy level


Very Low
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  • Cheil Worldwide Inc, Korean major advertising agency (Samsung Group affiliated 25%+), has faced sustained Korean FTC enforcement scrutiny over the contested 2024 sustained share price volatility amid Korean discretionary advertising customer demand normalization affecting Korean institutional shareholders, plus periodic class actions over alleged inadequate disclosure of Samsung Group relatedparty transactions affecting Korean institutional minority shareholders amid Samsung Group governance complexity.
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Carbon emissions breakdown

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Climate risk

OverallAcuteChronic
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57Moderate
$306.6Bestimated revenue at risk
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Biodiversity loss in km²

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Biodiversity loss in CO2e

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Potential species loss

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Biodiversity impact

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Water management

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Air pollution

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Externalities

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Market cap

1.9T $, 2026▼0.3% YoY

Revenue

4.3T $, FY2024▼4.7% YoY

EBITDA

349.1B $, FY2024▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

7% Industry: 11▲0.7% YoY

P/E ratio

8.3 Industry: 18▲24.4% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$4.3TFY2024 revenue

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Margin trends


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Free cashflow

307.4B 2024▼21.8% YoY

Capex

39.0B 2024▼32.9% YoY

Debt/equity ratio

0.1 Industry: 1▼NaN% YoY

Return on invested capital

13.0%FY2026

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


Analyst consensus vs actuals
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Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
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4.3K

▲ 2.8%

2022

4.1K

▼ 1.2%

2023

4.3K

▲ 0.6%

2024

5.0K

2028

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Environmental policy coverage

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6%
Independent Directors

2 out of 36 incl. management

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Overall score

73

Environment

99

Social

99

Governance

22

Exclusion screening

Adult content

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Alcoholic

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Animal testing

Not available

Firearms

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Tobacco

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Gambling

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Nuclear

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SDG impact

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Sustainability Report

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Not committed to key sustainability initiatives

Sustainability employees


Total sustainability employees

2-3


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