Samsung said on Wednesday it held its 2026 Sharing Day event at the DSR Tower at Samsung Electronics' Hwaseong site. The event shared the results of donations, blood drives and volunteering from Sharing Week, which ran for two weeks from Nov. 2. Samsung also held for the first time a donation handover ceremony for Sharing Store, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme involving labour and management and local shops.

About 108,000 employees from 23 affiliates took part in South Korea through donations, blood donation and volunteering during this year's Sharing Week, the company said. Samsung Electronics launched its blood donation campaign in 1996, and about 450,000 employees have taken part over 30 years. Since 2022, it has delivered blood donation buses through donations from executives' special incentive payments and produced 20 buses through this year. It plans to donate a total of 40 buses. A special fundraiser through a "Sharing Kiosk" raised 300 million won to sponsor 20 children.

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday presented CSR Awards to employees who excelled in sharing activities. Jun Young-hyun (전영현), vice chairman and CEO of the DS Division, and Roh Tae-moon (노태문), president and CEO of the DX Division, took part in volunteering for 3 days and 7 days, respectively. About 156,000 Samsung employees are also taking part in a donation-pledge campaign that runs throughout November, and the company matches the pledged amount one-to-one.

Sharing Store is a programme in which when employees use designated restaurants and cafes near business sites, the shop donates part of its sales to support children and teenagers in vulnerable groups. The structure is such that as use increases, sales and donations grow together. It is operated by 22 business sites at 17 affiliates including Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Samsung Display and Samsung SDI, and 370 shops are taking part in Suwon, Hwaseong, Gwangju, Gumi and Pyeongtaek, among other places.

Park Yong-in (박용인), president and head of Samsung Electronics' System LSI Business, said: "I expect that Sharing Store, which grows together with local communities, will become another successful CSR model that spreads a culture of mutual growth based on local communities." He added: "Samsung will continue various CSR activities by exerting positive influence together with local communities."