SK Hynix—SK Hynix cut daily water use by average 170,000 tons in 2025, exceeding its cumulative water-savings target
SK Hynix's 2025 sustainability disclosures showed the company saved an average of 170,000 tons of water daily at its domestic plants in 2025, enough for roughly 550,000 people, through a water and wastewater reduction task force running since 2018. Cumulative water savings reached 303.37 million tons through 2025 against a 264 million-ton target, with water reuse up 54% to 73.59 million tons from 47.88 million tons in 2022. SK Hynix said it plans to raise its cumulative savings target to 329 million tons in 2026.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Sustainability | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.273 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (low ×0.5) × confidence (0.55)
Evidence (1 signal)
Seoul Economic Daily: Samsung, SK Hynix cut chip water use by 500,000 tons a day combined
Seoul Economic Daily reported SK Hynix saved an average 170,000 tons of water daily in 2025 and exceeded its cumulative water-savings target (303.37 million tons vs. a 264 million-ton goal), citing company sustainability disclosures and a water/wastewater reduction task force running since 2018.