Samsung, SK Hynix Dim Lights, Discourage Driving in Energy Push

South Korea’s biggest conglomerates, led by Samsung and SK, have rolled out a series of energy-saving steps, from turning off office lights to limiting when employees can drive to work as part of nationwide efforts to respond to the fallout from the Iran war.

Samsung Electronics Co. and its affiliates said they will implement a 10-day system under which access to staff parking will be restricted on dates that match the final number of vehicle license plates. For example, drivers with plates ending in ‘7’ won’t be able to drive to work on the 7th, 17th and 27th of the month. The move follows a government-imposed 5-day rule for the public sector, where plates ending in a 1 or 6 will be banned from the roads on Monday, 2 or 7 on a Tuesday and so on.