<Korea’s Representative Sustainable Management Company Awards_ESG Awards> 

In January 2020, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management company, declared that they will actively reflect ESG by “excluding companies that generate more than 25% of revenue from fossil fuels from their investment portfolios.” ESG refers to the non-financial evaluation criteria of companies represented by environmentally-friendly (Environment), social responsibility (Social), and governance transparency (Governance). In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate environment issue has become the biggest social issue affecting corporate management, and the importance of ESG management is on the rise.

ESG Awards are awarded to companies that maintain top-level ESG management in a rapidly changing business environment, that have fulfilled their responsibilities and roles as sustainable management companies and become exemplars for other companies. The Korea Green Foundation, Deloitte Anjin LLC, and Sustainable power plants(Who’s good) evaluate the ESG performance of domestic companies and award to outstanding companies. The winners of the first ESG Awards were selected by Samsung SDS (IT), LG Household & Healthcare (Manufacturing), Handok (Bio/Healthcare), and SK Telecom (Telecommunications).

<The First ESG Leadership Program jointly organized
by the Korea Green Foundation and Maeil Business News Korea>

 Following the climate change and the virus that humankind experienced last year, ESG regulations are already moving faster and more specifically in developed countries.

This program begins on March 25th and is designed to establish an ESG standardization model that has solid mid- to long-term goals and strategies with the government, businesses, and experts. Furthermore, it will form a network to solve various environmental and social problems such as climate change.