SG Signs Business Agreement with Seo-gu Office of Incheon Metropolitan City to Improve Air Quality
[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Hyowon] SG, the No.1 company in the asphalt concrete (Ascon) industry, announced on the 4th that it held a 'Joint Project Agreement Ceremony for Eco-friendly Ascon Facilities' with Seo-gu Office of Incheon Metropolitan City.
The agreement ceremony held on the 2nd was the first-ever joint public-private project in Korea for eco-friendly Ascon facilities, aimed at protecting residents' health rights and building an eco-friendly city image through improving air quality in Seo-gu, Incheon.
Through this agreement, Seo-gu Office will support sample analysis and measurement by providing air pollution measurement vehicles and professional personnel it owns and operates, while SG will continuously promote facility research and development using its specialized personnel for Ascon environmental facilities.
In addition, SG plans to link this to social contribution projects by providing the developed technology free of charge to small businesses within Seo-gu and donating a portion of the profits from research and development.
Park Changho, CEO of SG, said, "Through this business agreement, Seo-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City will become the best exemplary case nationwide following the revision of the Air Environment Conservation Act," adding, "We hope this joint project will become a role model for improving the air environment in the Ascon industry and the most successful environmental improvement case among local governments in Korea."
Ascon is an essential SOC project supporting urban infrastructure such as road construction, maintenance, housing development, airport runways, and port facilities, but it is also a major cause of air pollution emitting Group 1 carcinogens.
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SG, having operated Ascon businesses for a long time in Seo-gu, Incheon, where Ascon plants are most densely concentrated nationwide, developed the eco-friendly Ascon facility EGR+ (Exhaust Gas Recycling) that meets the Ministry of Environment's emission standards for specific air hazardous substances as a result of research for residents' health and eco-friendly city construction.
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