Galleria Department Store Joins Global Earth Hour Campaign to Turn Off Lights

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Galleria Department Store announced on the 25th that it will participate in the global lights-off campaign "2021 Earth Hour" organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature on the 27th.

Earth Hour is the world's largest nature conservation campaign started to raise awareness of the seriousness of climate change and environmental destruction and to create change. Every year, on the last Saturday of March, the whole world participates by turning off lights for one hour. It began in 2007 at the World Wide Fund for Nature's Australia headquarters and currently involves 7,000 cities in 188 countries and over 18,000 landmarks (such as Times Square, the Eiffel Tower, and Seoul Tower) participating to save energy.

Galleria, which has participated in the Earth Hour campaign annually at its Apgujeong luxury store, will expand participation to all its branches this year. All Galleria branches will turn off exterior lighting and reduce interior lighting by up to 90% for one hour starting at 8:30 PM on the 27th, actively joining the campaign.

A Galleria representative stated, "Through participation in this Earth Hour campaign, we actively support climate change policies," adding, "We will continue to play a leading role in ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) fields and pursue sustainable management based on proper values."

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