Jin Jaeseung, President of Yuhan-Kimberly, Joins UNGC Anti-Corruption Pledge

Pledge to Practice and Promote Anti-Corruption and Ethical Management
Commitment to Strengthen Corporate Competitiveness Based on ESG

Jin Jae-seung, President of Yuhan-Kimberly, joined the anti-corruption pledge at the 'BIS (Business Integrity Society) Summit 2021,' jointly hosted by the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Korea Association and the Korea Socially Responsible Investment Forum. Photo by Yuhan-Kimberly

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] More than 70 companies and organizations, including Yuhan-Kimberly, are joining a pledge to practice and spread anti-corruption ethical management in accordance with global standards.

On the 26th, Jin Jaeseung, CEO of Yuhan-Kimberly, participated in the anti-corruption pledge at the ‘BIS (Business Integrity Society) Summit 2021,’ jointly hosted by the UN Global Compact (UNGC) Korea Network and the Korea Socially Responsible Investment Forum. Through this, they promised to work together to strengthen corporate competitiveness based on ESG.

The UN Global Compact (UNGC) is a UN-led organization that proposes 10 principles for fulfilling social responsibilities such as anti-corruption, human rights, labor, and environment, and advocates voluntary implementation.

The anti-corruption pledge includes the following commitments: ▲ eradicating corruption and actively leading improvements in anti-corruption policies and systems to enhance corporate competitiveness ▲ managing corporate risks based on ESG to promote transparency and striving to build trust with stakeholders ▲ participating in joint efforts with governments, local governments, public institutions, companies, media, and civil society to create a fair and clean business environment.

Yuhan-Kimberly has been a member of the UNGC Korea Network since its founding in 2007 and has actively participated in its activities. CEO Jin Jaeseung serves as a director of the UNGC Korea Network.

Meanwhile, Yuhan-Kimberly has continuously made efforts to practice ethical and environmental management, and since 1984, through the ‘Our Rivers and Mountains Green Campaign,’ has planted and nurtured more than 54 million trees in national and public forests. Through public interest projects such as discovering beautiful forests, establishing forest schools, creating coexistence forests for carbon neutrality, forest restoration projects in border areas, and establishing the Mongol Yuhan-Kimberly Forest, the company is actively responding to global climate change.

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