aT Supports Vacation Expenses for Employees of ESG Management Agreement Companies

At the ESG Management Declaration Ceremony on April 28, (from left) Seo Gwon-jae, Chairman of the aT Labor Union, Kim Chun-jin, President of aT, Park Seok-bae, Auditor of aT, and Wi Ji-yeon, CEO of Cheongsanbada, are taking a commemorative photo.

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyunjung] The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) is launching a vacation expense support program for ESG partner companies to improve the vacation culture of agro-fisheries food companies and contribute to revitalizing the stagnant local economy.

The Worker Vacation Support Project, in which aT participates, is a program led by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism where small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) workers pay 200,000 KRW, and the company and government each support 100,000 KRW, totaling 400,000 KRW to be used for domestic travel expenses. In this program, aT covers the SME’s contribution fee on their behalf.

In particular, this year, priority support is provided to 50 employees of partner companies that joined the ESG management declaration held in April, contributing to the spread of ESG management, with plans to continuously expand the program in the future. ESG management strengthens non-financial factors such as environment, society, and governance rather than traditional financial factors like net profit and operating profit, becoming a global corporate trend. Especially, the environment and social sectors are linked to the realization of social values such as safety and support for socially vulnerable groups, operated with public taxes by public enterprises.

Shin Hyungon, Vice President of aT, said, "We hope this support will help small and medium agro-fisheries food companies struggling with employee welfare," adding, "aT will take the lead in practicing social responsibility and the value of coexistence, which are core to ESG management, and will continuously strive to spread these values to partner companies."

Participation in this program is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until the 1st of next month through the Sangsaeng Nuri website, and selected partner company employees can use the support funds until November.

Prior to this, aT declared ESG management for the realization of sustainable agriculture and fisheries. At the declaration ceremony, aT stated that it will practice ESG management such as supporting sustainable agriculture and fisheries that save the planet (environmental management), securing happy food for the public made with farmers and fishermen (social responsibility), and becoming a transparent aT trusted by the public (governance).

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