GKL Signs MOU with Korea Environment Corporation for 'My Own Bowl Usage Campaign'

Chae Ilsun, Director of Labor-Management Support at GKL (right), and Choi Seongsu, Director of Resource Circulation Management at Korea Environment Corporation, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing the agreement.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) announced on the 1st that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the "Use My Own Bowl Campaign" at the Korea Environment Corporation's Seoul Metropolitan Western Environment Headquarters in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the 31st of last month.

The "Use My Own Bowl Campaign" is a campaign encouraging consumers to use their own bowls when ordering takeout through delivery apps. Amid the recent surge in the use of disposable delivery containers due to COVID-19, this environmental movement is a joint effort by citizens, government, and companies to reduce the use of disposable products and plastics.

Currently, a total of eight organizations including GKL and 927 franchise stores have joined the campaign.

Going forward, GKL plans to promote and encourage participation in the "Use My Own Bowl Campaign" in the commercial districts around the three business locations where existing MOUs have been signed (Gangnam COEX branch, Gangbuk Hilton branch, Busan Lotte branch), as well as conduct promotional activities targeting foreign residents in Korea.

Jeon Byeong-geuk, Head of Innovation Management at GKL, stated, "We believe environmental protection is our duty for future generations," and added, "GKL will continue to strive for sustainable environmental conservation activities and the realization of social value as a public enterprise."

Last year, GKL established plans for environmental conservation and Green New Deal promotion, built a resource circulation system, and fostered an eco-friendly culture. It also strengthened monitoring and introduced environmental management to its investee company GKLWITH. As a result, it achieved reductions of ▲591.582 toe (toe = 10 million Kcal) in energy consumption ▲1,201.781 tCO2 (tons of carbon dioxide) in CO2 emissions ▲and attained a 100% green product purchase rate.

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