aT Responsible for 'Safe Food,' Collaborates with 1.2 Million Consumers to Practice ESG Management

Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation Signs Business Agreement with Three Major Consumer Cooperatives

Kim Chun-jin, President of the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) (second from the left), announced on the 4th that he will work together with the heads of leading domestic consumer cooperatives to promote ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management. The photo shows the signing ceremony of the business agreement on the 2nd. From the left: Kim Young-hyang, President of Dure Cooperative, Kim Chun-jin, President of aT, Kim Jeong-hee, President of iCOOP, and Jo Wan-seok, Representative of Hansalim. (Photo by aT)

Kim Young-hyang, President of Dure Cooperative; Kim Chun-jin, President of Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation; Kim Jeong-hee, President of iCOOP Cooperative; Jo Wan-seok, Representative of Hansalim Union

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) announced on the 4th that it has decided to practice ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management in collaboration with Korea's representative consumer cooperatives, Dure Cooperative, iCOOP, and Hansalim. They also pledged to faithfully fulfill their primary mission of providing safe food to the public.

aT stated that it signed a business agreement with the three cooperatives on the 2nd at the aT Center in Seoul. They agreed to cooperate on supplying safe eco-friendly agricultural products, resource recycling and carbon reduction, and sharing eco-friendly social values.

To implement ESG management, the corporation will support collaborative funds for eco-friendly packaging materials. Customized cooperative projects for each institution will also be promoted. Specifically, projects include using paper packaging instead of vinyl packaging (Dure Cooperative), distributing eco-friendly paper-pack bottled water (iCOOP), and producing recycled insulated bags (Hansalim).

Kim Chunjin, President of aT, said, "We are pleased to cooperate with representative cooperatives that have 1.2 million members," adding, "Each institution will join forces to provide safe food to our people and do its best to practice ESG management.”

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