Gyeongnam Province, Realizing Carbon Neutrality through ESG Management Expansion

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jucheol In] Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 4th that it is recruiting participating companies for the second phase of the Sustainable Management (ESG) expansion project.

This project selects 30 companies with annual sales of over 10 billion KRW and supports consulting on about 100 ESG evaluation indicators.

The province explained that after conducting consulting for 12 medium-sized and small enterprises in July, the first among local governments nationwide, the satisfaction and utilization of participating companies were high, so they decided to expand the project.

The second phase project is jointly promoted with Gyeongnam Technopark, Korea Productivity Center, and NICE D&B. On-site consulting will be conducted until next month, and an evaluation report will be prepared in December.

Cho Hyun-jun, Director of the Industrial Innovation Bureau of the province, said, “The ESG second phase expansion project is being promoted to strengthen the competitiveness of corporate activities as environmental regulations are being tightened mainly in major export countries of domestic companies such as the EU and the United States.” He added, “As the realization of a carbon-neutral society and the environmental and social roles of companies are being strengthened, we plan to present a mid- to long-term direction so that companies in the province can adapt to the ESG paradigm.”

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