NS Home Shopping CEO Jo Hangmok Receives Presidential Commendation for Promoting Seafood Consumption

Jang Mok NS Home Shopping CEO.

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] NS Home Shopping announced on the 5th that CEO Jo Hangmok received the Presidential Citation in recognition of his contribution to promoting seafood consumption.

NS Home Shopping stated, "CEO Jo Hangmok received the Presidential Citation at the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' '2021 Seafood Consumption Promotion and Safety Merit Awards' for his contribution to national industrial development through promoting seafood consumption." CEO Jo has been working to promote seafood consumption through business agreements with local governments including Wando-gun, focusing on regional seafood commercialization, quality control, and support for eco-friendly packaging materials.

NS Home Shopping is striving to expand sales channels for local small and medium seafood enterprises by developing seafood products tailored to the changing consumption patterns due to COVID-19 and utilizing its distribution capabilities. Through these efforts, it has sold an average of over 73 billion KRW worth of seafood annually over the past five years. The company also conducts "Good Consumption Broadcasts" to support fishing households facing difficulties such as reduced seafood sales and shipment imbalances. In 2020, to revitalize sales of oversupplied abalone, NS Home Shopping held a total of 33 commission reduction broadcasts, selling abalone worth 1.2 billion KRW.

To ensure safe seafood distribution, NS Home Shopping conducts approximately 200 on-site verification inspections annually and introduced the "Seafood Processed Food Origin Certification System." It operates the industry's first Food Safety Research Institute and manages a specialized blog on food quality control information to enhance seafood quality management standards and support the quality control capabilities of small and medium seafood enterprises.

Additionally, as part of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management, the company is engaged in protecting fishery resources through campaigns such as banning the distribution of juvenile fish and compliance with catch standards. Last year, NS Home Shopping held a communication workshop with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and signed a win-win cooperation business agreement, conducting public-private collaborative activities to protect marine resources.

CEO Jo said, "I am pleased that our efforts to provide customers with differentiated seafood products more safely have been recognized," adding, "We will continue to contribute to the development of our fishing households and the seafood industry through the industry's best commercialization experience and quality control capabilities."

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