AK Plaza Supports Recovery from Gangwon Wildfire Damage Together with Aekyung Group

AK Plaza will carry out the '2022 The Power of One Tree! The Power of Gangwon-do!' campaign together with the Wonju branch until October.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] AK Plaza announced on the 21st that it is stepping up its ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management by joining forces with the Aekyung Group to support the recovery of areas affected by the wildfires in Gangwon Province.

AK Plaza, along with AK Holdings and Aekyung Chemical, will donate saplings to the wildfire-affected areas in Gangwon. The forest created through the donations from the three companies will cover an area of 16,529㎡ (5,000 pyeong), making it the largest among the ‘Aekyung Forests’ that AK Plaza has been developing for regional coexistence activities. Specific locations and tree species for the forest will be selected through consultations with relevant organizations within the year, and opportunities for AK Plaza employees to participate in the planting will also be arranged.

AK Plaza, together with its Wonju branch, is launching the ‘2022 The Power of One Tree! The Power of Gangwon!’ campaign to raise funds for sapling donations. This campaign will run until October and will operate by donating saplings to the affected areas using funds raised through customer participation events.

Since 2018, AK Plaza has been conducting its own eco-friendly campaign called ‘Return to Green.’ Starting with the first Aekyung Forest in the wildfire-affected area of Gangwon in 2019, a total of 5,000 trees have been planted across Gangwon, Suwon, and Bundang, creating three Aekyung Forests.

An AK Plaza official stated, “As a leading department store in the Gangwon region, which is suffering from the wildfires, we decided to join forces with the Aekyung Group companies to support the area. Going forward, AK Plaza will continue to expand coexistence activities that contribute to the communities where it operates and practice sincere ESG management.”

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