BGF Retail Delivers Summer Supplies to Heatwave-Vulnerable Groups

On the 22nd, at Asan City Hall, Vice Minister of Environment Yoo Je-cheol (from the left), Park Jung-kwon, Head of Communications at BGF Retail, and Lee Woo-kyun, Executive Director of the Korea Climate and Environment Network, are taking a commemorative photo after the donation ceremony.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] BGF Retail announced on the 23rd that it held a ‘Summer Relief Supplies Donation Ceremony for Heatwave Vulnerable Groups’ in preparation for the full-scale heatwave season.

The donated supplies consisted of health porridge and other items, and are planned to be distributed to 2,000 households vulnerable to heatwaves nationwide through the Korea Climate and Environment Network.

Since 2020, BGF Retail has been jointly conducting the 'SOS Climate Action Public Campaign' with the Ministry of Environment and has continuously carried out support activities visiting vulnerable households. The CU Heatwave Shelter is a resting space where anyone can take a break from the heat 24 hours a day regardless of product purchase, and this year it will operate from July 1 to August 31.

A BGF Retail official said, “We prepared the summer relief love supplies donation to help protect low-income groups and elderly living alone who suffer the most direct damage from heatwaves,” adding, “We will continue to work closely with the government and local governments to build a more thorough regional safety net.”

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