KB Financial, This Time Plogging... Launches the 'K-Bag Project'

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] KB Financial Group announced on the 24th that it will carry out the plogging (picking up trash while jogging) campaign 'K-Bag Project.' This is the second activity following the bee-saving 'K-Bee Project.'

KB Financial will engage in environmental protection activities on the 28th at Banpo Hangang Citizen's Park together with 'Wipers,' the largest plogging organization in Korea.

Plogging, which started mainly in Sweden and Northern Europe, is a compound word of the Swedish words 'plocka upp' (to pick up) and 'jogging,' meaning the activity of picking up trash while jogging. Because it involves sitting down and standing up to pick up trash, using various muscles, it has greater exercise effects than simple jogging and also protects the environment. It is rapidly spreading among the MZ generation in Korea, who value both exercise and the environment.

Through this project, KB Financial will distribute 'K-Bag' kits to citizens visiting the site to help them naturally adopt the plogging culture and easily participate in environmental cleanup activities.

The 'K-Bag' kit consists of a plogging bag (K-Bag) made of 'Tyvek,' an eco-friendly material that is 100% recyclable, biodegradable bags, reusable gloves, and tongs. They plan to carry out cleanup activities around Hangang Citizen's Park together with citizens.

Subsidiaries of KB Financial Group, including securities, non-life insurance, and card companies, are also conducting plogging campaigns with their customers.

A KB Financial official said, "Through this project, we hope to spread the consensus that environmental activism is not something special or difficult, but that anyone can become an environmental activist with small actions," adding, "We will continue to expand campaigns with environmental organizations."

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