GS Retail Signs MOU with Polar Research Institute... "Joint Campaign to Address Climate Crisis"
Convenience Store and Supermarket Joint Production of Reusable Shopping Bags
Vice Chairman Hyunsoo Heo of GS Retail (right) and Director Seongho Kang of the Korea Polar Research Institute are taking a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement. (Photo by GS Retail)
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] GS Retail announced on the 12th that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korea Polar Research Institute to jointly carry out campaigns for climate crisis response and biodiversity conservation activities.
GS Retail and the Korea Polar Research Institute promised to conduct continuous and diverse campaigns, rather than one-time activities, to encourage the public to take an interest in climate change and participate in climate crisis response and biodiversity conservation efforts. The Korea Polar Research Institute is a leading domestic research institution under the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, equipped with excellent polar research infrastructure such as the Arctic Dasan Station, Antarctic King Sejong Station, Antarctic Jang Bogo Station, and the icebreaker research vessel Araon, specializing in climate change research.
As the first joint campaign, a paper shopping bag co-produced with the Korea Polar Research Institute will be introduced this month in response to the convenience store ban on single-use plastic bags starting in November. The shopping bag will carry messages about climate crisis response to raise awareness among customers about the importance of addressing the climate crisis. GS The Fresh also plans to release reusable shopping bags and paper shopping bags with the same design.
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Hyunsoo Hur, Vice Chairman and CEO of GS Retail, said, “We are very grateful to carry out environmental conservation activities together with the Korea Polar Research Institute, the most representative research institution for climate crisis response,” and added, “We will do our best to utilize GS Retail’s various online and offline channels, including convenience stores, supermarkets, and home shopping, to inform many customers about the importance of the climate crisis and ecosystem conservation.”
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