"Jeontong Market Together海" Successfully Concluded ... Busan Port Authority Launches ESG Campaign with Traditional Market Small Business Owners

Eco-friendly Products Made from Seaweed, Relay Win-win Activities

Busan Port Authority (BPA) successfully completed the ESG campaign in collaboration with the Sister Market Traditional Market Merchants Association.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan Port Authority (BPA) successfully concluded the ESG campaign “BPA Labor-Management Joint Traditional Market Together海” in collaboration with the sister city Sujeong Traditional Market Merchants Association.

“Traditional Market Together海” is an ESG campaign conducted in a relay format by each BPA headquarters, consisting of a total of four sessions where employees tour traditional markets, participate in market environment cleanup activities, and shop.

In this campaign, the Sujeong Market Merchants Association provided BPA employees with market tours and gifted them shopping bags. BPA carried out collaborative win-win activities by using eco-friendly bags made from seaweed byproducts for market cleanup and purchasing goods.

BPA conducted cleanup activities within the market using eco-friendly biodegradable bags made by companies supported through BIGS (Busan Innovation Ground for Start-up), a support program for startups.

These bags made from seaweed byproducts are 100% eco-friendly materials produced through an environmentally friendly manufacturing process without using chemicals, and they completely biodegrade within 56 days when buried.

The campaign started on the 16th and proceeded in a relay format by headquarters on the 19th (Operations Headquarters), 24th (Construction Headquarters), and 25th (Global Business Group and Port Regeneration Business Group), with a total of about 50 BPA employees participating.

A BPA employee said, “This campaign was an event that helped both our planet and the traditional market by cleaning market alleys using bags made from seaweed and touring the market. Having felt the charm of the traditional market through this event, I plan to visit more often in the future.”

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