Yuhan-Kimberly Selected as UN Global Compact Leading Sustainable Management Company for 2 Consecutive Years

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwak Min-jae] Yuhan-Kimberly announced on the 30th that it was selected as a Leading Company in Sustainable Management (LEAD) for the second consecutive year at the '2022 UNGC Korea Leaders Summit Conference' hosted by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Korea Network.

The UNGC Korea Global Leaders Summit is a conference that promotes and shares the sustainability agenda of companies and the international community, including the four core values pursued by UNGC?human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption?as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It involves various stakeholders such as member companies, government, international organizations, academia, and civil society representatives.

At this summit, Yuhan-Kimberly was recognized as a leading company in the fields of human rights, labor, environment, anti-corruption, and SDGs among domestic member companies that support the 10 principles of UNGC and internalize these principles into their corporate strategies and policies, and was selected as a Leading Company by the UNGC Korea Network.

Since 2007, Yuhan-Kimberly has led the spread of sustainable management role models and actively participated in the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) program to promote gender equality and strengthen women’s competitiveness. Jin Jae-seung, CEO of Yuhan-Kimberly, serves as a director of the UNGC Korea Network.

Meanwhile, this summit began with a keynote speech by Ban Ki-moon, Honorary Chairman of the UNGC Korea Network. Thematic sessions on win-win cooperation for renewable energy transition and human rights management in the digital era were also held. In the Women Leaders Network launching session, Yuhan-Kimberly’s inclusion and diversity strategies and cases were shared.

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