CJ ENM Obtains International Environmental Management Standard 'ISO14001' Certification

Efforts to Establish an Eco-Friendly Broadcasting Environment and Apply Eco-Friendly Packaging

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Cha] CJ ENM announced on the 7th that it has obtained the ISO14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management, which is a key indicator for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management, from the British Standards Institution.

ISO14001 is known as the most important certification among the ‘ISO 14000’ series of international standards for environmental management systems established by the ISO Technical Committee. ISO14001 is awarded after comprehensively evaluating whether a company has established a sustainable environmental management system.

CJ ENM received positive evaluations for its company-wide environmental management system, including the ESG Committee, as well as ▲studio remodeling and expansion of media wall studios to build an eco-friendly broadcasting environment ▲operation of CJ ENM Studio Center considering eco-friendly factors ▲expansion of eco-friendly packaging and support for partner companies’ products ▲employee volunteer campaigns to internalize eco-friendly culture ▲and efforts to produce content combining ESG with the humanities.

The Commerce Division of CJ ENM has replaced all lighting in broadcasting studios with LED lights since last year, reducing annual electricity consumption by 90%. Since February this year, it has introduced the industry’s first media wall studio, which reduces waste generated during studio set installation and dismantling. After switching to media wall studios, the amount of set waste decreased by 39.4% in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. Currently, 2 out of 5 studios are media wall studios, and 2 more studios will be converted by January next year.

In the TV home shopping division, the industry’s first step-by-step introduction of ‘3 No (無) packaging’ that does not use vinyl (plastic), nonwoven fabric, or styrofoam is underway. Through the ‘3R (Reduce, Redesign, Reuse)’ policy, the use of eco-friendly packaging materials is being expanded. In June this year, the packaging tape for center self-delivery products, including direct purchases, was completely replaced with eco-friendly paper tape, and in September, paper tape worth 100 million KRW was provided to 30 partner companies. From the end of this month, ‘poly bags (vinyl packaging)’ used for clothing packaging will be partially replaced with recyclable eco-friendly paper packaging.

Employees are also participating in eco-friendly management. Since last year, the Commerce Division has been operating the ‘Protect the Environment GO’ employee environmental volunteer program. Employees choose and practice six eco-friendly activities that can be done in daily life, such as ‘deleting emails,’ ‘using tumblers,’ and ‘recycling Hetbahn containers,’ and upon certification, their volunteer work is recognized.

CJ ENM’s Entertainment Division’s ‘CJ ENM Studio Center’ is the first domestic complex content production facility designed from the planning stage with eco-friendly elements to use energy efficiently. Additionally, the VP (Virtual Production) stage located within the ‘CJ ENM Studio Center’ is a studio decorated with large LED screens covering 360 degrees of the walls and the ceiling. It contributes to reducing waste generation and carbon dioxide emissions by minimizing repetitive physical set installations and dismantling as well as movement between filming sites. At Sapience Studio, following the debut of the new concept entertainment content series combining ESG with the humanities, ‘Reading the Environment,’ last year, they are currently producing ‘Earth Cleaners’ this year.

A CJ ENM official stated, “We will continue to lead the industry in eco-friendly management by considering various angles to preserve the earth and local community environments.”

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