GS Retail Donates 400 Million KRW to 'Eco Creator' Project Fund

ESG Environmental Management Practices

GS Retail announced on the 25th that it donated 400 million KRW to the Environmental Foundation to support the Eco Creator support project.

Kwak Changheon, Executive Director of External Cooperation at GS Retail (left), and Lee Mikyung, CEO of the Environmental Foundation, are posing for a commemorative photo at the Eco Creator donation ceremony.
[Photo by GS Retail]

Eco Creator is a green leader support project that has nurtured 227 environmental content creators since 2019. Participants are recruited in the youth and professional categories, and participating teams receive 105 million KRW in funding for environmental video production, as well as environmental education and video production coaching programs. The application period for this year is until June 11.

GS Retail has been actively practicing environmental management, including donating 400 million KRW to the Environmental Foundation last year. Since April this year, GS25 has completely stopped ordering plastic straws and only uses paper straws. In November last year, they newly developed and introduced ice cups that do not require straws.

A GS Retail official said, "We are strengthening ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management with a corporate sense of responsibility toward the climate crisis," adding, "We will spare no support to create meaningful events with Eco Creators by directly producing environmental films and providing opportunities for screening."

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