Korea Railroad Selected as 'Green Product of the Year' for 12 Consecutive Years... "First Public Institution"

Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) has set a record by being selected as the ‘Green Product of the Year’ for 12 consecutive years. This is the first case among public institutions.

KORAIL announced on the 26th that the Donghae Line KTX was selected as the ‘2023 Korea Green Product of the Year.’

(From the right) Kwon Pyung-su, Head of Environmental Management at Korea Railroad, and Jeon In-su, Selection Committee Chairman, are taking a commemorative photo after the '2023 Korea Green Product of the Year' awards ceremony held in Seoul on the 26th. Provided by Korea Railroad Corporation

In particular, KORAIL received the Green Product of the Year award for 12 consecutive years, and also won the ‘Green Masterpiece Award,’ given to companies that have won for more than 11 years, for two consecutive years.

The Donghae Line KTX was selected as the Green Product of the Year after receiving excellent evaluations in areas such as ▲environmental friendliness ▲product quality ▲safety ▲convenience ▲customer accessibility.

Previously, KORAIL had been selected as the Green Product of the Year with ▲2012 ‘Gyeongbu Line KTX’ ▲2013 ‘ITX-Cheongchun’ ▲2014 ‘Nuriro’ ▲2015 ‘O-train’ ▲2016 ‘S-train’ ▲2017 ‘ITX-Saemaeul’ ▲2018 ‘V-train’ ▲2019 ‘Honam Line KTX-Sancheon’ ▲2020 ‘Gangneung Line KTX-Sancheon’ ▲2021 ‘Jungang Line KTX-Eum’ ▲2022 ‘Jungbu Naeryuk Line KTX-Eum.’

Han Moon-hee, President of KORAIL, said, “KORAIL will continue to expand eco-friendly trains and strive to save energy, becoming a public enterprise leading carbon neutrality.”

Meanwhile, the Green Product of the Year is selected through direct evaluations by 36 environmental organizations and over 600 consumer evaluators on the environmental improvement effects of products.

Established in 2008 and continuing to this day, this system is organized by the non-profit civic group Korea Green Purchasing Network and supported by the Ministry of Environment.

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