Reviving Used Batteries... Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service Joins Public Institutions to Promote ESG Practices

Ulsan Jung-gu and Innovation City Institutions Sign Agreement

Agree to Cooperate on Resource Recycling Including Waste Separation

The Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service (Director Park Jong-gil) has partnered with local governments and public institutions to engage in ESG practice projects for local communities, such as recycling used batteries.

On the 4th, the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service announced that it signed a business agreement with Ulsan Jung-gu and public institutions in innovation cities to expand ESG practices in local communities.

This agreement is a project to establish the separate collection of used batteries, which is significant in terms of preventing environmental pollution caused by heavy metals and the economic benefits of recycling metal resources.

On the 4th, Ulsan Jung-gu Office, Jung-gu, and public institutions in the Ulsan area, including the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, signed a business agreement to promote the spread of ESG practices. (From left: Moon Hyun-tae, Director of Planning and Coordination at the Human Resources Development Service of Korea; Kim Hyung-seok, Director of ESG Management Performance at the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency; Shin Dong-hyun, Director of ESG Management at the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service; Kim Young-gil, Mayor of Ulsan Jung-gu; Lim Hyun-yeol, President of the Korea Battery Recycling Association; Han Jong-hyun, Director of Management Support at the Korea Energy Agency).

According to the agreement, four public institutions including the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service will continuously carry out education and campaigns to raise awareness of separate collection and install used battery collection boxes at each institution.

Ulsan Jung-gu will support the establishment of an efficient collection system to ensure smooth transportation of used batteries. The Korea Battery Recycling Association will provide promotional materials and educational resources to establish a proper recycling system.

The four public institutions participating in the cooperation are the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, and the Korea Energy Agency. These institutions plan to hold regular monthly ESG working group meetings to continuously discover and implement ESG practice tasks that can be carried out with the local community.

Park Jong-gil, Director of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, said, "I hope the agreement will be well implemented and contribute to the activation of used battery recycling. We will continue to find and practice ESG tasks that can be carried out with public institutions in the Ulsan area."

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