Empty Your Inbox and Protect the Earth! ... Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency's Environmental Protection Campaign

The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency conducted a ‘Mailbox Cleanup Campaign’ to participate in environmental protection by deleting unnecessary emails.

Emails consume electricity during the process of storing digital information, generating digital carbon.

Digital carbon refers to the carbon emissions produced during the use of digital devices. Typical examples include carbon dioxide generated from the power consumption of network equipment used for data transmission and the electricity used for cooling data centers that store data.

Generally, deleting 1GB of unnecessary emails reduces carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 14.9 kg and decreases server usage capacity, resulting in electricity savings.

'Empty Your Inbox Campaign' promotional image.

The agency encouraged employee participation through campaigns such as ▲Operating a Digital Carbon Reduction Emphasis Week ▲Daily Practice of Mailbox Cleanup ▲Reducing Individual Mail Storage by More Than 20%.

Through this campaign, the agency deleted 750,000 internal and external emails and reduced total carbon dioxide emissions by 21,352 kg.

Jongju Ahn, Director of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, stated, “Mailbox cleanup is a sustainable ESG practice that anyone can easily participate in daily life,” adding, “The agency will continue to promote various ESG initiatives involving all employees.”

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