Jungjingong Receives Minister of Health and Welfare Award for Contributions to Local Community

Selected as a Community Contribution Recognized Institution for 5 Consecutive Years

The Small and Medium Business Corporation (Chairman Kang Seok-jin, hereinafter referred to as SBC) announced on the 10th that it received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award at the '2023 Community Contribution Recognition Day' event jointly hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea National Council on Social Welfare.

At the event held on the 8th at the Dragon City Hotel in Seoul, SBC was selected as a recognized community contribution organization for the fifth consecutive year. The 'Community Contribution Recognition System' is a program by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea National Council on Social Welfare that discovers companies and institutions consistently engaged in community contribution activities and acknowledges their achievements through evaluation.

In this year's Community Contribution Recognition System evaluation, SBC achieved excellent results in a total of 25 ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria, earning the highest grade and receiving the Minister of Health and Welfare Award as an outstanding institution.

Kim Byung-su, Head of Management at the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, is taking a commemorative photo after receiving the Minister of Health and Welfare Award at the '2023 Community Contribution Recognition Day' event held on the 8th.

Since relocating its headquarters to Jinju-si, Gyeongnam in 2014, SBC has created the 'SBC感' brand, embodying the meaning of promoting social contributions that resonate with both beneficiaries and the public, and has continuously carried out various social contribution activities to solve community issues.

In particular, this year, SBC expanded and promoted social contribution activities necessary for the community, including ▲scholarship support for youth preparing for independence ▲book support for vulnerable youth ▲donation of braille textbooks for the visually impaired ▲support for cultural activities for local children ▲support for local agricultural and specialty product markets.

Kang Seok-jin, Chairman of SBC, said, "Practicing ESG management and regional development are among the most important goals of our institution," adding, "We will continue to actively promote community contribution activities that resonate with both beneficiaries and the public."

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