POSCO Group Launches 'Corporate Citizenship Management' Courses at 12 Universities

POSCO Group announced on the 6th that it will operate the 'Corporate Citizenship Management and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)' course with major domestic universities.

This is a 'PBL (Problem·Project-Based Learning)' style class that shares real corporate management issues arising in various fields such as carbon neutrality, social value creation, and regional development with students and proposes alternatives. Students discover creative ideas and find solutions to issues that companies need to solve.

POSCO Group announced on the 6th that it will operate the course "Corporate Citizenship Management and ESG (Environment, Social, Governance)" in collaboration with major domestic universities. On the 5th, the class for the 2024 first semester Corporate Citizenship Management and ESG was held at POSTECH (Photo by POSCO Group).

POSCO has been operating the Corporate Citizenship course since 2021. In the first semester of this year, the course will be offered and operated at a total of 12 schools, including existing ones such as Pusan National University, Seoul Women’s University, Sookmyung Women’s University, Suncheon National University, Yonsei University, Chungnam National University, POSTECH, Handong Global University, and Hanyang University (in alphabetical order), as well as newly added Mokpo National University, Sungshin Women’s University, and Chonnam National University, with about 400 students expected to enroll.

Over the past four years, a total of 945 students from 17 universities have completed the 'Corporate Citizenship Management and ESG' course, and the number of graduates will exceed 1,000 after the completion of this semester.

POSCO Group provides mentoring and special lectures by corporate citizenship dedicated staff from group business companies such as POSCO, POSCO International, POSCO E&C, and POSCO Future M, as well as learning materials.

At the end of the semester, POSCO Center in Seoul will host the 'Corporate Citizenship Level-Up Ground' presentation contest by inviting university students, participating professors, and business company mentors to share the corporate citizenship management ideas developed by the students throughout the semester.

Last month, POSCO Group also held a workshop by inviting professors who operate the 'Corporate Citizenship Management and ESG' course to Pohang to help make the lectures more substantial.

Professor Shin Hyun-sang of Hanyang University Business School, who has been operating the Corporate Citizenship course since 2021, said, "The Corporate Citizenship Management and ESG course is a differentiated educational program that universities and companies can collaborate on," adding, "Last semester, it received a high lecture evaluation score of 99 out of 100, and students also show high satisfaction."

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