LGU+ "Delete Old Emails" Leading Eco-Friendly Management

Energy Saving Campaign on Energy Day
Increase in Energy Consumption at Old Mail Data Center
Automatic Deletion of Emails Older Than 3 Months

LG Uplus announced on the 21st that it will conduct an energy-saving and carbon emission reduction campaign, including "clearing out old emails," together with all employees in celebration of 'Energy Day.'

LG Uplus employees are participating in the inbox cleanup campaign. Photo by LG Uplus

Energy Day is a commemorative day established in 2004 to encourage all citizens to participate in energy conservation every year on August 22.

As a way for employees to participate during their work, LG Uplus encouraged "clearing out old emails." Currently, the company's internal email system handles an average of about 1.216 million sent and received emails daily. Assuming each email is 1MB in size, approximately 1.2TB of email data is exchanged every day.

Old emails and unnecessary files are identified as major causes of increased energy consumption in data centers, so LG Uplus expects this campaign to help reduce carbon emissions. Emails older than three months are automatically deleted.

In addition, LG Uplus is conducting initiatives for employees such as ▲Network Greenhouse Gas Reduction Competition ▲Employee Carbon Neutrality Challenge ▲Single-Use Product Zero Challenge ▲Transition to Eco-Friendly Vehicles.

In particular, by reflecting field opinions such as removing unused or low-efficiency network equipment and consolidating transmission equipment, the company is reducing annual electricity consumption.

Jongmin Lee, head of the ESG Policy Team at LG Uplus, stated, "Energy saving and carbon emission reduction are essential tasks for our future, and small changes that employees can practice in their daily lives can accumulate to create significant effects."

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