The Financial Supervisory Service and Ewha Womans University to Hold International Conference on the 27th

The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on the 27th that it will hold an international conference titled 'Toward the era of Green Transition' at Ewha Womans University ECC Samsung Hall in collaboration with Ewha Womans University.

At this conference, financial supervisory authorities from Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong, financial companies (Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, Soci?t? G?n?rale), and research institutions (Zero Carbon Alliance, Bloomberg) will share the current status of financial supervisory policies for low-carbon transition, management strategies of financial companies, and market development, and discuss future response measures.

Ewha Womans University Main Building Exterior.

In his opening remarks, Lee Bok-hyun, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service, introduced the efforts the FSS has been making to expand financial support for the government’s carbon neutrality strategy and low-carbon transition goals. Governor Lee stated, "This event will be a meaningful occasion to introduce domestic and international cases related to funding support for low-carbon transition and to discuss the development direction of finance," adding, "The FSS will continue to encourage the expansion of supply necessary for reducing carbon emissions in the domestic financial sector and cooperate in various ways with the financial sector and industry to support small and medium-sized enterprises facing difficulties in the low-carbon transition."

Kim Eun-mi, President of Ewha Womans University, said in her welcoming remarks, "I hope this event will serve as a platform for industry-government-academia cooperation and contribute to exploring innovative and practical low-carbon transition and climate crisis response measures," and added, "As the first domestic university to establish a ‘Graduate School of Convergent Analysis of Meteorological and Climate Data,’ we will accelerate execution toward sustainable development goals by fostering climate change response experts, developing international climate risk management models, and launching an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Committee."

The FSS plans to closely cooperate with the financial sector and industry to raise awareness of climate crisis response in the financial sector, promote activation of funding support, and support small and medium-sized enterprises facing difficulties in the low-carbon transition.

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