Korea Forest Service and Korea Forestry Promotion Institute Hold 'Green ESG Meetup Day'

The Korea Forest Service announced on the 29th that it held the ‘2024 Green ESG Meetup Day’ in collaboration with the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute.

(From the front row, left to right) Choi Nam-yong, President of the Korea Forest Carbon Association; Park Won-woo, Professor at Seoul National University; Nam Seong-hyun, former Administrator of the Korea Forest Service; Choi Mu-yeol, President of the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute; Lee Mi-ra, Deputy Administrator of the Korea Forest Service; Park Jeong-hee, President of the Korea Forest Managers Association; Choi Don-ha, Director of the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute; Kim Gwan-ho, Director of Forest Policy at the Korea Forest Service, and others are posing for a commemorative photo after the event. Photo by Korea Forest Service

The event was held with the purpose of promoting the practice of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management by companies based on forests. About 100 ESG officers from domestic companies attended the event, which was filled with discussions on the utility of forests for sustainable corporate management and the development direction of the domestic forest carbon market.

In particular, carbon market experts and experts from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Secretariat, who appeared as speakers, presented the current status of the domestic carbon market and forest carbon system, as well as cases of ESG-linked activities by international organizations, suggesting directions for public-private cooperation in the forest sector.

Following this, a discussion was held to mutually discuss the reasons and directions for domestic companies to actively engage in voluntary carbon neutrality activities.

Imira, Deputy Director of the Korea Forest Service, said, “Forests are highly valuable resources for corporate sustainability, carbon neutrality, and environmental and social contributions,” adding, “The Korea Forest Service will act as a ‘partner’ in achieving these roles together and will continue to promote various support policies to expand corporate participation in the forest sector.”

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