Leading Eco-Friendly Movement... Gyeongbuk TP Holds Environmental Cleanup Campaign 'Plogging Day'

Institutional Social Responsibility Expansion and Sustainable Management (ESG Management) Implementation

Gyeongbuk Technopark conducted a 'Plogging Day' activity on the 20th at the Nammaeji area in Gyeongsan, with about 10 executives and employees participating as part of an environmental cleanup campaign.

About 10 employees of Gyeongbuk Technopark carried out a "Plogging Day" activity as part of an environmental cleanup campaign around the Nammaeji area in Gyeongsan. Photo by Gyeongbuk Technopark

'Plogging' is a compound word from the Swedish 'plocka upp' meaning 'to pick up' and the English 'jogging,' referring to the act of picking up trash while jogging as a social contribution activity for environmental protection.

This year’s Plogging Day activity was carried out to practice environmental protection and ESG management values by walking around the Nammaeji area, picking up trash, and practicing environmental protection through waste separation work.

Gyeongbuk TP has been striving to spread ESG management values by publishing the 'Sustainable Management Practice Report' annually since establishing the 'Gyeongbuk Technopark Sustainable Management Promotion Strategy' in August 2022.

In addition to Plogging Day activities, the organization practices corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG management through various annual activities such as helping farm labor, wildfire suppression and flood recovery support, sharing briquettes of love, and fundraising.

Ha In-seong, President of Gyeongbuk TP, stated, “We will continue to take the lead in social contribution activities to create a clean local community environment,” adding, “We will promote regular environmental protection activities to provide a venue where executives and employees can unite and spread positive influence in the local community.”

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