Gwangju Urban Corporation Wins Minister of Health and Welfare Award at Korea ESG Awards

Leading Residential Welfare
Recognized for Achievements in Socially Responsible Management

Gwangju Urban Corporation received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award at the 20th Korea ESG Awards ceremony held at the Korea Press Center in Seoul on the 28th of last month. Photo by Gwangju Urban Corporation

Gwangju Urban Corporation announced on September 3 that it received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award at the 20th Korea ESG Awards ceremony held at the Korea Press Center in Seoul on the 28th of last month.

The Korea ESG Awards is a program that discovers and honors outstanding organizations and companies that practice socially responsible management and contribute to sustainable development and the creation of social value. This year, over 100 companies and institutions participated, and 23 organizations were ultimately selected.

The corporation has actively practiced ESG management with a focus on the Social (S) component, particularly in the field of residential welfare. It has promoted customized residential welfare programs to stabilize the lives of residents and improve their well-being, operated community programs with resident participation, organized events tailored to different generations, and created community spaces, thereby strengthening cooperative systems linked to the local community and receiving high praise.

In particular, its leading efforts to improve residential welfare, such as the "Usan Bityeoulchae Saldeonjip Project," which combines housing, medical care, and caregiving to help seniors continue living in their own homes rather than in nursing hospitals, and the "Visiting Integrated Support Pilot Project," which provides on-site one-stop consultations and support for residents facing housing, financial, legal, and employment issues, have drawn significant attention.

Kim Seungnam, President of Gwangju Urban Corporation, emphasized, "This award is recognition of the corporation’s achievements in ESG management centered on residential welfare. We will continue to establish ourselves as a public enterprise that enhances the quality of life for residents and contributes to the realization of social value."

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