Mayor Shin Sangjin: "Creating a Green City, Strengthening Citizen Safety Net, and Making Policy Decisions Based on Citizen Participation"

Seongnam City Proclaims the Vision of "ESG Special City Seongnam"

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Shin Sangjin) held the "ESG Special City Seongnam Vision Proclamation Ceremony" during the 52nd Citizen's Day celebration at the Seongnam Arts Center Opera House at 2 p.m. on the 30th.

Participants including Shin Sangjin, mayor of Seongnam, press a button at the "ESG Special City Seongnam Vision Proclamation Ceremony" on the 30th. Provided by Seongnam City

ESG stands for Environmental, Social+Safety, and Governance, representing the core social values that public institutions, businesses, and citizens must pursue together for sustainable development.

To incorporate these principles throughout its administration, Seongnam City has outlined the following strategies: achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (Net-Zero) in the environmental sector; eliminating safety accidents, solitary deaths, and youth violence (3-Zero) in the social and safety sector; and creating a fair society without gaps (Gap-Zero) in the governance sector.

To strategically implement these goals, the city is carrying out several initiatives, including operating an ESG Citizen Academy; launching a project to reduce cooking fumes at 100 facilities used by vulnerable groups such as daycare centers and senior centers; signing a "Youth Violence Zero City" business agreement with the Seongnam Office of Education and the Sujeong, Jungwon, and Bundang Police Stations; operating 23 Seongnam Resource Circulation Stores; and conducting Tancheon ownership projects such as river cleanup and harmful plant removal activities involving 26 companies and volunteer organizations.

The ESG vision, strategies, and implementation tasks were made public through a ceremony in which 12 individuals-including Mayor Shin Sangjin, Yang Okkyung (Chairperson of the Seongnam City ESG Activation Committee), National Assembly members, city council members, and heads of companies and related organizations-stood on stage, pressed the vision proclamation button, and played a related video.

Approximately 1,800 citizens who attended the event participated in a card section performance, expressing their support for and commitment to the ESG vision.

Shin Sangjin, mayor of Seongnam, and other attendees are holding the "ESG Special City Seongnam Vision Proclamation Ceremony" on the 30th. Provided by Seongnam City

Mayor Shin Sangjin stated, "It is meaningful to proclaim Seongnam's new vision together with our citizens," and pledged to "create a green city, strengthen the citizen safety net, and make policy decisions based on citizen participation."

He added, "If the administration, citizens, and businesses join forces to create a social atmosphere where ESG is practiced, Seongnam will move forward as Korea's leading ESG Special City."

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