NH Investment & Securities Selected for UN Global Compact Lead Group for Second Consecutive Year

NH Investment & Securities announced on November 20 that it has been selected for the Lead Group of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Korea for the second consecutive year.

On the morning of the 20th, at the Grand Hyatt Seoul, Cheolsun Lim (fourth from the left in the second row), Head of the ESG Division at NH Investment & Securities, took a commemorative photo with Ban Ki-moon, Honorary Chairman of the UN Global Compact Korea, and the award recipients after being selected for the Lead Group at the 2025 Korea Leaders Summit. NH Investment & Securities

The UNGC Korea hosted the Korea Leaders Summit, reaffirming the international community's sustainability agenda and selecting a total of 10 companies, including NH Investment & Securities, as lead companies. The UNGC is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, providing practical support and solutions for companies to integrate the UNGC’s ten core principles-covering human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption-into their operations and management strategies, thereby enhancing sustainability and corporate citizenship.

NH Investment & Securities was recognized for its systematic capabilities in responding to the climate crisis and transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The company measures its own internal carbon emissions as well as financed emissions, and based on this data, is establishing reduction targets along with a "carbon neutrality roadmap and transition plan." It is actively practicing green finance by expanding investments in green bonds, sustainability bonds, and eco-friendly projects. In particular, NH Investment & Securities analyzes the impact of climate change on its business to strengthen its climate response and continuously enhance its risk management capabilities. The company also stands out in carbon finance and eco-friendly investments, actively participating in global greenhouse gas reduction projects and building a carbon credit entrusted trading platform. Additionally, it has developed an ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investment index and is diversifying products that utilize this index, playing a key role in addressing climate change and facilitating the transition to a green economy.

NH Investment & Securities’ sustainable initiatives in partnership with the agricultural sector have also been recognized as major ESG achievements. As part of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, the company engages in a wide range of activities to promote mutual growth with rural communities, such as supporting farm labor, operating the "Young Farmer Academy," supporting agri-food live commerce, providing crowdfunding support, running refrigerator donation programs for rural village communities, supporting the Hope Tree Scholarship Program, and managing the Pan-Nonghyup Agtech Coexistence Innovation Fund. These efforts are helping to improve the real welfare of farmers and local communities, and contributing to the economic independence and development of agriculture and rural areas.

Cheolsun Lim, Head of the ESG Division at NH Investment & Securities, stated, "Being selected for the UNGC Lead Group for the second consecutive year is a meaningful achievement that demonstrates NH Investment & Securities’ leading role in strengthening ESG management and practicing the principles of sustainable management." He added, "We will continue to take the lead in finance that addresses climate change and fulfills social responsibility, and will provide solutions for a sustainable future."

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