Commission for Shared Growth to Announce Revised Index Evaluation Plan in H1... Also to Introduce "Shared Growth Financial Index"

251 Companies Confirmed for This Year’s Evaluation

The Commission for Shared Growth will announce a revised index evaluation plan within the first half of this year to enhance the effectiveness of its evaluations. In June, it also plans to introduce a Financial Shared Growth Index to encourage win-win cooperation between the financial sector and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and small business owners.

Lee Dalgon, chairman of the Commission for Shared Growth, is attending the 86th plenary session held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul, and is delivering remarks. Commission for Shared Growth

On February 12, the Commission for Shared Growth announced that it held the 86th plenary session at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seocho-gu, Seoul. At the meeting, key agenda items were reviewed and approved, including: ▲the 2026 work implementation and budget management plan of the Commission for Shared Growth ▲changes to the members of the Commission for Shared Growth ▲the current status of promoting SME-suitable business types and livelihood-sustaining business types for small business owners.

First, the Commission for Shared Growth set as its core tasks for this year: ▲enhancing the effectiveness of the Shared Growth Evaluation System ▲spreading a region-based culture of shared growth ▲establishing a public-private cooperative shared growth model.

As the first task, it will introduce the Shared Growth Financial Index in June for six commercial banks and will gradually expand the evaluation targets to platform industries such as delivery services and open markets, as well as to the defense industry sector.

In addition, the Commission for Shared Growth will prepare a revised index evaluation plan and publish it within the first half of this year. By diversifying the evaluation system, simplifying indicators, and improving the method of disclosure, it plans to enhance the effectiveness of evaluations and apply the new framework in earnest starting next year.

The Commission will also strengthen a shared growth-type conflict mediation system to respond to social conflicts arising on online platforms and elsewhere. To prepare for the surge in platform-related disputes, it will establish conflict mediation guidelines, conduct fact-finding surveys and mediation for new areas of conflict, and thereby derive cooperative, win-win solutions.

The Commission has also finalized the list of companies to be evaluated under this year’s Shared Growth Index. As HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard has merged with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, it will be excluded from the evaluation list, while two companies, Geumgwang Enterprise and Namkwang Engineering & Construction, will be newly added, bringing the total number of companies to be evaluated to 251.

Chairman Lee Dalgon said, "We will develop shared growth policies from a system-centered approach into an approach centered on the cooperation ecosystem, and we will expand the scope of shared growth across industries such as platforms, finance, and defense." He added, "By strengthening the private sector-led functions of agreement and mediation, we will establish a sustainable cooperation base between large corporations and SMEs."

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