DGB Financial Leads Carbon Neutral Green Growth in Daegu Gyeongbuk

DGB Financial Group announced on the 20th that it held a "Private-Public Business Agreement Ceremony for the Expansion of Regional ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) Management and the Practice of Carbon Neutrality," jointly hosted with the Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH) Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters at the iM Bank 2nd Branch. The participating institutions in the agreement include 16 organizations within the Daegu-Gyeongbuk ESG Promotion Council, such as DGB Financial Group and LH Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters.

The main purpose of this agreement is to support DGB Financial Group employees' participation in the three major areas of the Carbon Neutrality Point System: energy, automobiles, and green living practices. In addition, various activities will be promoted, including information exchange and educational program operation for carbon neutrality practice, production and utilization of eco-friendly energy within workplaces, joint ESG campaigns, expansion of green finance, and measurement and management of carbon emissions.

Following the greetings from Lee Chang-young, Executive Director of DGB Financial ESG Strategy and Management Research Institute, and Kim Won-hyung, Head of LH Daegu-Gyeongbuk Regional Headquarters, the MOU signing ceremony and a special lecture by Lee Dong-wook, Head of Eco-friendly Living Division at the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, were held.

Hwang Byung-woo, Chairman of DGB Financial Group, stated, "Since many institutions are participating in this agreement, it will have a positive ripple effect throughout the local community," and pledged, "We will continue to take the lead in realizing a sustainable future through close cooperation with the local community and become a model company in the fields of carbon neutrality and green finance."

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