SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Greenpeace, a non-governmental environmental organization, said Wednesday it will file a constitutional petition urging the adoption of a system that requires listed companies to disclose information on their response to climate change. The petition, joined by 167 people as petitioners, will be submitted to the Constitutional Court later in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Pulmuone announced on Monday that it’s leading the way in the food industry by bringing in a large 11-ton hydrogen-electric truck to its logistics site. This move is all about practicing good environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management. Pulmuone is now using two of these hydrogen electric trucks to transport [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — HMM Co. said Thursday it has clinched the top spot in a recent environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) rating of major shipping firms around the world. South Korea’s No. 1 container shipper said it has obtained a “low” grade of 15.4 points in the rating conducted by Sustainalytics, [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) —Samsung Electronics is taking steps to incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices into its upcoming 54th regular shareholders’ meeting. The meeting, scheduled for March 15, will feature efforts to reduce paper usage by replacing mail related to the meeting with electronic announcements. The initiative is expected to save approximately [...]
SHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today released its 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The comprehensive report highlights diversity, sustainability, and community development efforts and programs which demonstrate the organization’s commitment to a sustainable future and investment in its people. In 2021, Acronis appointed a dedicated group of employees [...]
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The IEA estimates a quadrupling of the amount of critical minerals required for the energy transition to meet the sustainable development scenario by 2040. The greater our climate ambition – the greater the demand for minerals will be. The renewable energy system is far more mineral intensive than the current [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean companies spent more than 5 trillion won (US$4.04 billion) in 2022 to help cut air pollution and promote workplace safety as part of their so-called environment, social and governance (ESG) management, a report said Wednesday. The country’s top 100 firms by sales invested 5.44 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix Inc. said Monday it had set up the Sustainability Reporting System (SRS) to comprehensively unveil its environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related data. The SRS will disclose the memory chip maker’s ESG strategies, objectives, activities, performance and policies. A variety of ESG information ranging from the point of orientation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will present its environmental, social and governance, or ESG, vision at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas early next month. The South Korean company will share its sustainability efforts at the Better Life for All zone at CES 2023, set to [...]
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), a leading global data analytics provider, has been ranked 3 out of 100 Best ESG Companies in 2022 by Investor’s Business Daily. The fourth annual list recognizes companies with superior environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, in addition to fundamental and technical stock performance. “Our ranking on the [...]