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Deriv, an Award-winning Online Broker’s Eco Pledge: Planting 2,000 Saplings for a Greener Cyprus

Deriv, an Award-winning Online Broker’s Eco Pledge: Planting 2,000 Saplings for a Greener Cyprus

Elevating corporate social responsibility through the ‘You Reforest Cyprus’ LIMASSOL, Cyprus, Dec. 18, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – On 19 November, Deriv took the lead in donating and contributing to the planting of over 2,000 saplings at Palodia region, Limassol, through the ‘You Reforest Cyprus’ initiative, powered by Green Shield. Participating in this initiative represents a [...]

Mowilex Wins Big at 2021 Global CSR Awards

Mowilex Wins Big at 2021 Global CSR Awards

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Paint manufacturer PT Mowilex Indonesia won three major awards at the 13th Annual Global CSR Summit & Awards, once again earning recognition for its environmental, employee and community commitments. Organized by Singapore-based Pinnacle Group International, the Global CSR Awards recognize innovations across 16 corporate social responsibility (CSR) categories, including environmental protection, [...]

Hyundai Motor Group Tops China’s CSR List for 6th Straight Year

Hyundai Motor Group Tops China’s CSR List for 6th Straight Year

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group ranked first on a list measuring carmakers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in China for the sixth consecutive year. The South Korea’s top automotive conglomerate, which has Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp. under its wing, announced that in the 2021 China CSR development index evaluated [...]

CSR Activities Evolve Towards Fun to Encourage Employee Participation

CSR Activities Evolve Towards Fun to Encourage Employee Participation

SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — In recent days, the way corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities are performed is changing, as they are evolving towards embracing fun factors to encourage the voluntary participation of employees in small groups. This trend comes as the share of the MZ generation, referring to those born between 1980 and [...]

CUHK Business School Research Examines the Loopholes that Enable Companies to Greenwash Their Supply Chains

CUHK Business School Research Examines the Loopholes that Enable Companies to Greenwash Their Supply Chains

HONG KONG SAR, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) - The days of running businesses solely for profit are long gone. Businesses, large or small, must make considerable efforts to be socially responsible and eco-friendly. A past survey shows that 91 percent of global consumers expect businesses to address social and environmental issues, and 90 percent of them [...]

CUHK Business School Research Shows CSR Activities by a Corporate Parent Can Help Subsidiaries Build Trust in Overseas Markets

CUHK Business School Research Shows CSR Activities by a Corporate Parent Can Help Subsidiaries Build Trust in Overseas Markets

HONG KONG SAR, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) - In the post COVID-19 world, managing a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme that makes a meaningful difference, balances the views and concerns of diverse stakeholders, and is cost effective can be a difficult tightrope to walk even for companies looking at their home market. This task likely becomes even [...]

Constellation Brands Appoints Mike McGrew to Newly Created Role of Chief Communications & CSR Officer

Constellation Brands Appoints Mike McGrew to Newly Created Role of Chief Communications & CSR Officer

VICTOR, N.Y. and CHICAGO, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, announced today that it has appointed Mike McGrew to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Chief Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Officer. In this new role, McGrew will be responsible for overseeing [...]

Export Companies Highly Affected by CSR Evaluations of Global Clients

Export Companies Highly Affected by CSR Evaluations of Global Clients

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — One Korean company that currently operates a factory in Indonesia was pressured to set up a prayer room at its local factory site. This is because one of its global clients asked the company to practice corporate social responsibility (CSR) that takes into consideration the religious and cultural characteristics [...]

Huawei Expands its Corporate Social Responsibility Program in Korea

Huawei Expands its Corporate Social Responsibility Program in Korea

SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Huawei, the world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications devices, will expand its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program ahead of the formal adoption of 5G smartphone devices by local telecommunication operators. Huawei announced yesterday that it had carried out “Korea Seeds for the Future,” a program aimed at nurturing local Information [...]

SK Chief Stresses Greater Role for Corporate Responsibility

SK Chief Stresses Greater Role for Corporate Responsibility

SEOUL, Jun. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of SK Group, South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate, stressed on Monday a need for his firm to play a bigger role in “sharing the profit” with smaller companies, in an apparent move to be in step with the new government’s policy drive. “SK should feel deeply responsible for, [...]