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SK Innovation to Replace Refinery’s Bunker C Oil Boilers with Eco-friendly LNG Boilers

SK Innovation to Replace Refinery’s Bunker C Oil Boilers with Eco-friendly LNG Boilers

SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation Co. said Wednesday that it will replace the boiler fuel at its Ulsan refining complex, the nation’s first oil refinery, with eco-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel starting from July. Since 2019, the refinery-and-battery unit of SK Group has invested a total of 69 billion won (US$61.8 [...]

Fashion Companies Release String of Eco-friendly Material Clothes

Fashion Companies Release String of Eco-friendly Material Clothes

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — With an increasing number of companies strengthening their ESG (environmental, social and governance) management, fashion companies are also releasing a string of eco-friendly products. Kolon Sport, an outdoor brand run by South Korean clothing firm Kolon Industry FnC, developed a renewable nylon material dubbed ‘Kolon Nylon,’ and made use [...]

Hyundai Oilbank Accelerates Adoption of Solar Power at Logistics Centers

Hyundai Oilbank Accelerates Adoption of Solar Power at Logistics Centers

SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Oilbank Co., a major refiner in South Korea, said Monday that it will take the initiative to expand the scope of its eco-friendly management practices, including boosting investment in eco-friendly facilities. The company announced it would establish solar power generation facilities at idle spaces inside its logistics centers [...]

SK Global Chemical Joins Hands with Local Firm to Reduce Logistics Waste

SK Global Chemical Joins Hands with Local Firm to Reduce Logistics Waste

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Global Chemical Co., a chemical affiliate of South Korea’s energy giant SK Innovation Co., has teamed up with a logistics company to accelerate its environmental, social and governance (ESG) management by establishing a virtuous cycle system for the reduction of logistics waste. The company announced on Monday that [...]

Hanwha Solutions Boosts Output of Eco-friendly Plasticizer

Hanwha Solutions Boosts Output of Eco-friendly Plasticizer

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean energy solution firm Hanwha Solutions Corp. has expanded the production of eco-friendly plasticizer that is free of environmental hormones in response to growing market demand. The company said Monday that its Chemical division had increased the output of the eco-friendly plasticizer Eco-DEHCH by 50,000 tons and launched [...]

Naming Ceremony Held for S. Korea’s First LNG-powered Twin Ore Carriers

Naming Ceremony Held for S. Korea’s First LNG-powered Twin Ore Carriers

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has developed the nation’s first-of-its-kind eco-friendly oceangoing vessel that can reduce the generation of fine dust, one of the main culprits of environmental pollution, by up to 99 percent. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries held a naming ceremony for the nation’s first liquefied national gas (LNG)-powered [...]