JEJU, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air will replace all disposable goods provided onboard the aircraft, such as cups and napkins, with eco-friendly ones, starting on January 15. The eco-friendly paper cups will be made from natural pulp, and will not be coated with chemicals to prevent the cup from getting soaked with liquid. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of eco-friendly cars made by Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. jumped 2.1-fold in the first 11 months of this year, on strong domestic and overseas demand, industry data showed Sunday. The two flagship companies of Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s fifth largest automotive [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — E-Mart Inc. revealed yesterday that it will be adopting eco-friendly packaging that would allow plastic containers belonging to its own brand products to be recycled with ease. Colored plastic bottles and caps will be replaced with colorless plastic. In addition, product labels will be made easier to remove. E-Mart [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The wave of environmentally friendly efforts that recently hit the retail industry is now making similar strides in the fashion industry. Leading fashion companies have recently launched a series of marketing campaigns that incorporate environmental issues while highlighting lower prices for their products. K2, a popular outdoor brand, has [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of eco-friendly products spiked after national confusion over recycling last month, data from a leading online mall showed Friday. According to Gmarket, sales of some of the eco-friendly items nearly doubled in the April 5-May 4 period. Purchases of lidded silicone containers, for instance, increased 115 percent during [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Strom drains in Seoul and Sejong City are set to receive a makeover as part of a Ministry of Environment campaign to curb littering. The ministry announced plans on Monday to place environment friendly paintings in storm drains on the streets of Seoul and Sejong City to discourage littering cigarette [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – On August 15, with reports from Hyundai and Kia indicating that 141,681 eco-friendly cars had been sold thus far this year as of the end of last month, it is believed that the automotive giants may have found a possible lifeline out of their troubles. To put into perspective [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tallest skyscraper built by retail giant Lotte Group received a green building certificate from a U.S.-based environment organization, Lotte Corp. said Wednesday. The 123-story Lotte World Tower received a Gold rating in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system, the conglomerate [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Environment-friendly energy policies pledged by the Moon Jae-in administration are raising concerns among local builders, which fear power plant construction projects may take a hit, industry officials said Thursday. The chief executive said during his campaign that he will stop all new construction of coal-fired power plants and review [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – If there was one thing that South Koreans took away from the Oxy Reckitt Benckiser crisis, it was the devastating effects of chemical substances found in everyday products. The scandal dates back a decade, when polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), a substance that was used in commercial humidifier sterilizing agents, was discovered to [...]