SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Fifteen major cities and provinces from four Northeast Asian countries will gather in Seoul on Thursday to discuss ways to tackle environmental pollution, the Seoul city government said Tuesday. At the two-day international forum to be held at city hall, the participating cities and provinces will announce the “Seoul [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The humidifier sterilizer controversy is extending further to typical retail printed receipts, with consumer anxiety on the rise. Several environmental organizations are claiming that bisphenol-related substances used in making receipts can be health-damaging. But related businesses are rejecting the claim, insisting that there is no proven relationship. Authorities are also looking [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of hybrid cars in South Korea hit an all-time high last month amid growing interest in environmentally friendly vehicles, industry data showed Wednesday. Sales of hybrid cars here reached 7,454 units last month, breaching the previous monthly record of 5,157 units set in December, according to the data by [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Data indicates that Seoul citizens are increasingly choosing to use public transportation as part of their efforts to be environmentally conscious. According to an infographic generated by The Seoul Institute entitled ‘Seoul Citizens’ Efforts to Save the Environment’, 65.2 percent of the 431 citizens questioned picked ‘using public transportation’ as the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will open a carbon trading system next week after years of delay, but the road ahead remains bumpy due to resistance from the business community and weak confidence in the nascent program. The Korea Exchange (KRX), the nation’s main bourse operator, will begin the cap-and-trade system on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – “Gyeongnam International Photography Festival 2014” whose theme is “Environment, Humans, and Life” is held at 3·15 Art Center in Changwon of South Korea from October 9 to 14, announced the organizing committee. Around 90 photographers whose nationalities represent Korea, China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Singapore, German, etc. will be exhibiting about [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics (LG) is hosting a slate of activities timed to coincide with this year’s World Environment Day on June 5 under its strong commitment to environmental stewardship. LG shares the goal of encouraging more people to live sustainably with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the sponsor of [...]
Rochester, MN, Mar 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) - GSky Plant Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce its latest Green Wall installation at a major medical provider in Minnesota. It is currently undergoing an expansion to include more wellness offerings and services for patients to help improve their overall health and wellness. To complement the its [...]
SEOUL, Korea, August 09 (Korea Bizwire) – The city government of Seoul will promote a project to transform into ‘Environment-friendly LED Stores’ until 2014. The government plans to replace lightings of approximately 35,000 stores, or about 30 percent of all 114,000 stores in Seoul, focusing first on those that are open 24 hours a day and thus [...]