VICTOR, N.Y., Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, published today its inaugural ESG Impact Report – an evolution of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility reports – highlighting established commitments and targets to positively impact the planet and its people, and progress made toward achieving them. To enable [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) said Thursday it has developed indexes to assess the performance of its ESG management activities for the first time among local shipyards. DSME, a major local shipbuilder, said it has applied the 146 ESG indexes to its Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island, [...]
LONDON, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk analytics business of Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK), has launched its new Industry Risk Analytics to provide companies, insurers and financial institutions with a new geospatial risk solution that identifies the exposure of 80 sectors to 52 different ESG and political risks across 198 countries. The data [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Travel agencies are coming up with the so-called “value travel” packages to attract customers in their 20s and 30s and bolster environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related activities. Yellow Balloon Tour released a “1 Day Tour + 5 Day Free” travel package to Hawaii. The package brings travelers to Kualoa Ranch, where the [...]
Rueil-Malmaison (France), July 28 (Korea Bizwire) ─ Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced today the results of its sustainable impact program for the second quarter of 2022. Schneider’s Sustainability Impact (SSI) scored 4.17 out of ten, relative to its 4.70 year-end target. The SSI dashboard measures Schneider’s Environmental, Social and Governance [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drug companies and biotech firms are stepping up to advance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management following the coronavirus pandemic and concerns over global warming. SK Bioscience Co. said in its ESG report published last month for the first time since its establishment that it had generated [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s bourse operator said Thursday that it will provide guidelines that meet global standards for listed firms’ disclosures for their environment, social and governance (ESG) management. The Korea Exchange (KRX) has been pushing for advanced ESG disclosure systems to match global standards, best represented by the International Sustainability [...]
TORONTO, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — EV Technology Group Ltd. (“EV Technology Group”, “EVT Group” or the “Company”) (NEO: EVTG, DE:B96A) launched its sustainability platform today, including an articulation of its ESG aspirations and purpose — to drive the adoption of electric vehicles (“EVs”). EV Technology Group’s sustainability platform outlines how it plans to support [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In tandem with the government’s pursuit of carbon-neutral policies and the business community’s embracing of the environment, social and governance (ESG) management trend, investment is flooding into startups in the ESG sectors. Domestic startups attracted 11.7 trillion won (US$9.51 billion) in investment last year, more than tripling from a [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of those in the “MZ generation,” a Korean term referring to those aged between late 10s and 30s, have a preference towards products from companies that focus on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) management even if they are more expensive, a survey showed Sunday. [...]