SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it has joined RE100, a global corporate initiative aimed at shifting to 100 percent renewable electricity to lessen the impacts of worsening climate change. The move came after LG, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of electronic devices, vowed in July last year to [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp. said Wednesday it will join RE100 and transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040. RE100 is a global corporate initiative designed to shift energy use to renewable sources as a way to respond to climate change and other environmental issues. Kakao plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet portal giant Naver Corp. said Monday it has become the first South Korean internet company to join RE100, a global renewable energy initiative to achieve carbon neutrality in business operations. Naver said it was recently accepted as a member of the RE100 initiative of The Climate Group, a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will roll out the K-RE100 system this year to enable domestic companies to procure renewable energy at home, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Tuesday. The K-RE100 system is designed to allow electricity consumers to purchase and use renewable energy on a selective basis. RE100, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight units of South Korea’s third-largest conglomerate SK Group will participate in a global renewable energy campaign also joined by Google Inc. and Apple Inc., the group said Sunday. The SK firms will be the first South Korean companies to take part in the RE100 campaign that calls for [...]