ESG Committee

LG will create ESG (environment, social and corporate governance) Committee and Internal Trading Committee within the holding company and key affili...

South Korea’s big companies, such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG, are increasingly embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards ...

Big companies listed on South Korea’s major stock market will be required to disclose their business activities related to environmental, soci...

South Korea's environmental, social and governance (ESG) bond market is seeing strong growth as companies are driven by institutional investors' inc...

South Korea’s Kyobo Life Insurance Co. is planning to invest several hundreds of millions of dollars in environmental, social and governance (ES...

South Korea’s Kookmin Bank has issued $500 million in subordinated bonds as part of its efforts to expand loans for environmental, social and go...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will step up investment in startups and environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment as it aims to ...

South Korea's fashion and beauty companies are jumping on the environmental, social, governance (ESG) bandwagon to lure more environmentally conscious...

South Korean companies are becoming more proactive in prioritizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. In line with the ESG wave, Sa...

South Korean companies’ issues of environmental, social and governance (ESG) bonds have almost doubled to 5.7 trillion won ($4.9 billion) so far...

The National Pension Service (NPS) is seeking to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into domestic equity and bond investm...

The National Pension Service (NPS) has committed between $100 million and $200 million to an energy and infrastructure fund set up by UK-based private...

Lotte Corporation is set to become the first South Korean holding company to issue environmental, social, and governance (ESG) bonds, according to inv...

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will introduce environment, social and governance (ESG) factors as additional evaluation criteria fo...

The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) will commit 100 billion won ($88.4 million) to a global equity fund integrating environmental, social ...

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will allocate around $300 million to an environment, social and governance (ESG) integrated fund and embrace stewar...

(Updated on July 12, 2016 to clarify a previous business title of Chun-woong Park, a new steering committee member, as the head of the Korean arm of E...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has replaced the head of its investment review committee recently with the Chief Investment Officer Do...

On May 19expand the criteria into direct investments in overseas equities and bonds by year's end.From next year, it will apply its ESG guidelines to ...