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ESG is the global corporate management trend these days.

It is an acronym for the English word for environment, society, and corporate governance.

Just as plastic bottles turn into white fibers and make clothes again, there are a lot of companies thinking about society and the environment in Korea.



Reporter Han Sang-woo.



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collected PT bottles were converted to white fibers through heat treatment.



Fine threads are constantly coming out, and the fibers produced in this way are used to make socks, T-shirts and shoes.



Famous brands around the world are also striving to utilize recycled fibers.



[Yong-Jun Park/Team Leader of Recycled Fiber Producer: The eco-friendly fiber market has grown more than double that of the general fiber market with an annual average of 9.2%.

Global leading brands have a policy of changing regular polyester to recycled (recycled) polyester by 2030.]



This cryogenic freezer company runs a warehouse at -80 degrees Celsius with LNG gas, which reaches -160 degrees Celsius, and here Hydrogen is separated from the vaporized gas to create a fuel cell and used for self-generation.



The electricity produced in this way is sold and the heat generated from the power generation process is used for cooling and heating the building, thereby reducing costs while practicing environmental management.



These are examples of ESG craze faithful to the values ​​of environment, society and corporate governance.



Based on the analysis that companies with excellent ESG performance are highly sustainable, they are becoming an important factor in investment judgment and corporate value measurement.



The scale of ESG-related investment is on the rise, with the National Pension Service, which is a big hand of the institution, incorporates ESG evaluation as an investment criterion.



ESG bonds issued by domestic financial institutions last year amounted to KRW 6 trillion.



Recently, over 2 trillion won was accumulated in ESG bonds worth 300 billion won issued by Hyundai Motor Company, and SK, Hyundai Heavy Industries, and Hyundai Oilbank succeeded in succession.



The size and awareness of the domestic ESG market is still in its infancy, and related policies have been institutionalized in the US and Europe for many years.



It is required to standardize the ESG evaluation system, verify investment performance, and improve the related information disclosure system.



(Video coverage: Yoo-hyuk and Kim Hyeon-sang, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)