WINNERS GALLERY

K-NBA, selecting the most valuable and competitive national brands of Korea as the national assets is the awarding ceremony jointly held by New York Festivals, one of World Top 3 Advertising Festivals, and the Korean Steering Committee of K-NBA.

SK Securities has been leading the ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance Structure) management implementing in new and renewable energy financial consulting, brokerage, and equity investment since 2014. SK Securities completed eight wind power development projects, equivalent to about 880 Billion KRW up to now. SK Securities achieved 47 Trillion KRW (total 293 cases) of sales through the end of last November as the representative manager of ESG bonds from 2018.

SK Securities acquired carbon credits issued by UNFCCC in March 2021 even though it had no obligation to reduce carbon. SK Securities declared ‘decarbonization finance’ in November last year. SK Securities acquired the official permit on reduction goals from SBTi (Science-Based Targets initiative) by publishing the TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure) report for the first time as a single stock company in Korea in 2022.

Furthermore, SK Securities implemented the ‘EM soil ball making’ with about 20 officers and employees of the SK Securities and Yeongdeungpo-gu borough government on World Water Day on March 22. EM Soil Ball is the ball made by mixing EM (Effective Micro-organisms) solution, the beneficial microorganism, and clay. It’s effective for purifying water, deodorizing, and fermenting and decomposing organic matters.

EM soil balls made on World Water Day are used to purify the ecosystem in Saegang Stream in Yeoui-do after fermentation for 2 weeks. Moreover, SK Securities sponsored biodiversity research and biodiversity policy research by supporting ‘Biodiversity and ecosystem maintenance seminar around DMZ’ in May of last year. SK Securities will endeavor for the ‘nature positive economy and finance’ as well as the ‘decarbonization finance’ with more interest.

ESG Implementation Director Kim Mi-hyeon of SK Securities said, “ESG in finance is for all industries. Thus, we understand the tremendous roles and responsibilities. We also recognize that advancing properly is more important than advancing before others. So, SK Securities will pursue the support and unity for sustainable finance by transparently disclosing all processes and achievement of ESG management to a variety of related parties.”

SK Securities implemented ESG management with an exclusive organization directly managed by the CEO from 2021. Moreover, SK Securities established an institutional platform to earnestly promote ESG management by newly organizing the ESG Committee under the control of Board of Directors after the previous general shareholders’ meeting.