Yonsei Business Research Institute

On March 4, 2021, the conference hosted a forum under the theme of "ESG: Environmental Performance Measurement and Environmental Ethics Forum". At the time of paradigm shift due to changes in business environment because of climate change and COVID-19 crisis, ESG recognized pending issues of measuring and evaluating environmental performance, a key indicator of sustainable management.  In the first part, there were presentations on ESG trends at home and abroad and the implications of increasing ESG information demands: environmental performance (Park Jae-heum, partner of EY Korea Accounting Corporation), ESG evaluation trends, corporate response and management research issues (Professor Lee Soo-yeol of Chonnam University). In part 2, an in-depth panel discussion by leader Kim Hoon-tae of POSCO ESG Group, senior researcher Son Seo-won of the Korea Institute of Environmental Industry, Professor Jeong Do-jin of Chung-Ang University, and non-financial reporting TF member Yoo Jung-min of the Korea Institute of Public Accounting was held by Professor Lee Ho-young.