NH NongHyup Financial Group announced on June 23 that it held the 2023 Workshop for Excellent Local Employees of NongHyup Financial Group’s overseas branches in Asia for outstanding employees of its overseas affiliates.
The workshop ran for five days from March 18 to 23. It aimed to integrate the training programs operated by each subsidiary to enhance the participants’ understanding of the group’s core values and global strategies and instill pride in locally recruited employees working at overseas branches.
The workshop, which was suspended for four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, drew a lot of attention from employees at overseas branches.
The workshop was held to enhance their understanding of NH NongHyup Financial Group and share the group’s core values through meetings with officials of the group and its affiliates, as well as tours of business sites.
The workshop also offered various programs for them to experience Korean culture, including Gyeongbokgung Palace, which drew positive responses from the employees.
Lee Seok-jun, Chairman of NH NongHyup Financial Group, also attended the workshop and had a chance to talk with them. Chairman Lee emphasized the importance of informal communications with them and freely exchanged suggestions and opinions.
Signing MOU to Revitalize Private Investment in Agri-Food Sector with APFS
NH NongHyup Financial Group announced on July 17 that it signed a business agreement with the Agricultural Policy Insurance & Finance Service (APFS) to rev up private investment in the agro-food sector at the APFS building in Yeouido, Seoul.
The signing ceremony was attended by Lee Woo-shik, head of the NH Financial Research Institute and Baek Jong-cheol, head of investment management at APFS.
NH NongHyup Financial Group agreed to cooperate with APFS to improve access to information on agro-food businesses and expand the discovery of excellent companies.
First of all, NH NongHyup Financial Group plans to prepare an analytical report on the agro-food industry and companies and list the companies on an agro-food investment information sharing platform to be operated by the APFS.
The APFS will provide NH NongHyup Financial Group with relevant information and data for the preparation of the report.
To this end, NH NongHyup Financial Group has established an agribusiness research team to analyze agrobusinesses and companies at the NH Financial Research Institute and will regularly publish related reports.
Donating 100 Million Won to SMEs with excellent carbon reduction Records in Agricultural Sector
On June 26, NH NongHyup Financial Group held a fund transfer ceremony at NH NongHyup Financial Group Headquarters in Seoul with the attendance of NH NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Lee Seok-jun, Korea Agriculture Technology Promotion Agency (KOAT) Director Ahn Ho-keun, and NH-Amundi Asset Management CEO Lim Dong-soon, to support SMEs that resulted in excellent carbon reduction records in the agricultural sector.
The ceremony was held in cooperation with the KOAT as part of a project to support the revitalization of projects of the agricultural emissions trading system.
The KOAT project applies 17 registered low-carbon agricultural technologies and provides carbon credits to farmers who reduce greenhouse gas emissions to create new income sources for farmers and ultimately respond to climate change in the agricultural sector.
The KOAT plans to go through procedures such as a public announcement to select excellent SMEs for carbon reduction in the agricultural sector based on the Green Korea Fund.
The Green Korea Fund has been certified as the first ESG public fund in Korea by fund evaluator FnGuide.
The fund invests in eco-friendly companies that are expected to grow sustainably using Amundi’s ESG evaluation method.
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