Hwaseong City Wins Grand Prize in 'ESG Korea Award' Governance Category

[Suwon Ilbo=Lee Su-won Reporter] Hwaseong City won the grand prize in the governance category at the 2024 '5th ESG Korea Award' ceremony held at the Diamond Hall of FKI Tower in Yeouido, Seoul on the 24th.

The 'ESG Korea Award' is an award sponsored by ESG Happy Economy Research Institute and Hans Economy, with support from the Ministry of Environment, the Korea Business Association, and the Korea Business Association. It selects and awards excellent ESG management organizations and institutions in response to the era of climate crisis and the 2.0 era of local autonomy decentralization.

In particular, the ESG Happy Economy Research Institute, with consultation from Seoul National University's Graduate School of Environmental Studies, has developed and evaluated an ESG INDEX for basic local government units for the first time in Korea.

Hwaseong City proclaimed Hwaseong-style ESG administration in 2023 and received high evaluation for implementing outreach-oriented citizen communication methods such as the 'Suicide Prevention Hotline' to fulfill social responsibility, operating the 'Mobile Mayor's Office' to ensure transparent decision-making, and 'Major Project Briefing Sessions,' as well as field-based administration initiatives.

Mayor Jung Myeong-keun of Hwaseong City stated, "Hwaseong City has been promoting ESG administration under the slogan of 'Treating the Environment (E) beneficially, Renewing Society (S), and Balancing Communication (G)'" and added, "We will continue to make efforts to become a leading city in the new paradigm of ESG."