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KEPCO held the 1st ESG Committee to strengthen ESG-based management

January 2021

  • Korea Electric Power Corporation(KEPCO) held the 1st ESG Committee on January 15th.
  • On this day's committee, this year's committee operation plan was resolved and safety management plan was reported. The committee also discussed major tasks to strengthen ESG management.
  • KEPCO's ESG Committee was established under the Board of Directors in December last year, with the purpose to strengthen ESG-related management system and to create continuous performance in the fields related to ESG issues. The committee is fully composed of non-standing directors of KEPCO BOD, chaired by Mr. JwaGwan Kim, the chairman of the BOD. Mr. SeungKook Choi and Ms. SuRan Bang are also the members of the committee.
  • The committee will review major business issues related to ESG and advise the company's ESG management strategies and business plans. It will also check the overall direction of KEPCO's sustainable management as well as manage and supervise its performances and problems.
  • KEPCO has recently been reinforcing its ESG management, for example, by declaring the suspension of promoting additional overseas coal-fired generation projects. KEPCO is committed to implement its ESG management going forward, and KEPCO's ESG Committee is expected to take a pivotal role in it.

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