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Hana's football club goes carbon-neutral
Hana Financial Group Vice Chairman Lee Eun-hyung, left, poses with Daejeon Hana Citizen President Huh Jung-moo at Daejeon World Cub Stadium, April 30. Courtesy of Hana Financial Group
By Lee Min-hyung
By Lee Min-hyung
Hana Financial Group's football club ― Daejeon Hana Citizen ― has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality during its upcoming home matches and make public its efforts to go net-zero at the end of the season.
The move is seen as part of Hana's efforts to fulfill its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) obligation for the sports sector.
Toward that end, Hana's professional football club said it would also join the group-wide ESG drive by making all its home matches to be carbon-neutral. The club will measure all carbon emissions and hold a series of eco-friendly campaigns with fans.
The decision was made amid growing concerns over climate change triggered by greenhouse gas emissions.
The club will also sign a partnership with a third-party organization to demonstrate and measure its carbon emissions and develop a strategy to cut them gradually.
Daejeon Hana Citizen plans to hold various carbon neutrality campaigns with fans, just like it did last month when it teamed up with the Korea Forest Service for a seedling event.
“We will stand at the forefront to drive more sincere ESG activities,” Hana Financial Group Vice Chairman Lee Eun-hyung said. “It is meaningful for Hana to join hands with the football club and its fans to enhance our group-wide ESG management.”
Hana Financial Group is one of the nation's most proactive banking groups in terms of ESG efforts. It won the top spot in the 2022 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices' banking sector.