The Green Transformation International Week (GX International Week) and Climate Change Week kicked off on April 20. At this event hosted by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, 16 institutions and organizations spanning government, public agencies, and private companies are introducing carbon neutrality practice cases and information at outdoor booths at the Yeosu Venezia Convention site. If you are planning to visit Yeosu during this special week, take note of the booths that ESG Today has highlighted.
① Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment — Promoting GX International Week and Climate Change Week Is Climate Action Itself
The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, which organized this event, is running an event in which souvenirs are given to those who share messages of support for GX International Week and Climate Change Week on social media. It is participatory promotion that naturally spreads the purpose of the event, conveying the message that climate action is not something far away.
[Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment booth at the venue entrance © ESG.ONL]
② Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth — Figuring Out the Gains of Green Activities with ‘Green Pig Geudeuki’
The Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth is operating an information booth where visitors can check everything from the commission’s organizational structure to its major activities at a glance. The Chairperson personally attended the GX International Week opening ceremony and emphasized the commission’s role. The booth is drawing visitors with an event giving away items featuring the character ‘Green Pig Geudeuki,’ which introduces the benefits that can be gained through green activities.
[Event booth of the Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth © ESG.ONL]
③ Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute — Even a Seal Knows Carbon Neutrality Points, Plus Double Earning Tips
At the booth of the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute, where a cute seal character catches the eye, the Carbon Neutrality Point system is intensively introduced. It explains how to earn points and receive incentives through everyday green activities such as issuing electronic receipts, using reusable containers, and recycling, and also shares information about limited-time events for earning double points.
[Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute seal character and event booth © ESG.ONL]
④ Climate Solutions — Discovering the Truth of 1.5°C While Making Your Own Sandwich
The most eye-catching booth is undoubtedly the Climate Solutions booth, decorated in a red bakery concept. Centered on the theme of global efforts to limit Earth’s temperature rise to within 1.5°C and the impacts of the climate crisis, it operates a hands-on activity in which participants complete a sandwich by connecting sandwich ingredient cards, each containing a piece of climate knowledge. The method of learning climate information by assembling it with one’s own hands is drawing the interest of participants.
[Climate Solutions booth where participants learn about climate crisis information by choosing bread and ingredients © ESG.ONL]
⑤ H&M — Fashion Asks About Sustainability
At this event, H&M — the only fashion brand — conveys its sustainability message through an O/X quiz format participation event. From Earth Day-related general knowledge to the procurement methods of the materials H&M uses in its products, the brand unpacks its eco-friendly efforts through quizzes in a natural way.
[H&M event booth drawing interest through a quiz game © ESG.ONL]
⑥ Sudogwon Landfill Site Management Corporation — Feeling the Possibility of Regeneration Through Sock Toe Offcuts
The Sudogwon Landfill Site Management Corporation, which manages and processes waste discharged by 26 million citizens in the Seoul metropolitan area including Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, operates a hands-on activity of making pot holders from recycled sock toe offcuts. During the activity, guides explain the corporation’s role and the importance of resource circulation, helping participants to directly feel how meaningful the process of reducing and regenerating waste can be.
[Sudogwon Landfill Site Management Corporation information booth offering sock toe offcut item making © ESG.ONL]
The GX International Week promotion booths are open from 10 AM to 6 PM at the outdoor Yeosu Venezia Convention site until the 25th. While policy declarations and international forums take place inside the conference halls, the outdoor booths are functioning as a space where citizens pause their steps and experience climate action. These promotion booths, where government, public institutions, and private companies gather in one place to introduce climate action in their own ways, are a microcosm demonstrating that green transformation is not a task for any single entity. If you are curious about how small and large practices toward carbon neutrality are connected, do not miss this week.
by Editor N