Netmarble is the first game company to join UNGC…”Strengthening ESG
Netmarble announced on the 26th that it has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) to strengthen the management of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) that meets global standards and practice social responsibility.
The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) is the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative (autonomous agreement) and is an international agreement launched in New York in 2000 to urge companies to practice social responsibility.
Currently, 20,000 member companies from 162 countries around the world are participating, and member companies must submit and disclose COPs every year to meet the 10 principles of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, which are UNGC’s core values.
Netmarble is the first Korean game company to join UNGC, and plans to internalize the top 10 principles of UN Global Compact, including human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, and share efforts to achieve sustainable management with users, shareholders, and local communities.
In particular, in the area of human rights, efforts will be made to achieve the level of ESG global leading companies.
Yoo Yeon-chul, secretary-general of UNGC Korea Association, said, “UNGC’s 10 principles will play a key role in strengthening the sustainability of member companies,” adding, “We hope Netmarble members will grow into sustainable and responsible companies as UNGC members.”