"2022 Global ESG Forum" with ESG management scholars and top 1% researchers
Organized by ESG Research Center of KUBS to host the world's first ESG Nature Forum

The "2022 Global ESG Forum," where Professor Jaehyuk Lee, Center Director of ESG Research Center at Korea University Business School, and Professor Yongsik Ok, Department of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, act as co-chairman, is currently under pre-registration. The forum, which will be held for three days from August 29^th (Mon) to 31^st (Wed) at Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is organized by the KUBS ESG Research Center, the International ESG Association, and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The forum aims to provide a foundation for collective intelligence on the present and future of ESG management that Korean companies need in the ESG era through the establishment of a network of global scholars and working-level officials related to ESG. 

On the first day, opening ceremony and keynote lectures, and a keynote session is scheduled under the theme of ESG and sustainability, ESG status and response, ESG and creation of values, ESG evaluation and utilization and on the second day, ESG Nature Forum which will discuss the sustainability of companies on the topic of Nature and environmental pillars of ESG, which is attracting much attention as it is the world’s first. In addition, sessions will be held under the theme of climate change/biodiversity, carbon neutrality/energy/green hydrogen economy, building energy/indoor environment, and a global session will be held on carbon negative bio vehicles on Day 3.

Jaehyuk Lee, Center Director of ESG Research Center at KUBS, is a world-renowned scholar and Korea's top researcher in ESG management, and also △ Chairman of ESG Management Committee, △ Chairman of Teachers Pension ESG Management Committee, △ Coordinator of Agricultural and Fishery Cooperation Fund and is currently △ Korea University ESG Committee member and Center Director. He is currently engaged in active research in various areas of interest, including Sustainability evaluation (ESG), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and management strategies. In addition, Professor Yongsik Ok of Department of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering organized a global ESG lecture series and is a world-class master in climate, environmental, energy convergence technology that achieves the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is the first in Korea who he was selected as the world's most influential researcher (HCR), which is the top 1% of the number of papers cited, in both fields of Environmental Ecology and Engineering.

The forum will be available for online registration on the 2022 Global ESG Forum website (www.globalesgforum.org) until July 31 (Sun).