Park Hee-jeong, Head of Legislative Policy Division at Daeryun Law Firm, said, “ESG, the role of National Assembly legislative policy, government regulation, and ESG activities in the private sector are necessary.”

Keynote lecture on ‘ESG Control Tower, Creating an ESG Nation’ at the National Assembly Korea ESG Management Innovation Forum on the 21st

Park Hee-jeong, Head of Legislative Policy Division at Daeryun Law Firm (ESG Committee Chair of the Korea Mediation Association, an affiliate of the National Assembly Secretariat), gave a keynote lecture on the topic of ‘ESG Control Tower, Creating an ESG Nation’ at the ‘3rd Korea ESG Management Innovation Forum’ held in the first conference room of the National Assembly Building on February 21.

Director Park defines the spirit of ESG as “consideration for others, and the restoration of publicness and dignity, sustainability, and free market economy combined as an advanced form of publicness, or ESG,” and defined, “ESG is the spirit of the current times, such as polarization of inequality, low birth rate and super-aging population, climate crisis, disappearance of rural areas, housing jobs, and integration of communication, which can be summarized in one word.”

He also explained, “Even if ESG is retreating in the United States, financial institutions and companies around the world are already standardizing and legislating ESG, and the major trend of further strengthening cannot be changed.”

At the same time, he mentioned the importance of the role of the National Assembly's legislative policy and the need for government regulation and ESG activities in the private sector, and introduced various initiatives, consultative bodies, and international standards such as ISO.

Director Park emphasized the ‘ESG economic ecosystem created by the power of finance’ and presented an ESG national strategy to strengthen national competitiveness while criticizing the ESG social contribution activities of the domestic financial sector. In addition, it led in-depth discussions on the necessity of ESG management and the direction of policy support, and presented strategic directions for sustainable ESG policies.

Meanwhile, Park Hee-jung, head of Daeryun Law Firm's Legislative Policy Division, graduated from Duke University Law School and the University of Washington Law School. He has worked in various fields, including a domestic consulting firm, the office of the president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and the office of the chairman of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee and the office of the chairman of the Public Administration and Security Committee. He is known as an expert in legislative policy at the National Assembly, response to government regulations, and, above all, as a top expert in ESG in the political world.

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