[아이뉴스24 문영수 기자]NCsoft, the first in the game industry to start ESG management in earnest, is found to have established the ESG Steering Committee (ESG), headed by Yoon Song-i, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO).
On the 15th, NCsoft (CEO Kim Taek-jin) established the ESC to further strengthen its sustainability management activities through its official blog, and Song-I Yoon, CSO and Chairman of the NC Cultural Foundation, Jin Jin Jeong, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Lee Hae-beom, etc. Announced that they will participate.
ESC plans to establish an ESG management office under the Brand Strategy Center, which will determine NCsoft’s ESG management strategy and direction and take charge of practical tasks, to further strengthen sustainable management.
The company also revealed the core areas of ESG management to prepare’FUEL for sustainable growth’. ▲Consideration for future generation ▲Support for the underprivileged ▲Protection of environmental ecosystem ▲Leadership and ethics in the AI era.
NCsoft continues to support and invest for future generations. The NC Foundation has been operating the creative activity community’Projectory’ in Daehak-ro, Seoul since August 2020. It provides opportunities for children to fail freely, constantly challenge, and acquire self-direction and creativity through various projects. The company has been running an in-house day care center’Laughing Peanut’ for 13 years with the philosophy that’if children and families are happy, the company can grow.’
The NC Cultural Foundation has been conducting a special science program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States for the 5th year targeting underprivileged youth rearing facilities in Busan (Boys’ House, Songdo-jeong, Maria Dream Site). It services’My AAC’, an application for people with disabilities with difficulty in communication, and supports’SETEA.net’, the nation’s largest special teacher community. NCsoft Service, a subsidiary, is contributing to the expansion of jobs for the underprivileged through subsidiary certification of standard workplaces for the disabled.
It is also collaborating with’ProtectedSeas’, a non-profit international environmental organization for a sustainable planet. It is also providing support to correctly mark the Korean Marine Protected Area Map (MPA). NCsoft Global R&D Innovation Center, the new office building, will be built from the design stage with the goal of achieving the highest level of eco-friendly certification.
NCsoft recognizes the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the ethical use of AI technology for both developers and users, and is supporting research on the AI ethics curriculum that integrates humanities and social factors such as sociology, law, and politics.
Since 2020, the NC Foundation has been supporting the development of AI ethics curriculum led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University. From 2021, it plans to expand support to Harvard University. In Korea, since 2018, the AI talent development program NC Fellowship has been operated. NC plans to support various programs so that future generations can develop and utilize technology based on correct values.
The company said, “As is well known, CEO Taekjin Kim has been emphasizing the management philosophy that values the creation of new opportunities and the spirit of constant challenge, with integrity as a core corporate value from the beginning of NCsoft’s founding.” “We want to actively put into practice the creative ideas and campaigns necessary to provide the driving force for this.”
In addition, “NCsoft has made a more practical and fundamental contribution to the improvement of social value in ESG management so far as the most important foundation.” It is a process of evolving into long-term and long-term plans and strategies. In the future, we will realize the society that NC dreams of for a sustainable future based on more responsible action.”
On the other hand, ESG is a non-financial performance indicator that deals with the core of corporate social responsibility (CSR) such as environment, social value, and governance, and it can be said to be a major indicator for evaluating corporate value. Since the Corona 19 pandemic, investment uncertainty in corporate management has increased, attracting attention as a new management philosophy. Starting with NCsoft, it is also a key issue for ESG management to expand throughout the game industry.
/ Reporter Moon Young-soo ([email protected])