[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Employers' Association recently held a series of forums on economic issues for CEOs of member companies.
According to Gwangju Employers' Association on the 18th, on the 29th of last month, they invited Cho Dong-sung, Chairman of the Industrial Policy Research Institute, to give a lecture titled "Where did ESG come from and where is it going?" He emphasized that ESG management ultimately aims to create long-lasting companies that can survive for a long time, introduced the trends and cases of ESG expansion, and the implications of ESG management, forecasting that it will have a significant impact on corporate society for at least the next five years.
On the 13th, they invited lawyer Moon Chan-seok to give a lecture on "The Serious Accident Punishment Act and Corporate Response Measures."
Lawyer Moon urged companies to clarify roles and responsibilities, establish a reporting system for management executives, document and record processes, and prepare response manuals for accidents, as the law's uncertainty is insufficiently resolved and the importance of proving causality is high.
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