Hanwha Investment & Securities Publishes '2024 Sustainability Management Report'

Hanwha Investment & Securities announced on the 24th that it has published the "2024 Sustainability Management Report," which contains ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) performance and sustainability information.

Since 2019, Hanwha Investment & Securities has been publishing the Sustainability Management Report annually to actively communicate ESG management with internal and external stakeholders.

Under the ESG management goal of "Becoming a leading financial company in ESG management for a better future," Hanwha Investment & Securities has selected and is pursuing three strategic directions: participation in climate crisis response through expanding eco-friendly finance (E), advancement of responsible management for a sustainable future (S), and enhancement of corporate trust through transparent governance (G).

This report details ESG performance ranked highly in the Double Materiality Assessment, including ▲climate change response ▲strengthening customer information and data security ▲protection of financial consumer rights ▲ethical management and compliance ▲sustainable finance. The Double Materiality Assessment refers to an evaluation method that considers both the impact of ESG issues on a company’s financial status and the impact of corporate management activities on environmental and social sustainability.

In particular, this year’s report strengthened the disclosure of TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) information to achieve carbon neutrality goals and systematic climate change response, disclosing and completing verification of greenhouse gas direct emissions (Scope 1), indirect emissions (Scope 2), and other indirect emissions (Scope 3) related to financial emissions from major business sites.

In 2023, Hanwha Investment & Securities took the lead in the industry by obtaining ISMS-P certification for information protection and personal information protection management systems and introducing human rights management, achieving ESG performance that earned a comprehensive A grade in the 2023 ESG evaluation from the Korea ESG Standards Institute. Additionally, Hanwha Investment & Securities received an A grade in the scale category and an overall AA grade in the first half of 2024 ESG evaluation from the ESG rating agency Sustainvest and was selected as one of the top 100 excellent companies in ESG management.

Jongmin Son, Executive Director of the Planning and Management Office at Hanwha Investment & Securities, stated, "Hanwha Investment & Securities has strengthened disclosure of climate change response information in accordance with the mandatory ESG information disclosure," adding, "We will continue to communicate with various ESG stakeholders under the purpose of 'providing financial solutions for the future of customers and society based on differentiation and global competitiveness.'"