NH Investment & Securities Conducts Volunteer Work to Help Farming Communities in 'Building Villages Together' Initiative

NH Investment & Securities announced on the 1st that it visited the farming area of Dangdong 2-ri, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, to carry out volunteer work to help with farm labor.

About 50 executives and employees, including Yoon Byung-woon, CEO of NH Investment & Securities, visited the farming area of Dangdong 2-ri, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, to assist with the removal of chili pepper stalks and village environmental cleanup. Dangdong 2-ri, Munsan-eup, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do, is a village where NH Investment & Securities has maintained continuous support activities since May 2016, with the CEO serving as the 'Honorary Village Chief' and employees as 'Honorary Residents.' On this day, about 50 executives and employees, including CEO Yoon Byung-woon, worked hard removing chili pepper stalks and cleaning the village environment in a field of approximately 3,000 pyeong.

Since 2016, NH Investment & Securities has been conducting the 'Creating Villages Together' volunteer activity to support farmers who face many difficulties in farming due to rural aging. In addition to this village, NH Investment & Securities currently has partnerships with 31 villages nationwide, actively supporting farm labor assistance during busy seasons, direct agricultural product markets, and other long-standing village projects. This year, starting with a visit to Bibong-myeon, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do by the Finance Headquarters 1, the company is supporting rural labor assistance events in partnered villages.

CEO Yoon Byung-woon said, "As a member of the NongHyup Group, our company has a mission to contribute to the development of agriculture and farmers, and we will work to ensure that urban and rural areas can develop together." He added, "We will continue to strive to help farming households in various ways, including rural labor assistance and the breakfast-eating campaign."

NH Investment & Securities actively practices social responsibility activities, including annual rural labor assistance and support for farming households. The company also participates in campaigns to expand rice consumption, such as the breakfast-eating campaign and donating rice to social welfare facilities.