Jungjingong and Korea Electric Power Corporation Join Hands to Support Carbon Neutrality for SMEs

Cooperation on Linking Carbon Neutrality Support Projects Between Institutions

The Small and Medium Business Corporation announced on the 13th that it signed a business agreement with Korea Electric Power Corporation at the KEPCO Art Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, to support carbon neutrality for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Through this agreement, both organizations agreed to actively cooperate in establishing a systematic support system for energy efficiency improvement and greenhouse gas reduction targeting SMEs struggling to achieve carbon neutrality.

Ban Jeong-sik, Director of Regional Innovation (left), and Baek Woo-gi, Head of KEPCO Sales Headquarters (right), are posing for a commemorative photo at the business agreement ceremony held on the 13th. Photo by Small and Medium Business Corporation

Specifically, they decided to join forces in areas such as ▲linking carbon neutrality support projects between institutions ▲sharing data to analyze performance and enhance customer convenience ▲jointly identifying demand and promoting companies wishing to participate in carbon neutrality projects.

The Small and Medium Business Corporation plans to reduce the cost burden on SMEs by linking KEPCO's 'Energy Efficiency Improvement Support Project' with its ongoing 'Carbon Neutral Facility Investment Support Project' for participating companies when introducing high-efficiency facilities.

Ban Jeong-sik, Director of Regional Innovation at the Small and Medium Business Corporation, stated, "We will strengthen support in close cooperation with KEPCO so that SMEs can achieve sustainable growth and carbon neutrality simultaneously."