LG shares green initiatives in ESG report

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LG Corp. on Thursday highlighted its environmentally-friendly efforts in its latest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report.

The company introduced LG ESG Intelligence, a platform that combines ESG data from 10 subsidiaries, to release a report designed to support stakeholder decision-making.

In the climate change section, the report includes the efforts of four key subsidiaries—LG Electronics Inc., LG Chem Ltd., LG Uplus Corp., and LG CNS—all responsible for 70 percent of the conglomerate’s carbon emissions.

Over the past two years, the subsidiaries have reduced their carbon emissions by 1.5 million tons and increased their use of renewable energy by 460 percent.