RBW chief executive Kim Jin-woo received the special award at the 2025 Green Growth & Culture Award from the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI).
With Ban Ki-moon, GGGI chair and former U.N. secretary-general, presenting the award in person, the special award is an honorable prize given to individuals who have led sustainable cultural development and ESG management as part of Global Green Growth Week 2025.
In particular, this award was established to highlight the important role culture plays in promoting global green growth and sustainable development, and it is especially meaningful because it is presented to encourage individuals and organizations that have created positive change across the cultural industry.
Kim Jin-woo, who leads RBW, has made the "virtuous cycle of culture and management" a core value of corporate governance, has led efforts to cultivate creative global talent through cultural exchange and training programs for young people, and has promoted the expansion of cultural diversity.
Kim Jin-woo currently serves as head of leading domestic entertainment companies including RBW, DSP Media and WM Entertainment, contributing to the expansion of K-pop's base and strengthening its global competitiveness. Respecting each label's unique color, he combines content production, system operation and global distribution capabilities to work toward creating a sustainable K-pop ecosystem.
Upon receiving the special award, Kim Jin-woo said he would "continue to build a sustainable cultural ecosystem model that integrates music, content and education, and grow further as a content corporation with social responsibility that grows together with young people at home and abroad."
[Photo] Provided by GGGI.
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