On the 12th, the Roundtable on Shared Growth announced that it will implement the '2025 ESG Support Project for Partner Companies' to strengthen the ESG management capabilities of collaborating small and medium-sized enterprises.

Participating corporations will operate through a system that supports collaborating small and medium-sized enterprises by contributing to the win-win cooperation fund from domestic large and medium-sized corporations and public institutions. Companies can join throughout the year.

Since 2019, the Roundtable on Shared Growth has been promoting the ESG support project for partner companies, with 106 large corporations and public institutions participating thus far to provide consulting to 1,679 small and medium-sized enterprises. Among them, 1,241 corporations have been certified as excellent small and medium-sized enterprises in ESG.

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This year, the ESG support system tailored for corporations will be strengthened, expanding from simple consulting to more tailored consulting based on individual corporate circumstances. Accordingly, the Roundtable on Shared Growth will maintain ESG education and consulting based on the 'ESG Standard Guidelines for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises' while restructuring to actively respond to global ESG issues reflecting the specific needs of individual corporations.

Additionally, the support services such as greenhouse gas reduction and consulting specialized in responding to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), supply chain ESG certification, conversion of environmental and industrial safety and health facilities, and publication of sustainability management reports can be selected by participating corporations as needed.

Furthermore, large and medium-sized corporations and public institutions participating in the project can enjoy various participatory benefits such as ESG practitioner training, awards for shared growth recipients, ESG forums for large and small corporations, and benchmarking against excellent domestic and international cases. Partner companies selected as excellent small and medium-sized enterprises in ESG will receive practical benefits such as preferential interest rates, support for entering overseas markets, and support for environmental and energy technologies.

Lee Dal-gon, chair of the Roundtable on Shared Growth, said, 'ESG management is no longer a choice but a necessity, and we will provide practical support to help collaborating small and medium-sized enterprises effectively adopt it,' adding, 'The Roundtable on Shared Growth will actively support the participation of large corporations and public institutions to build a sustainable supply chain.'