Middle market companies will join an energy-saving campaign to respond to energy supply instability caused by the prolonged conflict in the Middle East.
The Federation of Middle Market Enterprises of Korea (FOMEK) said on the 27th that it sent an official request to member companies nationwide to cut energy use by taking public transportation and keeping appropriate office temperatures, and that its secretariat will implement odd-even driving restrictions based on the last digit of license plates, turn off all office lights during lunch, and refrain from using personal electric heaters.
FOMEK plans to identify energy-saving ideas that can be practiced at home and in the workplace through an in-house contest and to gradually expand additional response measures in stages depending on future energy supply conditions.
On the 24th, the government raised the crude oil crisis alert to caution and released a response plan, including energy saving, following the issuance of a resource security crisis caution alert.
Choi Jin-sik, president of FOMEK, said, "We must go beyond short-term saving and make an energy-saving culture part of daily life," and "Through the use of renewable energy, diversification of supply chains, and advancement of high-efficiency production systems, we must improve the structure of industry overall and lay the foundation for long-term resource security."