AhnLab said on the 26th that on the 24th it carried out volunteer work for biodiversity conservation at the Shingu College Botanical Garden in Seongnam, Gyeonggi.
The Shingu College Botanical Garden is an educational and research institution that carries out conservation and research on native and foreign resource plants for the development of plant culture and runs education and hands-on programs.
Seventeen AhnLab employees took part in the volunteer activity. Volunteers, together with botanical garden officials, planted about 700 individuals of "Seomsiho," a wild species designated as endangered by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment.
AhnLab also delivered a donation of 3 million won to operate biodiversity programs in the botanical garden and improve habitats for endangered plants.
An AhnLab official said, "This volunteer activity was planned as part of efforts to contribute continuously to biodiversity conservation rather than being a one-off event," adding, "We plan to actively push follow-up volunteer activities while consistently monitoring whether the planted species are growing healthily."
AhnLab is conducting in-house education on a range of environmental issues, including biodiversity, to practice corporations' environmental responsibility. Since Nov. 2023, it has also been promoting regular environmental volunteer activities. In May, it carried out an environmental cleanup at the Tancheon Sunnae Wetland Ecological Park to promote coexistence with the local community and conserve the ecological environment.