Are global GSS bonds sustainable?

Are global GSS bonds sustainable?

Global green, social sustainability (GSS) bonds may not be stable enough yet. The bonds where proceeds will be exclusively applied to finance or re-...

Hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus to make Kospi debut Sept. 3

Hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus to make Kospi debut Sept. 3

South Korea’s leading hydrogen tank maker Iljin Hysolus Co. will be listed on Kospi on Sept. 3, according to the company’s IPO briefing ...

MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index

MSCI adds SK Bioscience, SKIET, EcoPro BM to Korea Index

Global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) added SK IE Technology Co. (SKIET), SK Bioscience Co. and EcoPro BM Co. to its K...

Hyundai Motor releases 2021 sustainability report with profitability focus

Hyundai Motor releases 2021 sustainability report with profitability focus

Hyundai Motor Co. will focus on ramping up global sales of high-profit vehicles such as its SUVs and Genesis models, according to its annual sustain...

Short-selling ban keeps Korea from MSCI’s developed-markets index

Short-selling ban keeps Korea from MSCI’s developed-markets index

South Korea is unlikely to obtain the global index provider MSCI’s developed-market status this year with the Korean government’s decisi...

BOK to offer news-based weekly economic index

BOK to offer news-based weekly economic index

South Korea’s central bank will launch a new economic index based on analysis of online business news articles. The Bank of Korea said on Apr....

How South Korea can prevent a self-defeating green recovery

How South Korea can prevent a self-defeating green recovery

The rules of economic growth have changed. From the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have emerged with renewed sense of purpose, activ...

[ASK2020] Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

[ASK2020]  Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) is one of the world’s leading alternative asset managers. For more than twenty-five years,...

Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials

Hyundai Motor unveils sustainable fashion collection from recycled car materials

Hyundai Motor Co. displayed fashion items made of discarded materials from the automotive manufacturing and scrapping process on Oct. 8, calling it a ...

BTS' Big Hit focuses on sustainable fandom-based business model

BTS' Big Hit focuses on sustainable fandom-based business model

Big Hit Entertainment Co., behind the K-pop idols BTS, is switching its focus to online concerts, merchandise and character businesses from offline pe...

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