Naver beleaguered by weak Korean businesses amid Line woes

South Korea’s online giant Naver Corp. is struggling with sluggish core domestic businesses – commerce, search and sports – as Jap...

Samsung gets AWS platinum certification for water stewardship

Samsung Electronics Co. has been awarded the highest level of certification for water management by the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS), a le...

NPS launches stewardship responsible division

The National Pension Service has set up a division to fulfill its stewardship responsibilities as South Korea’s largest institutional investor after i...

KIC to allocate $300 mn to ESG fund; to adopt stewardship code in January

Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) will allocate around $300 million to an environment, social and governance (ESG) integrated fund and embrace stewar...

NPS studies stewardship code adoption in 2017

The National Pension Service (NPS) is preparing to introduce a Stewardship Code which is aimed at encouraging institutional investors to actively part...