AVPN Global Conference 2023 | 20 - 22 June 2023

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South Korea

About

Building the ecosystem

AVPN is building the ecosystem for social investors with an active presence in Korea - from foundations and impact funds to corporations, intermediaries and beyond.
 
After several decades of demonstrating rapid economic growth, South Korea is now sprouting demand for sustainable investing. With the new goal of increasing up to 50 percent of its investment in ESG assets by 2022, the country aims to set an example of social responsibility in Asia.

DEAL SHARE PLATFORM

Support deals in South Korea

Support and scale high-impact solutions that have been endorsed by AVPN members throughout South Korea.

ALIA will take the lead with industry-wide solutions to address cost competitiveness and sustainability. Beneficiaries are cleaner environment for society and continued business viability.

Climate Action and Environment, Energy, Governance

This project is a FOAKE (first-of-a-kind engineering) DEMO plant in urban city for the food waste recycling with sustainable organic vertical farming showcase with zero-waste and circular economy.

Agriculture, Climate Action and Environment, Energy

Sheco has developed a robot for marine recovery and water purification to clean floating contaminants, allowing marine businesses and organisations to easily manage contaminated water at their sites.

Climate Action and Environment, Water and Sanitation and Hygiene

Mapsea Corp.’s job matching platform SEASON is a specialised marine recruitment platform, utilising technology to link marine jobs to the right talent. The returns generated will be directed towards building a marine forest.

Employability

Raspberri Pi Foundation is helping youths acquire computing and digital making skills via compelling learning resources, a thriving network of volunteer-led clubs, competitions/events and partnering with youth organisations.

Education

Our innovation is to replace plastics and wood with seaweed extracts and byproduct. Following the trend in the direction of sustainability, our applications will be molded fiber packaging solutions.

Climate Action and Environment

Vook is a social audiobook recording platform targeting over 200 million blind people in the globe, 10 percent of the population suffering from Dyslexia as well as the general public with no impairment.

Employability

REBORN aims to make our customers, plastic recycling companies, increase their revenue by enhancing the purity of recycled plastic, adding REBORN’s bioreactor to their existing process line.

Climate Action and Environment

Resources

Get more insights about South Korea

Case Studies

Check out the latest portfolio management and achievements from different origanisations.

Blogs

Refreshing content for your daily reading covering multiple topics.

Press

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage from sources all around the world.

MEMBERS IN community

Building strategic social investment

Across all sectors, South Korea is now committed to developing an impact ecosystem that promotes sustainable finance and responsible investment in Asia.

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Connect with members

Doug (Duckjun) Lee

CEO, D3Jubilee Partners

Johan Jaehyong Heo

CEO, Root Impact

Jae-Hoon Kwak

CEO(Managing Partner), Pan-Impact Korea

Wonyoung Kim

Executive Director, Crevisse Partners

Jae-Ho Choi

Managing Director, Hyundai Motor Company

Jeongtae Kim

CEO, President, MYSC (Merry Year Social Company)

Market focus

Building strategic social investment

Korea’s social economy is transitioning to the growth stage, driven by collaborative philanthropy, impact investing and creative approaches to social funding.

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Let's create impact together

Connect with us now to know more about South Korea’s social investment landscape

Anna Kang

Manager, South Korea

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