Strategic Partner
 Established in 1958, LG Electronics, Inc. is a global leader in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 84,000 people in more than 165 countries around the world. With 2008 global sales of $44.7 billion, LG is one of the world’s leading producers of flat panel TVs, audio and video products, mobile handsets, air conditioners and washing machines.
LG is the Strategic Partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for the Champions of the Earth Award under a three-year agreement signed in May 2009. Aside from its funding contribution, the company will help promote through its global communications network the message of transformational and innovative thinking and action for the environment that the Champions of the Earth laureates represent.
LG also has a partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (Partnership for Hope) to fight hunger and poverty in Africa with a contribution of KRW three billion (about USD 2.4 million) over the next three years. This is the first partnership that involves a private Korean company donating to development projects in Africa.
In 2009, LG announced its worldwide Life’s Good When It’s Green initiative, the foundation of its global sustainability program, which focuses on: Eco-Design and Eco-Products; reduction of hazardous materials; responsible electronics recycling; and addressing global climate change. The company commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 150 kilotons per year by 2020 in product manufacturing, and by 30 megatons by 2020 for its products’ lifecycle. |
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