▲ Seaweed paper cup Janoodam, Marine Innovation’s eco-friendly packaging brand   Marine Innovation, a social venture supported by SK Innovation, announced that its eco-friendly cups “Janoodam” received recognition for advanced technology from Europe. Janoodam is the brand name of Marine Innovation’s cups made from seaweed by-products, and this time it was recognized by DIN CERTCO, ...

▲Morethan has received B-Corp Certification with its fashion brand Continew in February 2022   ‘Morethan’, a Korean social enterprise supported by SK Innovation, has recently become a Certified B Corporation (or B-Corp).   Morethan makes and sells fashion items such as leather bags and wallets by up-cycling natural leather seats, seat belts, and airbag fibers ...

An interview with Park Jun-beom (Julian Park), CEO of Montsenu, the First Prize Winner of Environmental Social Enterprise Start-Up Ideas Contest held by SK Innovation in 2019 Montsenu’s homepage: https://montsenu.com/     Q1. ‘Montsenu’ sounds like a French brand, what does it mean? We’re curious about how “Montsenu’ was founded.   ‘Montsenu’ may sound like ...

▲ Kim Jong-hoon, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SK Innovation (fifth from front left), Cheong Chul-gun, CEO of the Korea JoongAng Daily (fourth from front left), Oh Jee-chul (President of Heart to Heart Foundation), and ambassadors and spouses attend Charity Night Gala 2021 held at Lotte Hotel Seoul on December 28.   “The ...

  Social enterprise Morethan has risen to prominence for manufacturing high-end eco-friendly products using scrap leather from supercar brands.   Through its fashion brand CONTINEW, Morethan has been making and selling upcycled fashion items such as natural leather sheets, safety belts, airbag textiles, and others from materials discarded during the manufacturing and disposal of automobiles. ...

■ The first domestic case of the government, large companies and impact funds working together to establish a startup ecosystem in the “eco-friendly” sector ■ Eco-friendly startups agree on the necessity of “EGG,” a program tailored to startups – It complements the weak points of startups such as investment, technology support, regulation improvement, and others,” said Ecoin Energy ...

  An interview with Kwon Gisung, CEO of Sheco, one of the 20 enterprises of EGG program organized by SK Innovation, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development. Sheco’s homepage: https://en.sheco.co/     Q1. First, what does Sheco mean and what is the background of your business? ...

■ Sheco, a social venture supported by SK Innovation, participated in GITEX Future Stars 2021 in Dubai and revealed SHECO ARK, an oil retrieval system optimized for small-scale marine oil spill accidents. ■ Sheco introduced that this solution that can minimize time spent on recovery, manpower, costs, and the spread of pollutants   Sheco, a ...

  An interview with Choi Yi-hyun (Ian Choi), CEO of Morethan, which was selected and nurtured as a Star Social Enterprise by SK Innovation in 2018 Morethan’s homepage: http://wecontinew.com/     Q1. We’d like to know the background and motivations of Morethan. How did you establish this social enterprise?   When I studied in the U.K., ...

  Right Route (http://www.texnic.kr/), a social venture that is supported by SK Innovation, is attending the textile fair “Preview in Seoul 2021” held from September 1st to 3rd at COEX, Seoul, South Korea.   Preview in Seoul (PIS), or Seoul International Textile Fair, is an annual event organized by the Korea Federation of Textile Industries ...

  ■ A part of Yuquot Project supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Canadian Federal Government, aiming to change energy source from fossil fuels to wave energy in regions without sufficient power grid – Perform basic design work before introducing wave power plants in the first half of 2022; start building wave power ...

  SK Innovation has been supporting social ventures and enterprises through multiple programs. Lately, the company successfully organized an event called “SV Community Workshop” to strengthen the social enterprises and social ventures fostered by the company, receiving great responses from the participants. The workshop started on June 1st and ended on July 1st, after one ...