NHN Corporation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023, 2023-01 to 2023-06)

Achieved ISO14001 and ISO50001 certifications for the headquarters building (Play Museum) and NCC data center in August 2022.
Reduced energy consumption by 43.85TJ and saved 520 million KRW in energy costs through energy-saving projects from 2017 to 2023 at NCC.
Reduced paper consumption through the use of electronic documents and mobile notification services (i.e., reduced A4 paper by 29,350 tons and CO2 emissions by 32,872 tCO₂eq from 2016 to 2023).

Established NHN Good Friends, a standard disability employment center in 2016.
Received the Asia Women's Index Award and the Ministry of Employment and Labor Minister's Award in 2018.

Short-term Goals:

Competition in the rapidly expanding and changing global webtoon market.
Risk of webtoon artist attrition leading to production delays or remakes.
Limited market share of webtoons compared to printed comics in overseas markets.

Added 'publishing' to the company's business objectives in March 2022 to secure high-quality webtoon content.
Developing various services such as book publication, advertising, animation, and merchandise sales for popular webtoons.

Frameworks Used: TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 50001

Achieved ISO14001 and ISO50001 certifications for the headquarters building (Play Museum) and data center (NCC) in August 2022.
Reduced energy consumption and costs through energy-saving projects at NCC from 2017 to 2022 (43.29TJ of energy and approximately 520 million KRW in costs).

Established NHN Good Friends, a standard disability employment center in Pangyo Techno Valley in 2016.
Launched the 'I'm School' mobile notification service, reducing A4 paper usage by 19,173 tons and CO2 emissions by 21,474 tCO2eq from January 2016 to February 2023.

Established the NHN ESG Committee in March 2022.
Published a plan to disclose environmental information according to the TCFD framework in 2023 and to respond to CDP.

Competition in the rapidly expanding and changing global webtoon market.
Risk of webtoon artist attrition leading to production delays or remakes.
Relatively low market share of webtoons compared to printed comics in overseas markets.

Added 'publishing' to the company's articles of association to secure original content and enhance the competitiveness of webtoon platforms.
Continuous production of high-quality webtoons suitable for the user preferences of the Comico platform.
Expansion of global bases through the launch of the English version 'Pocket Comics' and the French version in January 2022.

Frameworks Used: TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 50001