KGC Ginseng Corporation's Buyeo Plant Selected as a 'Green Company'

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The Buyeo plant of KGC Ginseng Corporation was selected as a green company by the Geumgang Basin Environmental Office on January 30. On the afternoon of February 13, at the Buyeo plant located in Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, a "new green company signboard ceremony" was held with the Geumgang Basin Environmental Office.

The green corporate system is a certification system operated for excellent companies and workplaces that practice sustainable environmental management based on cooperation between the government and companies.

Buyeo Plant is the world's largest red ginseng manufacturing plant represented by the Jeonggwanjang brand, and is a key production base for Jeonggwanjang, which inherited the Korean ginseng manufacturing technology. It started near the Geumgang River in Buyeo in 1978 and currently processes more than 8,000 tons of ginseng annually. Buyeo Plant was selected as a green company in recognition of its continuous management and improvement efforts to minimize the environmental burden while operating large-scale production facilities.

KGC Ginseng Corporation's Buyeo plant has been highly praised for continuously implementing eco-friendly management, including certification of the environmental management system (ISO 14001) and energy management system (ISO 50001), recognition of circulating resources of "Red Sambak," a by-product generated in the manufacturing process of red ginseng, and obtaining the "Gold" rating of Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWTL).

An official from KGC Ginseng Corporation who spoke to this newspaper by phone said, "The Buyeo plant is a core production facility of the articles of association with history and tradition, and it has been recognized for its quality competitiveness and strengthening environmental responsibilities."

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