JIPYONG has released its 2020 Sustainability Report. The firm is the first and still the only law firm in Korea to issue a sustainability report every year.
The Sustainability Report was made based on the Standards (Cord Option) of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting standards, and the standards suggested by Professor Sung Soo HONG from Sookmyung Women’s University in his publication, “Law Firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro bono Activities”, and the Law Firm’s Public Interest Activities Evaluation Index issued by the Korean Bar Association. In particular, JIPYONG has included a third party’s independent assurance statement provided by the Korea Management Registrar.
In this report, JIPYONG selected important topics to realize social values in comprehensive consideration of its stakeholders and the importance and priority in the law firm. To be specific, following the publication of the previous report, JIPYONG has enhanced its internal environmental policy, established the ESG center, and conducted a survey of JIPYONG members on discrimination and hate speech in order to raise awareness on human rights among its members. In addition, the report includes the details and course of JIPYONG’s various efforts to enhance communication with its members and protect their rights including the ‘management satisfaction survey’ and the ‘human rights due diligence’, etc.
In 2019, JIPYONG became the first law firm in Korea to announce ‘social value management’. Following the announcement, the firm established the Social Value Committee, which is committed to internalizing social value management as the company-wide objective and pursuing and realizing social values in all JIPYONG’s sectors including HR, education, service, procurement, governance, and environment, etc. and its relationship with the legal society and local communities.
JIPYONG will continue to make efforts to consider social values in the firm’s management through its sustainability report and proactively disclose its efforts, contributing to creating a sustainable organization and society.
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The Sustainability Report was made based on the Standards (Cord Option) of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), an international sustainability reporting standards, and the standards suggested by Professor Sung Soo HONG from Sookmyung Women’s University in his publication, “Law Firm’s Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro bono Activities”, and the Law Firm’s Public Interest Activities Evaluation Index issued by the Korean Bar Association. In particular, JIPYONG has included a third party’s independent assurance statement provided by the Korea Management Registrar.
In this report, JIPYONG selected important topics to realize social values in comprehensive consideration of its stakeholders and the importance and priority in the law firm. To be specific, following the publication of the previous report, JIPYONG has enhanced its internal environmental policy, established the ESG center, and conducted a survey of JIPYONG members on discrimination and hate speech in order to raise awareness on human rights among its members. In addition, the report includes the details and course of JIPYONG’s various efforts to enhance communication with its members and protect their rights including the ‘management satisfaction survey’ and the ‘human rights due diligence’, etc.
In 2019, JIPYONG became the first law firm in Korea to announce ‘social value management’. Following the announcement, the firm established the Social Value Committee, which is committed to internalizing social value management as the company-wide objective and pursuing and realizing social values in all JIPYONG’s sectors including HR, education, service, procurement, governance, and environment, etc. and its relationship with the legal society and local communities.
JIPYONG will continue to make efforts to consider social values in the firm’s management through its sustainability report and proactively disclose its efforts, contributing to creating a sustainable organization and society.
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