Marking the World Environment Day on Tuesday, the World Wide Fund for Nature said that it jointly planted 150 pear trees in the Odaesan National Park for its ecological restoration.

The completion of the tree planting was celebrated through a ceremony that took place on May 28 at the project site in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, where the national park is located.

Yang Sung-mo, MD of Volvo Group Korea, and Simon Yoon, the CEO of WWF-Korea, attended the event together with the members of the Korean National Park Service. Approximately 150 pear trees indigenous to Korea were added to the national park.

Volvo Construction Equipment Korea previously concluded an agreement with WWF on April 20 to restore the ecosystem of Odaesan National Park to fulfill its social responsibility.

Starting with the project, Volvo Construction Equipment Korea plans to act as a leader in sustainably conserving the environment in cooperation with the Korean government and global NGOs.

Volvo Group Korea’s MD Yang said that he was “delighted to contribute” to the restoration of the park’s ecosystem, and that the firm will “continue to lead conservation in local communities to fulfill its social responsibility.”

Volvo Construction Equipment has joined WWF’s Climate Savers program since 2012 and has strived to reduce CO2 emissions in its machinery production process. As a part of such efforts, Volvo Construction Equipment Korea’s plant in Changwon has committed to reducing 8,575 MWh worth of greenhouse gases until 2020 by cooperating with WWF. As of 2018, it has accomplished 80 percent of this goal.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)