Citizens to Select the "Co-Prosperity Company of the Year" Directly

Public Vote for "Co-Prosperity Company of the Year"
Open Until the 13th

The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on August 4 that it will conduct a public vote for the "Co-Prosperity Company of the Year" award, in which members of the public can participate directly. This public vote, which will run for nine days from August 5 to 13, aims to expand the value of co-prosperity throughout society by enabling citizens to directly take part in selecting the winners of this award.

The candidates for the public vote were selected through the evaluation of the Citizen Recommendation Review Panel and recommendations from the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership. The final nominees consist of 15 individuals and 15 organizations. For the individual category, recommendations were made for those who have been responsible for co-prosperity initiatives over several years at companies and institutions such as Kia, MetaToon, Samsung Display, LG Innotek, Innocean, Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, Korea Seven, POSCO, Korea Transportation Safety Authority, Korea Western Power, Korea District Heating Corporation, Korea Aerospace Industries, Hyundai Motor Company, and Hyundai Mobis.

For the organization category, the selected nominees include the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, Lotte Department Store, Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, SK Innotrics, LIG D&A, LG Household & Health Care, GNS Technology, KB Financial Group, Korea Gas Corporation, Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation, Korea Expressway Corporation, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Korea Electric Power Corporation, Korea Midland Power, and Hyundai AutoEver.

Voting is conducted through the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership website, and mobile voting via smartphone is also available. After identity verification, each member of the public has six votes in total—three votes for individual candidates and three votes for organizational candidates.

The results of the public vote will contribute 50 points toward the evaluation for government awards, which will be combined with another 50 points from the Citizen Recommendation Review Panel to determine the final awardees. After a subsequent review by the Merit Review Committee, the winners will be announced at the Co-Prosperity Week ceremony on November 26.

Lee Euncheong, Director General of the Co-Prosperity Cooperation Policy Bureau at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, stated, "This vote, in which citizens take part in selecting co-prosperity companies, will be a venue for cooperation created together by businesses and the public."

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