ESG MARKET & CASES

Examining ESG Among Global Enterprises: Strategies and Realities of Leading Companies

Amid the changing global ESG environment, global leading companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Unilever, along with key domestic corporations including Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Company, POSCO, and SK Hynix, are implementing ESG strategies tailored to their respective industry characteristics. Consumer goods and manufacturing ESG: The war on supply chains and plastics. Unilever: Transparency in goal adjustment and tangible performance. The rise of honest ESG communication: Cases of 'honest ESG' are increasing, where companies transparently disclose realistic adjustments and the reasons behind them—such as Microsoft admitting to emission increases and Unilever revising its plastic targets—rather than clinging to unachievable goals, thereby building trust instead.