IGIS Asset Management holds inaugural sustainable finance conference

IGIS Asset Management held the 2026 IGIS Asset Management Sustainable Finance Conference on Monday at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry's international conference hall in Jung-gu, Seoul. It was the company's first public event focused on environmental, social and governance issues.

The conference was held under the theme "Green to Growth: ESG for Future Finance" and drew corporate social responsibility officers, academics and legal professionals.

"We are past the stage of asking why we should do this — it is now time to talk about what we will do," Chief Executive Officer Cho Kap-ju said. "Sustainability is no longer a separate activity for doing good; it is becoming a factor that determines investment decisions, risk management and asset value itself."

In a keynote address, Lee Hyeon-jong, head of corporate culture at IGIS Asset Management, introduced the firm's ecological social contribution activities and sustainable finance strategy. "In a borderless global financial competition, the standard for judging a partner is trust, and ESG is the language that demonstrates that trust," he said.

The first session featured Moon Seong, a partner attorney at law firm Yulchon, presenting on ESG policy and regulation for financial companies, and Jeong Seung-tae, a center director at Daeshin Economic Research Institute, presenting on Korea's transition finance guidelines.

Kang Sin-gu, director of the National Sejong Arboretum, outlined the direction for environmental social contribution in the era of biodiversity and Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures reporting.

In the second session, Oh Tae-seok, head of the infrastructure division at IGIS Asset Management, presented on investment strategies for data centers involving renewable energy and battery energy storage systems. Ban Jae-hwan, chief risk officer, presented a case study on the firm's proprietary system for quantifying risk in alternative investment funds.

A panel discussion also took place with the participation of Jeong Byeong-uk, a professor at the University of Seoul, and Kim Sun-sin, managing director at Legal Times.

IGIS Asset Management has also posted strong results in global ESG assessments. Last year, all four assets it entered in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark — Autoway Tower, Centerfield, Twin Tree Tower and Signature Tower — received the top "5-Star" rating.