[H.eco Tech Festa 2026] Turning sustainability into financial strategy

As sustainability shifts from a reputational issue to a business variable, Kakao Bank is treating ESG less as corporate messaging and more as a question of how finance itself is structured — from its mobile-only model to plans around financed emissions, green finance and environmental risk management. For Cho Sun-young, ESG team lead at Kakao Bank, the goal is not simply to reduce the company's own footprint, but to connect environmental value with the bank's operating model, customer experience

By The Korea Herald