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    [Pangyo Tech] AhnLab donates unused IT assets to Korea IT Welfare Agency… “Contribute to improving local residents’ digital literacy and resource circulation!”

    Provided by AhnLab
    Provided by AhnLab

    On the 24th, AhnLab signed a business agreement (MOU) with the Korea IT Welfare Agency to resolve the digital information gap and circulate IT resources in the Seongnam region.

    With this MOU, AhnLab will donate in-house unused IT assets to the Korea IT Welfare Agency, and the Korea IT Welfare Agency will reorganize the donated items (inspection, repair, replacement of parts, etc.) and provide them to families in the Seongnam area who need IT device support. did.

    AhnLab plans to support low-income families, grandparents, multicultural families, and the disabled to strengthen their digital literacy capabilities by donating unused IT assets, and also contribute to resource circulation and environmental protection by recycling IT devices instead of disposing of them. am.

    Prior to this MOU, AhnLab delivered 40 desktop units for executives and employees that are not used for work to the Korea IT Welfare Agency on the 23rd.

    Photos from the site of disused PC donation |  Provided by AhnLab
    Photos from the site of disused PC donation | Provided by AhnLab

    “AhnLab plans and implements ESG management activities that consider both social and environmental values,” said Inch-beom Inch, managing director of AhnLab’s sustainability management team. “In addition to computers and laptops, items used in business activities and daily life can gain new value.” “We will consider various campaigns to help achieve this,” he said.

    Meanwhile, in May 2022, AhnLab donated 50 in-house unused PCs, monitors, keyboards, mice, etc. as part of social contribution and resource circulation to support online learning for youth in rural areas during the spread of COVID-19. In addition, this year, we plan to receive donations of unread books from executives and employees until the end of the year and send them to ‘Beautiful Store Treasure Island (a used book store)’ and use the sales proceeds to support Seongnam local residents in need of financial assistance.

    Source: Pangyo Techno Valley Official Newsroom
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