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Volunteers plant native nectar-producing trees for Yuhan-Kimberly’s Honeybee Forest project in Yeoncheon. / Yuhan-Kimberly

Yuhan-Kimberly said on Sept. 21 that its employees took part in a 2026 volunteer tree-planting and forest-care program for native nectar-producing plants in Naesan-ri, Sinseo-myeon, Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province.

The volunteer event was organized as part of the Yeoncheon Honeybee Forest project. Employees from Yuhan-Kimberly and partner organizations including SK Telecom participated in planting native nectar-producing trees and forest management activities.

SK Telecom, which has been working with Yuhan-Kimberly to restore forest ecosystems under a comprehensive environmental, social and governance memorandum of understanding, also sent employees to the Yeoncheon project after participating in restoration work earlier this year in areas of Andong damaged by wildfires, continuing joint efforts to conserve biodiversity.

“Biodiversity is a vital foundation that determines the health and sustainability of the global ecosystem,” a Yuhan-Kimberly official said. “We will continue creating forests where endangered species, including honeybees, can coexist peacefully through the Yeoncheon Honeybee Forest project and other forest conservation activities, while contributing to efforts to address the climate crisis.”

Yuhan-Kimberly has said that securing stable food sources and habitats for honeybees is essential to conserving forest ecosystems. To create forests rich in nectar-producing trees, the company signed a tripartite agreement in May 2023 with Forest for Peace and the Northern Regional Office of Forest Service to establish a biodiversity forest.

Under the agreement, the partners are carrying out a joint forest project covering a total of 44 hectares through 2029. Since the project began, a cumulative 101,660 trees had been planted and tended over the three years through 2025.

                                                                                                               Oh Se-eun