“Let’s learn how to save the ocean

with marine environmental education and upcycling experience!”

 

•        In collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum, Corio and TotalEnergies conducted a marine environmental education campaign, ‘Together with Ocean’, at Ulsan Okseo Elementary School.

•        The campaign combined a lecture on marine environment preservation and an upcycling using marine debris.

•         ‘We Protect You’ plogging kits were provided to the students to encourage their voluntary participation in beach clean-up activities.

•        Corio and TotalEnergies said: “We will continue to work on activities that support future generations, the local community and the environment.”

 

[2022. 09. 26] Corio Generation, a portfolio company of the Green Investment Group (GIG), and TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company, announced on September 26 that they conducted the campaign, titled ‘Together with Ocean,’ where students can learn the significance of marine environment, at Ulsan Okseo Elementary School in collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum (Director Seo Jang-wu).

 

The marine environmental education campaign ‘Together with Ocean (Subtitled: #We Promise You #We Protect You #We are With You),’ sponsored by Corio and TotalEnergies, the developers of the floating offshore wind projects located off the coast of Ulsan Metropolitan City, is a local ESG program designed in order for future generations including elementary school students to learn about waste circulation as well as the gravity of marine debris that threatens the ocean’s ecosystem.

 

Comprised of two sessions, the ‘Together with Ocean’ campaign was held on September 22 and 23 for two classes of third graders at Okseo Elementary School, which was designated as the model elementary school for ‘Core School for Carbon-Neutrality’ in 2021by six ministries including the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Education.

 

For the first session, the National Ocean Science Museum (KOSM), the only institution in Korea that offers education and exhibitions of marine science, conducted the ‘Marine Plastic ZERO’ class focused on enhancing the awareness of blue carbon and the importance of the ocean for carbon neutrality. The second session was a hands-on education program, titled ‘Upcycling the Ocean Waste’ and prepared by Corio and TotalEnergies, where the students enjoyed an upcycling experience by making their own unique magnets out of sea glass, the broken pieces of glass thrown in the ocean. Combining a lecture and a firsthand experience, the program boosted the students’ interest in marine conservation activities by having them recognize the significance of marine environment and perform an activity themselves to protect the ocean environment.

 

In addition, the ‘We Protect You’ plogging kits were provided to the students to encourage their voluntary participation in the clean-up activities by the river or at the beach in their neighborhood, taking advantage of Ulsan’s location near the water.

 

In a joint statement, Corio and TotalEnergies, the sponsors of the campaign, said: “We find it very meaningful that we were able to conduct this valuable campaign in collaboration with KOSM, which allowed us not only to promote the importance of marine environment conservation to future generations living in the era of climate crisis but also to think about the ways to preserve the marine ecosystem. We will continue to work on the ESG activities that enable us to help future generations, the local community, and the environment while communicating and growing together with the local society.”

 

The lecturer from KOSM who participated in the campaign said: “Starting off with this campaign at Okseo Elementary School, the core school for carbon neutrality, we will actively work on expanding the education opportunities to enable the young generations, who are now faced with the species-wide challenge of carbon neutrality, to understand the value and significance of the ocean as soon as possible and to make progress towards carbon neutrality through marine environment preservation. We would like to thank Corio and TotalEnergies for providing us with a worthwhile opportunity.”

 

Centering on Ulsan, Corio and TotalEnergies are continuously expanding ESG activities for a sustainable future and co-prospering development with the local community. Last May, they sponsored the eco-friendly program ‘Eco Mom! Happy Kids!’ operated by the Ulsan Nam-gu Community Welfare Center. Also in July, they sponsored the production of ChildFund Korea’s environmental education kit ‘Bag to the Green.

 

Meanwhile, Corio and TotalEnergies are co-developing more than 2GW of offshore wind projects in Korea under the joint brand name of ‘BadaEnergy,’ and SK ecoplant recently joined as a new partner. BadaEnergy is currently promoting five offshore wind projects in the country, which include the floating offshore wind projects located off the coast of Ulsan (Project name: Gray Whale 1, 2, 3) with a total capacity of 1.5GW.

Photo 1) In collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum, Corio and TotalEnergies conducted a marine environmental education campaign, ‘Together with Ocean’, at Ulsan Okseo Elementary School on September 22 and 23.

Photo 2) In collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum, Corio and TotalEnergies conducted a marine environmental education campaign, ‘Together with Ocean’, at Ulsan Okseo Elementary School on September 22 and 23.

Photo 3) In collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum, Corio and TotalEnergies conducted a marine environmental education campaign, ‘Together with Ocean’, at Ulsan Okseo Elementary School on September 22 and 23.

Photo 4) In collaboration with the National Ocean Science Museum, Corio and TotalEnergies conducted a marine environmental education campaign, ‘Together with Ocean’, at Ulsan Okseo Elementary School on September 22 and 23.