Hanwha General Insurance creates green space for relaxation at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, plants 80 wangbeot trees

[Financial News]  Hanwha General Insurance planted 80 wangbeot trees at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital in Seoul and created a green retreat for patients and local residents. It has set out to put ESG management into practice by pursuing both biodiversity conservation through the planting of nationally protected species and the expansion of community spaces for relaxation.
Hanwha General Insurance said on the 11th that it had completed the creation of an eco-friendly rest area, the “Hanwha General Insurance Wellness Zone (Wellness Zone),” at Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital in Magok-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, on the 10th.
The project was launched to provide hospital visitors with a nature-friendly place to rest and to expand green spaces in the community. The newly created space will offer psychological comfort and rest to patients and their caregivers, who are tired from hospital stays, while also serving as an open retreat that nearby residents and children can use freely.
In particular, to conserve biodiversity, 80 wangbeot trees, a nationally protected species, were planted in the hospital’s north plaza and on its fourth-floor Healing Garden. Signs explaining the significance of the protected tree species were also installed on site, so that visitors can naturally encounter the values of ecosystem protection and respect for life while enjoying a break.
Twenty employees, including Hanwha General Insurance Vice President Park Seong-gyu and independent directors Kim Jeong-yeon and Yu Gwang-yeol, attended the commemorative event that day. Ewha Medical Center President Ryu Kyung Ha, Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital Director Joo Woong, and other medical center officials also took part. Attendees hoped the newly created Wellness Zone would become a place of rest and healing for patients and their caregivers, as well as local residents.
“We created the Wellness Zone not only to protect the urban ecosystem but also to help everyone who visits the hospital recover in good health, both physically and mentally,” a Hanwha General Insurance representative said. “We will continue our ESG initiatives that contribute not only to the environment but also to society.”
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