Seokdae Waste Landfill,
transformed
into an arboretum
in Haeundae,
Busan to realize
green welfare​

The arboretum, which is scheduled to be completed in 2025 in Haeundae, Busan, with the largest scale in Korea (190,000 pyeong), is an eco-friendly arboretum, transformed from the Seokdae Garbage Landfill, which was a representative abhorrent facility in Busan due to the generation of odors and harmful gases. Currently, it has been partially opened and has become a favorite place for citizens, realizing green welfare.​

PANASIA has donated KRW 200 million to create the PANASIA
ESG Carbon-Neutral Forest in Haeundae Arboretum, which is the
first carbon-neutral forest created by a private company in Busan.
​ ​The word 'carbon neutral' in the name of the forest expresses the
concept of reducing actual carbon emissions to zero by first reducing
greenhouse gas emissions and secondarily absorbing and removing
remaining greenhouse gases through forests, carbon capture/storage
devices, etc. This is part of PANASIA's social contribution activities that
contain the eco-friendly management policy to actively participate in
responding to the climate crisis.​

Trees excellent for carbon
reduction,
selected to create
a carbon-neutral
forest
with a pond​

Tree with excellent carbon gas and fine dust reduction effects,
such as thorn, Korean dendropanax, oriental oak, metasequoia,
and willow, are selected as park trees.
​ ​A variety of aquatic organisms and animals and plants coexist
in the carbon-reducing forest with a pond, and citizens can take
a carbon-free rest on the benches placed here and there.​

Every year, we increase the
number of
carbon-free
classroom forests.​

The classroom forest creation project of PANASIA started in May 2022
with Nokmyeong Elementary School, PANASIA's first Carbon Free
Classroom Forest. We plan to increase the number of beneficiary schools
by one elementary school each year to keep classrooms green for
elementary school students who are vulnerable to fine dust.​

At the beginning of each year, we search the current status of fine
dust and ultrafine dust provided by the city of Busan and select the
regions where the fine dust and ultrafine dust warnings were issued
the most in the previous year. Within the regions, elementary schools
adjacent to industrial complexes and large roads are selected as
beneficiary schools, and we hope that these contribution activities will
spread nationwide in the future.​

7 plants to reduce fine dust
per classroom​

According to a study by the Rural Development Administration, three flower pots
of 1㎡ placed in a 20 ㎡ living room can reduce ultrafine dust by 20%.​ A total of 7
trees, including 1 areca palm tree selected by NASA to reduce fine dust, 4 snow
sapphire trees with excellent formaldehyde removal ability, and 2 stuckyi plants
that are effective in blocking electromagnetic waves due to their high negative
ion emission, are placed in each classroom.​​