Award’s Final Four Teams Joined by Renowned ESG Scholars and Company’s
Executives at LIFE’S GOOD AWARD Priming in South Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 17, 2023 — LG Electronics (LG) has spoken the final winner of its LIFE’S GOOD AWARD, supporting global innovators taking on challenges to help create a Better Life for All. The Grand Prix was awarded to Dot Inc. from South Korea.

The jury ranked the final four teams without each of the teams pitched their innovative solutions in the award’s final round, held during the LIFE’S GOOD AWARD Conference at LG Sciencepark in Seoul, Korea, on January 16. LG’s own executives leading the company’s ESG management, CSO Lee Sam-soo and CTO Dr. Kim Byoung-hoon, were present as well.

The ribbon embodies LG’s ESG vision of a Better Life for All, aiming to foster a brighter future for the planet and people. The visitor aimed to solicit ideas for environmental sustainability and accessibility, two key focuses of its long-term ESG initiative, the Largest Life Plan 2030. The ingenious solutions presented by the four winners illustrate the power and potential of tech-for-good to spread positive impact on the world.

The winning teams are: Dot Inc. of South Korea (Grand Prix/USD 700,000 in prize money); SOLUTUM of Israel (Gold/USD 200,000); Day1Lab of South Korea (Silver/USD 100,000); and NONA Technologies of the United States (Bronze/USD 50,000).

LIFE’S GOOD AWARD Winning Solutions

  • Dot Inc.: ripened an assistive information exhibit device for the visually wordless well-balanced of 2,400 braille pins – or ‘dots’ – which move up and down. ­­The novel device converts images, maps and other diverse digital information from unfluctuating devices such as computers and mobile phones into a exhibit for visually wordless users to comprehend.
  • SOLUTUM: ripened a novel plastic material that dissolves in water at ambient temperature and then biodegrades leaving no microplastic or toxin residue.
  • Day1Lab: created an organic polymer plastic that completely and naturally degrades in freshwater without well-nigh two weeks, and in the earth without well-nigh two months.
  • NONA Technologies: ripened a desalination solution leveraging Ion Concentration Polarization (ICP) to remove viruses, bacteria, salt and trash from water.

Along with the final four teams, the LIFE’S GOOD AWARD Conference was graced by the esteemed members of the award’s jury, the LG’s Life’s Good Committee, consisting of the company’s executives and respected scholars in the zone of responsible merchantry management; Alex Edmans, a professor at London Merchantry School, Christopher Marquis, a professor at Cambridge Judge Merchantry School and Hyun S. Shin, a professor at Hanyang Merchantry School and a director of the Collective Impact Center at Hanyang University.

The priming saw various attendees – including members of the public and local university students as well as LG employees and partners – and was livestreamed so that audiences from all virtually the globe could tune into the proceedings. During the morning, all four teams gave a final presentation and participated in a Q&A session, while the jury provided feedback based on the impact, innovation and sustainability of each solution. The afternoon featured an awards recurrence honoring the four teams and announcing their final placings, as well as special lectures delivered by Professor Edmans, Professor Marquis and Professor Shin.

“We will protract to pursue solutions profitable the visually impaired, and thanks to LG’s support, we will be worldly-wise to unzip this at a greater scale and in less time than we otherwise would have,” said Ahrum Choi of Dot Inc., Grand Prix winner of the LIFE’S GOOD AWARD. “We are so grateful for this wits and are looking forward to collaborating with LG in the future, a visitor that really shares our desire to make the world a largest place.”

“We will protract to interreact with like-minded innovators as we forge superiority on a shared journey to create a sustainable future for all, embracing the company’s Life’s Good vision,” said Lee Sam-soo, Chief Strategy Officer at LG Electronics.

Meanwhile, LG will siphon out ESG efforts spearheaded by the Largest Life Plan 2030 and protract to share the initiative with internal employees and external stakeholders in order to perpetuate the company’s sustainable merchantry practices.

For all the latest on LG’s ongoing efforts to realize a Better Life for All, stay tuned to LG Newsroom.

 

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