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Korean Business - Make Green Going Green
Above: Enoch Shin,
owner of Turbo Tire in Oakland,
Calif., says energy consumption at his
shop fell 40 percent after he switched
over to a more modern and efficient
lighting system.
// Photo: Aruna Lee
SAN FRANCISCO -- Korean small
businesses in California are
challenging the naysayers
who claim that economic
growth coupled with
sound environmental
practice is not possible.
Thanks in large part to
government and private
incentive programs, they
have come to the fore in
implementing emerging technologies beneficial for the environment and their bottom line. In fact, many owners are “going green” precisely because of the economic benefits.
“Korean businesses have adopted green technologies largely in order to reduce their
energy bills,”says Jason Lee, secretary general of the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles. The city is home to one of the largest Korean communities in the country.
Statewide there are just over 450,000 Koreans residing in California, according to recent census figures. Many are small business owners,
accounting for roughly 2 percent – or 63,365 – of all small businesses in the state, data from the census show. In 2007, the latest date such figures are available, they tallied nearly $33 billion in economic activity.
Korean Small Businesses Earn More Green by 'Going Green'
New America Media, News Report, Aruna Lee, Posted: Oct 14, 2013
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