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Analysis of Perceptions on ESG Management Evaluation Priorities based on Agricultural and Rural Public Value - Focusing on the Korea Rural Community Corporation -

농업·농촌 공익적 가치 기반 ESG 경영 평가지표 인식 분석 - 한국농어촌공사를 대상으로 -

  • Kim, Ki-yoon (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Mi-seok (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University) ;
  • Bum, Jin-woo (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University) ;
  • An, Dong-hwan (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University) ;
  • Yoo, Do-il (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Global Smart Farm Convergence Major, Seoul National University)
  • 김기윤 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부 ) ;
  • 김미석 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부 ) ;
  • 범진우 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부 ) ;
  • 안동환 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부, 농업생명과학연구원 ) ;
  • 유도일 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부, 융합전공 글로벌 스마트팜 전공, 농업생명과학연구원 )
  • Received : 2022.10.13
  • Accepted : 2022.11.18
  • Published : 2022.11.30
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Abstract

This study aims to identify perceptions on ESG management evaluation priorities based on public value in the agricultural and rural sector with the focus on the Korea Rural Community Corporation. We conduct Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to analyze how ESG management evaluation priorities are perceived by distinctive groups across industrial fields. To this end, experts working in the agricultural and rural sector and the general public in non-agricultural sector were questioned to derive and compare the weights for each class of ESG management. Results show the followings: First, the weight for the environment (E) was derived as 0.51774 in the first layer, which was found to be the most important evaluation item among the environment (E), society (S), and governance (G). Second, "ecosystem restoration," "urban-rural exchange expansion and regional development," and "increasing transparency" were the most important items in the second layer. Third, priorities between the agricultural and non-agricultural respondents groups were different in environmental (E) and social (S) categories, which explained that perceptions on ESG management by workers and policy makers in the agricultural and rural sector are different from those by general public in the non-agricultural sector.

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본 논문은 2021년 한국농어촌공사 농어촌연구원의 '농업·농촌 부문 공익적 가치를 고려한 ESG 경영 평가 지표 개발'의 일부 내용을 보완하여 작성되었음. 자료 정리에 도움을 준 서울대학교 농경제사회학부 농업·자원 경제학전공 강승용, 김강현, 이준호, 전연정, 황태영, 서울대학교 독어독문학과 배다은 학생에게 감사드립니다.

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