iM Financial Group designated May as a "Social Contribution Day" month and expanded activities aimed at coexistence with local communities.

iM Financial said on May 29 it rolled out social contribution activities involving all employees throughout May to mark Family Month and its 15th anniversary.

The group pushed ahead with an "Energy UP!" project, a support programme for vulnerable groups, using costs saved by scaling back its anniversary ceremony and funds from its "1 percent of salary love-sharing" initiative involving employees.

On its anniversary, employees visited the Sanmangaewon child-care facility to volunteer and delivered educational supplies and home appliances.

For young people, it provided financial education and supported transport costs for vulnerable youths. At senior welfare centres, it volunteered to provide nutritious meals and also sponsored a project to improve energy efficiency in ageing homes.

As part of locally focused social contribution activities, it sponsored a park golf tournament to promote residents' health and revitalise leisure culture, and moved to expand communication with seniors.

It also signed a business agreement to mark World Day for Cultural Diversity with the Financial Supervisory Service's Daegu-Gyeongbuk Support Office, the Daegu Regional Economic Education Center and nine family centres in the Daegu area. It promoted financial education for multicultural families and a project to build a financial safety net.

It also ran "iM Happy Day", an employee-participation social contribution programme. Volunteer groups from the group's affiliates carried out tailored support activities for 74 social welfare facilities nationwide.

iM Financial Group also unveiled its inclusive finance brand, "inter-Maum", this month. The brand carries the meaning of connecting customers with local communities and strengthening support for financially vulnerable groups, and serves as the group's integrated brand representing its inclusive finance activities.

Hwang Byung-woo (황병우), chairman of iM Financial, said, "We will continue to communicate with diverse groups including children, youth, seniors and multicultural families, and take the lead in locally focused ESG management and the practice of inclusive finance."