POSCO Steel Village SDGs Initiative
Description
POSCO is planning to expand POSCO Steel Village project that customizes characteristics of regions and countries to secure sustainability of local community. <br />
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POSCO as Global Steel Maker owns World Premium technology which is objectively recognized for worlds top 3 class technological and economical prowess. POSCO also developed Seismic Resistance Steel that prepares for earthquake, and possesses various types of steel for architecture including SN steel. Additionally, POSCO developed high manganese anti-vibration steel that anti-vibration effect is efficient. With these methods, materials and technology, POSCO is applying them into various types of buildings and houses.<br />
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In Korea, POSCO already donated 27 steel houses using its new rising technology PosMAC for fire-stricken families and low-income families. POSCO also built welfare facilities that includes various design features using corrugated steel pipes, and high manganese flooring. Also in poor areas of Vietnam and Myanmar, POSCO considered their regional characteristics such as rainy season and constructed steel bridges with application of PosMAC that corrosion resistance is strong.<br />
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POSCO Steel House is designed to be strong even with vibration and deformation, thus, it is reliable in case of earthquake. In addition to anti-earthquake effect, corrosion resistance, life cycle, and durability will be longer when PosMAC is used as cladding material for steel house and steel bridge. Therefore, it can be alternative to act as sustainable residence. <br />
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Based on technology and experiences from Korea, POSCO is solving the issue of poor housing area in local communities where POSCO business sites are located. In order to protect safe and decent life of local residents, POSCO Steel Village Project has been ongoing since 2014 when POSCO started it first time in Vietnam. In order to contribute to achieving UN SDG 11, POSCO is endeavoring to spread its sustainable residence model all over the world which will be used to build steel houses in Korea, steel villages in Indonesia, and steel dome in Thailand.<br />
Through POSCO Steel Village Project, POSCO is putting efforts to accomplish UN SDG 11, Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Starting with POSCO Steel Village Project, and helping on issue of poor human settlements, POSCO can achieve one of UN 2030 agenda By 2030, Ensure access for all to adequate, safe housing and basic services and upgrade slums. Furthermore, POSCO is ought to support financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing, and to work on Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015.
POSCO has formed partnerships with employees, community members, and NGOs and pursued to make a sustainable society through mutual growths. POSCO family employees donate 1% of their monthly pay to raise funds for CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) of POSCO 1% Foundation. By appointing outside experts into board of directors of POSCO 1% Foundation, POSCO has been fulfilling a greater transparency for selecting projects and operating fund. POSCO established a POSCO Steel Village SDGs Initiative to contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and to make this project into an international initiative. Main project of the POSCO Steel Village SDGs Initiative is the POSCO Steel Village.<br />
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Designed by POSCO family company POSCO A&C, POSCO Steel Village uses POSCO steel materials and strengthens durability and life of building. <br />
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This project maintains a great cooperative relationship with NGOs such as Habitat and serves to enhance competence of local communities at home and abroad and capability of project performance. It also promotes proper residential environment through arrangements with local government and citizens and provides necessary conditions to achieve sustainable life for residents.<br />
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POSCO Steel Village project has established not only buildings, houses, schools, and bridges, but also a social enterprise that helps local community to be financially independent. Based on this project, POSCO and local community try to solve issues of job creation and lack of job as well as issues of poor residential area. <br />
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Number of people who are suffered from housing deprivation has been increased with more than 130 million people compared to 725 million people in 2000. This statistic shows that housing deprivation is one of the biggest risks that developing country and poor countries face. UN Habitat considers housing and slum upgrading as a critical issue among 16 urban themes. POSCO as Global Steel Maker Company, has constructed a condition to solve these problems directly with advanced construction technique, and has been practicing through partnerships formed with government, local community, and relevant NGOs.<br />
SDGS & Targets
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.1.1
Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing
11.2
11.2.1
Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.3
11.3.1
Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate
11.3.2
Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically
11.4
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.4.1
Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)
11.5
By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
11.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
11.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)
11.5.3
(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters
11.6
By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.6.1
Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities
11.6.2
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
11.7
11.7.1
Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.7.2
Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months
11.a
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.a.1
Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space
11.b
By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
11.b.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
11.b.2
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
11.c
Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
Goal 17
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
17.1
Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection
17.1.1
17.1.2
17.2
Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries
17.2.1
17.3
Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.1
Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources
17.3.2
17.4
Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress
17.4.1
17.5
Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries
17.5.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries
17.6
Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism
17.6.1
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed
17.7
Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed
17.7.1
Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies
17.8
Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology
17.8.1
17.9
Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation
17.9.1
Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries
17.10
Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda
17.10.1
17.11
Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020
17.11.1
Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports
17.12
Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access
17.12.1
Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States
17.13
Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence
17.13.1
17.14
Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development
17.14.1
17.15
Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development
17.15.1
17.16
Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries
17.16.1
Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
17.17
Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships
17.17.1
Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure
17.18
By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts
17.18.1
Statistical capacity indicators
17.18.2
17.18.3
Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding
17.19
By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
17.19.1
17.19.2
Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
SDG 14 targets covered
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Partnership Progress
| Title | Progress Status | Submitted |
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| Partnership Progress 2019-08-02 | On track | |
| Partnership Progress 2018-06-14 | On track |
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Jung Hoon Kim, Representative