[Photo] BC Card conducted the tree planting project with the Korea Institute of Environmental Industry Technology, BGF Retail, 7-Eleven and Mirae Forest on Sept. 24-27 in the Kubuchi Desert, one of the major sources of yellow dust in China. Volunteers of employees, including BC Card, and local residents are taking group photos to commemorate the afforestation project..

BC Card (CEO Lee Moon-hwan) is leading the improvement of the air quality in Korea by carrying out afforestation projects at major yellow dust sources in China.

BC Card hosted the "2019 Paperless Tree Planting" event to plant 55,000 trees in the Kubuchi Desert in China from Sept. 24-27. About 100 employees of participating companies, including BC Card, and youth groups in China participated in the event.

BC Card has been carrying out afforestation projects in the Kubuchi desert since 2014 along with the Korea Institute of Environmental Industry Technology, BGF Retail, 7-Eleven and Mirae Forest. The Kubuchi Desert is the world's ninth largest desert, known as the main source of spring yellow dust and fine dust. A total of 230,000 trees have been planted in the Kubuchi desert by BC Card over the past five years, and the average survival rate is over 70 percent.

BC Card has set up an environmental fund at the cost of reducing the issuance of paper receipts and is conducting a 'paperless afforestation project' every year. Paperless is an eco-friendly project in which the Ministry of Environment and BC Card signed an agreement and reduced paper receipts produced when card payments are made, spending the savings on environmental protection.

BC Card expects that the forests created by the paperless campaign will not only prevent desertification but also contribute to reducing fine dust and yellow dust coming into the country and improving the atmosphere. In May, it expanded its afforestation project to Mongolia, another source of yellow dust, and plans to plant an additional 75,000 trees over the next three years.

"In addition to the afforestation project, BC Card is providing seedlings and farming-related education to nomads and residents who have lost their livestock due to desertification and have difficulty living. We will focus more on environmental protection activities in the future with interest in desertification areas affecting the country," said Choi Seok-jin, executive director of BC Card."