Inside JYP 2026 ESG Report: Artist Care and Eco-Friendly Stages

JYP Entertainment has released its fifth annual sustainability report, the company announced. It is the fifth year in a row that the agency has published the report. This streak began in 2022 when it became the first Korean entertainment company to issue one focused on ESG, or environmental, social and governance practices.

The 2026 report uses a "double materiality" framework, which weighs both the environmental and societal impacts of the company's activities and the financial impacts on the business itself. Based on that assessment, JYP Entertainment outlined four core priorities: information security and privacy, human rights and diversity, fair trade and shared growth with partners, and artist development and support.

On security, the company has built a firmwide policy in line with Korean law. It set up a company-wide council to help prevent leaks of information belonging to customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and runs ongoing staff training and drills. JYP Entertainment has also earned the Korean government's Information Security Management System (ISMS) certification.

For human rights, the company anchors its framework in an internal employee group called "Woori JYP" and a related council. It runs regular human rights impact assessments to check conditions on the ground and update internal rules. To support partner companies, the agency has distributed a fair trade guideline and is running support programs aimed at growing together with its suppliers.

The artist support section lays out a management system that runs from scouting to active careers. Trainees receive education designed to develop both skills and character. After debut, the focus shifts to protecting artists' rights and building a stable environment for their work.

The report also breaks out ESG results by category. On the environmental side, the company says it has designed stage sets and props to be reused from the start, cutting waste, and ran a cleanup campaign that collected about 7.3 tons of marine trash. On the social side, it reviewed human rights issues across its supply chain and introduced assistive listening systems for fans who are deaf or hard of hearing, aiming to make concerts more accessible. On governance, subsidiaries earned security certifications, and the board's performance was formally evaluated to strengthen transparency.

In the report, JYP Entertainment CEO Jung Wook said the company has worked to go beyond moving audiences with music. "We have thought hard about how to fulfill a positive social responsibility," he said. "We will continue to practice sustainable management and play our part as a responsible leader in the global entertainment industry."

JYP Entertainment was also named the world's No. 1 sustainable growth company in the "World's Best Sustainable Growth Companies 2026" ranking, conducted jointly by U.S. news magazine TIME and German research firm Statista. It is the second year in a row the agency has topped the Korean list.