Winner of the Excellence Award at the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment’s 2026 AX Idea Competition / Choi Hee-do (Master’s student, Department of Climate Technology Convergence, Class of 2026)
- 26.08.21 / 홍유민
At the “2026 AX Idea Competition,” hosted by the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment and organized by the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Choi Hee-do, a master’s student in the Department of Climate Technology Convergence at Kookmin University’s Graduate School (advisor: Professor Lim Chul-Hee), won the Excellence Award (KEPCO KDN President’s Award) in the Data Analysis Open Category.
This competition was organized to discover creative ideas and new business models that combine and utilize public data in the energy and environment sectors, with approximately 20 organizations—including the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, the Korea National Park Service, and Korea South-East Power—participating as organizing institutions. A total of 26 winning entries were selected from submissions received by May 18, following document and in-person evaluations, as well as a presentation evaluation held on June 23.
Choi Hee-do proposed a method for verifying greenhouse gas emissions reported by companies using satellite observations, under the theme “Quadruple Verification of Greenhouse Gas Disclosures Using Satellite Imagery.” By combining Sentinel-5P satellite observations and ODIAC carbon dioxide data with the Ministry of Environment’s greenhouse gas inventories and corporate sustainability reports, the project compared emission trends for 23 KOSPI-listed companies across four channels and identified cases where disclosed data and satellite observations diverged. The study was recognized for its policy applicability, as it converted these findings into verification priority scores and was designed to be immediately applied to companies subject to mandatory sustainability disclosure requirements starting in 2028.
Student Choi Hee-do shared his thoughts, saying, “The data needed for verification was not organized enough that we had to start by collecting individual company reports one by one, so I am proud that we were able to turn that process into a single analytical framework.” He added, “Since we have confirmed that satellite-based verification can be applied not only at the national level but also to individual corporate disclosures, I will continue this research so that it can actually contribute to the implementation of mandatory disclosure in 2028.”
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Winner of the Excellence Award at the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment’s 2026 AX Idea Competition / Choi Hee-do (Master’s student, Department of Climate Technology Convergence, Class of 2026) |
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At the “2026 AX Idea Competition,” hosted by the Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment and organized by the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Choi Hee-do, a master’s student in the Department of Climate Technology Convergence at Kookmin University’s Graduate School (advisor: Professor Lim Chul-Hee), won the Excellence Award (KEPCO KDN President’s Award) in the Data Analysis Open Category. This competition was organized to discover creative ideas and new business models that combine and utilize public data in the energy and environment sectors, with approximately 20 organizations—including the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, the Korea National Park Service, and Korea South-East Power—participating as organizing institutions. A total of 26 winning entries were selected from submissions received by May 18, following document and in-person evaluations, as well as a presentation evaluation held on June 23. Choi Hee-do proposed a method for verifying greenhouse gas emissions reported by companies using satellite observations, under the theme “Quadruple Verification of Greenhouse Gas Disclosures Using Satellite Imagery.” By combining Sentinel-5P satellite observations and ODIAC carbon dioxide data with the Ministry of Environment’s greenhouse gas inventories and corporate sustainability reports, the project compared emission trends for 23 KOSPI-listed companies across four channels and identified cases where disclosed data and satellite observations diverged. The study was recognized for its policy applicability, as it converted these findings into verification priority scores and was designed to be immediately applied to companies subject to mandatory sustainability disclosure requirements starting in 2028. Student Choi Hee-do shared his thoughts, saying, “The data needed for verification was not organized enough that we had to start by collecting individual company reports one by one, so I am proud that we were able to turn that process into a single analytical framework.” He added, “Since we have confirmed that satellite-based verification can be applied not only at the national level but also to individual corporate disclosures, I will continue this research so that it can actually contribute to the implementation of mandatory disclosure in 2028.”
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