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Lauren Suk

ESG Team Leader, YG Entertainment

Lauren Suk leads ESG and Sustainability at YG Entertainment, where she is responsible for shaping the company’s sustainability strategy and embedding sustainability across its operations and live entertainment businesses.

Since establishing YG’s sustainability function, she developed the company’s sustainability strategy and launched its Sustainable Concert Framework in 2023. Through YG’s Sustainable Concert Framework, she has led initiatives that bring sustainability into the concert experience, including reducing environmental impacts, enhancing fan engagement, improving accessibility, and building partnerships with organisations across different sectors.

She continues to explore how K-pop’s influence can make sustainability more visible and relevant to audiences, and how concerts can serve as platforms for environmental awareness, social inclusion, and positive change.

Lauren Suk

Organisation Description

YG Entertainment, established in 1998, is a global entertainment company operating across music production, artist management, live concerts, and IP-driven content businesses.

Backed by its industry-leading artist development system and in-house production capabilities, it has successfully launched some of K-pop’s most influential artists onto the global stage, including JINUSEAN, 1TYM, SE7EN, BIGBANG, 2NE1, AKMU, WINNER, iKON, BLACKPINK, TREASURE, and BABYMONSTER.

YG Entertainment continues to expand its global footprint while maintaining its position as one of the world’s leading K-pop entertainment companies and a driving force in the global music industry.