Sustainability Management in The Environmental Aspect
Environment Policies and Guidelines
The Company supports and focuses on cultivating employees' awareness of how to use resources in the most efficient way in order to continually create habits and apply them at home, as well as expect the efficient use of resources. Efficiently at the national level by communicating the awareness of resource use through various methods such as affixing stickers for public relations, organizing forums. The company promotes and supports the design, research and development of products for energy and environmental conservation. The Company encourages directors, executives and all employees to use the Company's resources in the most efficient manner by defining relevant policies as follows: Electricity Policy, Air Conditioning Policy, Office Equipment Use Policy, Water Policy and waste reduction and recycling policies.
Summary of environmental management goals and results
Power Management
Target
Reduce electricity costs in the head office Phuket Office
Performance
Electricity costs increased
Water Management
Target
Reduce water costs within the head office, Phuket office by
Performance
Water costs increased
Environment Performance
The Company cares about environmental performance to reduce environmental impact throughout work processes and activities as follows:
Reducing Environment Impact
Building constructions and public utilities of the project will be under the control of the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environment Quality Act, B.E. 2535, and Enhancement and Conservation of National Environmental Quality Act (No. 2) B.E. 2561. The Company always focuses and concerns about the impact of project operation on the environment and surrounding community. Therefore, a clear policy has been established to follow and comply with the environmental impact reduction measures and environmental impact motoring measures specified in the Environment Impact Analysis (EIA) report. It has been strictly approved by the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, and various related laws. In the past, The Company has no issue with environmental impact and significant additional costs to prevent environmental impact.
Reducing Safety and Occupational Health Impact
The Company cares about preventing environmental impact by taking the next step with ESG (Environmental Social Governance) which adheres to the principle of being environment friendly, preventing global warming, reducing the crises of soil, water, and climate, saving energy, reducing greenhouse gases emission, using resources efficiently by being socially responsible, improving health and community hygiene, and applying recycling processes seriously.
Cost-Effective Resource Management
Electrical Energy within the Office Management
Electrical energy is an important resource for business operations. To minimize using it, the Company runs a campaign to save electricity in the office to make employees aware of their participation in saving electricity through various activities by defining the required area to use lights, using LED throughout the office, switching off the light when not in use and in lunch break, turning off air-conditioning.
Water Management
The Company cares and concerns about using water efficiently and beneficently, by running a campaign to encourage employees to use water wisely, choose water-saving sanitary ware and continuously inspect plumbing equipment.
Trash, Waste and Pollution Management
The company takes into account the management and reduction of waste within the office. Separated by type of waste as required by law. There is orderly-mannered garbage separation point that is fully covered in an appropriate place. The Company also employs the 3Rs method to employees to reduce waste in daily life as follows:
Reduce
- Use an email to reduce paper use.
- Think before printing or photocopying and use it as little as possible.
- Use alternative technologies to reduce paper use.
- Use cloth bags to reduce plastic bags use.
Reuse
- Encourage to reduce packaging use such as dishwashing liquid, hand soup or coffee etc.
- Wash and reuse glass bottles.
- Donate cloths instead of throwing them away.
- Use the remaining page of written report paper as a note.
Recycle
- Dispose and separate recycled wastes for example paper, metal, plastic water bottle or can to reduce waste disposal by landfill it.
- Buy products that can be recycled or made from recycled materials.
- Recycle organic wastes such as making compost.
Greenhouse Gases Reduction Management
The Company prioritizes reducing greenhouse effect management. However, it is still in process of studying greenhouse gas emissions from company’s activities. There are guidelines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as follows:
- Promote to keep air-conditioning temperature at 25 degrees Celsius, reduce unnecessary electricity use, and maintain electrical appliances within the Company regularly.
- Promote water saving and use it as needed, and don’t leave the water running to prevent water shortage problems in the future.
- Share knowledge with employees and housekeepers of sorting and disposing of waste correctly to minimize trash pilling up, burning, and landfilling problems. All of these create carbon dioxide (CO2) and methene (CH4) which are greenhouse gases that are important to contribute to global warming.
- Create a livable environment, increase green spaces and use environmentally friendly materials.
- Having spaces to grow vegetables can prevent global warming, decrease carbon dioxide emissions, and also have fresh and delicious non-contaminant vegetables which are good for health to eat a whole year.
Green Procurement
The company promotes procurement processes according to guidelines that take into account the environment. and support the selection of products and materials that are environmentally friendly By purchasing from an agency that has certified or has a label certifying that such products are environmentally friendly for use in construction projects. and used in the head office Company sales office.
Increasing Green Space
The company is committed to conducting business. based on sustainable development Have social and environmental responsibility In the course of business, CO2 is released at various stages of business activities. Increasing green space is therefore one goal of being responsible for society and the environment as well as supporting community forests. Rom Pho Company and employees Therefore participated in the reforestation activity with the municipality at Huai Nam Tho Community Forest, Rawai Subdistrict, Mueang District, Phuket Province on August 10, 2023.
