Corporate Social Responsibility Thailand
May 20, 2012
Nobel laureate makes case for social business
Unemployment is a global problem as it concerns millions of people. But Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus believes social business can help address the problem, even if a social enterprise can hire just five workers.
Habitat youth build shelter for the homeless
“I believe everyone should have a place to call home,” said Jet Li, the martial arts movie star who is the latest celebrity joining Habitat for Humanity’s programme.
Taking the LEED at SCG headquarters
If names speak for themselves, then LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) needs no explanation. Achieving LEED certification is the best way to demonstrate that your building project is truly "green". The certificate, issued by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), is known around the world as the first such rating system. Since its inception in 1988, the USGBC has grown to encompass more than 7,000 projects in 30 countries including the United States.
Katanyu sales go to education fund
Through 36 years of successful business as the producer of Cute Press and Oriental Princess and the distributor of CNC food supplements, SSUP Group takes this opportunity to express gratitude to Thai society through a new business initiative.
CP joins protein-sufficiency drive
Poor nutrition can affect any child, but those in remote areas where affordability of protein sources is low are particularly at risk. Protein insufficiency is one of seven national health problems that cannot be eradicated as long as such affordability problems are not addressed.
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THAI reforestation
20 May 2012
Another campaign launched to ease the flood impact is from Thai Airways International.
Camps aim to educate youth on saving natural resources
20 May 2012
If natural resources are to be conserved, keeping the youth educated is necessary.
Honda’s generous gesture
20 May 2012
On the day that the Ayutthaya plant was reopened following floods, Honda executives launched a programme to help Thai people.
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Ben-Hur returns profits to society to mark 34th anniversary
28 February 2012
Ben-Hur, manufacturer of door locks, recently marked its 34th anniversary by donating to the Habitat for Humanity
- Esso donates 840,000 product can lids to The Prostheses Foundation
- Siemens Thailand delivers warming kits to highland students
- Esso presents funds for flood relief via The Thai Red Cross Society
- Esso receives AMCHAM CSR Excellence Recognition Award
- Merck supports aid relief by offering free water test kits
- Ausiris Group and Royal Thai Army join hands to help flood victims
Think Big
Those who have billions and have lost half of it, still have half of it left. Their lifestyles will not change. But the real impact will be on the people at the bottom. 
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus
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A schism over Fair Trade
Paul Rice is a man on a mission. The 51-year-old president and CEO of Fair Trade USA, who has led the group since 1998, says he wants the practice of Fair Trade to become bigger, engaging more consumers and helping more farmers around the world. To that end, Fair Trade USA last year quit the international Fairtrade Labelling Organizations, or FLO, an international federation of fair trade groups, to pursue a vision that Rice calls “Fair Trade for All.”
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Should large companies take on societal issues?
It’s an age-old question that even today continues to provoke lively debate. A company’s investors might want the company leave non-bottom line matters to government and nonprofits and stick to doing little little more than paying taxes, obeying the law, and passign on all profits to shareholders.
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The cost of growth in Asia
(0 Question)By CSR Asia Centre
By Richard Welford rwelford@csr-asia.com At CSR Asia, our new research on the future issues that are going to dominate sustainability in the next decade reveals that there are major concerns about the impacts of climate change and significant worries about access to clean water. Such concerns are largely related to the rapid economic growth that we have seen in the region over the last three decades. The environment seems to have been viewed as a resource to be consumed rather than an asset that we should protect.
Discussions on CSR during the "two sessions"
(0 Question)By CSR Asia Centre
By Brian Ho bho@csr-asia.com The annual two sessions were held in Beijing two weeks ago and there were many “interesting” proposals from the CPPCC members and NPC representative reported by bloggers at Weibo. A lot of the discussions at the 10 day event related to sustainability. The focus once again was on low-carbon, environmental protection and energy conservation.
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