Corporate Social Responsibility Thailand
May 18, 2013
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Chulalongkorn students win prize for enterprise projects
27 July 2010
After devoting much time helping to improve the economy and environment of many communities, Chulalongkorn University students were given a trophy last week under the Students In Free Enterprise project. As the winner of an award at the SIFE Thailand National Exposition, the team will represent Thai students at the SIFE World Cup in Los Angeles from October 10 to 12.
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‘Asean CSR Network’ launched in Manila
27 July 2010
Initiated by the ASEAN Foundation, a regional body has been formed to spearhead the promotion of the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Southeast Asia.
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Students worldwide to fly ideas for greener flight
27 July 2010
Global Airbus contest to shape the future of eco-efficient air travel takes off. University students worldwide can shape the future of flight and win 30,000 euro in a global competition launched recently by Airbus at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom.
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13th Art for All camp starts
22 July 2010
Over 400 children and youth from across Thailand, including many with disabilities, art teachers and volunteers, converge in the United Nations Conference Centre on Friday, July 23 for the opening ceremony of the annual Art for All Camp. Held under the theme “Art for All: Improving the Quality of Life”, the Camp lasts till July 27 and will be held at Arayana Phupimarn Resort and Spa, Pak Chong, Nakhon Ratchasima province of Thailand.
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Makro to hire 2,350 students for retail alliance project
21 July 2010
About 2,350 junior and senior students from 47 educational institutions nationwide are being recruited to join Makro's retailer alliance project, which is in its fourth year and features more programmes to strengthen Thai retailers. These students will work for at least 470 retailers in Bangkok and the provinces from JuneOctober to gain knowledge on retail management, for certificates and a chance to work with Makro.
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Laguna Raffle puts school charity in the picture
21 July 2010
At Laguna Phuket, fun for hotel guests could be open to outsiders, particularly kids living near its properties. That encouraged it to kick off the Summer Family Festival, an entertainment and activity resource for its hotel guests and local residents, last year. The Laguna Phuket Summer Family Festival runs until August 20 with daily Kidz Fun Zone adventure activities, a Flying Trapeze, Hollywood@Laguna family filming of a “Virtual Motorcycle Tour of Phuket” and nightly entertainment in the beer tent. The festival also has a range of offers for children to stay, eat and play free at Laguna hotels until October 31.
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Ampol Food continues with recycling project
20 July 2010
Throughout the 14-month period, Ampol Food Processing Co Ltd has witnessed huge success from its UHT box recycle campaign.From April 2009 to June 2010, with cooperation from many institutions, over 10 million UHT box had been collected and sent to recycling plants. To date, 3,800 sets of school desks and chairs have been built on the boxes, aside from a school building. Altogether, as the boxes need no burning, this helps reduce carbon dioxide by 90,000 kg and garbage filling area by 400 square metre.
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Traditional medicine maker honoured for social programme
19 July 2010
The Thailand Business Coalition on AIDS (TBCA) recently presented its highly regarded AIDS-response Standard Organisation (ASO) platinum award to Chatchai Traditional Medicine (Mor Seng), a local manufacturer and distributor of traditional foods and medicines who have been acknowledged for their continued programme on HIV/AIDS and TB through their own training workshops.
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At KTB - 2010 is its CSR Year
16 July 2010
As the second largest commercial bank, in terms of asset size, Krung Thai Bank has ample resources to finance its social projects. And such could be deemed as a social requirement, given that KTB is majority owned by the government.
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Amway urges participation in its audio book project
16 July 2010
Amway for Thai Society Foundation and Amway Thailand are jointly bringing the ‘One by One: One Voice Brightens the World’ project of audio book production for visually-impaired children to its 7th year. Permission has been sought from nine publishers for this year’s production of 35 audio book titles while general individuals will be given the chance to contribute as readers, sharing the opportunity in education to visually-impaired people and schoolchildren in remote areas. Registration for an audio book reader’s training is now open until July 20.
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Thai team wins energy-efficiency race
15 July 2010
A Thai student team on July 10 won the Shell Eco-Marathon Asia competition by designing a prototype vehicle that could run 1,521.9 kilometres on a single litre of gasoline. "I'm extremely glad that my driving could bring victory to the country, which means the reputation of the country as well," said Kittiwong Kaewbumrung, 20, the driver of Team ATE. "I tried so hard to practise driving over the past three months."
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Green Thailand pact inked for sustainable development
15 July 2010
The ministries of Natural Resources and Environment, Education, Industry and Science as well as the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and the association Thai professionals in the US and Canada have recently signed the Green Thailand pact. This is marked as the first public-private cooperation in addressing the environmental problems, starting at Map Ta Phut in Rayong.
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Electricity as gift from nature
15 July 2010
Thai Forest Conservation Foundation of Electricity Generating Group (Egco) was founded to preserve the natural resources conservation, mainly watersheds. It is proved that conservative projects can also improve the quality of life under efficient management. The latest project is the transmission of electricity to San Dindaeng, in Chomthong district, Chiang Mai, where villagers stay in the dark for the past 70 years.
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Trane in reforestation drive
15 July 2010
Trane (Thailand) Co Ltd, committed to help promote energy efficiency and protect the environment for Thais amid the global warming, on Saturday July 17 plans to take 100 clients to join the reforestation project in Hua Hin, Prachuab Khiri Khan.
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Govt to push for social enterprise under reforms
9 July 2010
The government has vowed to promote social enterprises as one of the key mechanisms in Thailand's reform initiative. Apirak Kosayodhin, adviser to the prime minister, said that social enterprise had been defined as profit-generating businesses that had been set up with the objective of not just making money but also solving problems faced by the local community as well as developing the society and environment.
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Japan to help control rising garbage
The Japanese government, under its grant assistance for grassroots human security projects scheme (GGP), is providing Bt1.88 million for waste-management centres and promoting waste recycling in Samokhae sub-district in the Muang district of Phitsanulok province.
Novartis contributes to education fund for blind students
Richard Abela, country president of Novartis (Thailand) has donated Bt473,000 to the Pattaya Redemptorist School for the Blind, under the patronage of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
GM kicks off 1.5mn footballs for world's needy kids
General Motors vice president of global manufacturing and president of international operations Tim Lee recently joined GM Southeast Asia president Martin Apfel to hand out 130 virtually indestructible footballs to schoolchildren in Chon Buri.
