Corporate Social Responsibility Thailand
May 23, 2013
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3G+ for health/education
8 April 2012
Mung Kanjanapradit, a resident of Nongsamong Village in Wang Nam Kheio district, has suffered from diabetes for years. But without a specialist in this field at her village, every month she had to go to Wang Namkheio Hospital which is 20km away for physical examination. Each visit, she had to prepare Bt500 for transportation cost.
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Love the forest and community
27 March 2012
Community can strengthen itself to attain sustainable natural resource and environmental preservation. This belief encouraged the Royal Forest Department, in partnership with Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc, to kick off the fifth year of ‘Love the Forest and the Community’ programme.
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Upcoming charity auction
27 March 2012
Mercy Centre is hosting a charity auction on March 31, where funds will be raised for its charitable causes. The highlight of the evening will be a Charity Auction to raise funds for the Mercy Centre.
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TREES – a new mark of Thailand’s greenness
26 March 2012
LEED, Green Star, AQUA, Green Globes, PromisE, HQE, DGNB, CASBEE, Green Mark, BERDE, and Minergie. These are unfamiliar to most Thais, but one day they will be, when all property owners in Thailand have the desire to obtain green building status, to leave a neutral footprint on our severely battered planet.
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Energy Ministry’s awards project proves a success
23 March 2012
The Energy Ministry is upbeat after the success of the inaugural Building Energy Awards of Thailand (BEAT), which attracted the participation of 17 organisations.
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PTT in ‘Newsweek’ Global Green Rankings
23 March 2012
PTT Plc, Thailand’s national energy company, is the only Thai company appearing in Newsweek’s Global Green Rankings 2011 list. PTT is ranked No 384 in the global list. Among 37 energy companies, it is ranked 16th.
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Tutorial programme enters second year
23 March 2012
Community Partnership Initiative, a grouping of companies operating in Rayong, has launched the second year of the "Tutorial" programme.
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Fujitsu’s ICT helps solve environmental issues
23 March 2012
Fujitsu is using information and communications technology to provide support in resolving environmental problems in the Map Ta Phut industrial estate.
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Most consumers avoid products of disliked firms
23 March 2012
A new global study commissioned by Weber Shandwick found that the company behind the brand is critical to consumer purchasing decisions. About 70 per cent of consumers surveyed avoid buying products if they do not like the parent company. Executives agree — in fact, 87 per cent globally (and 96 per cent in China) – that “a strong corporate brand is just as important as strong product brands”.
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Honda network draws on student power for conservation projects
16 March 2012
Amid several top-down approaches to handling environmental problems, Asian Honda Motor kicked off a project 12 years ago, inviting schools nationwide to share their ideas on how to save their planet.
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Tesco Lotus "doing good"
13 March 2012
Tesco Lotus moves on with its sustainable CSR campaign, with the move to help 1,000 communities in 2012 under its “1 Million Hours Year 3” project.
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Let's educate children on finance
12 March 2012
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), together with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), jointly holds a social activity to enhance basic knowledge in personal finance and investment for youth, called “Ngern Thong Khong Mee Kha” or “Personal Finance for Youth,” by holding training session for teachers of BMA schools.
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Corporate chiefs show "Power of Thai"
6 March 2012
It was hot and humid, but the chiefs of 12 private-sector organisations wore broad smiles as they held brushes and bowls of paint for a photo session. Soaked in sweat, they were more than pleased that their joint project, perfectly entitled “Power of Thai”, was accomplished on Feb 24.
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Safety information for the blind
6 March 2012
Thai Airways International is seeking advice from the blind, to support its development of safety onboard information.
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PTT's Green Globe Award
6 March 2012
Going green requires determination and all project initiators deserve public recognition. That’s the reason PTT is handing out the Green Globe Award, which is now in its 13th year.
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Latest news
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.
