UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon

One in every five people on this planet has no access to modern electricity. This is inequitable and unsustainable. It is time to end energy poverty. At the same time, our planet is heating up. Climate change threatens lives, peace and prosperity

Thunyachate Ekvetchavit, marketing director, LG Electronics (Thailand)

Through CSR activities such as this (taekwando) partnership, we aim to make ‘Life Good’, as youth are the future of our country.

Kyoichi Tanada, president of Toyota Motor Thailand

Part of the Toyota way is to be a good citizen in the country where we operate. To achieve that, it is very important to contribute to society.

Prasert Bunsumpun, chairman of Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development (TBCSD)

(In launching TBCSD Hotline and continued efforts for environmental and social conservation), "We want to demonstrate the private sector's power in creating a sustainable society.

India's Chief Election Commissioner SY Qureshi told a meet on CSR organised by Bombay Chamber of Com

"We need a Warren Buffet and Bill and Melinda Gates to teach our corporates on the need for CSR. What you do is not CSR but corporate social compulsion."

Jack Welch, retired chief of General Electric Corp

“If it doesn’t turn green into green, it doesn’t turn out to be a helluva good business. The whole idea is to grow jobs...The main social responsibility for a company is to win.”

Assoc Prof Withayakorn Chiengkul

"Thai students' average scores for reading and mathematics are ranked the 50th from 65 countries. Score on science at the 49th. Thai scores are well below OECD average and below those of many Asian countries like China, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Hong Kong."

Chaiwuti Bannawat, Industry Minister

"We need forest buffer, to place space between industrial plants and communities. Community people would be drawn to take part and we will highlight local plants, to strengthen cooperation."

Boonrak Bunyaketmala of the Thailand Research Fund

"Freedom is pushing foward society. With freedom of speech, human will develop their immunity which will help them differentiate right from wrong. This is the positive vision towards confidence in humanity."

Dr. Prawes Wasi, chairman of the National Reform Assembly

"Reforming a distorted social structure can't be accomplished by a particular entity. The reform requires social actions, which would be supported by individuals, organisations and institutions in society."

Dr Kasem Wattanachai, a Privy Councillor

"His Majesty once said that return of good deeds never changes, but value of goodness is changeable. I think it's important that we maintain good values, so that people can be encouraged to do good deeds forever."

social critic Prawase Wasi

Thailand's troubles stem from the structural problem. Thais are comparable to chicken in a basket. The final day is coming, but we still fight. We can survive only if all help one another to escape the calamity

Technology is a key tool in easing education, health and poverty problems. It has been a tool to create sustainble economic growth. But has it been fully exploited?