Greenhouse Gas Management
Intention and Goals
The company is committed to be a part of tackling climate change, with well awareness that climate change is an issue that affects sustainability and human well-being. The worldwide has cooperated in reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to mitigate the impacts. In this regard, the Company gives the importance to the Carbon Footprint for Organization (CFO) assessment by starting to conduct the assessment in 2022 in order to know the amount of greenhouse gas generated from the company’s activities. As well as monitoring the performance of activities following greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, and set the goal to reduce GHG emission by at least 10% from the base year (2022) within 2030.
Management Approach
The Company operated retail business of construction materials and home decorative products which its activities required energy and natural resource consumption for customer service. The Company gives the importance to impacts from business activities causing GHG emissions, therefore emphasizes on operating for reducing GHG emission both direct way (Scope1) and indirect way (Scope2) by setting the devices modification policy of equipment, tools and vehicles to be electric instead of fuel oil, and policy on the use of solar energy instead of electricity from transmission lines. As well as energy conservation measures by reducing electricity consumption, the source that generates the highest greenhouse gas emissions by 58% of all activities.
In 2022, the Company has started the Carbon Footprint for Organization (CFO) assessment or the amount of Greenhouse Gas emission from the company’s activities such as Fuel combustion, electricity consumption, waste management, and transportation, which shows the result in the form of tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. This makes to know the significant points of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions and will lead to effective management by the scope and results of the greenhouse gas emissions assessment as follows;
Remark : The Company has conducted the Carbon Footprint for Organization (CFO) by using data from 1st January – 31st December 2023, and has passed the audit and review by “The specializes in environmentally friendly business strategies center” who is the CFO reviewer registered with the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization).
1. Electric Forklift and Electric Stacker Using
Due to daily operating activities of stores about transferring products, picking and products storage, need to use Forklift to be convenient, fast and labor-saving, the Company has defined that Electric Stacker for using in area of home décor products and electric forklift for using in construction products.
Since the year 2020, the Company has policy of using Electric Forklift for new stores and replacement of Forklift fuel of same stores which was ended of life. Due to the company has realized that the fuel combustion was the cause of Greenhouse Gas, and air pollution, while the Electric Forklift and Electric Stacker have no environmental impacts.
2. EV Charger Station installation project
The Company has installed EV Charger Station in service area of stores to support the use of renewable energy and reduce Greenhouse Gas causing from all stakeholders of the Company. At the end of 2023, the Company has EV Charger Station in number of 12 stores.
3. Organizing the sale promotion by Digital system (Digital Lucky Draw)
In 2022-2023, the Company has adjusted the sale promotion activity “Chai Roi Ching Lan” season9 to be Digital system that can reduce A5 paper consumption for printing to be coupon by 28,687,572 pcs, and reduce fuel oil consumption for delivery coupon from all stores to the head office. The Company also changed the prizes to be Electric Vehicle of 9 cars instead of Gasoline car to support the driving into a low-carbon community.
4. Activities for promoting employees to participate in energy and environment conservation
- Provide knowledge and training employees regarding environment including reduction method of Energy consumption by publicizing through corporate media such as Energy saving campaign signs, public relations board, and intranet, i.e.
- Publicize to all employees to participate in reduction of Energy consumption such as electric saving, water saving, including usually audit water pipes and equipment to be in good condition and efficient.
- Encourage the executives and employees to turn off air-conditioners and lighting during lunch time or being outside the room for a while.