BANGKOK, December 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — For PTT Oil and Retail Business Plc. (OR), that of Thailand A leading oil and retail company, the aspiration for sustainable growth is born from the belief that a business of the future must grow alongside its consumers and the environment. Led by the vision of “Empowering all towards inclusive growth”, OR seeks to promote opportunities for all while striving to build an inclusive, sustainable and resilient future for people and the planet.
OR integrates green and sustainable standards across its operations across the company’s mobility and lifestyle ecosystem, in line with United Nations standards. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) like OR in the following ways:
THE S (small) reflects how OR manages its businesses while simultaneously elevating the quality of life on a microeconomic scale with a strong emphasis on fostering cordial relationships and participation in community and social development, with several concrete projects underway, as follows :
- Thaidet Project is launched with the aim of developing and expanding commercial distribution channels for a variety of good products as well as creating opportunities for Thai farmers, community businesses and SME entrepreneurs across the country to generate more income and develop their businesses sustainably. So far, the project has supported over 300 small businesses from around the world. Thailand to sell their iconic, community-made, eco-friendly local products to consumers and PTT station visitors nationwide.
- Amazon Coffee for Luck The program aims to develop careers for disadvantaged people by hiring deaf people, elderly people, veterans and vulnerable groups of people as baristas and providing them with a stable income. OR sets the goal of implementing the Amazon for Chance Café project in 500 operational branches of the coffee chain around the world. Asia Pacific by 2027. From May 2023There are 273 Café Amazon for Chance branches in Thailandand one in Cambodiacreating jobs for 227 people. Two more Amazon for Chance Café branches will be launched in Cambodia by the end of the year.
- Term Suk Market The project at the PTT station provides free space for farmers and local residents to sell their products and those of the community. In the same way, Asa San Suk The project aims to ease the burden of cost of living by providing free motorcycle oil change to local people living in communities surrounding OR’s operating facilities in 17 provinces across Thailand.
In the D (Diversified) With this in mind, OR partners with business partners to invest in a broad range of businesses, leveraging each other’s strengths to drive inclusive growth. The company seeks to invest in companies of all sizes, as well as startups in the Thailand And South East Asia to capture new opportunities related to mobility and various lifestyle sectors such as food and beverage (F&B), travel, health and wellness. High-potential partners include popular restaurant chains and online platforms for food supply chain, health and wellness booking, and electronics technology and innovation General public.
Finally the G (Green) » is explicit: OR encourages every business to go green in support of a low-carbon society. The ultimate goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. A notable ambition is to build a strong system. Electric Vehicle Ecosystem through the expansion of the EV PluZ station inside and outside the PTT station network on all major highways and in commercial districts across the country. It is planned to install 7,000 EV PluZ station chargers across the country by 2030.
Likewise, Café Amazon is an exemplary green company as evidenced by its sustainable coffee’s journey from farm to cup. With the aim of promoting sustainable growth, coffee improves the well-being of our society by purchasing raw materials from domestic sources, thereby helping hill tribe farmers and providing them with a better way of life, adopting sustainable practices. resource efficiency and environmental protection throughout its production. and operational, as well as the revitalization of financial circulation within the country and the creation of an interdependent way of life, from upstream to downstream. OR also supports the use of renewable energy in its roasting plant with solar roof installation.
In 2023, OR established a sustainable coffee growing project in Mae Chaem district, Chiangmai, to help hill tribe farmers create a sustainable source of income through coffee harvesting while contributing positively to the land use efficiency, expansion of green spaces as well as a healthy natural environment in hilly areas.
Café Amazon is also proactive waste recovery approach in place, with initiatives such as Amazon Circular Living Café project that contributes to a circular economy by promoting products used in Amazon Café points of sale and roasting factories by transforming them into uniforms for baristas and furniture used in the coffee chain across Thailandwhile Amazon Go Green Coffee The campaign focuses on the use of eco-friendly and biodegradable products, such as organic straws, organic hot drink cups and PET cold drink cups, the latter of which can be recycled into other products and furniture, as well as on the transition from plastic bags to paper bags.
In the meantime, Low-carbon activity zone model at the PTT flagship station comes installed with EV Station PluZ chargers to support the growing transition to electric mobility and enhance OR’s EV ecosystem, as well as solar roofs, a composting system that converts organic waste into organic fertilizer and a wastewater treatment that recycles wastewater to be used for watering plants.
Another initiative Yak Lak Yim school camp aims to promote sustainable forms of waste management among younger generations in order to reduce our combined carbon footprint.
OR’s prominence as a leading sustainable energy company has received both international and national recognition, including being included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) by S&P Global Ratings in the retail industry group and being named a model organization for sustainability in the Thai capital market. in the Outstanding Support for People with Disabilities category in 2022, and received the Rising Star Sustainability Award 2022 from the Stock Exchange Thailand (SET) in the Sustainability Excellence category. Most recently, the company was included in the SET ESG Ratings 2023 (formerly known as Thailand Sustainability Investment List or THSI) for the 2sd consecutive year, this year being ranked with the highest “AAA” ESG rating and the SET Awards 2023: Best Sustainability Awards.
All these successes confirm OR’s focus on sustainable business operations, determination to develop the organization towards sustainable growth in line with OR SDG and ESG guidelines and create value for all stakeholders, society, communities and the environment.
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