Environmental Management
We are committed to growing our business in an environmentally sustainable manner through our action planning in order to optimize resources and minimize the environmental impact in every production process. We assess the environmental impact from the designing process of the production system to treatment and elimination of related pollution. We also encourage our employees and surrounding communities to realize the importance of environment and adhere to environmental policies and practices, laws, related regulations and international standards, including OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 to create environmental sustainability.
Energy Management
We focus on energy efficiency in accordance with our energy management policy to promote the most efficient use of energy. We continue to conserve energy in order to create a cost-effective use of energy. In 2021, we were able to reduce the use of electricity and heat energy by approximately 28 million megajoules due to our improvement projects such as continuous maintenance of machinery and equipment, boiler efficiency improvement project, cooling system efficiency improvement project and machinery efficiency improvement project for feed production process. For 2022, we target to reduce energy consumption per unit of production by 3% from 2021.
use of electricity and heat energy by approximately
Climate Change
We have established guidelines for the management of greenhouse gas emissions with a collaboration with Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) to assess and establish a database of overall greenhouse gas emissions of the value chain as a framework and guidelines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. With this collaboration, we have accessed our greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon Footprint for Organization (CFO) and Carbon Footprint of Product (CFP) in the chicken meat products which are the main products in our food and feed businesses in order to provide information for the management and implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction projects.
In 2021, we have implemented a solar energy technology to replace the use of electricity at more than 35 places across the country with more than 40 megawatts of clean energy, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 22,000 tons. We have also implemented other projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as solar rooftop and electricity reduction project. In 2022, we plan to expand the scope of greenhouse gas emissions assessment or carbon footprint to pork and egg products, covering all major products in our food and feed businesses in order to set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or carbon footprint in accordance with Thailand’s and international guidelines.
Details of carbon emission assessments that were completed in 2019 - 2021 are as follows:
1. Carbon Footprint for Organization (CFO)
Carbon Footprint for Organization (CFO) which has already passed the assessment and verification consists of:
1.1
Food business - 4 companies: B. Foods Product International Co., Ltd., Better Foods Co., Ltd., Betagro Agro Industry Co., Ltd. (Phatthalung Chicken Processing Factory), and Ajinomoto Betagro Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
1.2
Feed business – 2 companies: Betagro Public Company Limited (Lop Buri 4 Factory) and Betagro Public Company Limited (Songkhla Factory)
2. Carbon Footprint of Product (CFP)
Carbon Footprint of Product (CFP) has been accessed and verified in 5 products: chicken fillet 1 kg, skinless chicken breast 1 kg, fried chicken tenderloin (Southern recipe) 2 kg, steamed chicken breast (Tandoori sauce) 10 kg, and charcoal grilled chicken breast (Satay flavor) 800 g
Water Management
We focus on efficient water management using our 5Rs process as follows:
Air Quality Control
We have established an air quality management plan for the area that may be affected by various activities in order to control the air quality within the standard and continue to improve our air quality control system. We focus on reducing the impact of air pollution emissions as well as inspecting and maintenancing machineries and related equipments regularly.
We focus on managing, controlling and reducing the discharged pollutions such as Nitrogen Oxide (NOx), Sulfur Dioxide (SOx), Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) and Carbon Monoxide (CO) within standard required by law. We also inspect the air quality from the chimney to constantly monitor air quality. Moreover, the air treatment systems have been installed and maintenanced in order to reduce the impacts on environment, employees’ health and surrounding communities.
Wastewater Discharged Control
We manage wastewater by ensuring effective wastewater treatment system and controlling the quality of the discharged wastewater within the standard required by law as well as having appropriate technology and efficient wastewater treatment with water quality measurement and monitoring before discharing to the outside.
