BETAGRO Labor Standard

We have established “Betagro Labor Standard (BLS)” in accordance with Thailand’s labor law, international human rights and labor relations in order to uniformly uplift the labor standards for the company and subsidiaries since April 2015 and applied to the supply chain since November 2015. In 2017, we launched “Your Voice, We Care” project in collaboration with the Isra Institute to increase channels for receiving feedbacks and opinions from workers, leading to the development and solution of labor problems in the long run under 5 principles as follows:

Labor Protection
We protect our employees with the goal of treating employees with dignity and respect for their human dignity. All of our employees will be protected from dangerous works and works that are at risk of affecting health or unfair treatment such as child labor, forced labor, discrimination and inappropriate work or working time. We take care of our employees with humanity, appropriate working time and fair reward.
We ensure that our employees receive all basic necessities. Our employees receive health protection and can manage personal affairs when necessary. We also consider the suitability of the welfare environment such as hygiene, safety and the size of workplace compared to the number of employees. Therefore, we have established the principles of welfare and benefits into 2 parts, which are 1) welfare and benefits in accordance with the law and 2) appropriate allocation of the working environment.
We have determined the persons who are responsible for labor relations of the company and subsidiaries to work closely with the welfare committee in the workplace in order to take care of the living conditions of employees. Labor relations is established for the benefits of employees and giving advice on various problems to employees.
We adhere to the safety law and occupational health management standards as well as international safety standard ISO 45001 to ensure safety in the workplace for employees and those involved in working within the workplace. We inspect, improve and monitor the operations to ensure the safety of workplace and set the measures to prevent accidents as well as promote awareness of safe working.
We have a management system that focuses on building labor standards by supporting the implementation of the development and improvement of labor standards seriously and continuously in order to uplift labor standards throughout the supply chain and encourage trading partners and suppliers to accept the implementation of Betagro Labor Standard in their workplace.

Employee Care and Development

We focus on personnel development with a policy to encourage employees to develop knowledge and skills required at each job level to increase their growth potential along the career development path. We also have the employee development framework to develop leadership skill and functional skill with a blended learning process that focuses on practicality and guidance from coaches and mentors, consisting of:

Leadership Program

To develop knowledge and skills in job management as well as a collaboration with other people to achieve the targets

Functional Program

To develop knowledge and occupational skills, enhancing employees’ performance to meet their targets and grow along the career path

Talent and Succession Program

To develop the high potential employees and successors in order to drive the business and create competitive advantages along with changes in the organization

Community Care and Development

We believe that businesses can grow sustainably only if they develop communities and society at the same time. Therefore, we focus on creating sustainability for society, community and environment with guidelines under the framework of responsibility to society and stakeholders in accordance with law without creating negative impacts. We also participate in community development through community relations committees in all 7 areas, which are the northern region, northeastern region, central region, eastern region, southern region, Lop Buri area and Pak Chong area in accordance with the standards of the Corporate Social Responsibility, Department of Industrial Works (CSR-DIW).

Moreover, we also support activities to promote social equality and reduce inequality as well as uplift the quality of life and sustainable cohabitation such as:

Model District Project (COVID-free setting)

An integrated collaborative project to establish the community isolation among Lop Buri Communicable Disease Committee, public health agencies, administrative agencies, communities and Betagro. We have established 70 community isolations in 10 districts, 1 field hospital in our area and 1 field hospital in the province to isolate the infected person from the community as quick as possible, reduce congestion of the main hospitals and the field hospitals as well as lighten the burden on the health system and medical personnel.

Community Reforestation Project

A project designed to create awareness of environmental stewardship, add green space and create pleasant community which can be a food and tourist destination and create cooperation of all sectors in the community. On the 50th anniversary of Betagro, we have collaborated with the Chong Sarika Community, government agencies, local authorities, schools, Lop Buri College of Agriculture and Technology and temples to plant 13,000 trees in 13 villages. Nowadays, 10,000 trees from the project have grown as the 4 main community tree roads.

Conservation and Development of Khung Bang Kachao Area Project

A collaborative project among Betagro, government agencies, private companies and communities to develop the Khung Bang Krachao area around 107 land plots in Phra Pradaeng, Samut Prakan. We aim to create sustainable agriculture, increase household income and promote values to conserve the homeland. We have established the development plan since 2018-2022 and promoted local fruit tree planting, including mango, and rose apple in 2 land plots under our responsibility.

Saitarn Foundation

A non-profit organization founded in 1996 through the efforts of Betagro executives and employees to help underprivileged children in the society and other charitable causes. The Saitarn Foundation’s objectives are to assist victims of crisis, provide scholarships and support to underprivileged students, persons or organizations, promote and support people who do good deeds as well as other charitable causes or collaborate with other charities for public benefits. Today, our executives and employees continue to participate in activities and support the operations of the Saitarn Foundation.