Production and consumption waste has brought about significant negative effects on the environment and climate change. Therefore, the waste management has become an issue jointly addressed by global communities, particularly the plastic waste problem. Thailand is no exception, producing and dumping plastic waste into the sea in an amount ranked one of the top levels. In an attempt to tackle this long-standing problem, a number of private and public organizations have established waste management policies, with anti-plastic campaigns, measures of waste sorting and recycling imposed to reduce amount of waste sent to landfills, the use of environmentally-friendly materials which can be reusable, etc.
To address the garbage problem and climate change, Krungsri initiated the
‘Krungsri Zero Waste Project’ in 2018 under the concept
‘Let’s Unite for Zero Waste’ with an aim to raise awareness of waste problem and promote accurate waste management in the organization for recycling and reducing landfill waste. Under the project, the Bank organized ‘Zero Waste’ activities to raise awareness among employees and minimize plastic pollution, namely the waste management training session, the waste sorting campaign, and the campaigns against single-use plastics and foam containers.
The ‘Krungsri Zero Waste’ project not only meets the above-stated objectives, but also aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), namely SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production, and SDG 13: Climate Action.
Performance
- Discontinue the use of Styrofoam containers in the Bank’s canteens and encourage employees to carry their own reusable straw, cup, bottle, bag, eating utensils, and food container to minimize single-use plastics
- “Krungsri Right Place, Right Bin” activity encouraging employees to sort waste properly
- “Share bags to change the world” promoting the donation of reusable cloth or plastic bags still in good condition to reduce the use of new plastic bags
- Discourage employees from ordering more food than they can eat and install food waste decomposers to reduce food waste from the canteens to landfills
- Organize projects and activities in collaboration with the public sector and partnership networks to reduce waste and GHG emissions, e.g. the Green Office project initiated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, participated in the Low Emission Support Scheme (LESS) of the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) for the category of waste management and the project of proper e-waste disposal according to international standards in partnership with Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited and Synnex (Thailand) Public Company Limited
2024 Waste Data (Head Office, Krungsri Riverside Office, and KSPO only)
Remark:
1/ Reference is made to the performance report of the “Thais Say No to e-Waste” project by Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited.
2/ Data about RDF was collected from the Head Office and KSPO only, starting the data collection and sorting in 2022
3/ The Shred2Share Project by Iron Mountain promotes the process of recycling used office documents in the Shred2Share Project: ‘Keep Information Secure while Caring for the Environment’ of Iron Mountain (Thailand) Company Limited. The participants in this project are Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited, Ayudhya Capital Auto Lease Public Company Limited, Ayudhya Capital Services Company Limited, Krungsri Asset Management Company Limited, and Krungsri Securities Public Company Limited.
4/ In the ‘PET to be PPE’ project commenced in 2021, clear plastic bottles (PET) and opaque plastic bottles (HDPE) are sorted and sent to Wat Chak Daeng, Samut Prakan, for upcycling into personal protective equipment (PPE), monk robes, and blankets.
5/ Calculation of GHG emissions is based on the emission factors and the carbon footprint for organization (July 2022) of the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO).