AMCHAM Thailand Recognizes Top Corporate Social

Recipients of 2014 ACE Recognition for Exemplary Corporate Social Responsibility with AMCHAM leadership and American charge d’affaires Patrick Murphy
AMCHAM Thailand Recognizes Top
Corporate Social Responsibility Programs
T
he American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AMCHAM)
honored its members’ best corporate social responsibility (CSR)
programs at a ceremony presided over by American charge
d’affaires Patrick Murphy. The eighth annual AMCHAM CSR
Excellence (ACE) Awards recognized 52 companies for their exemplary
CSR programs and their dedication to improving their communities.
To qualify for an ACE recognition, a company’s CSR program must
receive high marks in four categories: (1) Attention to business
objectives and societal needs; (2) Creation of long-term economic and
2014 RECIPIENTS OF AMCHAM CSR EXCELLENCE (ACE) AWARD:
Accenture
Developed a project called “Young Entrepreneurship Development Project”
to provide educational opportunities
and to build knowledge and skills in
business management for children.
In 2012, 1,328 volunteer man hours
were contributed for curriculum
design, training camp and evaluation.
76 Hill Tribe children in Chiang Rai
Province benefited from the program.
In 2013, equipped 80 secondary
school students in Dharmajarinee
School with business skills.
AIA
Silver Award
‘AIA Sharing A Life’ is AIA Thailand’s
CSR Phenomenon, which involved the
bringing together of 30,000 volunteers
to participate in community service
activities in 21 locations nationwide. This
event marked another great milestone
for AIA in giving back to Thai society.
Amway
To continue paying back to Thai society,
social gains; (3) Communication and sharing of best practices;
(4) Program sustainability.
Special designations were given to firms that have received the ACE award for
five consecutive years (Gold Award), three consecutive years (Silver Award),
firms with excellence in creativity and innovation (Creative Partnerships), and
recognition for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).
For more information about this and other AMCHAM activities visit
www.amchamthailand.com.
Amway for Thai Society Foundation (ATF)
celebrated the 10th anniversary of Amway One by One campaign for children
in 2013 by joining with the Border Patrol
Police Headquarters to launch ‘Amway
Rak Nong’ (Amway Loves Children)
program. Winter jackets were delivered
to 22,915 children in 177 Border Patrol
Police Schools in 39 provinces nationwide with 787 volunteers from Amway
Business Owners and staff.
to running its business with governance,
fairness, an anti-corruption mindset, respect for human rights, fair treatment of
labor, and responsibility to consumers,
while playing its part not only in improving society and communities, but also in
taking care of the surroundings, under
‘Krungsri, The Heart of Giving’ concept.
Focusing on 2 major aspects, Education
and Community Engagement, more than
50 CSR activities were arranged for
Krungsri people in 2014 that emphasize
giving to our community in order to
create sustainable community.
Bank of Ayudhya
A key driver of the national economy for
69 years, Krungsri has been committed
Baxter Healthcare
As part of Baxter’s sustainability
promise, Baxter and its employees help
communities in Thailand address a broad
range of needs. The company gives
back to the communities it operates
in through environmental stewardship,
employee volunteerism, corporate donations including product donations, and
other initiatives. These initiatives focus
on improving education, driving access
to healthcare through awareness and
education programs, and protecting the
environment. Our employees are also an
integral part of Baxter’s sustainability efforts as we believe that each one of our
staff contributes to Baxter’s long-term
growth and success.
Bumrungrad Hospital
The Bumrungrad Hospital Foundation
began its collaboration with the Cardiac
Children Foundation of Thailand under
the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess
Galyani Vadhana, to help children suffering from critical congenital heart disease,
despite their families’ financial status,
and provide the treatment free of charge,
as part of its ‘Rak Jai Thai’ campaign.
We have now had more than 700 cases
receiving the surgeries.
CEA Projects & Logistics
CEA is consistently investing in giving
back to the community that surrounds
it. Our Wat Mai Nern Payom scholarship
program 2014 was a great opportunity to do so. We strive to contribute to
sustainable and continued development
of society through all business activities
that we undertake in our regions.
Cisco Systems
Program Name: Cisco Networking
Academy
Networking academy delivers classroom
instructions, online teaching materials,
interactive tools and hands on learning
to students from every socioeconomic
background, so that they can develop
the knowledge and skills required to
succeed in a technology-driven market.
The partnership between Cisco and
Thailand has touched the lives of 36,105
students since inception. Currently there
are 47 Networking Academies operating
in Thailand and 91 Instructors who have
taught 7,540 students in the past 12
months.
Central Food Retail
Silver Award
‘Go Green & Reuse for Life’ promoted
usage of degradable plastic shopping
bags and encouraged using reusable
shopping bags by awarding customers
with 100 points (1 baht) when shopping
with reusable bags. Currently working with 49 communities and more
than 497 products, we contributed
positively to the community and
differentiate our brand image through
the ‘Community Product.’ We aim to
work with more communities across
several product categories to conserve unique local wisdom, nurture
local talents and strengthen local
community in terms of economic,
social and environment towards selfsustainability.
Chevron Thailand Exploration
and Production
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
Chevron has an unwavering commitment to being a good partner with
local communities. We listen to their
concerns and aspirations and we
work with them to create a better
future. In partnership with governments and non-profit organizations,
Chevron has invested in initiatives
that help strengthen and improve
the quality of life of communities
where we work. These investments
are focused on four areas (4Es):
Education, Environment and Energy
conservation, Economic Development
and Employee Engagement.
Citibank
Gold Award
In 2014, Citi Thailand main focus
was on Financial Capability building
among various stakeholders. It
directly trained financial education for
women at risk and low income students. Citi Thailand has also launched
the ‘Literacy Improvement for Better
Finance in Thailand’ research-based
program to understand current
situation of Financial Literacy in the
country and identify how to improve
financial literacy of students, farmers
and low-skilled laborers.
Coca-Cola
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
Recycle 360° is an integrated
solid waste and recyclable materials
management program launched in
Chatuchak sub-district. The program is
part of Coca-Cola’s sustainable packaging recovery effort which aims to
develop and introduce environmentally
friendly products, improve packaging
material efficiency per liter of product
sold, as well as recover used product
by recycling.
Colgate-Palmolive
Giving the world reasons to smile
through our oral health program ‘Bright
Smiles, Bright Futures,’ Thai children
receive oral health education to help
build healthy habits and self-esteem. Our
partnership with Operation Smile extends
our efforts to bring back the smiles to
Thai children suffering from cleft lip and
palate. To sustain and enhance good
health and hygiene, Protex Hand Wash
Month educational program reinforces
the importance of hand-washing in
schools across the country.
Diageo Moet Hennessy
Diageo Moet Hennessy (Thailand) or
DMHT recognizes that our sustainability as a business depends not only
on our economic performance, but also
on the way we manage our social and
environmental impacts. As the world’s
leading premium drinks company, Diageo’s much-loved brands are enjoyed by
millions every day, and we’re committed
to ensuring they are enjoyed responsibly.
Tackling alcohol misuse is the right thing
to do: it helps our consumers celebrate
life today and tomorrow, while supporting
our long-term business interests.
Dow Chemical
Silver Award and Creative Partnership
Dow’s corporate citizenship and
sustainability program illustrates its
commitments through preserving and
investing in communities, creating
products to advance human progress,
and generating shared value through
philanthropic efforts. One of Dow’s
sustainability goals is to have achieved
individual community acceptance
ratings for all Dow sites where the company has a major presence by 2015.
In Thailand, Dow and its joint venture
SCG-Dow Group, have been contributing to the society and communities
focusing on education, environment,
and community well-being. Our key
sustainability and community development programs are: Dow Chemical for
Sustainable Industry Program; Science
& Technology Initiative and Sustainability Award Program (STISA Award); Dow
& AMCHAM’s Adopt-A-School Program;
Dow Chemistry Class; Neighbor Care
Program; and Safety Improvement for
Prostheses Foundation.
DSG International
Certainty – Thailand’s no.1 adult incontinence brand has strived to improve the
quality of life among elderlies for many
decades. We believe that elderly gratitude is key to build up strong society,
therefore the ‘Feel deeply gratified with
Certainty’ project was initiated. Joining
hands with our consumers and Facebook
fan page, every pack and every ‘like’ will
be donated to elderly patients at Rama
Hospital. The campaign has been widely
spread and organically grew via famous
celebrities and business partners who
shared the same gratitude.
DuPont
Silver Award
DuPont is the world’s leading science
company. The DuPont Community Fund
was established in 1990 to improve the
quality of life and enhance the vitality
of communities in which we operate.
This grassroots program, designed
and implemented at DuPont sites, has
supported programs and organizations
that address one or more of three key
components of community sustainability
– social progress, economic success and
environmental excellence.
Esso
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
Throughout 120 years history here in
Thailand, Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited has established meaningful and impactful relationships with
the Thai society as a model corporate
citizen through various programs and
activities including royal projects, community investments, scholarship funds,
environmental conservation, and health
and safety campaigns. Esso’s contributions are aimed for the well-being and
sustainability of the Thai society over the
past 12 decades.
FedEx Express
Silver Award and Creative Partnership
FedEx is committed to building strong,
sustainable communities where our
employees and customers live and work.
We constantly look for ways to align
ourselves with social causes that reflect
the company’s overarching values.
Our programs include collaboration
with AMCHAM on the Adopt-a-School
program and Career Camp, and we also
have Safe Kids Thailand (SKT) and Junior
Achievement International Trade Challenge to support our students’ growth
and development.
Ford Motor
Silver Award
Ford is dedicated to initiatives with
long-term impact while contributing to a
better world through various community
activities. This is led by its flagship CSR
program, ‘Driving Skills for Life,’ which
provides ‘driving safe’ training. The training is provided free of charge, and since
Ford launched DSFL in 2008, more than
8,000 licensed drivers have participated
in trainings. Ford also promotes volunteerism amongst its employees, working
with groups like Habitat for Humanity to
build houses for lower income families,
and nurturing endangered sea turtles
on the Eastern Seaboard as part of a
global commitment to environmental
conservation.
Foster Wheeler
Silver Award
‘Raw Water Transportation’ - Foster
Wheel staff participated in the building of
transportation pipeline from a raw water
source by connecting 2 km pipeline to
supply water to schools, community
and village at Huay Talad, Nong Phai,
Petchboon Province. The project is to
sustain the development of the Sufficient
Economy philosophy.
General Motors and Chevrolet
Sales
Silver Award
To support CSR commitment in Thailand,
the company’s CSR initiatives have
historically focused on four main areas:
Education; Health and Human Services;
Environment, Energy and Safety; and
Community Development. Good
examples of CSR projects from GM and
Chevrolet are the ‘Automotive Services
Educational Program’ (ASEP) that support education in Thailand and ‘One
World Futbol Project’ that support health
and human services.
GlaxoSmithKline
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
Over the past five decades, GSK has
been dedicated to improving the quality
of human life and has given the highest
priority to providing ‘Access to Medicine’
to Thai people. We have worked with
many partners to develop scientific and
technological innovations that will enable
us to make the advances necessary
to bring quality medicines to patients
everywhere in new ways.
Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok
Gold Award
Hyatt Thrive is our global effort to help
make the communities in which we
operate places that our associates are
proud to work, our guests want to visit,
our neighbors want to live and hotel
owners want to invest. List of Activities
we have done in 2014:
• Donations made to Klongtoey Childcare with monthly birthday celebrations
• ‘Read for the Blind’ recorded 11
books for Foundation for the Blind
• Lunch treat for students at Foundation
for the Blind
• ‘Build a Home’ for a family in Rayong
• Volunteer work for elephants at the
Elephant Conservation Centre
• Quarterly blood donations
• Participated in 2 charity mini marathons to help HIV patients and Run for
Cancer fund
• Aluminum cap donation to “Associate
of person with physical disability
international”
• Second-hand sales to raise funds for
orphanages
• Ice bucket challenge donations to ALS
Association
Hanesbrands ROH Asia
Silver Award and Creative Partnership
Our approach to corporate social responsibility is based on our firm belief -- continuously expressed by all Hanesbrands
employees -- that doing the right thing is
the basis for a successful business.
Hemaraj Land And Development
Gold Award
Hemaraj is committed to contributing to
society by participating in a wide range
of projects over 26 years. We support
and create activities that promote
education, environmental protection and
preservation, and social and cultural
development for communities around
Hemaraj industrial estates in Rayong,
Chonburi and Saraburi provinces.
HSBC
Silver Award and Creative Partnership
Education is one of the most powerful
ways to improve lives and enhance
opportunities for millions of people
throughout the world. Globally, HSBC
invests USD50 million a year in
education projects, and thousands of
HSBC colleagues volunteer to make
a difference. Our education programs
focus on all stages of development,
through the following six main themes:
access to education, employability and
entrepreneurship, life skills, emotional
well-being, financial literacy and cultural awareness.
Intel Microelectronics
Creative Partnership
Intel’s corporate responsibility stems from
the belief that innovation creates possibilities that make a better future for the world.
Our programs are designed to inspire
innovation to educate and empower people
and to sustain our planet. Intel focuses on
three main initiatives in Thailand to achieve
its vision: education; science competitions;
and empowering people.
Kenan Institute Asia
‘HOP - Happy Office Partnership’ seeks
to bring out employees’ talents and
motivate them both on social and environmental issues that go beyond their
daily scope of work. The initiative aims
to create professionalism and a positive
workplace.
Marriott International
For 80 years Marriott has been globally serving our communities and
our environment to provide positive
opportunities and solutions to social and
environmental challenges. In Thailand
we are targeting mangrove reforestation,
community development, sustainable
seafood procurement and the Mai Khao
Marine Turtle Foundation shelter with our
environmental partners, the International
Union for the Conservation of Nature.
For humanitarian programs we are
partnered with Save the Children and the
Asia Injury Prevention Foundation on the
National 7% Helmet Campaign.
McThai
Silver Award and Creative Partnership
CSR Theme: Good Neighbor, Enrich
Communities
Good Food - Serve great tasting, quality
food and balanced, nutritional choices
that customers feel good about eating
and serving to children. And we aspire to
source all our food sustainably.
Good People - Offer a caring work
environment, develop our people and
empower them to make a difference at
work, at home and in the community.
Good Neighbor - Make a positive difference in the lives of children and their
families. And we aspire to develop the
most environmentally efficient restaurants
and supply chain throughout the world.
Mead Johnson Nutrition
To give the world’s children the Best
Start in Life. At MJN, we are passionate
and committed to improving children’s
learning environment, health and nutrition. CSR Highlights: Camillian Home
Disable Children and Green Dream –
Environmental Learning
Microsoft
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
Established since 1993, Microsoft runs
programs such as YouthSpark to develop
digital skills for tomorrow, grow Thailand’s ICT industry, promote ICT adoption
among SMEs and bridge the digital
divide. Launched in 2012, YouthSpark
has benefited 42,000 students, young
entrepreneurs and SMEs from rural communities across Thailand. YouthSpark is
one of many ongoing youth and education programs from Microsoft including
Partners in Learning, Imagine Cup,
DreamSpark, Microsoft Innovation Center
and BizSpark.
Minor International
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
Minor sustainability is to manage
environmental impact, develop people
and community capacity while we grow
business. We support people development in all levels: from school, vocational
college, and university to the workplace.
We foster Minor CSR DNA through broad
range of CSR and corporate volunteer
activities. Our slogan is “My people…my
planet…Minor.”
Pfizer
Creative Partnership
Apart from the scholarship and health
awareness programs, Pfizer Thailand
Foundation inspires the children to respect, to unite and to see the importance
of being a good person through ‘Life and
Educational Development for Children
and Youths Program.’ At the camp Satu
Padu, In Unison We Harmonize, we seek
to touch the children’s lives in such a
way that our contributions will bring
long-term, if not lasting, changes.
Philip Morris
Gold Award
Philip Morris International (PMI) and its
affiliate Philip Morris (Thailand) Limited
support charitable giving programs in
several key provinces nationwide including the farming communities where we
source our tobacco. Our focus areas
include access to education, economic
opportunity and empowering women,
along with disaster relief and community
grants.
Procter & Gamble
Silver Award
As part of our purpose to touch and
improve lives for now and generations to
come, this year P&G continued to expand
our corporate sustainable programs in
both social and environmental spheres.
In association with the AMCHAM Thailand Charitable Foundation and Ministry
of Education, P&G invented the first-ever
Recycled Playground from recycled
shampoo bottles, such as Pantene,
H&S, Rejoice, and Herbal Essence, This
pilot project was hand over to school for
disability as ‘Green Gift of Learning’ and
safe for the environment.
PTT Global Chemical
Gold Award and Creative Partnership
PTT Global Chemical has taken the
lead in a sustainability initiative, the
‘Reforestation and water conservation at
Koa Huay Ma Had’ project, to strengthen
community-led forest conservation,
biodiversity restoration as well as community development.
Raja’s Fashions
Raja’s Fashions believes that education
is the key to prosperity. We have supported the AMCHAM Thailand Charitable
Foundation’s Adopt-a - School program
for over 10 years and have successfully
constructed 10 new school buildings in
the Ubonrachathani. In addition, Raja’s
Fashions have donated dozens of water
tanks to schools to bring safe drinking
water to the school children and their
communities and libraries.
Sansiri
Creative Partnership
Sansiri believes that “Children are
Everyone’s Business” and the business
community should give back to society.
Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
programs focus on children because
they are our future. By putting children
first, we are contributing to a better
future for everyone. The three key areas
of our emphasis on the development of
children’s well-being are health, education and sport.
Santa Fe Relocation Services
Gold Award
“Respect everyone, care for the environment and support local community” Our
Projects are:
1. Child sponsorship Program: Since
2011 Santa Fe Thailand continues to
sponsor the education of 5 children
of the Mercy Centre from the slums
of Klong Toei, ensuring they get to
go to school by having tuition, school
uniforms, text books, meals and other
necessary educational expenses
covered.
2. House Collection of redundant
household goods: For over 10 years
Santa Fe Thailand provides a collection service for our moving clients’
unwanted furniture, appliances,
clothing, toys etc., and delivers them
to needy charitable organizations
such as Father Joe’s Mercy Centre
and The Gift of Happiness Foundation.
Over 75% of our clients support this
program and contribute useful items
to this wonderful cause.
3. Support for Underprivileged Students
– A day of fun, games and gifts:
Almost 100 children received a great
day of fun, games and gifts from
Santa Fe and Go-Happiness. Essential
items of new clothing, goody bags
containing school supplies, ice cream
and a great program of fun and
games for all the kids at Wat Sam
Makan Primary School, by the Pa Sak
River Mea La, Ayutthaya, Thailand.
4. Global Project: Santa Fe has donated
over U.S. $1.5 million to date to
the John Hopkins Breast Cancer
Research Foundation. For every relocation performed U.S. $5 is donated
to the Foundation along with all
proceeds collected during Santa Fe’s
Annual Charity Runs held at every
International Conference Worldwide.
SAS Software
Silver Award
Since 1976, the SAS is committed to
‘The Power to Know’ concept for customers worldwide. In Thailand, SAS Software (Thailand) has supported students’
education by SAS Curriculum Pathways,
which is the interactive online lesson under the patronage of HRH Princess Maha
Chakri Sirindhorn. This project aims to
allow teachers and students to gain more
lessons and enhance their academic
skills and creative thinking. Currently,
over 200 schools across Thailand have
already adopted this solution.
Seagate Technology
Gold Award
As an industry leader, Seagate is committed to developing and maintaining
sustainable, responsible practices in its
global operations. Seagate’s community
engagement program addresses the
varied interests of employees and the
growing needs of our local communities.
Known as Capacity to Care, our program
aligns Seagate’s giving with employees’
localized interests, leveraging the impact
of our combined financial, product and
volunteer contributions.
Shangri-La
Creative Partnership
Embrace focuses on Shangri-La’s Caring
People Project, which aims to promote
the highest level of education and health
support in underprivileged communities.
This year, Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok
enhances its long-term commitment
to sustainability with Lerdsin Hospital,
one of the hotel’s neighbors in Bangrak
District, by renovating two blood transfusion rooms for children patients. As
for education, the hotel organized the
Vertical Run fundraising activity to support a kindergarten classroom renovation
project at Ban Chongtakian School in
Nakhon Nayok Province.
Standard Chartered Bank
Silver Award
Standard Chartered Bank has operated
in Thailand for 120 years. In that time,
Standard Chartered has contributed to
the Sustainable Economic Growth of
the Kingdom by supporting the growth
aspirations of people and businesses,
as well as through health and education
community investment programs like
‘Seeing is Believing’ and ‘Financial
Education for Youth.’ This long-term
commitment embodies our desire to be
true to our brand promise, which is to be
Here for good.
Syngenta Crop Protection
With our purpose “Bringing plant
potential to life,” Syngenta aims to bring
greater food security in an environmentally sustainable way to an increasingly
populous world by creating a worldwide step-change in farm productivity.
Syngenta’s “Happy Better Life” initiative
works in partnership with the Fair Labor
Association to bring better living standards to growers through education on
stewardship and fair labor. At the heart
of the “Happy Better Life” initiative are
the ‘5 Golden Rules’ of safe use of crop
protection, to help growers stay safe
while supporting them to increase crop
productivity.
Thai Rayon
Thai Rayon PLC., part of Aditya Birla
Group, strives to actively contribute to
the social and economic development of
the communities in which we operate. In
doing so, build a better, sustainable way
of life for the weaker sections of society
and raise the country’s human development index.
Top Scholars
Creative Partnership
Top Scholars aims to revolutionize the
college and high school preparation
process. We see this as a crucial period
of time for students to develop academic
and ethical understandings, and we
commit ourselves to helping students
become competent writers, true intellectuals, and empathic global citizens. In
order to help shape future global leaders,
regardless of need, we are committed to
offering scholarships to a percentage of
each graduating class.
Tour de Asia Bicycle Touring
Silver Award
Tour de Asia’s overall CSR theme is
organizing and operating charity bicycle
rides in as much of a sustainable and
environmentally friendly way as possible
to support Operation Smile Thailand.
Tour de Asia Bicycle Touring organizes
and operates five long-distance charity
rides in Thailand each year to benefit
Operation Smile Thailand/International.
They have raised millions of Thai Baht
to help children get the life-changing
surgeries they need through Operation
Smile Thailand/International. They plan
to continue to organize and operate
these rides for Operation Smile Thailand/
International and continue to bring in
millions more Thai Baht to support this
wonderful cause.
Traidhos Three-Generation
Traidhos Three-Generation supports
northern communities in Thailand by
offering education, promoting local
wisdom and participating in projects to
promote well-being through safe play
and education.
Western Digital
Western Digital Foundation - As a
corporate citizen in the communities
in which our employees work and live,
Western Digital recognizes its responsibility to respond to the needs of our
local communities. Emphasis is placed
on Educational programs, especially
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math; Basic Needs Programs, especially those leading to economic selfsufficiency; and Civic Programs, with an
emphasis on environmental protection
and community volunteer projects.
Yum Restaurants
Silver Award and Creative Partnership
We are committed to giving back to
the communities in which we work and
live, making a positive difference in
the lives of our customers, associates, franchisees and their families.
For over 30 years, KFC Thailand has
closely involved in the community for
the benefit of children, youth, and the
needy. These areas of support span
education, health, sports and a range of
community needs.