Energy Absolute (EA Group) established a Corporate Social Responsibility department (CSR) to communicate with local communities around the company’s factory. The company focus on sustainability it could lead to 3 dimensions of activities: Economics, Society and Environment by following the policy and principle of responsibility for organizational stakeholders. It could benefit the local community through the organization's operations. The company attempts to develop and improve the quality of well-being of local communities, so the CSR department created activities in various dimensions such as occupation, quality of life, education, environment, religion, culture, and tradition. The company also provides beneficial projects to local communities.
As a guideline for business process management (CSR-in-Process), EA group established a “Corporate Social Responsibility Policy” with the following seven principles.
Principle 1: Good Corporate Governance
Principle 2: Conduct Business with Fairness
Principle 3: Human Rights and Treatment to Employees
Principle 4: Responsibility to Consumers
Principle 5: Environment and Safety
Principle 6: Participation in Development of Community and Society
Principle 7: Development and Dissemination of Innovation from Social Responsibility
CSR department adopts a framework which focuses on sustainable development in 3 dimensions: Economics, Society and Environment under the operation with fairness and equality, interdependence and balance. Our direction focuses on participation with the community to discuss and evaluate a satisfactory solution both directly and indirectly. In addition, we cooperate to find acceptable conditions by allowing communities to share their opinions and requirements. This could lead the solutions to solve any issues that happened. It could show that EA group adopt the framework of sustainable corporate social responsibility.
CSR department constitutes plans and indicators which can evaluate the result of CSR projects in various areas, with an emphasis on community participation and sustainable development, with the following objectives.
The company is aware of the effects that might occur from operation to stakeholder, especially local communities who live near the factories. the department creates activities and builds a relationship between the company and communities. In addition, the company continuously communicates with the community to raise awareness and understanding about the company’s operations, fostering sustainable and harmonious coexistence.
CSR created the public hearing for community opinions prescribed by authorities before investing in building a power plant and continuously closely following up on community opinions, recommendations and needs by assignation CSR staff for each plant to follow and report any issues or requirements that occur in the community. After this process, the team will discuss and plan the projects that suitable for each community. In addition to requiring the Operation & Maintenance department to submit a performance report to the Executive Committee, the Company’s Audit Committee and the Internal Audit Department plan factory and project audits of the Group in the annual audit plan, with the goal of inspecting and visiting factories and various projects of the company group to ensure that various operations of the company group are compliant with standard, requirement, rules, regulation included vision and mission guideline of the company.
The company group has adhered to a policy that must be carried out with care and seriousness to various stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, trading partners, creditors, communities around the factory locations, employees, regulatory agencies, and the government sector, based on the group’s business results. The lists that mentioned individuals or organizations are critical to the company’s operations, as are the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals. To meet the needs and expectations of society and communities in 2022, the Company has divided its operating results into three key areas, as follows:
Nakhon Sawan province and Wat Nong Na school, Lopburi province. The projects were established by the EA solar power plant in Nakhon Sawan and the EA solar power plant in Lopburi. The company provided poultry housing, essential tools, 120 chickens, and a training course on poultry to students. The activity could improve poultry skills of students effectively by participating, not only in consuming the product from the project but also selling it to the market which could earn some money to turn back to the project.
in collaboration between EA solar power plant in Phitsanulok province and Ma Tong Subdistrict Municipality, is dedicated to guiding drug addicts through the process of rehabilitation, treatment, and recovery while preventing them from falling victim to drug abuse again. The project has assigned its community relations officers to serve as rehabilitation specialists at the centre. Additionally, it provides vocational training opportunities for recovering individuals by engaging local community experts. These training programs include pastry-making, barbering, vehicle repair, drone operation, and agricultural skills.
under the Armed Forces Development Command. We created the project to support for electricity shortage area. Installation of the solar panels in public areas. In addition, the project could raise awareness and benefit of using clean energy to local community.
collaborated with Thai Red Cross Society. Blood Donation for patients and solving blood shortage issues.
Cooperation between the company and local fisheries organization. Creating a tool as a place for fishes after seasonal breeding known as “Sang”. In Addition, releasing the sea crab for food security and maintaining its sustainability. It could increase the income of the local community near the coastline and raise the participation of local people to preserve the environment in the hometown.
The company employee attends the activity to collect waste at “Nong Fab Beach” to preserve the environment and reduce the garbage on the beach.
Attending the reforestation activity enhances the fertility of the forest at Noen Sam Rae subdistrict, Rayong province