Sermsuk says it has become a role model for other businesses thanks to its efforts to calculate, reduce and offset its greenhouse-gas emissions. The company can now label Crystal drinking water and est Cola with prestigious “Carbon Footprint” and “Carbon Footprint Reduction” labelling, as approved by the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation and Thailand Environment Institute under the Federation of Thai Industries.
Sermsuk joined the carbon-footprint-reduction project after a review by the Excellence Centre of Eco-Energy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Thammasat University.
Two of Sermsuk’s projects received the right to use the “Carbon Footprint” label. Its Pathum Thani plant received “Corporate Carbon Footprint Certification” for reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions, as well as acting in a responsible and environmentally sustainable manner. The new labels on Crystal drinking water and est Cola represent Sermsuk’s pledge to be transparent about its carbon footprint.
Sermsuk says it is continuing to extend the carbon-footprint project to maximise its carbon-emission reduction and promote environmental conservation, expanding the project to six plants nationwide. The company will also apply carbon-footprint labelling to other Sermsuk products in the near future.
It says these initiatives will position Sermsuk as a driving force in making Thailand a “low-carbon society” and to meet targets to decrease greenhouse-gas emissions by 20-25 per cent by 2030. This is in response to pledges the prime minister made at the 21st Conference of Parties on Climate Change in December last year.