Challenges and Opportunities

The environmental crisis is becoming more intense due to Climate Change. The solution is, seemingly, an insurmountable task for every sector’s cooperating. The Company has been a team player in reducing the targets of Achieving Carbon Neutrality in 2030 and Net Zero in 2050. This includes ensuring readiness to face the Climate Change impacts and supporting the development of projects and innovations on the sustainability path to an energy-efficient and low-carbon society. Believing Sustainable business growth must go with the accountability for environmental protection and responsible natural resource utilization, where everyone has a role to play from a communal perspective.

Supporting the SDGs

Targets and Performance Highlights

  • Long-Term Target by 2030

    • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 (compared to the 2021 baseline), reducing Scope 1+2 emissions by 42% and Scope 3 emissions by 25% with a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 (reducing Scope 1+2 by 90% and Scope 3 by 90%).
    • Achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 (Scope 1+ 2) and Net Zero by 2050.
    • SBT Target: reducing Scope 1+2 emissions 42% by 2030, and 90% by 2050.
    • SBT Target: reducing scope 3 emissions 25% by 2030, and 90% by 2050.
  • 2025 Target

    • Reduce Scope 1&2 emissions at least 8%
    • Increase renewable energy utilization ratio to 2%
  • 2025 Performance

    Scope 1&2 emissions 909,830.30 increased by 45,013.79 tons CO2 equivalent (3.91% from base year)

    Renewable energy utilization ratio increased to 307,046.97 tons or 16% of total energy.

Management Approach and Value Creation

Climate Resilience

The company aims to be carbon neutral in 2030, coping with the impact of climate change as well as the reduction of direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions. The resilient strategy is increasing renewable energy and maximizing energy efficiency also compliance with laws and regulations involved with energy conservation of buildings and the ISO 50001:2018 energy management system Retail business is certified ISO 14000 environmental management system.

Greenhouse Gas Management Plan and Result

Carbon Neutralization Strategy

Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2030 and
reaching Net Zero emissions by 2050.

Climate Strategies

Climate Strategies Projects & Action 2025 Result
Improve Energy Efficiency
  • High-efficiency chillers project.
  • LED Replacement and installation project.
  • Change the Fixed-speed air conditioners to VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow).
  • Energy-saving building at the head office.
  • Scope 1&2 emissions reduced by 1,878 tons of CO2 eq.
Renewable Energy
  • Solar rooftop at stores and distribution centers.
  • Solar Thermal for water heater.
  • Solar tube for lighting at head office.
  • Renewable energy utilization ratio increased to 307,046,970 kilowatt-hours per year or 16% of total energy.
Green Refrigerant
  • Use low-carbon refrigerant.
  • Low EF refrigerant i.e R290 and R-448A.
  • Reduce energy consumption by 9,250,764 kilowatt-hours per year.
  • Reduce emissions by 4,623.70 tons of CO2 equivalent per year.
Electric Vehicle
  • Converted to an electric forklift in own operation.
  • BEV and HEV for online delivery service.
  • Reduce greenhouse gases emission 10,011.57 tons of CO2 eq per year.
Carbon Adsorption
  • Promote perennial planting on Company premises and unused areas.
  • 7,204 cumulative tree planting at 119 wholesale distribution centers.

Energy Management

  • Long-Term Target by 2030

    • Increase renewable energy utilization ratio to 25% and reduce energy Intensity per revenue by 25% by 2050.

The Company places high importance on energy conservation, natural resource sustainability, and environmental preservation. All executives and employees are required to actively support and take responsibility for efficient energy use to ensure continuous sustainability and collaboration across all stakeholders with the practices as follows:

1

Establish targets and action plans for energy conservation, with regular reviews of the effectiveness every year.

2

Promote energy conservation activities, ensuring a balanced and appropriate use of natural resources and the environment, in alignment with the growth of the business and the organization.

3

Comply with all laws and regulations related to energy use, energy consumption, and energy efficiency.

4

Emphasizing the importance of involving relevant personnel and fostering awareness to all stakeholder.

5

Design, procurement, and acquisition of machinery, tools, equipment, and other necessary to enhance energy performance.

6

Continuously improve energy performance with increasing energy efficiency and appropriately applying it to various activities.

7

Provide adequate resources and information for implementation.

Renewable Energy
(Unit: % of energy consumption)
Energy Intensity per revenue
(Unit: GJ/Million Baht)
GHG intersity (Scope 1 & 2) per revenue
(Unit: tCO2e/Million Baht)
Cost Saving from the Energy Efficiency Improvement
(Unit: Baht)

Renewable Clean Energy Management

The company aims to continuously increase the proportion of clean energy usage every year, striving towards RE100. This will be achieved through initiatives such as installing solar rooftops, solar thermal systems, transitioning fuel vehicles, forklifts, and transport trucks to electric and hydrogen energy. These efforts aim to drive a significant transformation in the logistics systems of wholesale-retail business towards clean energy throughout the supply chain. In 2025, the Company's % of clean energy per total energy utilization reached 16.23%, up from 13.96% in 2024.

Energy Committee

The energy committee is announced to be responsible for improving energy efficiency targets, monitoring, approval project and budget, and quarterly follow-up on the project’s progression as:

Topics Implementation and Project 2025 Result
Energy audit
Target

Energy audits to identify opportunities for improving energy performance.

  • 100% of facilities has been energy audited and at least 1 opportunity per site.
  • 100% site has been energy audited and identified the opportunity.
  • Innovator development program for energy saving idea and initiative from employee.
Action to reduce the amount of energy use And evaluate progress
Target
  • Improving the energy efficiency 45% in own operation.
  • Energy saving, at least 70 million THB/year.
  • Reduce energy consumption per revenue 25% by 2030 which contribute from projects as
    - High-efficiency chillers project
    - LED Replacement and installation
    - Change fixed-speed air conditioners to variable refrigerant flow (VRF)
  • Total Energy efficiency increased 6.34%
  • Energy Saving amount is 225,693,676.23 THB per year or 79,777.55 Megawatt-hours per year is reduced.
  • Energy consumption per revenue 13.08% increased 0.55% from previous year.
Use of Clean or Renewable Energy
Target

Increase renewable energy utilization ratio to 25% within 2030 through projects as

  • Solar Thermal for Water Heater.
  • Solar tube for lighting at head office.
  • Converted to an electric forklift in own operation.
  • BEV and HEV for online delivery service (by vendor).

Increase renewable utilization to 16.23% (2024=13.96%) or 307,046.97 Megawatt-hours per year and progress of each project as;

  • Rooftop solar at stores and distribution centers at 1,239 sites.
  • Solar Thermal Water Heater.
  • Solar tube for lighting at head office.
  • Convert 867 EV forklift in own operation.
  • 201 units BEV and HEV for online delivery service (by vendor).
Innovation investment in reducing energy consumption

Innovation projects are invested for energy saving that initiated by employee.

  • Install tube and screen to reuse cooled water.
  • Shorten water looping piping system to reduce pump’s power consumption.
  • Invest 310,200,000 Baht.
  • Energy Saving 321,796.30 Megawatt-hours per year.
  • Return on investment as the energy cost 213,763,016 THB per year.
Training and motivation
  • Training for employee and worker
  • General energy saving for all worker.
  • Energy efficiency training for mechanic.
  • Energy-saving awareness signage.
  • Annual energy-saving contest.
  • 100% of responsible employees are trained and communicated the energy saving.
  • 100% of employee participate energy saving contest.