Supalai Pcl. cooperated with the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Royal Forest Department to give green areas to villagers in Baan Khok Phluang community, Chakakrat district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, inviting executives, suppliers, media and employees to plant 2,000 trees of various kinds to increase forest area by 10 rai under the “Suphapanalai by Care the Wild” project, aiming to reduce the company’s carbon footprint by 25% within 3 years.
Mr. Tritecha Tangmatitham, Managing Director of Supalai Public Company Limited, revealed that, “Throughout the past, the company has carried out activities for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and importance in all aspects along with business operations. From now on, all CSR activities will be carried out under the project named "Supalai Srang Dee" because in addition to building good houses for customers for the past 33 years, the company is confident that good determination can drive and create many values in society. These include creating a good environment for the world, creating a good education for young people, creating a good society for the nation and having good corporate governance by conducting business with trustworthy and responsibility to all stakeholders as the company has always practiced.”
“Nowadays, the energy and climate crises the world is facing is affecting all life. Climate change, which has caused the global warming crisis, is a major problem requiring all countries to join forces to work together to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, reducing carbon dioxide or CO2 as much as possible. In 2022, Supalai Public Company Limited has set a goal to reduce the carbon footprint by 25% within 3 years with awareness of the importance of environmental conservation going hand-in-hand with the housing development business. After the company has been developing projects in Nakhon Ratchasima province for more than eight years, it has joined the ‘Suphapanalai by Care The Wide’ project with partners such as the Stock Exchange of Thailand and the Royal Forest Department to revitalise the community forest at Baan Khok Phluang, Chakkarat District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province.”
“Supalai has invited executives, employees and business partners, including Thammasorn Group Co., Ltd., SCG, TOA Paint (Thailand) Public Company Limited, Siam Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd., the media and villagers to plant 2,000 trees in a community forest area of 10 rai, with the support of Baan Khok Phluang villagers an important force in keeping the forests alive and growing sustainably. Villagers will be able to use this community forest to generate their livelihoods because it is rich in both perennial and edible plants such as teak, cork tree, rosewood, gurjan, padauk and mango, numbering up to 2,000 trees. This makes it beneficial both in terms of economy, ecosystem preservation and developing communities to live sustainably for many decades.”
Mr. Amnuay Jiramhaphoka, Assistant Manager Stock Exchange of Thailand, said: “Global warming is a big problem that cannot be solved by one person: it requires cooperation from all sectors. Supalai Public Company Limited has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand for almost 30 years, with good performance, strong financial position, good governance, and sustainable growth or ESG. It has always been involved in social responsibility and making social contributions. For this reforestation all parties will join together to create sustainable values and benefits for the forest area of the villagers in Khok Phluang community.”
Ms. Nantana Bunyanan, Director of the Community Forest Management Office, Royal Forest Department, thanked the Care the Wild project, a platform to raise funds from businesses to plant forests to create green areas for Thailand. She also thanked Supalai Public Company Limited for supporting the planting of trees and paying attention to the Royal Forest Department in coordinating and connecting communities leading to this creation of community forests. “Ban Khok Phluang is a community of forest lovers with a consciousness of cherishing the forest,” she said. “The community members will protect and care for the trees to grow and maintain them for the next 10 years. In the future, this forest will benefit the people in the community as a food depot, reduce expenses, increase income, create a community economy, link to the BCG model and maintain balance of the ecosystem in order to pass on natural resources and unspoiled environment as natural heritage of the next generation.”
Mr. Chatri Phetnok, Village Headman of Village No. 11 and Chairman of the Ban Khok Phluang Community Forest Committee, revealed that, “The area in the Khok Phluang community has been invaded for more than 10 years. Until 2009, Khok Phluang villagers fought to reclaim the forest from opportunists and collaborated to start planting forests by hand, helping each other to create and take care of green areas. This contribution from the public and private sectors will strengthen the community in its determination to create sustainable forest areas for the villagers of Khok Phluang.”