"Sustainble Environment"
Optimizing resources usage, being environmentally friendly business and effectively employing technologies and innovations.
The environmental management for society
The Bank knows the importance of environment and consistently cherishes the environment. On 31 January 2012, the bank appointed the energy conservation and technology committee in order to implement technology or innovation for energy consumption management and other technology for the most effective business operations.
Energy management
The Bank lays environmental measures through assigning the building management to follow the royal decree for controlled buildings 1995. The building management is obliged to Conservation of Energy Act (2nd edition) 2007 which focus on energy management in the buildings as followed :
- North nana buildings
- Sukhumvit buildings
- Sriayuddhaya road buildings
- Suan mali buildings
- Piboonsongkram computer center
- Training center at Khaoyai
The Bank contributes to combat climate change which is critical damage to the world. The Bank is accounted for indirect contributor of greenhouse gas emission as a result of using electricity. The resources of producing electricity is from coals, a type of fuel fossils, that leaves greenhouse gas during the process of production. So the bank encourages executives and employees to continue to reduce their electricity consumption.
Materials management
The Bank is well aware of its use of wasteful materials .The nature of banking business require the use of those materials such as slips and account book bank which are considered critical financial evidence to be kept over 10 years.
The Bank then continues to develop innovation for online services to achieve Digital Banking concept that enable us to serve customers efficiently, rapidly, conveniently ,safely as per international standard and economically on resources management.
Krungthai NEXT uses “paperless organization” technology for easy application for users and designed to reduce the use of papers by offering financial products and services with no account book bank. The technology reduces the use of paper, storage problems of slips & documents and better efficiency on information management.
Shred 2 Share
The project is a collaboration of the bank with the Thai British security printing Public Company limited and over 64 allies organizations. The project has been running since the beginning of 2009. The objectives are to collect unused documents for recycling papers projects with the energy and water saving methods , saving cost, and no pollution back to the environment.
Paper use reduction
Throughout eleven years of participating in the project, the Bank has reduced the total amount of paper used by 697.53 tons.
Reducing Emission
The Bank has reduced Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission by 182.39 tons.
Water use reduction
The Bank has reduced water used by 31,060.86 m3.
Coal use reduction
The Bank has reduced coal used by 76.74 tons.
Water resources management
“Krungthai smart use of water” is the campaign encouraging awareness of employees for the value of water and how to consume water in the most efficient way. The objective of the campaign is to reduce 5% of the total water consumption from the previous year.
The campaign communicates its idea with the signs asking for employees cooperation on water savings. The signs are placed on the sink, toilets doors and kitchen doors at the two headquarters on North Nana and Sukhumvit and other branches.
The campaign communicates its idea with the signs asking for employees cooperation on water savings. The signs are placed on the sink, toilets doors and kitchen doors at the two headquarters on North Nana and Sukhumvit and other branches.
Also, the Bank replace the equipments for better water saving equipments such as sensor system with sprinkler-head faucets at the sink, the proper adjustment of toilet bidet sprays. With such initiation, the bank later will process for better water management.
You may be interested in
