Ambition
The Group is committed to continuously engaging and collaborating with stakeholders to build trust, promote cooperation, and support sustainable development, with the aim of creating positive impacts on communities surrounding its operations.
Strategy
The Group places great importance on continuous engagement with communities surrounding its operations, aiming to create shared value and achieve sustainable development together through actions in the following key areas:
Quality education
Supporting vocational skill development and concrete mason training programs to enhance employment opportunities and promote stable income generation for local communities.
Capacity building in climate and energy
Providing knowledge and raising awareness on climate change and the efficient use of energy.
Promoting circular economy practices
Encouraging practices that reduce resource consumption, increase reuse, and improve waste management efficiency.
Conserving biodiversity and water resources
Implementing projects in collaboration with communities to protect, restore, and sustainably manage natural resources.
Enhancing occupational health and safety
Promoting knowledge and safety practices among stakeholders to foster a safe and healthy working environment.
Community Caring
The SCCC Group ensures sustainable community growth by developing annual engagement plans for each business unit. These plans integrate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives during and after business operations, fostering open communication with local communities. By encouraging active participation in planning and executing development activities and leveraging the Group’s expertise and resources, these initiatives contribute to the long-term development of both communities and society.
One of the important activities is the Evening Visit Project, a long running activity aimed at aligning building trust between the Company and the communities surrounding the operation areas. The project sees monthly visits to the communities surrounding the Muak Lek and Kaeng Khoi being conducted by the Company-assigned working group, who receives feedbacks, provides counsel, collects suggestions and grievances relating to the operation of the Company, and exchange information relating to measures for environment preservation, safety, and community development, to encourage the communities to participate constructively.
This activity is tracked through systematically prepared and kept minutes, which also include the Action Log for tracking and reporting topics in subsequent visits. Focus is on issues or concerns from the communities that are tangible and verifiable. For the sake of efficiency, the Company assigns representatives from the Community Relations Department, who will responsible for this activity, with roles and responsibilities clearly defined, and resources clearly allocated, to ensure that the activity achieves its objectives and is truly beneficial to the communities.
In addition, the Company puts emphasis on two-way communication, which allows the communities to voice their opinions or concerns directly, and to collaborate with the Company in planning social responsibility activities, such as development of green space, vocational promotion, education support, and environmental preservation activities, which not only elevates the quality of life on the communities, but also serves to strengthen the relationship between the communities and the Company.
You may find more information about the company’s key activities in the Annual Report (Form 56-1 One Report), under the section Sustainability Development, or on the company’s website under the menu Social Engagement at https://www.siamcitycement.com/en/esg/-s-social.