GC is standing side by side with Thais to deal with COVID-19 which supports its efforts to provide Chemistry for Better Living.

We would like to express our care and concern to all Thais in the hope that we can quickly overcome the COVID-19 crisis that has become a direct concern nationwide and has rapidly impacted Thai society and countries around the world. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Thailand, we have visited hospitals to deliver the necessary medical equipment as well as to express our encouragement and solidarity with medical professionals. We also had the chance to discuss their pressing needs and the problems they are facing. We are making sure that our chemical and plastic products are dedicated to this support effort. The GC Group will also apply our innovations in working with our partners to relentlessly research and develop useful medical equipment to provide solutions to this crisis, to ensure that the Thai people will have a good quality of life, to beat this pandemic together, so that we all can feel safe and secure once again with a smile on our faces.

Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang, Chief Executive Officer, PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited

Responses to Deal With COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most pressing issue for the country affecting our way of life. GC, standing firmly with Thai society, has been providing continuous assistance, contributions and support to people in the country to help them get through this crisis since the first outbreak.

GC is implementing four key measures:

Employee Safety

Business Continuity

Contributions to Communities and Society

Communications to Build Visibility with Stakeholders

Employee Safety

The company must keep employees from becoming infected with COVID-19

We treat our employees like family. Keeping them safe and providing them with personal hygiene tools and up-to-date information is an important mission which GC recognized early on. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company has continuously implemented comprehensive measures to ensure employee safety and build confidence, which in turn, helps alleviate the burden on the government sector. The measures consist of:

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Appointing a working group under the supervision of a “Coronavirus (COVID-19) Prevention and Control Committee” to continuously monitor the evolving COVID-19 situation.

2

Implementing ‘Lock-up’ measures for factory workers.

3

Emphasizing strict cleanliness in office areas and factories.

4

Increasing the number of office employees working from home from 66% to 90-100%.

5

Developing a 'Fight COVID-19' app to monitor employee health and function as a channel to register for vaccinations.

6

Providing ‘Drive-Thru’ COVID-19 testing for employees.

7

Providing vaccines for employees and their families, as well as their parents.

8

Building a better understanding about vaccines among the Company’s employees.

Business Continuity

Adaptability to any situation is the key to business sustainability and continuity

While COVID-19 has altered the economic landscape, GC is continuing to prioritize the delivery of quality products on time together with the following support measures:

Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Increasing the performance of employees through ‘Upskilling & Reskilling’
Becoming a digital-driven organization through a “Digital Transformation” strategy
Ensuring the safety of customers through COVID-19 prevention and control measures for logistics
Assisting customers by supporting their businesses and responses to COVID-19

GC implemented a Business Continuity Management (BCM) plan and launched an Emergency Management Center (EMC) to rapidly deal with any employees infected with COVID-19.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, GC is maintaining its production capacity in all of its production lines by optimizing workflows to increase efficiency and agility while increasing the performance of employees through upskilling & reskilling measures to deliver high quality products on time along

with a collaborative plan with customers under our policy of “Customers exist, therefore, we exist.”

GC prepared a corporate readiness plan to respond to all forms of change. This included setting-up an ad-hoc “Digital Transformation” team two years ago to conceive of ways to work proactively based on a vision that looks to the future, and how to drive GC as a digitally-driven organization that operates with a focus on sustainability.

COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures for Logistics

Assisting customers with their businesses and response to COVID-19

Coordination, delivery, and advice to customers in production planning is provided to avoid any interruptions in operations under the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) process.

Organizing a seminar to invite Prof. Dr. Yong Poovorawan and Dr. Wichan Pawan, Director of the Institute for Urban Disease Control and Prevention, and GC executive Mr. Prakas Buttamas, to share their knowledge and guidelines to protect customers from COVID-19.
Assisting client companies in the registration of vaccinations through the Federation of Thai Industries.

Assisting communities and society

GC is committed to providing chemicals and plastics using advanced innovations while working with partners on the research and development of various medical devices to help resolve problems as a result of the pandemic and to create a better quality of life for the Thai people.

GC is supporting the neighboring areas of its factory at the provincial (Rayong) and national levels by distributing the Company’s products as well as those under GC group to create a better quality of life for Thais and to protect medical personnel. This mission has been carried out continuously since the first wave of COVID-19 through to the current third wave at a total budget of 62,520,700 baht.

Overview of support for PE Gowns and Coveralls in the third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The ‘Millions Support… Ensuring a Safe Space for All’ project.
Overview of the innovations and products distributed by GC and companies under GC Group to help Thai society.
Collaborations with partners to help patients with severe cases of COVID-19.

Overall Donations by GC Group and Partners

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Communications to Enhance Awareness among Stakeholders

Accurate, clear and continuous communications results in improved knowledge and understanding, and further strengthens relationships between the company, employees, customers, investors and all stakeholders.

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GC is standing side by side with Thais to deal with COVID-19 which supports its efforts to provide Chemistry for Better Living.

Responses to Deal With COVID-19

Employee Safety

Business Continuity

Contributions to Communities and Society

Communications to Build Visibility with Stakeholders

Employee Safety

The company must keep employees from becoming infected with COVID-19

Business Continuity

Adaptability to any situation is the key to business sustainability and continuity

COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures for Logistics

Assisting customers with their businesses and response to COVID-19

Assisting communities and society

GC is committed to providing chemicals and plastics using advanced innovations while working with partners on the research and development of various medical devices to help resolve problems as a result of the pandemic and to create a better quality of life for the Thai people.

Overall Donations by GC Group and Partners

Collaborative Actions

Millions of PPE to Protect Frontline Healthcare Workers

GC x BIG to provide Medical Oxygen

PAPR

CoviClear

GelCo Hand Sanitizer Gel

Shared Robots, Advanced AI Can Help Beat Covid-19

The “How to Yeak...How to Manage Infectious Waste” Project

Communications to Enhance Awareness among Stakeholders

Accurate, clear and continuous communications results in improved knowledge and understanding, and further strengthens relationships between the company, employees, customers, investors and all stakeholders.

Protect Your Skin from COVID-19 with LUFFALA HYGIENE

GC provides acrylic wall shields for Siam Piwat for use throughout ONESIAM Group’s shopping malls

TikTok Challenge #อย่าหยุดแยก Let’s continue the waste sorting campaign COVID-19 Cannot Deter us from our Eco-friendly Lifestyle

Stronger Together to Help Restaurants Overcome COVID-19

GC Group and Plastic companies stand side by side with the Thai people to win the fight against COVID-19

GC helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 by donating “Greater Care by GC” medical kits to the Chaipattana Foundation

GC donates LUFFALA alcohol spray, a product made by the Rayong community enterprise, to Thai Airways during the Covid-19 pandemic

แทนความห่วงใยให้ถึงบุคลากรด่านหน้า GC ส่งมอบชุดกาวน์กันน้ำเพิ่มอีก 1 ล้านชุด รวม 4 ล้านชุด

GC สนับสนุนอุปกรณ์ทางการแพทย์ ป้องกันเชื้อไวรัสโควิด 19 เพิ่มพื้นที่ปลอดภัยให้จังหวัดระยอง

GC and GCM join forces with 84 plastic entrepreneurial partners to deliver innovations and integrated plastic products to help COVID-19 patients at field hospitals and waiting center in high-risk areas in Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakarn and Rayong.

GC provides personal protective equipment to medical personnel who are keeping villagers safe on Samet Island as they become Thailand’s first area to be 100% vaccinated against Covid-19

The “Millions Support… Ensuring a Safe Space for All” project delivers an additional one million PE gowns for free!

Two Million Gowns Support Frontline Health Workers Against COVID-19

PAPR masks made by Thais help in the fight against COVID-19 and substitute for N95 masks [สยามรัฐ]

How to Yeak: How to manage infectious waste [The Matter]

Mission to arm medical warriors in tackling COVID-19 and proof of GC as a Thai-owned organization that continues to promote the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [Salika]

Scientists point the way to making reusable packaging safe from COVID-19

Four New Normal Trends… Changes in Post COVID-19 Era

GC and ThaiBev Provide One Million Bottles of Alcohol Gel Hand Sanitizer to Village Health Volunteers to Express Their Appreciation and Admiration

GC uses plastic innovations to produce protective suits supporting doctors and nurses from COVID-19 infection [Marketeer Online]

One Million Care to Increase Safe Place for Everyone

GC AGM 2021: Sustainable Event

MHESI and NRCT provide PAPR masks as PPE to prevent infections to the Bangkok Medical Service Department when handling COVID-19

GC encourages Thais to join the ‘How to Yeak: How to manage infectious waste’ project [Morning, Thailand]

How to Yeak: How to manage infectious waste [GDH]

Once again.. WE will get through this...Together

GC joins forces in curbing the spread of COVID-19 using petrochemical innovations [We Change, The World Change]

GC is the only Thai company that is a member of the United Nations Global Compact at the LEAD level

“The shared robot,” a medical innovation for healthcare and medical workers [ThaiPBS]

The “How to Yeak...How to Manage Infectious Waste” Project

PAPR

CoviClear

GC x Thai Bev GelCo Hand Sanitizer Gel

Shared Robots, Advanced AI Can Help Beat Covid-19

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