Climate Partnership
GC conducts greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in continuous collaboration with business partners throughout the value chain, with a focus on driving progress through a Portfolio-driven approach: long-term restructuring of the business toward high-value, low-carbon businesses via investments in technology and innovation, as well as exchanging knowledge and new approaches. Additionally, it collaborates with external organizations to address water scarcity issues stemming from climate change impacts.
Allnex Industrial Coating Resins
Allnex, a world's leading industrial coating resins company, has announced a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emission Scop 3.1 by 30 percent by 2030, with focusing on creating positive impacts on society. This initiative allows customers and product users to benefit from a significantly lower carbon footprint supporting sustainability goals. The company aims to achieve through four strategies: 1) Integrating value chain collaboration, 2) Increasing the use of recycled and bio-based raw material, 3) Offering sustainable alternatives that do not compromise product quality, and 4) Continue and focus on creating innovation as a driver through sustainable principles.
This year, allnex has applied advanced environmentally friendly technologies and innovations, focusing on high growth industrial markets such as automotive, construction and infrastructure, packaging, and consumer goods. The company plans to expand its production capacity in Asia, a region experiencing strong growth, by establishing hubs in China, India, and Rayong Province, Thailand.
ENVICCO: High-quality Recycled Plastic Resin Plant with World-class Standards
ENVICCO Company Limited (ENVICCO), the largest recycled plastic pellet manufacturing plant in Southeast Asia, has received carbon credit certification through the Standard Thailand Voluntary Emission Reduction Program (Standard T-VER) in the solid waste management category for the project of sorting and recovering plastic from waste to produce plastic resins, issued by the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) (TGO), making it the first in Thailand.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel: SAF
GC became the first company to invest in Bio Refinery in response to the increasing global demand for low-carbon fuels and in support of CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), established by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). The project features upgrading GC’s refinery which has the capacity to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from used cooking oil, vegetable oil and animal fat using Co-processing. The project has begun commercial production in January 2025.
NatureWorks
GC has expanded investment in bioplastic pellet production by jointly investing in NatureWorks to establish a second Polylactic Acid (PLA) plant in Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex, Thailand. The project leverages technology to transform sugar obtained from sugarcane into lactic acid to produce 75,000 tons of PLA per annum in an effort to make Thailand a sustainable material export base for the Asian market and to create added value for Thailand’s agricultural products. It is expected that production can be commenced within 2026.
Water Management in Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
GC participates in addressing water scarcity issues in the Eastern region of Thailand by collaborating with networks from the government, private sector, and industrial sectors, including the Institute of Water and Environment for Sustainability, the Federation of Thai Industries, the Water War Room, and the Map Ta Phut Plant Manager Club: PMC, among others. These partnerships aim to jointly drive and establish integrated, sustainable water management guidelines and policies, with a focus on integrated water management, appropriate prioritization of water allocation, and building cooperation with local communities to conserve and restore upstream water sources. This collaborative approach to resolving water scarcity ensures that the Company can maintain uninterrupted production operations throughout the value chain, even in the face of environmental crises, particularly water shortages in the area.