AGC Vinythai recognizes the importance of environment management to systematically control, ensure compliance and mitigate the potential impacts.
Environmental management strategies were driven for transparency, sustainable growth, quality, compliance, and benefits to all stakeholders. Besides the compliance with prevention and mitigation measures and conditions stated in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and environmental regulator control and legislation; AGC Vinythai has taken additional steps for its processes toward environmental quality.
Environmental Management Systems
AGC Vinythai continues to apply the environmental management approach of ISO 14001:2015, and Eco-Factory framework, also continuously passed the criteria of the Environmental Good Governance (White Flag – Green Star) of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT). These management approaches support AGC Vinythai and its subsidiary in receiving the ECO-Factory Awards from the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Water Resource Management
The systematic and cost-effective water resources management minimizes the risk of water shortage for production processes.
This management also provides the assessment of risks and maps out the measures to cope with water shortage. AGC Vinythai is a member of the Water User Organization under the Water Resources Act 2018, as well as being a member of the Eastern Water War Room Working Group, which plays a role in cost-effective water resource management to cope with water shortage conditions in order to use the production process of the industrial group and prevent conflicts with the community in the area.
The company also operates a project to recycle wastewater in the production process including a project to install a reverse osmosis system for water recycle.
Air Pollution Management and Control
The management covers the entire range of activities from the selection of high efficiency technology with low emission, operation and maintenance planning, control of air emissions, and the VOC controls and management.
AGC Vinythai implemented the “Air Quality Mobile Monitoring Project”.
The installation of air quality monitoring unit is aimed to identify and monitor the air quality which may impact the employees, and to monitor the boundary air quality for any emergency situations. Moreover, AGC Vinythai has cooperated with the PVC manufacturing industry group in preparation of a project to reduce the concentration of VOCs in the Map Ta Phut area in order to be efficient and conforms to general atmospheric volatile organic compounds standards complying to the announcement of the National Environment Board, No. 30, B.E.2550.
Water Pollution
Under the highest efficient use of natural resources concept of 3Rs, the principle of wastewater treatment begins with reduction of wastewater quantities and segregation of waste right from the beginning. The principle ensures optional use of natural resources and efficient treatment of wastewater by continuously monitoring the COD in water around the clock.
Effluent quality under all parameters was within standards. BOD and COD levels were below 80% of the standard. Wastewater samples are collected and analyzed daily. Wastewater is treated by activated sludge process. Effluence is discharged into Chak Mak public drainage canal.
Industrial Waste Management
The system begins with inventory of all industrial wastes, full control of waste storage, transport, and transfer for safe disposal.
In addition, the company also applied the 3Rs concept to promotion of Circular Economy with the aim to stress cost-effective resources utilization and minimize volumes of waste to be disposed. This initiative not only protects the environment but takes care of our communities’ well-being.
Environmental-friendly Procurement of Products and Service
AGC Vinythai has established a procurement and supply chain management policy to carry out management and procurement of products and services that are high quality, safe, environmentally friendly and reduce pollution with a focus on protecting the environment and natural resources including measures to reduce the amount of waste arising from the production process create an environmental management system and continue to work with continuous improvement as well as to promote and support suppliers and contractors to implement the requirements to promote sustainable environmental management throughout the supply chain.
Energy Conservation
Since the company has high power consumption, according to the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Management was established to monitor and examine energy consumption efficiency in production processes and other activities. Committee members are drawn from each of the main departments at the plant. Its tasks include:
Enhancement of Logistics by train transportation mode
The salt transportation by train would decrease CO2 emission from truck by using train transportation 30% of salt capacity. CO2 emission can be reduced 1,168 tCO2 /Year
Act on Climate Change
AGC Vinythai is in an energy-intensive industry. The company put utmost efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across its entire product lifecycle, from procurement through production, sales, logistics, consumption, and disposal, and contribute towards the realization of a sustainable society.
Energy Conservation and Reduction of CO2 in the Manufacturing Process
The Company promotes energy conservation activities in production processes that are always linked to GHG emission reduction. These activities include simplifying exhaust gas treatment by converting from heavy oil to natural gas or from natural gas to hydrogen; improving production processes through total oxygen combustion and other techniques, and conducting utility-related energy conservation assessments.
Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Realizing the more energy consumption is reduced, the less CO2 is emitted, AGC Vinythai continually puts its effort into various initiatives in energy reduction project. For example; the company decided to invest new equipment with non-CFC refrigerant to avoid Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), one of greenhouse gases, emission by 2025.
Water Resource Management
The systematic and cost-effective water resources management minimizes the risk of water shortage for production processes.
This management also provides the assessment of risks and maps out the measures to cope with water shortage. AGC Vinythai is a member of the Water User Organization under the Water Resources Act 2018, as well as being a member of the Eastern Water War Room Working Group, which plays a role in cost-effective water resource management to cope with water shortage conditions in order to use the production process of the industrial group and prevent conflicts with the community in the area.
The company also operates a project to recycle wastewater in the production process including a project to install a reverse osmosis system for water recycle.
Air Pollution Management and Control
The management covers the entire range of activities from the selection of high efficiency technology with low emission, operation and maintenance planning, control of air emissions, and the VOC controls and management.
AGC Vinythai implemented the “Air Quality Mobile Monitoring Project”.
The installation of air quality monitoring unit is aimed to identify and monitor the air quality which may impact the employees, and to monitor the boundary air quality for any emergency situations. Moreover, AGC Vinythai has cooperated with the PVC manufacturing industry group in preparation of a project to reduce the concentration of VOCs in the Map Ta Phut area in order to be efficient and conforms to general atmospheric volatile organic compounds standards complying to the announcement of the National Environment Board, No. 30, B.E.2550.