Product Stewardship

SCGP integrates the Product and Service Safety Policy as part of the Quality Management System, following its responsibility for damage caused by the unsafe product ( Product Liability). The effectiveness of the implementation through the quality management system reviewed by the Committee of each company which covers from Product Hazard Analysis (PHA) at every stage from product manufacturing, transportation, storage, use, and end-of-use, leading to deficiencies prevention planning from the design, manufacture, and preparation of warning labels according to international standards to be more effective. As well as provide response measures in analyzing management, Investigating complaints and emergencies to rehearse the readiness to deal with actual complaints and emergencies. It also includes knowledge and training to related parties regularly and assessing operation effectiveness through continuous internal and external audits of the ISO 9001 system. As a result, in year 2022, there were no significant complaints of health and safety violations both from The use of consumer products, product, and service information on product labels or advertising materials from consumers,also no fines cases from non-compliance with laws related to the use of SCGP products and services.

Strategy

Drive innovative approaches to develop products, services, and solutions that meet consumer demands, improve quality of life, and consider the impact of climate change, environment, and health through circular economy principles, including creating business opportunities.
Promote and develop business processes throughout the value chain in accordance with international standards.
Consider the environmental and safety impact of products, services, and solutions throughout life cycle.
Promote and encourage products to be certified and labeled as environmentally friendly, such as SCG Green Choice, Carbon Footprint of Product (CFP), Carbon Reduction, etc.
Promote and raise awareness of environmentally friendly product usage to stakeholders.
Target

66.7% (2/3) Sales Revenue of
SCG Green Choice

Sale Revenue of
Products, Services and Solutions of Total Sale Revenue in 2030

33.3% (1/3) Sales Revenue of
SCG Green Choice

Sale Revenue of
Products, services and solutions provide directly value to customers of total sale revenue in 2030
Performance 2022

48%

Sale Revenue of SCG Green Choice
Products, Services and Solutions of total sale revenue

13%

Sale Revenue of SCG Green Choice
Products, Services and Solutions provide directly value to customers of total sale revenue

Products, services, and solutions certified as enivironmentally friendly

Carbon Footprint of Product label
37
Products
SCG Green Choice label
61
Products
Green label, type 1 environment label
21
Products
Circular Mark
5
Products

Product Stewardship Roadmap

2020 Identify and assess safety and environmental risks of products and develop product to receive SCG Green Choice label
2021 Restricted hazardous substance usage in products target, including consider guideline to manage safety and environmental risks of products and calculate LCA of products
2022 Received the Product Carbon Footprint Label (CFP) for 37 products from Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) (TGO)
2023 Establish product stewardship policy and increase products to receive the Product Carbon Footprint Label (CFP) from TGO

Products, services, and solutions
certified as enivironmentally friendly

Product Safety Control

SCGP has the Product and Service Safety Control for customers and stakeholders' safe use by assessing the product safety risk impacts on safety, health, and environment throughout the product life cycle, including providing Product Safety Information for informing the stakeholders.

Chemical and Hazardous Substance Management

Target 2022 : 100% of SCGP products were compliant with REACH Regulation (Annex XVII and substances of very high concern (SVHC) for Authorization)

Performance 2022 : 100% of SCGP products were compliant with REACH Regulation

SCGP adheres with the use of chemicals in accordance with local and international standards of chemical laws and regulations, such as the list of hazardous substances. According to the Ministry of Industry, REACH (Registration Evaluation Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals), ROHs (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and other hazardous chemicals laws and regulations, as well as those standard and requirements required by supplier, ensuring that SCGP products and services are safe throughout the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) taken careful consideration of all chemicals and related products.

SCGP executes its operation in line with SCG Environmental Framework containing guideline on chemical and hazardous substance as follow;

  1. The organization shall understand and fully comply with the applicable legal requirements on chemical management.
  2. List of chemicals used by the organization shall be compiled, containing the name, classification, method/place of storage, and estimated stored volume of each chemical.
  3. Hazardous substances shall be identified, and prohibition on the use of hazardous substances defined by law and regulations shall be clearly displayed.
  4. Material safety data sheets (MSDS) on all chemicals used by the company and related products shall be promptly accessible.
  5. Having procedures, in line with internationally accepted practices, for the management of chemicals and onsite material storage that prevent the leakage to the environment, protect employee from exposure to chemicals, and reduce waste generation shall be presented in area where chemicals are used.
  6. Conducting of chemical handling and material storage in accordance with defined procedure shall be strictly exercised, such as store oil and chemical in area having secondary containment for protection of oil and chemical spill.

SCGP is also aware of the risks on environment, operators and customer health from the use of chemicals by strictly follow-up and checking of raw materials and chemicals and hazardous substances usage. Moreover SCGP focus on reducing, limiting and eliminating the use of chemicals and hazardous substances that may affect the environment and the safety & health of employees and customers, while providing information on final disposal of the product appropriately.

In 2022, there was no nonconformity case related to violation of safety and occupational Health laws as well as no case related to violation of product labeling and marketing communications.

SCGP has disclosed the MSDS of products to customers and people who want to receive data.

Chemical Safety

Chemicals are used to improve the physical strength and appearance of products. Their proportion is small compared to raw materials. The safety of customers from chemical substances has been our concern since the product development stage. According to the list. hazardous chemicals are defined as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and the Substitute It Now (SIN) list. The SCGP has confirmed that SVHC and SIN chemicals are not used in our company. However, our main chemical is starch. Our chemical consumption or usage can be tracked and recorded as ISO9001 Standard.

Product Composition (Disclosure of substances registration and use)

Corrugated Container Composition Function
Pulp 95% Main Structure
Starch 4% Physical Strength Increase
Other Chemical 1% Physical Strength and Appearance Improvement
Paper Packaging Composition Function
Pulp 90% Main Structure
Plastic e.g. Polyethylene 9% Physical Barrier
Additives 1% Physical Strength Improvement
Plastic Packaging Composition Function
Plastic 97% Main Structure
Ink 2% Printing detail on product
Additives 1% Physical Strength and Appearance Improvement

Chemical phase-out Plan

If we find hazardous constituents for our chemicals, we will follow this hierarchy. SCGP must minimize that substance, if it is found to be unsafe. Then, it must be replaced as soon as possible, optimizing the total cost while maintaining acceptable quality.

  1. Users or relevant departments check for the presence of chemical substances listed as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) or on the Substitute It Now (SIN) List, as well as local regulations. If any prohibited substances are found, they must notify the procurement department to seek alternative chemicals and suspend further purchases.
  2. Procurement activities must be carried out to obtain chemically efficient alternatives without hazardous substances in SVHC and SIN List.
  3. Experimental operations within the factory must be conducted within 60 days, and the results should be reported to the procurement department.
  4. If the experimental results are successful, the alternative chemical must be incorporated into the system to replace the original chemical.
  5. If the results are unsuccessful, new actions must be taken following points 2-4.

Remarks: Normally, it is the standard practice of procurement to assess the hazardous nature of chemicals before importing and using them.

Reference: European Commision Brussels, 14.10.2020 COM(2020) 667 final Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment

Measures to prevent and reduce environmental impact from hazardous substances and chemicals

SCGP gives important of prevention and reduce impacts from hazardous substance and chemical. SCGP controls and prevents risks and impacts starting from designing products, services and solutions and controls all steps to end-of-life treatment phase. Measures to prevent and reduce environmental impacts as follows;

Environmental Impact Measure to Prevent and Reduce Environmental Impact
Water Quality
  • Installing effectively wastewater treatment plant.
  • Controlling and maintain the water quality at the higher level than law enforcement.
  • Installing Continuous Wastewater Monitoring System, such as COD and BOD online.
Air Quality
  • Installing equipment to control and reduce air pollutions such as Wet Scrubbers.
  • Installing Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMs) to monitor air quality to ensure our air quality performance pass the legal standard.
  • Developing Detect Odor & Monitoring (DOM) equipment to monitor odor from our production.
Soil Quality
  • Installing system or equipment to prevent hazardous substances and chemicals leakage to environment.

SCGP has set Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team in each factory to respond, follow up and visit the nearly communities area in order to create understanding and confidence about environmentally friendly operations and appropriate preventive measures to prevent impacts on the environment and the communities.

Product Recovery

Normally, paper and plastic packaging can be recycled and reused to produce new consumer packaging with the same quality and safety. In addition, the SCGP helps customers understand that our packaging can be recycled and transformed into new products. When consumers are able to encourage more successful recycling of packaging materials, they can have an amazing impact on resource use.

As part of our 2025 goal to achieve 100% recyclability, we are building on a great foundation and working with industry associations and departments to initiate an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program with support from the Circular Economy Act (CE). We are starting to train relevant employees to grasp the concepts with awareness. At the same time, our company is preparing its subsidiaries to comply with EPR and CE. We have programs to take back products from partners in our factories to reuse them as raw materials.

For example, Uniqlo Thailand cooperates with SCGP to deploy zero waste policy by collecting used box for SCGP recycle to be furniture for UNHCR in Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi. (Further Explained on SD Report, Collaborative Efforts to Recycle Waste Paper, pdf page 63)

Recyclability

Target

The volume of recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging from the volume of total packaging 100% from the volume of total packaging by 2025

Performance 2022

The volume of recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging from the volume of total packaging 99.7% from the volume of total packaging

Recyclability Strategy

Disclosure of Product Formulation

Sustainable Packaging

Health & Hygiene I Convenience
Shelf life extension
Quick & Easy
Customization
Fest E-commerce I Food delivery
Shelf life extension
Quick & Easy
Customization

Flexible Packaging which made from a multi-layer laminated film of which each layer is a polymer of the same type (Multi-layer mono-material). Through the application of R1 and R1 Plus technology; the packaging can protect the product and withstand high impact, including its recycling ability to be plastic pellets and other materials. It helps the circulation of renewable raw materials back into the system.

R1 Sustainability
Recyclability

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