Strategy
66.7% (2/3) Sales Revenue of
SCG Green Choice
33.3% (1/3) Sales Revenue of
SCG Green Choice
48%
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Products, services, and solutions certified as enivironmentally friendly
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;
- The organization shall understand and fully comply with the applicable legal requirements on chemical management.
- 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.
- Hazardous substances shall be identified, and prohibition on the use of hazardous substances defined by law and regulations shall be clearly displayed.
- Material safety data sheets (MSDS) on all chemicals used by the company and related products shall be promptly accessible.
- 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.
- 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 |
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Pulp | 95% | Main Structure |
Starch | 4% | Physical Strength Increase |
Other Chemical | 1% | Physical Strength and Appearance Improvement |
Paper Packaging | Composition | Function |
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Pulp | 90% | Main Structure |
Plastic e.g. Polyethylene | 9% | Physical Barrier |
Additives | 1% | Physical Strength Improvement |
Plastic Packaging | Composition | Function |
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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.
- 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.
- Procurement activities must be carried out to obtain chemically efficient alternatives without hazardous substances in SVHC and SIN List.
- Experimental operations within the factory must be conducted within 60 days, and the results should be reported to the procurement department.
- If the experimental results are successful, the alternative chemical must be incorporated into the system to replace the original chemical.
- 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 |
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Water Quality |
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Air Quality |
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Soil Quality |
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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
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.
Co-creation with leading MNCs & national brands
- Customized unique design and outstanding solutions to enhance customers' brand
- Incorporate Circular Economy into the products and services
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