SDGs Alignment | RATCH Group PCL. (RATCH)

RATCH intends to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that correspond to the company’s potential and the impact of business operations. The key environmental goals are as follows:

Goal	Implementation
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Targets 12.2: By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. Target 12.5: By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse. Target 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle. Targets 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.	RATCH emphasizes efficient and sustainable resource management and utilization for minimum production waste and sustainable production. The aspiration is enshrined in the policies concerning society, the environment and Sustainable Development Policy, which is communicated with all entities in the Group for sustainability throughout the value chain. Aside, sustainability operations and performance are integrated in the annual Sustainability Report in alignment with the GRI reporting standards.
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Targets 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries. Targets 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.	RATCH prepared the Climate Change Strategy, targets and the Decarbonization Roadmap aiming to achieve carbon neutrality and assessed related risks under TCFD disclosure recommendations. RATCH also raised awareness and mobilized community engagement in climate impact mitigation through Love the Forest and the Community Project and Community Energy Project. Under these first project, community is encouraged and supported to help manage and restore forests as carbon sinks and a sustainable food source. The latter project aims to promote awareness in energy optimization, energy saving and development of energy innovations from local resources.
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development Target 14.2: Sustainably manage, and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience and taking action for their restoration, to achieve healthy and productive oceans.	RATCH has supported the reforestation and rehabilitation of mangroves encompassing 113.47 rai, in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. The project will become a Thailand Voluntary Emission Reduction Program (T-VER) scheme, for subsequent carbon credit certification.
Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss Target 15.1: Ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements. Target 15.2: Promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally.	RATCH has preserved the original environment of power plants’ surrounding areas, to maintain the habitats and livelihood of wildlife and local animals. A terrestrial reforestation project of 500 rai to create green area is organized in collaboration with the Royal Forest Department, while engaging with community to protect, maintain and rehabilitate community forests for ecosystem biodiversity and food sources.

Goal

Implementation

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Targets 12.2: By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.

Target 12.5: By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling, and reuse.

Target 12.6: Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.

Targets 12.8: By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.

RATCH emphasizes efficient and sustainable resource management and utilization for minimum production waste and sustainable production. The aspiration is enshrined in the policies concerning society, the environment and Sustainable Development Policy, which is communicated with all entities in the Group for sustainability throughout the value chain.

Aside, sustainability operations and performance are integrated in the annual Sustainability Report in alignment with the GRI reporting standards.

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Targets 13.1: Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.

Targets 13.3: Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.

RATCH prepared the Climate Change Strategy, targets and the Decarbonization Roadmap aiming to achieve carbon neutrality and assessed related risks under TCFD disclosure recommendations.

RATCH also raised awareness and mobilized community engagement in climate impact mitigation through Love the Forest and the Community Project and Community Energy Project. Under these first project, community is encouraged and supported to help manage and restore forests as carbon sinks and a sustainable food source. The latter project aims to promote awareness in energy optimization, energy saving and development of energy innovations from local resources.

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

Target 14.2: Sustainably manage, and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience and taking action for their restoration, to achieve healthy and productive oceans.

RATCH has supported the reforestation and rehabilitation of mangroves encompassing 113.47 rai, in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources. The project will become a Thailand Voluntary Emission Reduction Program (T-VER) scheme, for subsequent carbon credit certification.

Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

Target 15.1: Ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements.

Target 15.2: Promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally.

RATCH has preserved the original environment of power plants’ surrounding areas, to maintain the habitats and livelihood of wildlife and local animals. A terrestrial reforestation project of 500 rai to create green area is organized in collaboration with the Royal Forest Department, while engaging with community to protect, maintain and rehabilitate community forests for ecosystem biodiversity and food sources.