Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) has received the 2024 Global Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise Award (Global MIKE Award 2024), recognizing its excellence in knowledge management and innovation, enhancing its competitiveness, and driving sustainable growth.

Pimolrat Reephattanavijitkul, Chief People Officer at CP Foods, stated that CP Foods has showcased outstanding potential in knowledge management and innovation by winning prestigious international awards, including the Southeast Asia Most Innovative Knowledge Enterprise Award 2024 (SEA MIKE Award) in September 2024 and the Global MIKE Award 2024 in December, awarded by the Institute of Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA). This institution is dedicated to developing knowledge and innovation through collaboration with renowned universities and organizations globally.

These two awards reflect CP Foods’ remarkable efficiency and international standards in managing knowledge and innovation within the food industry, which is essential for fostering a culture of learning among our workforce. This leads to increased operational efficiency throughout the production chain and the development of high-quality and safe food products that meet global consumer demands, thus enhancing competitiveness in response to rapid changes and driving growth towards becoming the sustainable "Kitchen of the World”.

“The Global MIKE Award demonstrates CP Foods’ commitment to developing knowledge management throughout the organization. This not only provides the company’s employees opportunities to enhance their skills and learn new knowledge continuously but also shares this knowledge with external stakeholders, such as business partners, educational institutions, and government agencies, in line with the "Three Benefits" philosophy of the CP Group, which focuses on benefits to the nation, the people, and the organization itself,” Ms. Pimolrat added.

Employees are the core of driving the organization’s sustainable growth, which is why CP Foods emphasizes promoting knowledge sharing and experience exchange both within and outside the organization. This includes the establishment of the Nongjok Engineering Excellence Center to develop knowledge and enhance innovation skills among employees, the creation of the “ImRu” digital platform for facilitating knowledge sharing and leveraging creativity among employees, and the establishment of Knowledge Cafes to foster collaborative work environments.

Additionally, the company focuses on promoting a culture of innovation through activities that encourage the creation of new ideas, such as the “CPF Hack the Future” initiative, the “CPF KM Excellence Awards” program, and various projects at the CP Group level, including the “CPG Exponential Surge Project” and the “CP Innovation Exposition” program. Furthermore, CP Foods transfers knowledge related to digital skill development to the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and conducts training programs for partners, sharing knowledge and best practices with communities and contributing to sustainable development.