Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods)'s Pakthongchai Feed Mill was certified “Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) or TGO, making it the first carbon neutral feed mill in the country.

TGO Executive Director, Kiatchai Maitriwong, who presented the Carbon Neutral Organization certification to the CP Foods’ feed mill, said that it is TGO strive to urge cooperation from all stakeholders to tackle climate change problems and accomplish Net-Zero Emission goal accordingly to The UN's Global Roadmap. 

He stated out that the trend of reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical for the planet and that the corporate sector must lead by example. The CP Group and CP Foods are the forefront of this initiative. The Pakthongchai feed mill being accredited Carbon Neutral Organization, demonstrating the company’s efforts to combat global warming and climate change.

Rewat Hathaisattayapong, Executive Vice President at CP Foods, revealed that the company’s animal feed business strives to mitigate environmental footprint. Many efforts have been implemented at the feed mill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as saving energy projects and increasing production efficiency such as the use of biomass energy, solar power, automation that reduces losses, etc., The Feed Mill has made carbon compensation to balance unavoidable GHG emission in order to attain Carbon Neutrality status.
 

“This Carbon Neutral certification from the TGO shows that Pakthongchai Feed Mill is a model for sustainable feed production. CP Foods will continue to move forward to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the net zero greenhouse gas emission target together," said Mr. Rewat.

Also, TGO has awarded certificates for the Low Emission Support Scheme (LESS) project to 12 factories in CP Foods feed business. All of them were able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by,476 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent throughout the year 2021 and the beginning of 2022./