Environmental Awards
At the recent Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) ceremony held in Bangkok, Thailand, Amazon Colours Thailand received their GOLD STAR AWARD for environmental excellence in 2022. This was the year that our Thailand factory was awarded both a Gold Star Award and a Silver Eco Factory Award by the Thai Government.
At Amazon Colours we believe that knowledge and understanding is the first step towards living eco-friendly lives. Using our company platform and internal eco-warrior called “Tuffy”, we teach our teams about environmental problems and how to lighten our footprint on the earth. Over the years we have implemented increasingly stricter environmental practices in our plants. It’s been very rewarding to receive official acknowledgement for our efforts.
GOLD STAR AWARD:
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), the government body under the Ministry of Industry overseeing industrial estates, has awarded Amazon Colours a Gold Star Award for excellence in environmental management for six consecutive years.
The award forms part of the IEAT’s Environmental Government and Safety project which ensures that factories in Thailand’s industrial estates comply with the principles of environmental governance, sustainability and pollution reduction. Compliance is monitored by a collaboration between government and private sector, with the IEAT cooperating with surrounding communities to keep an eye on factories’ environmental management practices. Factories that are compliant receive a Green Star Award each year.
An Industrial Factory Audit Working Group monitors and assesses factories according to 10 key criteria:
- Drainage and waste water management
- Waste reduction
- Air pollution management
- Handling of chemical vapours and volatile organic compounds
- Safety of working conditions
- Accident management and number of complaints
- Provision and maintenance of green areas
- Enhanced quality of life for surrounding communities
- Efficient transportation of raw materials and products
- Accuracy of information and management systems benchmarked against international standards.
Amazon Colours has consistently received the Green Star Award for the last 6 years and this year proudly received its Gold Star Award.
ECO FACTORY AWARD:
Amazon Colours is also the first factory in the TFD Industrial Estate to receive an Eco Factory Award in 2022.
The development of “eco-industrial cities” forms part of the Thai Government’s National Strategic Plan (2018-2037), which promotes thatindustry needs to coexist harmoniously with the communities where they operate to ensure sustainable growth. The Plan’s objectives include the upgrade and development of a network of eco-industrial factories in accordance with environmental and social governance guidelines, as well as the collection of data that can be used to plan and develop eco-industrial cities.
Amazon Colours is an international point-of-sale colourant and pigment dispersion manufacturer with Factories and R&D Labs in Thailand and Indonesia. It also operates Colour Database services in both countries and Vietnam.
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