AMATA Sustainability Framework

The Company has established the "AMATA Sustainability Framework", a guiding framework driving corporate sustainability across economic, social, and environmental dimensions. This framework focuses on business growth based on social and environmental responsibility, good governance, ethics and integrity, regulatory compliance, and efficient risk management. These efforts are designed to foster a balanced and high-quality coexistence between industry and society, supporting the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and creating sustainably long-term value for all stakeholders.

Apart from its sustainability policies and framework, the Company has adopted circular economy principles emphasizing resource efficiency, alongside various sustainability standards. These include the sustainability assessment criteria of the Stock Exchange of Thailand, ISO standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, and the Eco-Industrial Estate assessment criteria at the Eco-Excellence level as defined by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand. Through these measures, the Company continues to enhance its sustainability practices across all aspects of its operations.

Key Strategies for AMATA Sustainability

By integrating sustainable development principles into its business strategy, the Company has restructured its business plans and is advancing towards becoming a leading smart city developer in the Eastern Economic Corridor. This approach ensures responsiveness to stakeholder needs and enhances adaptability to global shifts and emerging risks. The Company aims to create a well-balanced city that fosters opportunities and shared benefits for all stakeholders. It is committed to harmonizing business growth with socio-economic progress, ensuring coexistence between industries and surrounding communities while prioritizing natural resource conservation and environmental sustainability.

To achieve these objectives, the Company has established the following core sustainability strategies:

1st Strategy: Creating smart cities that foster economic development while protecting society and the environment

Transitioning from its traditional role as an industrial estate developer, which served as a manufacturing base for global industries, to a leading smart city developer in Thailand’s Eastern Region. This transformation aims to better meet the needs of 12 targeted industries in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and preparing for the new industry. Through this shift, the Company seeks to create value for stakeholders, society, and the environment while strengthening its unique positioning and competitive advantage.

Corporate Goals Strategic Directions
  • Become a Carbon-neutral city by 2040
  • Reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity per operational area by 20% by 2030, compared with the 2024 base year
  • Reduce energy consumption intensity per operational area by 15% by 2030, compared with the 2024 base year
  • Develop a leading smart city in the Eastern Region to meet the needs of customers investing in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
  • Enhance climate resilience and strengthen the capability to cope with climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon capture across various activities
  • Increase the use of clean energy and efficiency of energy management

2nd Strategy: Growing through strategic business partnerships

Developing new smart city-related businesses to rapidly address customer needs and expectations while ensuring sustainable and high-quality growth. This will be achieved through strategic investments with leading and reputable business partners who bring expertise across various industries. These collaborations will drive innovation, delivering high-value products and services that effectively meet customer demands, generate additional revenue streams, and mitigate risks associated with the core business.

Corporate Goals Strategic Directions
  • Offer products and services that contribute to the Company's long-term economic growth while generating positive social and environmental impact
  • Drive innovations that minimize environmental and social footprints
  • Achieve customer satisfaction scores exceeding 95%
  • Develop new businesses that efficiently utilize natural resources and energy
  • Co-create quality products and services with strategic business partners who are leaders from diverse business sectors and accountable to society and the environment

3rd Strategy: Building a safe and environmentally responsible society

Prioritizing stakeholder safety and taking responsibility for any negative impact on the environment by encouraging efficient resource and waste management among members of the industrial estates and surrounding communities. Developing innovative processes to minimize negative social and environmental impacts and aim to develop new businesses that use natural resources and energy more efficiently.

Corporate Goals Strategic Directions
  • Achieve zero lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
  • Achieve zero road accidents within AMATA's industrial estates
  • Achieve zero cases of environmental and social non-compliance by employees, suppliers, and contractors
  • Achieve zero waste to landfill
  • Achieve zero effluent discharge from AMATA's industrial estates
  • Reduce dependency on natural surface water
  • Assess 100% of critical suppliers and new suppliers for ESG risks
  • Promote the safety of life and property of all major stakeholders involved throughout the supply chain
  • Manage resources and waste efficiently by applying innovation and circular economy principles
  • Prevent and reduce negative impacts caused by the Company and its suppliers or contractors
  • Protect and restore natural resources both inside and outside the Company
  • Transparently disclose business practices and natural resource and environmental management
  • Support and promote road safety both within the industrial estates and connecting public areas
  • Participate in improving environmental quality and promoting knowledge about safety and the environment

4th Strategy: Creating opportunities for stakeholders

Developing businesses in the present and future that can benefit and create opportunities for various stakeholders both within and outside the organization. This includes providing opportunities for employees to develop their skills and advance in their careers, as well as ensuring that people within and outside the industrial estate have access to high-quality products and services to improve their quality of life and opportunities for growing local economy.

Corporate Goals Strategic Directions
  • Achieve zero cases of significant human rights violations across the Company's value chain
  • Achieve an average of at least 25 training hours per employee per year
  • Achieve AMATA's employee engagement score exceeding 90%
  • Achieve voluntary employee turnover rate below 5%
  • Conduct comprehensive Human Rights Due Diligence throughout the supply chain
  • Develop employees' technical and soft skills, as well as promote career advancement, to support future business growth
  • Foster a positive workplace culture that enhances employee well-being and job satisfaction
  • Facilitate broader access to quality essential services, such as healthcare and education, for both residents within and outside the industrial estate
  • Create jobs for people and local businesses to enhance the ability of community economic development to improve their income and quality of life

5th Strategy: Creating a decent civil society for the benefit of society as a whole

Fostering a supportive and harmonious society is an essential part of driving sustainable business for the Company. This involves creating a positive community within the Company, including employees who are the main resource for leading organizational success, as well as building external communities such as customer groups in industrial estates, surrounding communities, and local governments. This aims to promote cooperation among them in various activities to achieve collective impact that benefits society as a whole.

Corporate Goals Strategic Directions
  • Achieve zero confirmed incidents of corruption
  • Resolve 100% of complaints within the specified timeframe
  • Enhance community engagement in all sub-districts within a 5-kilometer radius through the Company's community and social development initiatives
  • Strengthen collaboration with local communities and government agencies to effectively manage social impacts and implement systemic solutions
  • Promote collaborative activities and projects among the Company and factories in the industrial estates for the benefit of the local community and society
  • Initiate projects that support community enterprises and generate sustainable income for community members
  • Achieve community satisfaction scores exceeding 95%
  • Uphold effective corporate governance with integrity, ethics, and fairness
  • Establish and maintain accessible, transparent, and effective grievance mechanisms, including robust whistleblowing channels to uphold accountability and ethical business practices
  • Promote equal and fair participation of all major stakeholders in managing issues for mutual benefit
  • Facilitate stakeholder collaboration through various initiatives and joint development projects, fostering positive social impact and improving the quality of life in local communities

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