In 2020, ThaiBev has established purchasing policy and bidding requirement to only procure key agricultural raw materials with the leading third-party certification / standards only, i.e., RSPO, BonSucro, SAI Platform, SEDEX, UTZ / Rainforest Alliance. To ensure the compliance, ThaiBev requests evidence of certification and integrates the requirement into audit criteria. As a result, 100% of key agricultural commodities purchased is certified and responsibly sourced. It also aims to maintain the certified proportion to be 100% in alignment with our 2025 commitment to responsibly source 100% of key agricultural commodities.

of malt and hops are sourced from SAI Platform members or SMETA verified suppliers

An Essential Part in Achieving Sustainable Supply Chain Thai Beverage Group (hereafter “ThaiBev”) seeks to deliver a quality end product which answers our consumers’ demand and originates from a sustainable source. It has always been our concern to build a solid and effective supply chain in collaboration with our suppliers. ThaiBev’s Sustainable Agriculture Guideline (hereafter “the Guideline”) shall be our additional requirements for our suppliers in order to ensure that the material we source meet our standards.

We expect our suppliers to share our vision on sustainable agriculture and adopt the same practice to their own supply chain. The requirements stated hereinafter shall apply to only agricultural raw material suppliers (hereafter “suppliers”). This includes suppliers’ related business entities, for instance, suppliers’ affiliates. Raw materials shall refer to only unprocessed materials.

Environmental

Suppliers may protect the natural state of ecosystem, ensuring sustainable use of natural resources and where possible, avoid interfering at all. We expect our suppliers to avoid sourcing agricultural raw materials in high conservation values or legally protected area under any circumstances. Suppliers may avoid deforestation in ecologically sensitive areas and take into account the prior use of land to ensure that no forests are not cut or burned for conversion to agricultural land. Suppliers may support local farming in order to promote domestic agriculture and minimize pollution from the transportation of raw materials harvested. We encourage our suppliers to provide local farmers, whose raw materials they rely on, with knowledge and support necessary to promote sustainable and secure long-term supply of raw materials. Suppliers may adopt organic farming in their own agricultural operation or promote organic farming practice where applicable. We encourage suppliers to obtain organic farming certification from third-party or comply with organic farming standards established in countries where raw materials are being sourced. Suppliers may optimize energy usage within their supply chain, minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and implement activities to mitigate the negative impacts arising from GHG emissions on surrounding communities. Suppliers may protect and improve soil fertility, for instance, by conserving soil, rotating crop, and maintaining the balance amount of soil nutrient.   Suppliers may optimize water consumption during their agricultural process. Our suppliers are encouraged to measure their water consumption and identify opportunities to reduce their water usage where possible. In addition, we urge suppliers to conduct water risk assessment of their operating sites using internationally recognized tools and implement mitigation plan in area where water stress level is found to be significant. Suppliers may manage and closely monitor the usage of pesticide especially contamination of nearby water sources. At minimum, we expect our suppliers to establish a maximum pesticide residue limit for their raw materials. Where in use pesticides should be applied responsibly in adequate amount required to control the invasion of pests and should be stored properly in a way that they do not produce negative impacts on surrounding communities. Suppliers shall notify ThaiBev if their raw materials are GMO or contain or derive from GMO ingredients. They must also comply with regulations concerning GMO in countries where they operate. Please refer to ThaiBev’s GMO Guideline for more detail on our position on GMO.

Human Rights

Suppliers shall not violate the community’s right to access land and natural resource and respect the established rights of indigenous/tribal people to their land as well as their prior and informed consent. Furthermore, we expect our suppliers to maintain a good relationship with the communities in which they operate, conducting impact assessment of their operations on local community on regular basis and establish development programs where necessary.   Suppliers shall adhere to the laws and regulations concerning minimum working age in countries where they operate, and avoid any forms of forced labor, including slave labor, indentured labor, bonded labor.   Suppliers shall work to ensure that farmers in their supply chain are entitled to income and wages that meet basic income needs in countries where the raw materials are being grown. Furthermore, we expect our suppliers to maintain good relationships with farmers and implement empowerment programs to develop their skills and capabilities where applicable.

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