GLAND joins hands with Huai Khwang District Office, Bangkok and Recycle Day to launch ‘Journey to NET ZERO: Bangkok Zero Waste’ campaign,

Krungthep – Grand Canal Land plc (GLAND), a subsidiary of Central Pattana plc., Thailand's top real estate developer for sustainability and operator of Central shopping centers, residences, office buildings and hotels nationwide, is highlighting its position as 'Place Maker' that creates the places of the future and cares about improving the quality of life while creating a sustainable society and caring for the environment. GLAND is joining hands with Huai Khwang District Office, Bangkok, Recycle Day Co., Ltd., (developer of a recycling service system), Central Rama 9 and representatives from leading companies such as Huawei Technologies, Unilever Thai Trading, Michelin Siam, Knight Frank Chartered and Great Wall Motor, housing estates and condominiums in the Rama 9 area, inviting customers, employees and communities in the Rama 9 area in Huai Khwang District to properly sort their waste in order to reduce landfill. They also launched the 4th Recycle Station, where customers can bring their recycling waste to sort, sell and donate in the g Garden area, and collect points to redeem rewards through the Recycle Day app every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The event was honoured by Mr. Chatchaya Khamchan, Director of Huai Khwang District, Bangkok and executives from leading companies such as Mr. Kevin (Cheng Guodong), President of Huawei Technologies Thailand Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co Ltd; Mr. Phudhat Netsuwan, South East Asia Employee Experience Director at Unilever Thai Trading Co., Ltd.; Ms. Krongjit Pengthieng, Manager of Safety and Environment (Business), Asia and Oceania Region, Michelin Siam Co., Ltd.; Ms. Porntip Sriwatthanarat, Director, Head of Human Resources and Office, Knight Frank Chartered (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; and Mr. Chanam Chavanich, Chief Executive Officer of Recycle Day Co., Ltd. who joined forces to continue to create a more liveable city of Bangkok for everyone.

Ms. Naparat Sriwanvit, Chief Executive Officer, Grand Canal Land plc., said: “GLAND is adopting Central Pattana's main policy to become the first mixed-use developer with a long-term plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 – as an organization that prioritizes the environment and supports a better planet. GLAND is very pleased to be a part of campaigns that aim for environmental sustainability and so we are launching the ‘Journey to NET ZERO: Bangkok Zero Waste’ campaign with support and cooperation from the Huai Khwang District Office and a great partner such as Recycle Day. The campaign encourages customers, residents, employees working in the offices around the GLAND building as well as residents of Huai Khwang and Rama 9 communities to participate in the activities by bringing recycled waste to sort, sell or donate at Recycle Station @ Gland on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10.00-20.00 hrs. at g Garden to help Bangkok become an even more liveable city for everyone.”

Mr. Chatchaya Khamchan, Director of Huai Khwang District, Bangkok, said: “The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is committed to its focus on waste management in urban and community areas, and we have a project entitled ‘BANGKOK ZERO WASTE’, which is a pilot for the city’s effective waste management. The Environment Department has a mission to manage waste in the Bangkok area with an operation divided into three phases: source, mid-way and destination. Managing waste at source promotes waste-sorting habits, creating discipline in people’s garbage disposal, promoting campaign participation among people and all sectors by specifying the disposal points on main roads, secondary roads, communities and along the canals, installing signs showing details of waste disposal and collection times. Central Pattana's ‘Journey to NET ZERO: Bangkok Zero Waste’ campaign promotes waste sorting at source and corresponds with the policy of the BMA to promote waste management and support the people of Bangkok to change their lifestyle in terms of waste management – beginning at Central shopping centers, office buildings and other real estate projects under Central's Group throughout Bangkok. We believe that if this campaign is expanded further and applied to other areas of Bangkok, it will clearly show a positive impact on Bangkok.”

Mr. Chanam Chavanich, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Recycle Day Co., Ltd.,  said:  “We are proud to be a part of helping promote the habit of turning waste into simple benefits. Recycle Day is is a new generation of startup that has collaborated with Central Pattana to launch Recycle Station as the first model in Thailand. Recycle Station is a ‘Drive & Drop’ point with an app to collect points. This has become a successful model that has been used by many other organizations. Recycle Day has cooperated with four branches of Central shopping centers: Central East Ville, Central Si Racha, Central Ayutthaya and most recently, g Garden Central Rama 9. Customers and employees who recycle their waste at Recycle Station also receive money from selling and by properly sorting recycled waste in addition to The1 points (they can redeem their points for various rewards).”

Grand Canal Land plc, a subsidiary of Central Pattana plc, is adopting Central Pattana's main policy to become the first mixed-use developer with a long-term plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and continuing with the ‘Journey to Net Zero’ and ‘Imagining Better Futures For All’ commitment to become an organization that prioritizes environmental issues for a better planet, with a roadmap to reach net zero carbon dioxide and pollution emissions from shopping centers, residential and office buildings, and hotels nationwide. These facilities will reduce their energy consumption by 50%, minimize the use of CFCs and pollutants that destroy the atmosphere, as well as promoting the use of clean energy by 50%. We also aim to plant 1 million trees to increase the green areas both inside and outside our projects as soon as possible.