Management, environmental sustainability
ลCompany Makro has performed environmental sustainability has helped build support in one of the business operation and growth of the Organization in the long term. So the company gives priority to employees who participate in the Organization and conduct of the Makro business principle grips have a resp. The nets build a sustainable society, coupled with environmental care as a business Mac security is part of the society's success in Thailand, from first steps. The company is also committed to Makro towards new targets advancing up the larger it is, the operations to create integrated sustainability. By linking data and working with manufacturers to create standards in environmental conservation and reducing the use of toxic substances that are dangerous to the public throughout the supply sensor.
Recognizing the significance of sustainable waste water management, the Company has signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Pollution Control on “Green Business of the Future Project: NextGen Compliance” to promote better understanding of waste-water management and maintenance of waste-water treatment systems in the Company’s building or complexes of buildings. Furthermore, our commitment to abide by the Enhancement and Conservation of National Environment Quality Act, B.E. 2535, and our acute awareness of efficient energy consumption have compelled us to make changes and improve our machinery and other necessities to conserve energy, including changing all light bulbs at Makro stores to LED bulbs. This endeavor of ours has been supported by the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency. Makro has also continuously run a number of environmental management projects, in collaboration with our customers and the communities around our stores and Distribution Centers. They are as listed below.
• Effective Micro-Organisms (EM): Using unsold fruit and vegetables from our stores as raw material, we produce over 546,000 liters of EM each year. We use it within the organization, e.g. using it as a cleaning product, and distribute it to our customers.
• Recycle Foam Boxes: Foam boxes used to package fresh foods at our store are returned to our fresh food Distribution Centers, after which they are shipped to a recycling firm. We recycle 41,900 kg of foam boxes, an equivalent of reducing 147,488 kg carbon of carbon dioxide a year. • We also recycle 32 tons of recyclable waste per year.
• In 2015, we donate over 4.4 tons of food waste from our stores to local District Agricultural Promotion Offices to be turned into bio-fertilizer