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【Report】4th Carbon Neutral Seminar was held in Thailand, co-hosted by Department of Industrial Works (DIW) of Ministry of Industry of Thailand and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Summary
International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT), in cooperation with Department of Industrial Works (DIW) of Thai Ministry of Industry, Thailand, and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), held a two-day seminar on August 6 and 7 in Nakhon Pathom Province. The seminar includes GHG emissions calculation and reduction and promotes efforts by Thai food-related companies (including Japanese companies) to decarbonize their operations.
Background and Objectives
ICETT and DIW signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in promoting CN in Thai industry in May 2024, and based on the MoU, three CN seminars were held in Bangkok last fiscal year.
Due to requests from Thai, we plan to hold two more CN seminars in this fiscal year (FY). This 4th CN Seminar was the first one in this FY.
This seminar will be supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF) program through UNIDO, as in the previous FY.
Seminar Outline
In addition to lectures and exercises on calculation and reduction of GHG emissions, Japanese companies with excellent energy-saving technologies that contribute to GHG emission reduction measures introduced their energy-saving products and services. At the end of the seminar, participants, including the lecturers, engaged in a lively question-and-answer session and exchange of opinions on issues and initiatives toward the realization of CN.
- Date and Time: (Wed) 6 to (Thu) 7 August, 2025, 9:00-17:00
- Location: Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand
(Venue: MIDA GRANDE HOTEL DHAVARAVATI NAKHON PATHOM)
- Seminar participants: Thai food-related industries (including Japanese companies), Thai government officials (DIW, Nakhon Pathom Provincial Government officials, etc.) Total of approx. 200 people over 2 days
- Seminar speaker:
DIW, United Analysts and Engineering Consultants (UAE), Department of Climate Change and Environment (DCCE), Thai Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank of Thailand (SME Development bank), Energy Conservation Center of Thailand (ECCT), KOE Environment Business, Inc. (KOE)
(1) Opening remarks
・Mr. Sunthron Kewsawang, Deputy Director General, DIW
・Ms. Sirakarn Leungsakul, Director, DIW
・Shinji Bando, Director, Global Environment Department, ICETT
・Ms. Warawan Chalermot, National Expert, UNIDO
(2) Lecture content
【Day 1】
・Overview of Thailand's Green Industry (GI) Certification System/ Mr. Adisak Maneethapoh, DIW and Ms. Atika Rongsawad, UAE
・Recent Trends of Carbon Neutral Policy in Thailand/ Mr. Parichat Hanruangdej, DCCE
・Subsidies and Preferential Treatment for Thai Companies Working on CN/ Mr. Pornchai Jirasopon, SME Development bank
・Approaches to CN Initiatives in SMEs and Factories and How to Proceed with Them/ Mr. Masao Tomizawa, President, KOE
・TGO's Support Scheme for GHG Emissions Calculation/ Mr. Phuangphan Srithong, TGO
・Overview of Supply Chain Emissions (Scope 1, 2, 3) / Mr. Masao Tomizawa, President, KOE
・Calculation Method and Exercise of Supply Chain Emissions (Scope 1,2,3) in the Food Industry/ Ibid.
【Day 2】
・Methodology and Exercise for Calculating Supply Chain Emissions (Scope 3) in the Food Industry (cont.) / Ibid.
・Systematic Energy Management Including Energy Conservation in the Food Industry/ Mr. Pongphat Mungkunk, ECCT
CN initiatives by local food-related companies (2 companies)/ BETAGRO Public Company Limited,
AJINOMOTO CO., (THAILAND) LTD.
・Introduction of Energy-saving Products and Services by Japanese Companies (3 companies) / MIURA INDUSTRIES (THAILAND) CO.,LTD., FUKUSHIMA GALILEI (THAILAND) CO.
・Panel Discussion and Q&A Session with Lecturers and Presenting Companies
Related Initiatives
In the cooperative program with DIW, this FY, ICETT and DIW will newly provide an in-depth-consultancy to individual companies on GHG emissions calculation and other related matters. ICETT and DIW will provide support to about three companies selected from among the local companies (including Thai base of Japanese company) that participated in the 3rd CN Seminar last FY. Japanese consultants will support this in-depth-consultancy.
Results and future developments/efforts, etc.
Through this seminar, we believe that Thai food-related companies and others were able to acquire how to calculate GHG emissions, as well as gain an understanding of specific measures and technologies (especially those possessed by Japanese companies) for reducing emissions, with a focus on energy conservation.
Going forward, we plan to begin in-depth-consultancy of GHG emissions calculations for individual model companies around this September. The status of in-depth-consultancy for model companies will be shared with other local companies at the next seminar, which will be the second seminar of this FY to further promote the spread of CN initiatives and implementation of specific reduction measuresamong among food-related companies in Thailand.
Reference Articles and Websites
Report】We accepted a mission from a Thai government agency to visit Japan.
