The Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2023 is pleased to honor 78 outstanding business leaders and enterprises for championing sustainable and responsible business practices. Presented by leading regional NGO Enterprise Asia, the AREA is the most reputable award recognition program recognizing organizational efforts in creating a culture of compassion, integrity, and in being socially responsible corporate citizens. The AREA serves as a badge of excellence to spur further innovation and best-practice for sharing about the organization and the world at large.
Electricity Generating Public Company Limited or EGCO Group was among the recipients who were conferred with the Investment in People Award. EGCO Group, with over three decades of experience in electricity generation and comprehensive energy businesses, is moving forward to a fully-integrated energy business expansion both at home and abroad, strengthening the electricity generation business as its core business, expanding its renewable energy portfolio, and also extending to energy-related businesses. The company strives to achieve its Net Zero target by 2050 as well.
ECGO Group believes that “a good beginning will yield good result”, the company has always operated its business with environmental consciousness in mind in all sites, leading to whole ecosystem sustainability. One of its key missions and part of the company’s core values is “to be a good corporate citizen and be considerate to society and environment”.
In optimizing its expertise in electricity generation as well as energy and environmental conservation, EGCO Group has been educating the general public, especially young people and teachers who disseminate such knowledge to others, to ensure a correct understanding of the relationship between energy and the environment.
In 2022, the company developed and launched the “Energy Teacher” online training course to promote sustainable energy and environmental conservation, easing digital learning and teaching practices for the 21st century through the Khanom Learning Center Virtual Exhibition. EGCO Group has already held four “Energy Teacher” online training sessions with a total of 161 participants who completed the program which includes 131 teachers, 24 interested persons, and 4 students.
At the end of the program, the participants’ satisfaction score was higher than 90%, 98.6% of work submitted after finishing the course passed the criteria and was applied to their work. The assessment showed that the 161 participants’ knowledge about power generation and conservation of energy and the environment significantly improved. They also demonstrated the ability to apply their knowledge and tools from the Khanom Learning Center Virtual Exhibition in their teaching and daily lives. In addition, they can also transfer such knowledge to people in their communities.
After finishing the course, the participants will play a more important role in promoting the understanding and knowledge of energy and environmental conservation among youths who will, in the future, be responsible for community and national development.
About Enterprise Asia
Enterprise Asia is a non-governmental organization in pursuit of creating an Asia that is rich in entrepreneurship as an engine toward sustainable and progressive economic and social development within a world of economic equality. Its two pillars of existence are investment in people and responsible entrepreneurship. Enterprise Asia works with governments, NGOs and other organizations to promote competitiveness and entrepreneurial development, in uplifting the economic status of people across Asia and in ensuring a legacy of hope, innovation and courage for the future generation. Please visit https://www.enterpriseasia.org/ for more information.
About Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA)
The Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards program recognizes and honors Asian businesses for championing sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship in the categories of Green Leadership, Investment in People, Health Promotion, Social Empowerment, Corporate Governance, Circular Economy Leadership, Corporate Sustainability Reporting, and Responsible Business Leadership. For more information, visit: https://enterpriseasia.org/area/.