CPF wins Thailand Labor Management Excellence Award 2017
Bangkok– Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF)’s Eastern Shrimp Hatchery Plant II locates in Trad gained Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Award on Thailand Labor Management Excellence Award 2017 as its labor practices have strictly adhered to the international standard for years, its statement said.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha presided over the award presenting ceremony today. CPF’s other 22 manufacturing plants will also be granted another award for outstanding labor management workplace. The company is also praised as one of the best practice on labor management.
Premsak Wanuchsoontorn, CPF’s Senior Vice President, said the company is one among three Thai leading companies to win Thailand Labor Management Excellence Award 2017 this year. CPF’s shrimp hatchery plant in Trad has proved throughout all Labor Ministry’s criteria, including it has been certified Thai Labor Standards (TLS 8001-2010) with the highest level since 2007 and maintained it for 10 consecutive years. In addition, the plant also has also been verified as the national outstanding award on labor relation for 10 consecutive years as well.
“CPF is very proud of this precious award which reiterated the company’s policy to put in place labor management as a key driven for organization’s sustainability by treating all employees fairly and equally in line with international standards to ensure the better quality of life of all employees,” said Premsak.
Moreover, CPF’s Pakthongchai Feed Mill, Nakhon Ratchasima, also received the honorary award for good labor workplace. The plant has been certified Thai labor standard for more than five consecutive years.
Also another 26 CPF’s plants and farms are awarded the 2017 outstanding workplace on labor management as well.
CPF’s all business units have already applied international standard labor management such as Good Labor Practice (GLP), Thai Labor Standard (TLS 8001) to manage welfare and other practices. This is to reaffirm its employees that they will have fair practices and welfare through international human right standard to upgrade their way of life, read the CPF statement.
So far, CPF’s businesses including 23 feed mills, food processing plants, shrimp farms and hatchery farms have been certified by the Thai labor standards.
While all broiler farms have completely implemented GLP principles to meet labor management standard. The company also plans to apply Thai Labor Standard to all broiler farm by this year to strengthen its competitiveness in the livestock industry in the long run.
