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Building inclusive communities
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Building the 37 "Dow's Habitat House"
for the underprivileged
Since 2006, Dow Thailand Group has
collaborated with "Habitat for Humanity" to run
the Dow's Habitat House (Baan Dow Asa) program
continuously. We have been providing THB 300,000
for the construction of each house, and Dow
employees have volunteered to build the house.
Until now, Dow has delivered 37 safe, healthy, and
hygienic homes and public buildings to the
communities and families of low-income people.
The program solves problems and creates more
opportunities to access good quality lives for the
needy community members.
Market @Dow
The program has been established for
local merchants to sell their products directly
to Dow employees without renting the facility.
Circulating a wide variety of products allows the
distribution of income among local community
members. In 2020, the community shops
generated THB 203,596 revenue from selling
products at Dow. In addition, the promotion of
the market online encourages employees to
purchase products to support the community
during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Community Partnership Association (CPA)
Dow is one of the co-founders and an active
member of CPA, which is the first cooperation among
industrial entrepreneurs in Thailand to undertake
environmentally friendly industrial development to
coexist sustainably with the community. Activities
of the association in 2020 were as follows:
● Developed an eco-industrial city to reach the
highest standard, level 5
● Enhanced the quality of life of communities in the
Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in 3 areas:
1. Education and health 2. Environmental care,
including increasing green areas. 3. Community
economic development using "CPA - Thammasat
Model" by supporting 38 community enterprises
in product development and marketing.
● Upgraded the Eco Factory elements in every
plant of the member companies
● Presented scholarships for nurses
● Operated mobile medical units
● Improved the capability of village health volunteers
● Held university admission tutoring via the online
system
● Presented scholarships for bachelor's degrees and
vocational schools
● Improved the ability of school guidance teachers in
Rayong province
● Established a community emergency plan and
proactive environmental surveillance network
Pun Suk Market
The market is driven by Dow Thailand
Group, with a network of 13 partners, to encourage
communities to create businesses that generate
income from the production or distribution of
products or services to be sustainably self-sufficient.
Dow and the partners serve as their mentors. In 2020,
community enterprises developed local community
products generating a total of THB 3,578,265.
2020 Sustainability report