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Piyachanoke Limpabandhu
Advisor to Industry Minister
Kingdom of Thailand
APEC SME Ministerial Meeting
7 September 2013
Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Globally Green
Enhancing international competitiveness through
environmental protection
Thailand Going Green
Fifteen-Year
Alternative
Energy Plan
--Ministry of Energy
3rd SME Master
Plan 2012-2020
--Office of Small and
Medium Enterprise
Promotion
Green Industry
Project
--Ministry of Industry
Thai RoHS
Standard
--Thai Industrial Standard
Institute
World’s first
factory for
biodegradable
plastic
--PTT Plc and Mitsubishi
Chemical Corp.
Eleventh Five Year Plan 2012-2016
Thailand will “transition to a green economy and a society
that is environmentally friendly.”
Green Industry Project
The Green Industry Project aims to promote
and encourage SMEs to operate their
business in a way that is friendly to the
environment. Businesses must be socially
responsible and environmentally friendly,
and should improve continuously in order to
become part of a low-carbon society.
 Under the Ministry of Industry
 Focused on manufacturers at all levels of
supply chain
 Both SMEs and Large Companies targeted
Green Industry Objectives
 Ensure a good image and reliability of the industry
 Create job opportunities related to conservation of the environment
 Create marketing opportunities by making use of “green” value of
the products and their production processes
 Support the development of green businesses to increase green
GDP
Green Industry Levels
Green Industry Incentives and Results
Direct
Benefits
 5-Year Fee Exemption
 Reduction of Income Tax  Green Procurement
 Green Loans
Indirect
Benefits
 Green Directory
 Green Consumption
 Public relations for Green Industry
 Usage of Green Industry Mark
 Participation in Policy Making Process
Some
Results
Thus Far
3
>5000
2,501,319
# of years the
# of Factories
# in kilotons of Carbon
project has
certified in
Dioxide (ktCO2)
been running
Levels 1-5
mitigated per year
Green Industry
Thank you.
Questions?
Mr. Piyachanoke Limpabandhu
Advisor to Minister, Ministry of
Industry
Ministry of Industry
Rama VI Road
Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi
Bangkok 10400 Thailand