CLIMATE CHANGE 

 

 

GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS

 

Long-term Targets	2032
Reduce Emission (Scope1 & 2) per revenue from base year (2021) by	15%
Reduce Emission (Scope 3) per revenue from base year (2022) by	10%
Net Zero by	2050

            

 

Climate change, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Its impacts, ranging from more frequent and severe weather events to disruptions in agricultural productivity and biodiversity loss, pose significant risks to ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide. As a result, businesses and organizations across various sectors are increasingly recognizing the urgency to adopt sustainable practices and mitigate their environmental footprint.

Berli Jucker Public Company Limited (BJC), a leading corporation in Thailand with diverse operations spanning manufacturing, packaging, consumer products, and retail, is at the forefront of corporate sustainability efforts. Committed to addressing climate change and promoting environmental stewardship, BJC has set ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). These targets are part of a broader strategy to reduce emissions in line with the latest climate science to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

BJC's GHG reduction targets are publicly committed and the company is actively seeking validation from the SBTi, ensuring that their goals are scientifically sound and contribute effectively to global climate action. Through these efforts, BJC aims to not only mitigate its environmental impact but also inspire other businesses to undertake similar commitments, thereby driving collective progress towards a more sustainable future. BJC has implemented a comprehensive sustainability strategy. This strategy includes initiatives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving natural resources, and enhancing the resilience of its supply chain and operations. Through innovative projects and a commitment to sustainable development, BJC is contributing to the global effort to combat climate change while fostering economic growth and community well-being.

 

 

 

 

 

Climate Change Strategy

 

To safeguard BJC operations against the adverse effects of climate change, and limit BJC negative contribution towards climate change, BJC has adopted a sustainable business practice, guided by the corporate wide Climate Change Strategy, integrating environmental and social considerations into all operations. The Company aspires to become a green industry through implementing the following initiatives:

 

1		2		3
Educate and Raise Awareness Among Employees About Climate Change		Conduct Assessment to Identify Opportunities and Risk to Planned Work to Appropriately Address Climate Change, by Integrating Climate Change Risk into Corporate Risk Management and Conduct Risk management and Assessment through BJC's Central Computer Network		Prioritize BJC's energy consumption by increasing the proportion of clean energy consumption to reduce greenhouse gas emission

 

 

 

Climate change strategy and climate related target approved by the Sustainable Development Committee, and overseen by the Sustainability Sub-Committee, is applied to all employees, encouraging strategic mitigation and adaptation to BJC’s business operates. Thereby, it ensures BJC’s business resilience both in current and new market environment. This is achieved through, establishing corporate-wide ambitious climate targets, assessment, budget, and responsibilities to implement the Climate Change Strategy. BJC further provides knowledge training and fostering awareness about climate change amongst employees, integrates climate change considerations into the company’s enterprise risk management program to consider risks and opportunities associated with climate change. Furthermore, BJC has integrated sustainability and climate-related incentive into the CEO and president’s performance assessment.

 

 

Climate Change Risk and Opportunities Identification and Assessment 

 

BJC has various operational plans to assist in maintaining and mitigating the impacts of climate change. BJC supports the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change to limit the average global temperature increase to less than 2 degrees Celsius, trying to limit under 1.5 degrees Celsius. BJC is also committed to disclose information in accordance with guidelines by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD), established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in response to the Paris Agreement. This complies with a four-core framework, namely, Governance, Strategy, Risk Management, and Metrics and Targets, which is a reliable and clear report on climate-related financial risks assessment and reporting. It also gives advice on how to focus climate-related risks and opportunities management and communicate to BJC’s Stakeholders.

 

Businesses	Retail	Consumer	Packaging	Healthcare
Company name	Big C Big C Distribution centre	Berli Jucker Foods Co., Ltd	Thai Glass Industries PLC Thai Malaya Glass Co., Ltd.  (plants 1 &2) Thai Beverage Can Ltd.	Berli Jucker PLC
Asset’s type	Retail store Warehouse and distribution center	Factory	Factory	Office building
Location	Bangkok Pathum Thani Chachoengsao. Samut Prakan	Samut Prakan Ayutthaya Prachinburi	Samut Prakan Saraburi	Bangkok

 

 

The risk assessment and mitigation and adaptation plan to adapt to physical climate risks cover in the scenario analysis covers 4 of BJC’s key supply chains, namely packaging supply chain, consumer supply chain, and modern retail supply chain, healthcare and technical supply chains, which accounts for 100% of total revenue. Because risk assessment enables BJC to identify and anticipate both positive and negative effects of climate change, BJC is able to take suitable action to avoid and mitigate negative consequences while maximizing positive consequences for our company. The risk assessment and mitigation and adaptation plan to adapt to physical climate risks covers 100% of all new operations, ensuring a successful transition to lower the company’s emissions.

For more information► Climate Change Management Report

 

 

Core elements of recommended climate-related financial disclosures
	Governance
	The organisation's governance around climate-related risk and opportunities.
	Strategy
	The actual and potential impacts of climate-related risks and opportunities on the organisation's businesses, strategy and financial planning.
	Risk Management
	The processes used by the organisation to identify, assess and manage climate-related risk.
	Metrics & Targets
	The metrics and targets used to assess and manage relevant climate-related risk and opportunities.

 

 

The scenario analysis focuses on scope 1 and 2 emissions, since it is represents direct and indirect control BJC has on its emissions. Beyond this, it should be noted that BJC also extends assessment to cover the scopes of scope 3 emissions, extending from the key supply chains of packaging, consumer and modern retail to other supply chains.

 

 

Scope 1 Direct GHG Emissions	Detail
Mobile combustion		GHG emissions resulting from the burning of fossil fuels in mobile sources that are owned or controlled by the reproting company  such as vehicles, airplanes, ships, and trains. It includes the combustion of fuels like gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel.
Stationary combustion		GHG emissions from the burning of fossil fuels in stationary sources that are owned or controlled by the reporting company like power plants, industrial boilers, residential heating systems, and commercial furnaces. This includes the combustions the combustion of fuels such as coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass.
Fugitive emissions		GHG emissions that occur during the production, processing, transportation, storage, and use of fossil fuels or other industrial processes that are owned or controlled by the reporting company. These emissions can come from leaks in air conditioning system, pipelines, storage tanks, or equipment's.
In boundary waste treatment		GHG emissions that occur during the process of waste and wastewater treatment that are owned or controlled by the reporting company.
Other direct emissions		Other emissions include emissions from certain industrial and agriculture processes.

 

 

 

 

Scope 2 Indirect GHG Emissions	Detail
Perchased electricity		GHG emissions from the generation of perchased electricity that is consumed in its owned or controlled equipment or operations.
Perchased stream		GHG emissions from the generation of perchased stream that is consumed in its owned or controlled industrial processes.

 

 

 

Direct & Indirect GHG Emissions		2020	2021	2022	2023	Target for 2023
	Total Direct GHG Emissions (Scope 1)  **Recalculation in 2020/ 2021/ 2022 (Metric tonnes CO2 equivalents)	481,812	620,972	660,390	622,571	650,000
	Biogenic Emission*           (Metric tonnes CO2 equivalents)		803	179	467
	Intensity (Metric tonnes CO2e per Operation)	333.43	392.03	397.11	350.15	365.57
	Indirect GHG Emissions (Scope 2): Location-based   (Metric tonnes CO2 equivalents)	603,447	616,038	582,715	581,703	582,000
	Intensity (Metric tonnes CO2e per Operation)	417.61	388.91	350.40	327.17	337.46
	Indirect GHG Emissions (Scope 2): Market-based   (Metric tonnes CO2 equivalents)	628,811	625,407	617,126	606,645	609,000
	Intensity (Metric tonnes CO2e per Operation)	435.16	394.83	371.09	341.20	342.52
Total Data Coverage (as % of Denominator)		87.58	89.98	91.37	91.42

                              *Biogenic Emission refers to the portion of Total Direct Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions that belongs within Scope 1.

 

Remark : 

Total direct GHG emissions (Scope 1) refer to the greenhouse gases generated from emission sources owned or controlled by BJC and its subsidiaries, which include emissions from:

• Combustion: Mobile fuel combustion, and Stationary fuel combustion (including biogenic emissions).
• Fugitive sources: Use of refrigerants, wastewater treatment plants, and other facilities.

**Any error and omission of data for direct GHG emission (Scope 1) such as fugitive refrigerants has been addressed for Big C in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Total indirect GHG emissions (Scope 2) refer to the greenhouse gases emitted as a result of BJC Group's activities, even though the emission sources are owned or controlled by other entities. BJC Group has set a target for Indirect GHG Emissions (Scope 2) using a market-based approach. Generally, this includes emissions from:

• Electricity purchased

• Steam purchased

 

 

Direct Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (Scope 1)		Indirect Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (Scope 2)
Metric Tonnes CO2 Equivalents

             

  

Scope 3 GHG Emissions (Indirect emissions within the value chain)

Since 2022, BJC increased the importance of Scope 3 GHG emission management, as BJC continued to transition towards a more sustainable operations. As such, in order to increase corporate understanding, BJC conducted training for all BU, enabling a coherent understanding of scope 3 emission sources for a more accurate categorization and data collection for BJC to develop reduction initiatives. In 2023,  BJC expanded the scope of its GHG scope 3 calculation and develope a centralized GHG emission data collection template across each of the 15 categories using a combination of revenue estimates and production data, enabling BJC to appropriately develop reduction initiatives in alignment with the corporate target to reduce 10% of scope 3 emissions by 2032. This target is also cascaded to each respective BU to achieve a common goal.

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Scope 3 Emission	Detail
Purchased goods and services		Include Items purchased from Big C for resale, raw materials for manufacturing BJF, CPC, RIL, TBC, TGI, and TSS, as well as water and office supplies within the BJC Group. Focus on key activity for purchased goods for the first-year report, not including purchased services
Capital goods		Acquisition of equipment and tools, and an establishment of new branches under Big C. Some parts are not able to report due to the lack of data on emission factors.
Fuel and energy related activities		Electricity and fuel usage in scope 1 and Scope 2.
Upstream transportation and distribution		Transportation of raw materials and products. Not included upstream transportation and distribution by company within BJC Group to avoid double counting at group level.
Waste generated in operations		Third-party disposal and treatment of waste including landfill, Incineration without energy recovery and wastewater treatment. Not include emissions from the transportation of waste due to data insufficient to estimate emissions.
Business Travel		Tranportation of employees for business-related activities by car. Not include air travel due to insufficient data to estimate emissions.
Employee commuting		Employees commuting to and from work by car, motocycle, and shuttle bus. Not include emissions from employee teleworking due to staff working from home considered as a minority.
Upstream leased assets		Electricity used in leased buildings.
Downstream transportation and distribution		Transportation of finished products from manufacturing facilities to customers or distribution centers. Not include downstream transportation and distribution by company within BJC Group to avoid double counting at group level
Processing of sold products
Use of sold products		Energy consumption or emissions associated with the use of products by customers. Not include indirect use phase emissions of sold products due to insufficient data to estimate emissions factor.
End-of-life treatment of sold products		End-of-life treatment of sold products takes place in companies whose products are packaged for example BJF, CPC, RIL, TGI
Downstream leased assets		Electricity usage of the tenants. Not include downstream leased assets by company within BJC Group to avoid double counting at group level.
Franchises		Electricity used of franchises.
Investments		Emissions that hass occur but have not been estimated for BJC HQ.

 

 

 

Breakdown of Scope 3 Categories (tCO2e)		2021	2022	2023	Target for 2023
	Category 1: Purchased goods and services	186,236	6,176,779	6,923,857
	Category 2: Capital goods		5,743	20,531
	Category 3: Fuel and energy-related activities		207,816	288,554
	Category 4: Upstream transportation & distribution		153,548	146,044
	Category 5: Waste ganerated in operations		90,379	139,033
	Category 6: Business travel		4,172	751
	Category 7: Employee commuting		32,193	33,846
	Category 8: Upstream leased assets		1,557	114
	Category 9: Downstream transportation & distribution	37,744	6,508	12,579
	Category 10: Processing of sold products
	Category 11: Use of sold products
	Category 12: End of life treatment of sold products		50,366	61,877
	Category 13: Downstream leased asset	67,641	103,920	103,949
	Category 14: Franchises		3,610	3,610
	Category 15: Invesments
Total		291,621	6,836,591	7,734,745	7,800,000

 

** Remark : Data verified by third party.

 In 2023, BJC’s total other indirect (Scope 3) emissions was 7,734,745 tonnes CO2 equivalent, 898,157 metric tonnes CO2e equivalent or 11% increased from the 6,836,591 metric tonnes CO2 equivalent in 2022. This increases due to BJC was improved and expanded scope of calculation especially for upstream GHG emissions of purchased goods and services (Category 1), which included all raw material and water supply. The calculation of upstream GHG emissions of purchased goods and services of retail businesses was structured based on:

1. Direct goods: for all fresh food products from Big C Big Smart Local project was calculated by average-data method was applied and multiplied with emission factors from life cycle inventory databases.
2. Indirect goods: for the calculation of indirect goods, a spend-based methodology was applied. The amount spent on purchased products was multiplied with the relevant monetary emission factor.

For emissions calculation methodology and exclusions available in ►BJC GHG accounting manual

 

Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP)

Thai Glass and Thai-Malaya Glass use Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) as a tool to calculate the environmental impact of products or services throughout their entire lifecycle. LCA plays a key role in informing decisions during the design process and in the formulation of policies related to creating products or providing services. Additionally, Thai Glass is committed to providing low-carbon products to all customers, contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly market.

 

External Collaborate

 

BJC recognizes that solving climate change problem cannot be accomplished alone, So BJC collaborates with government and non-governmental organizations to carry out activities related to car bon footprint analysis, emission reduction and managing the impacts of global warming such as Thaibev, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), and Mahidol University etc.

 

 

Net Zero Initiatives

 

► Carbon Removal

Throughout 2023, BJC invested ove 1 million baht to make significant strides towards net zero emissions through the "Big Tree Planting Project by BJC" in Chiang Rai province, where we planted over 20,000 trees across 100 Rai (40 acres). This initiative helps reduce the impact of climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It also offers a natural and impactful solution for carbon offsetting, contributing to a healthier, cooler planet and supporting diverse ecosystems.

 

 

                             

 

 

 

► Carbon Offsetting

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are a specific type of carbon offset focused on generating electricity from sustainable sources. Unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and biomass do not require excavation or burning, making them cleaner and more abundant. RECs, also known as green tags or green credits, represent the environmental and economic benefits of using renewable energy. By purchasing RECs, individuals and organizations can support renewable energy production and reduce their carbon footprint.   In 2023, as part of its ongoing projects aimed at achieving its 2032 targets, BJC subsidiary Thai Malaya Glass purchased 1,224 MWh of International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-REC). These certificates represent electricity generated from wind energy by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), traded through Innopower Company Limited. This initiative contributes to BJC's target of reducing scope 1 and 2 emissions by 15% and decreasing its reliance on non-renewable energy by the same percentage by 2032.

 

Science-based Target Initiatives (SBTi)

 

BJC acknowledges that to positively contribute towards the global climate change goals set forth in the COP21 meeting, its climate change targets must be developed in alignment with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) framework. Despite not officially committing to SBTi, BJC’s targets were developed in alignment with SBTi, ensuring that these targets will contribute towards the global goals. In 2023, BJC offers training courses that provide an overview of the requirements for setting science-based targets (SBT) as well as best practices in corporate GHG management to relevant employees representing various business units under BJC.