Product Responsibility
Supporting the Sustainable Development Goals
Challenges and Opportunities
In the technology business, Turnkey Communication Service Public Company Limited (“TKC”) faces challenges in managing waste and waste materials, particularly increasing electronic waste (e-waste), as well as managing consumables and IT equipment efficiently throughout the product lifecycle, from design, selection, usage, to disposal. The key challenge is controlling the volume of waste from the source, proper segregation, and environmentally friendly disposal, under limitations of cost, technology, and raising awareness among employees and stakeholders.
However, this challenge presents an opportunity for the Company to develop a systematic approach to product responsibility, by focusing on designing products and selecting environmentally friendly equipment. Such an approach helps reduce environmental impact, increase resource efficiency, and create long-term value, supporting environmentally responsible business operations and tangible sustainable development goals.
Management Approach and Value Creation
The Company places importance on managing products and services from design, installation, usage, to end-of-life management, in order to ensure efficient resource utilization and sustainably reduce environmental impact.
Key approaches include designing environmentally friendly products and services by selecting recyclable and environmentally friendly materials. In addition, the Company promotes reuse, recycling, and recovery. At the same time, the Company monitors and evaluates the environmental impacts of products in order to continuously develop and improve, as well as communicates and raises awareness among stakeholders on proper usage and disposal of products.
