Thai Union awarded “Best public company of the year 2018”
Caption: Thai Union Group CFO Joerg Ayrle (left) receives the award from Deputy prime minister Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak (right) while having Money & Banking magazine’s group editor Santi Viriyarungsarit (center) shares the honorable moment.
9 JULY 2018, BANGKOK – Thai Union Group PCL received the prestigious Money & Banking “Best public company of the year 2018” award in the agriculture and food category. The awards ceremony, hosted by Money & Banking magazine, was held on 5 July at Bangkok’s The Athenee Hotel and presided over by Deputy prime minister Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak. The Money & Banking annual awards are now in their eleventh year. The winners are determined by outstanding business performance.
ABOUT THAI UNION PCL
Thai Union Group PCL is the world’s seafood leader bringing high quality, healthy, tasty and innovative seafood products to customers across the world for more than 40 years.
Today, Thai Union is regarded as the world’s largest producer of shelf-stable tuna products with annual sales exceeding THB 135 billion (US$ 4.030 billion) and a global workforce of over 49,000 people who are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative seafood products.
The company’s global brand portfolio includes market-leading international brands such as Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, and Rügen Fisch and Thai-leading brands
As a company committed to innovation and globally responsible behavior, Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). In 2015, Thai Union introduced its SeaChange® sustainability strategy. Thai Union’s on-going work on sustainability issues was recognized by its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Emerging Markets (DJSI) in 2014. In 2017, Thai Union was named to the DJSI for the fourth consecutive year. Thai Union is also part of the FTSE4Good Emerging Index.
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