THAI UNION DONATES FOOD TO HELP FAMILIES AFFECTED BY FLOODING IN THE SOUTH OF THAILAND
Thai Union Group PCL and its subsidiary, Songkhla Canning PCL have delivered more than 119,000 servings of seafood products for humanitarian relief to help people affected by flooding in southern Thailand. The donation, to those impacted by heavy rains across several provinces since last December, is in line with Thai Union’s commitment to support people living and working in communities where the company operates. The seafood products were distributed by a local authority, two local governments, a university and Mr. Chuan Leekpai, Speaker of the House of Representatives, to people mainly in Nakhon Si Thammarat and nearby areas, Pawong Sub-district Municipality Songkhla, Marine Office 4 Songkhla Branch and the Prince of Songkhla University.
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Today, Thai Union is regarded as one of the world’s leading seafood producers and is one of the largest producers of shelf-stable tuna products with annual sales exceeding THB 126.3 billion (US$ 4.1 billion) and a global workforce of over 44,000 people who are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative seafood products.
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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. Find out more at seachangesustainability.org. Thai Union’s on-going work on sustainability issues was recognized in 2018 and 2019 by being ranked number one in the world in the Food Products Industry in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, achieving a 100th percentile ranking for total sustainability score. Thai Union has now been named to the DJSI for seven consecutive years. Thai Union was also named to the FTSE4Good Emerging Index for the fifth straight year in 2020.
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