Biodiversity Overview

Why is this Important?

Ecology and biodiversity management is crucially related to power generation business, as power plant development and operations can have impacts on natural resources and surrounding communities. In this regard, EGCO Group has announced Biodiversity and Forested Resource Conservation Commitments to serve as a systematic framework for preventing and managing environmental impacts, reducing regulatory risks, strengthening stakeholder confidence, and supporting long-term business growth.

EGCO Group integrates biodiversity management into power plant operations in Thailand and overseas through various initiatives, including surveys and databases of plant species to monitor ecosystem conditions, protection of local wildlife, and watershed forest restoration in collaboration with communities. These efforts aim to align operational practices with international standards while creating positive impacts on communities, society, and the environment.

Sustainability Material Topic: Ecology and Biodiversity
Stakeholder Impact on Material Topics:

NGOs

Society

Investors

Management Approach

Biodiversity Target and Commitment

Achieve a no net loss of biodiversity relative to 2021 levels by 2030 and remain committed to preventing and minimizing impacts across the lifecycle of power plants.
Achieve net positive impact across across EGCO Group’s operations and supply chains
Avoid operation/exploration/M&A in World Heritage areas and IUCN Category I-IV protected areas
Achieve no gross deforestation across EGCO Group’s operations and supply chains within 2030, which includes no deforestation of natural forests, including High Carbon Stock forests; No conversion of other natural ecosystems, including peatlands of any depth; and protection of natural forests and ecosystems within EGCO Group’s area of influence.

100% of EGCO’s subsidiaries power plants have set up a target for Net Gain from projects implemented to conserve and restore ecosystems and biodiversity
Target No Net Loss in operations through the implementation of prevention plans, with a focus on reducing environmental impacts from power plants with commercial operations.
Conduct a biodiversity survey at Khanom Power Plant, continuing from 2020 to create a list of species, population size estimation, conservation status, and ecological value for species indicated in the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act, B.E. 2546 (2003), CITES, IUCN Red Data Book (2015), and including endemic wildlife and species that have never been reported before
Participate in training and activities of business networks, government networks, independent organization networks with missions to drive sustainability, climate change, and biodiversity conservation and restoration, while promoting such knowledge to EGCO Group’s power plants.

EGCO Group’s power plants achieved No Net Loss to biodiversity at operational level, based on prevention plans implemented to reduce environmental impacts from power plants with commercial operations.
Power plants with plans to restore or offset impacts of project implementation during the construction phase are able to restore or offset 100% of the proportion within the time period planned
Expand the scope of biodiversity survey at Khanom Power Plant to cover organisms in beach ecosystems and economically important marine species. The survey development plan was implemented in collaboration with Walailak University, with an implementation period from December 2024 - December 2025.
EGCO Group employees participated in training and knowledge-sharing activities on sustainability, climate change, and biodiversity conservation and restoration, covering no fewer than five lecture topics and over 20 hours.

Biodiversity Management

EGCO Group prioritizes ecosystem and biodiversity conservation across all operational areas. The company therefore announced its Biodiversity and Forested Resource Conservation Commitments as fundamental operating principles for all commercially operated power plants and new projects.

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