Sustainability Projects
Ecological and Biodiversity Restoration and Protection
Believing that organizations must be mindful of creating a proper balance between business, the environment, and society, EGCO Group recognizes the importance of operating efficiently alongside environmental, social, and community quality of life development.
Khanom Power Plant, an EGCO Group’s subsidiary, is located on the coast of Khanom District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, an area rich in biodiversity and a high level of coastal ecosystem health. EGCO Group operates its power generation business alongside ongoing social and community projects, focusing on raising awareness among youth and communities about and promoting participation in energy and natural resource conservation. This includes locally recognized species such as macaques, otters, and dolphins, as well as promoting the restoration and sustainable balance of the marine ecosystem.
Fishery and Benthic Resources Survey by Khanom Power Plant
EGCO Group supports the operations of Khanom power plant by collaborating with Walailak University to support a coastal fisheries resource survey project in Khanom Bay. This project aims to compile a coastal fisheries resource database and continuously monitor the situation.
This includes the biodiversity indices that were assessed, as well as sediment and water quality assessments, to determine future habitat restoration and marine ecosystem conservation strategies. Developing appropriate innovations and technologies to support sustainable integrated ecological management. Furthermore, communities are encouraged to cultivate a sense of community resource conservation. A benthic survey was conducted to identify the biodiversity of the beach ecosystem around Khanom power plant and surrounding areas. The survey assessed benthic biodiversity and its relationship with the coastal environment adjacent to the power plant.
Initial surveys and sample collections took from two surveys revealed at least 74 species of economic aquatic animals. These include marine shrimp such as banana shrimp, white shrimp, prawns, and egg-backed shrimp; fish such as mackerel, sardines, and sea bass; and other aquatic species such as blue swimming crabs, star crabs, spotted mantis shrimp, and stingrays. And the results of the soil survey found more than 34 species of animals around the beach in front of Khanom Power Plant and Khanom Canel in January 2025, such as barnacles, dancing shrimp, wind crabs, hermit crabs, ruby clams and oysters.
In addition, there was a sharing knowledge on the marine resources and coastal benthic fauna under the 4th “EGCO loves sea” project collaborated with Khanom power plant, which aims to empower the youth for sustainable conservation of Khanom Sea. In 2025, approximately 100 people participated in the activities.
Beach Biodiversity and Mangrove Forest Diversification Project by Khanom Power Plant
Khanom Power Plant, a subsidiary of EGCO Group, in collaboration with the Marine and Coastal Resources Office 4 of Surat Thani province, Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani campus, Singkhon Temple School, and the Ban Don Mangrove Forest Community, organized the Ban Don Han Mangrove Reforestation Project to foster community relations.
The project involved planting over 700 mangrove trees of more than 10 species together with monitoring the growth and survival rates of the reforested mangrove species in the area.
In addition, there was the “Beach Clean-up Day” activity in collaboration with teachers and students from Surat Thani School, A trash collection activity with teachers and students from Walailak University, the “EGCO staff gather to develop the beach” activity, and a marine trash collection activity from Thai Rak Pa Foundation to develop natural areas along Khanom Bay.
In addition, the Quezon and San Buenaventura Power Plant in the Philippines have continued to implement initiatives to care for the natural diversity around their power plants, including initiating biodiversity surveys and conservation projects for sea turtles, an endangered species.
Ecological and Natural Diversity Protection and Restoration Project at the Quezon and San Buenaventura Power Plant, Philippines
The Quezon and San Buenaventura Power Plants conduct surveys to document and rescue animals in the surrounding areas of the power plants, which are then reported to the Biodiversity Management Office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) in the Philippines.
This includes special species listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Over 450 species have been surveyed since 2007.
Sea Turtle Conservation Project at Quezon and San Buenaventura Power Plants
The Quezon and San Buenaventura Power Plants were implementing sea turtle conservation projects due to the risk of captivity or human consumption, which could impact the entire marine ecosystem. Last year, over six sea turtles were rescued, and since 2007, over 85 sea turtles have been rescued.
In case the sea turtles are sighted near the power plants’ sea water intake points, chlorination at the intake points is temporarily suspended to assist the turtles, and they are tagged before being released back into Lamon Bay.