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Table 9.13: Key Figures of Charoen Pokphand Group
[1] + [2]
Taxes Paid to [1] [2]
Employe Total
Total e % of Government % of Community Donations to Social
Year Revenue Benefits Total & Local Total & Social Charitable/ Support % of Total
Revenue
(Million Revenue Authorities Revenue Support Social
Baht) (Million (Million (Million Organizations Budget
Baht) (Million
Baht) Baht) (Million Baht)
Baht)
2017 1,745,897 131,250 7.52 14,505 0.83 976 n/a 976 0.06
2018 2,052,647 134,378 6.55 23,205 1.13 920 n/a 920 0.04
2019 1,997,851 181,884 9.10 26,234 1.31 227 245 472 0.02
2020 2,144,266 149,978 6.99 22,475 1.05 268 763 1,031 0.05
2021 2,333,506 n/a n/a n/a n/a 166 841 1,007 0.04
2022 2,902,000 223,207 7.69 19,186 0.66 n/a n/a n/a n/a
2023 3,320,897 237,251 7.14 15,356 0.46 n/a n/a n/a n/a
Source: Compiled from Charoen Pokphand Group Sustainability Reports from 2017 to 2023.

From Scholarship Provider to Educational Institution Builder and a Lifelong Learning
Ecosystem
The fact that the Group does not focus solely on charitable donations becomes even more
apparent through the range of economic, social, and environmental activities it has consistently
presented in its annual sustainability reports. One particularly notable aspect of the Group’s
efforts is its long-standing and strategic commitment to promoting education. In its 2016
Sustainability Report, the Group set a clear goal: by 2020, it aimed to provide access to

education and essential skill development for 4,350,000 children, youth, and adults. At the time
of the report, the number of people who had benefited from such support stood at 2,021,352.
The Group believes that the foundation of a nation’s or organization’s advancement lies in the
development of high-quality, capable learners. To achieve this, it implements its educational
initiatives through three key strategies: (1) the development and transfer of knowledge and
skills, (2) building readiness for the digital era, and (3) creating opportunities for lifelong
learning by integrating into an educational network. The Group’s involvement in education
dates back to 1977 with the launch of the Chia Tai Uthit School Development Project, which
established eight schools across the country to provide access to education for children in

remote rural areas. In 1989, it introduced a project to raise egg-laying chickens for school lunch
programs in over 500 remote schools. In 2005, the Group founded Panyapiwat Technological
College, which offered dual vocational education in collaboration with both educational
institutions and private businesses. This was followed in 2007 by the establishment of the
Panyapiwat Institute of Management, a higher education institution focused on retail business
education and research.

That same year, the Group launched the True Plookpanya Project, which aimed to close the
educational resource gap between urban and remote schools by providing access to high-

quality educational materials. The project supported integrated teaching and learning through
the use of diverse media and technological tools. To date, over 1,860,000 students and more
than 95,600 teachers from more than 6,000 schools have participated in the project.
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