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Siam Piwat Co., Ltd., the owner and operator of prestigious world-renowned retail developments such as Siam Paragon, Siam Center, Siam Discovery and a joint venture partner of ICONSIAM, has declared the vision that has been woven in its business practices for over six decades, which is to bring benefits to society at large and play an important role in elevating the quality of life for all Thais by leading the charge in “creating shared value to achieve sustainability” strategy for the benefits of the people, society, as well as the environment.
To kick off this new chapter, at the end of this year, Siam Piwat, will continue CSR project entitled “Citizen of Love by Siam Piwat” in which the company will envision moving forward through sharing love, providing opportunities and bringing pride and equality for all. The press conference of “Citizen of Love by Siam Piwat” project has been held recently at ICONLUXE, 1st floor, ICONSIAM.
Mrs. Chadatip Chutrakul, Chief Executive Officer of Siam Piwat Group said, “With the commitment to our vision that we have held for over 60 years since the infancy of our company, Siam Piwat has collaborated with public, private, and community to establish various forms of retailing in order to support Thai talents around the country from SMEs in the countryside to Thai talented designers, the youth, those with disabilities, special needs children and underprivileged people. We give them access to Siam Piwat’s spaces where they can proudly promote their products and services as well as encourage them to learn the comprehensive business expertise. Siam Piwat also fosters sustainability in 3 aspects”
To kick off this new chapter, at the end of this year, Siam Piwat, will continue CSR project entitled “Citizen of Love by Siam Piwat” in which the company will envision moving forward through sharing love, providing opportunities and bringing pride and equality for all. The press conference of “Citizen of Love by Siam Piwat” project has been held recently at ICONLUXE, 1st floor, ICONSIAM.
Mrs. Chadatip Chutrakul, Chief Executive Officer of Siam Piwat Group said, “With the commitment to our vision that we have held for over 60 years since the infancy of our company, Siam Piwat has collaborated with public, private, and community to establish various forms of retailing in order to support Thai talents around the country from SMEs in the countryside to Thai talented designers, the youth, those with disabilities, special needs children and underprivileged people. We give them access to Siam Piwat’s spaces where they can proudly promote their products and services as well as encourage them to learn the comprehensive business expertise. Siam Piwat also fosters sustainability in 3 aspects”
People : Creating opportunities, promoting equality and accelerate the success for the people in 3 groups 1.) the general public ;2.) talents in various fields; 3) those with disabilities, special needs children and underprivileged people through the use of spaces in all of our developments. For example, Siam Piwat launched young designer contest bySiam Center , enabling them to become the store owners and the leading Thai designers. Siam Piwat also established SookSiam, a commercial ecosystem that supports and develops the small business owners across the 77 provinces of Thailand. There is Objects of Desire Store or O.D.S., located at Siam Discovery, an exclusive lifestyle and home décor store, featuring products from over 130 brands, handpicked from various projects such as DEMark and Talent Thai. We also have ICONCRAFT, which is a hub of contemporary innovative art and craftwork by over 500 Thai craftsmen, designers, and SMEs.
Communities and Society: Siam Piwat brings prosperity and convenience to improve quality of life for communities around our projects. It is our philosophy that we must bring prosperity and better quality of life to the neighborhoods where we operate our business. Therefore, we strive to share value with every community we become a part of, contribute to businesses in the area, as well as improve the environment and the well-being of local residents, and use universal design to create spaces and facilities that are accessible to all. Siam Piwat is the first property and retail developer in Thailand to fully integrate universal design into its retail complexes, for the convenience of those with disabilities, the elderly, and everyone, giving them equal access to facilities inside the buildings. We have constructed walkways that are connected to sidewalks and ramps around the building and linked to the parking lot. In addition, a comprehensive range of innovative facilities have been installed both inside and outside of the buildings in OneSiam for the convenience of the elderly or wheelchair users. We also renovate the walkway at the Pathumwan Intersection into a skywalk, using a universal design to enable all commuters to travel around more conveniently.
For ICONSIAM project, Siam Piwat has made it a policy to protect the environment along the Chao Phraya River, support the development of local communities to promote harmonious coexistence, encourage them to carry on and build on their unique local wisdom, and preserve the magnificent Thai culture that has long been part of the way of life of people living by the Chao Phraya River. In addition, infrastructure has also been developed to ensure that the project does not affect the daily life of local residents including boosting connectivity through Gold Line Monorail, developing a master plan for road-rail-river transport connections to improve connectivity, opening Thonburi Delight Zone for local residents to sell famous products from Thonburi, collaborating with the Chaipattana Foundation and allied organizations to initiate "Preserving and Improving Chao Phraya River with a Sustainable Water Management" Project, and supporting the building of “Kadeejeen-Klongsarn Centre”, which serves as a learning center and a platform to exchange knowledge, preserve century-long culture and tradition.
Communities and Society: Siam Piwat brings prosperity and convenience to improve quality of life for communities around our projects. It is our philosophy that we must bring prosperity and better quality of life to the neighborhoods where we operate our business. Therefore, we strive to share value with every community we become a part of, contribute to businesses in the area, as well as improve the environment and the well-being of local residents, and use universal design to create spaces and facilities that are accessible to all. Siam Piwat is the first property and retail developer in Thailand to fully integrate universal design into its retail complexes, for the convenience of those with disabilities, the elderly, and everyone, giving them equal access to facilities inside the buildings. We have constructed walkways that are connected to sidewalks and ramps around the building and linked to the parking lot. In addition, a comprehensive range of innovative facilities have been installed both inside and outside of the buildings in OneSiam for the convenience of the elderly or wheelchair users. We also renovate the walkway at the Pathumwan Intersection into a skywalk, using a universal design to enable all commuters to travel around more conveniently.
For ICONSIAM project, Siam Piwat has made it a policy to protect the environment along the Chao Phraya River, support the development of local communities to promote harmonious coexistence, encourage them to carry on and build on their unique local wisdom, and preserve the magnificent Thai culture that has long been part of the way of life of people living by the Chao Phraya River. In addition, infrastructure has also been developed to ensure that the project does not affect the daily life of local residents including boosting connectivity through Gold Line Monorail, developing a master plan for road-rail-river transport connections to improve connectivity, opening Thonburi Delight Zone for local residents to sell famous products from Thonburi, collaborating with the Chaipattana Foundation and allied organizations to initiate "Preserving and Improving Chao Phraya River with a Sustainable Water Management" Project, and supporting the building of “Kadeejeen-Klongsarn Centre”, which serves as a learning center and a platform to exchange knowledge, preserve century-long culture and tradition.
Environment: Siam Piwat’s projects has always raised awareness about the global warming. Siam Discovery has been established as a pioneer in incorporating environmental consciousness through several creative awareness raising events such as launching “100 Design” event, creating eco-friendly Christmas tree made of recycled materials, introducing paper bag for shoppers, supporting varios eco-friendly products at Ecotopia, establishing Green Fund in collaboration with various Green Communities to allocated the budget specifically for projects or activities that support environment conservation and sustainability. In addition, we published a “Green Siam” book which contains environment-related information. 3Rs principle (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) has also been put into practice in the company’s environmental management of the facilities for over 10 years
- , Siam Piwat aims to be the organization that incorporates the creation of shared value for the benefits of the people, communities and the country, far and wide on a large scale through initiatives that improve the quality of life in communities and society as well as promote the environmental sustainability. Siam Piwat is ready to advance its project Citizen of Love by Siam Piwat to spread love and extend opportunities to all to empower all people and promote equality. This initiative encourages customers and tenants to pass on the New Year gifts to children in needs. New Year Gift Sets, consisting of student backpacks and stationery, will be given to 26,500 students in 218 Border Patrol Police Schools across Thailand to support their education and inspire them to study happily in this new coming year of 2020. Join us in demonstrating the power of giving by donating at the collection points, M Floor, Siam Center (connecting to Park Paragon), 3rd floor Siam Paragon (In front of The The Cloud: Sansiri x The Coffee Club), 1st floor, Siam Discovery (Skybridge), M floor, ICONSIAM (In front of L’Occitane) from today until 5 January 2020.
