PUBLISHED: 7 Oct 2024 at 04: 30
As the 2018 edition of Bangkok’s Sustainability Expo came to a close, delegates and speakers agreed yesterday that the event would continue until 2030 as a platform to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) and introduce new sustainability models.
The 10-day event, which is the brainchild of Thai Beverage Plc and partners, has been held at Queen Sirikit National Convention Center ( QSNCC ) for five consecutive years to raise public awareness of living sustainably.
Thai Beverage CEO and president Thapana Sirivadhanabhakdi emphasised during his speech in the” SX Launching Forward: SX2025″ program that sustainability is one’s role. He claimed that future generations will be affected by the way the current technology uses resources, which is evident in the business field, where resource usage has increased excessively and society has become more bourgeois.
He argued that the business group must take into account how it can collaborate with society to preserve resources for the present century. One way to accomplish this is to adopt the sufficient business philosophy.
In contrast, he emphasised the younger generation has a significant role to play in promoting conservation. Those who attended SX2024 did finally had been inspired by the tips presented in the” Better Me”,” Better Living”,” Better Community”, and” Better World” shows at the exhibition. He said that living responsibly starts with oneself and has a positive impact on the local community and the world as a whole. This is a message for the young, he said.
” Anyone has a stake in conservation, and it all begins with our little motion”, he added.
He said following month’s event will be held from Sept 26 to Oct 5 at QSNCC.
A 2020-2030 Decade of Action is being prepared by the UN, calling on all stakeholders to accomplish their Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs ) by 2030. He added that the fair may continue to promote the SDGs and promote green living until at least 2030. ” We want everyone to be sustainable shaper”, he added.
Tongjai Thanachanan, Chief of Sustainability and Strategy at Thai Beverage, said this year’s fair had 740, 423 guests both offline and online, exceeding the goal of 500, 000 customers.
This week’s earnings for the Market Place part was 17.09 million ringgit, while the Food Festival’s was 23.7 million baht.
Also, due to the storms in the northwestern region, the fair staged a two-day charity concert and raised 4.8 million ringgit to help the victims.
” Over the past five decades, there have been 1, 182, 954 accumulated readers, who have helped the fair to lift a total of 106 million baht for the areas who participated”, she added.