Green manufacturing is driving more business for SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), Thailand’s largest cement maker and industrial conglomerate, as it is eager to use more clean energy, develop environmentally friendly products and utilise electric vehicles (EVs).
Its Cement and Green Solution Business, a unit under the Cement and Building Materials Business, is planning to increase use of renewable energy to more than 30% of total energy demand.
“Now 70% of our energy comes from fossil fuel sources, notably oil and coal, but we are going to gradually decrease this share,” said Chana Poomee, vice-president of Cement and Green Solution Business.
SCG produces 200 megawatts of electricity from solar energy,…
