AI Energy Public Company Limited (“the Company”) has undertaken the process of
comprehensive
human rights due diligence (HRDD) based on the principles outlined in the UN Guiding
Principles
on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). This is implemented as a practice to assess
multidimensional human rights risks in five steps:
- Scope of the Assessment:
The Company defines the scope of the human rights’ due diligence process, encompassing
all relevant stakeholders, including impacted and vulnerable groups, at every level of
its business operations. The assessment considers human rights issues such as human
trafficking, forced labor, child labor, discriminatory practices, harassment, or
gender-based violence, community rights, consumer rights, and other human rights.
- Assessing the Impact Resulting or Potentially Arising from the Company's Operations:
The Company conducts a human rights risk assessment to identify risks occurring or
potentially occurring throughout its supply chain. This assessment considers both
internal and external stakeholders who may be directly or indirectly affected by the
Company's business activities. The Company addresses issues related to human rights
risks, including equality and ethical practices, to compile a human rights impact
assessment. Various involved parties collaborate to evaluate human rights risks,
categorized into 4 levels: low, moderate, high, and very high. This assessment is based
on 2 factors: the likelihood of an event occurring and its potential impact. The purpose
is to enable the Company to formulate appropriate strategies and measures to mitigate
the identified human rights risks effectively.
Risk Assessment Criteria: Level of Occurrence
Level of Occurrence
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Characteristics of Occurrence
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Level 4: High (>25%) |
Events occur multiple times per year in the operational area.
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Level 3: Moderate (10-25%) |
Events occur in the operational area occasionally. |
Level 2: Low (1-10%) |
Events occur very rarely in the operational area, but there is a possibility.
|
Level 1: Very Low (<1%) |
Events occur in same industry but with minimal possibility in the operational
area. |
Criteria for Impact Assessment: Impact
Level of Impact
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Characteristics of Impact
|
4 High Impact |
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- Human rights impact affecting a broad scope or beyond the boundaries of
the operational area.
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- The Company cannot control or mitigate human rights impacts to restore the
violated rights of affected individuals.
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- Assistance from independent and credible external organizations is
necessary to address human rights impacts/events associated with the
Company.
|
3 Moderate Impact |
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- The Company demonstrates intention to aid or support actions that lead to
human rights violations.
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- Human rights impacts resulting from the Company's operations or its value
chain affect stakeholders in the operational area.
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- The Company conflicts with human rights concerning vulnerable groups.
|
2 Low Impact |
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- The Company benefits from operations that cause human rights violations by
other organizations.
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- The Company is unable to respond to concerns related to human rights from
affected individuals internally or externally.
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1 Very Low Impact |
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- Impacts that may arise from human rights concerns received from affected
individuals internally or externally are prevented or addressed at the
operational area level. The Company manages complaints related to human
rights through its internal complaint mechanism.
|
- Very High
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The Company must cease operations immediately in activities associated
with high risks and take immediate actions to mitigate and remedy the
impact as outlined in the established measures. This is to alleviate and
minimize negative impacts to the lowest possible extent.
- High
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The Company must manage to find measures to reduce the risk level
promptly, aiming to migrate it down to an acceptable level.
- Moderate
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The Company must manage to find measures to reduce the risk level,
aiming to migrate it down to an acceptable level.
- Low
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The Company operates following existing control and mitigation measures,
continuously monitoring risk situations.
- Establishing Mitigation and Prevention Measures
The Company must anticipate various impacts that may arise from identified human rights
risks and implement measures, including defining mitigation and preventive measures for
the specified high and very high-risk issues. This is to guide control efforts to
mitigate impacts at a minimal or acceptable level. Additionally, the Company should
develop and reinforce awareness among relevant parties on these high-risk issues
regularly.
- Monitoring and Reviewing Human Rights Operations
Due to changes in business activities and affected stakeholders, the Company must review
human rights risk issues and mitigation and preventive measures regularly, at least
annually with continuous communication through employee training on human rights and
non-discriminatory practices is maintained.
- Correction and Remedy
The Company emphasis on the importance in reducing the risk of human rights violations
for affected individuals related to its business activities. In the event of human
rights violations, the Company has a fair-minded investigation process and corrective
and remedy measures in place. The remedy is both in financial and non-financial form to
those affected. As well as summarizing the occurrences to create measures for recurrence
prevention. The Company has also established measures for punishment in cases where
Company employees violate rights, as follows:
- Verbal or written warnings
- Suspension
- Reduction or omission of annual bonuses
- No annual salary adjustments
- Employment termination
The Company has established channels for complaint and suggestion to address human
rights issues related to its operations:
- Postal Address :
- Audit Committee
- AI Energy Public Company Limited
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55/2 Moo 8, Setakit 1 Rd., Khlong Maduea Subdistrict, Krathum Baen District,
Samut Sakhon, 74110
- Email : ac@aienergy.co.th
- Phone/Fax :
0-34877485-8 / 0-34877491 – 2
- Company Website : www.aienergy.co.th
Upload : 14 November 2023