UNIVERSAL Robina Corp. (URC)’s Thailand subsidiary has installed solar panels with a capacity of 6 megawatts (MW) solar panels on its factories and warehouses located southwest of Bangkok.
“Our Thailand subsidiary has finished installing solar panels on six factories and four warehouses at its compound in Samut Sakhon province, southwest of Bangkok. The solar panels can generate an estimate of 6 MW of power,” URC said in a statement released on Thursday.
This move is part of URC’s steps in pushing for environment-friendly business operations.
“We believe that the main core for businesses to carry on is to be responsible to the people, community, society, environment and our planet,” URC Thailand General Manager Tanant Suwanraks said, adding that the Thailand office’s effort will not stop on solar panels.
In the Philippines, URC has installed a 1-MW capacity solar panels on its manufacturing facilities in Canlubang, Laguna, while around 21-kilowatt solar panels were place on its Vitasoy facility in San Fernando, Pampanga.
URC’s Vietnam subsidiary is currently working on the installation of its 3-MW solar rooftop system in its coffee plant located in Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park Binh Duong.
The solar rooftop project covers 18,500 square meters of roof area and can supply 21% of the power demand of the plant. It can also serve as thermal insulator of the roof, cooling temperature by 4 to 5 degrees Celsius.
The same project will also be installed in URC’s factories in Vietnam.
The food and beverage manufacturer has also committed to zero carbon emissions by 2050.
At the local bourse, URC lost 0.08% or 10 centavos on Thursday, closing at P126.90 apiece. — Marielle C. Lucenio
