WorldImpact

Deloitte’s global WorldClass ambition is to support 100 million people by 2030. By aligning around a common goal and mission, we are focusing our resources and efforts to make a meaningful impact on a shared challenge worldwide.

In Thailand, we are committed to impacting 575,000 people, and will leverage our knowledge, resources, and network in areas such as talent building, innovation and entrepreneurship, and digital and technology to help them succeed.

Deloitte has launched WorldClimate, our strategy to drive responsible climate choices within our organization and beyond.

We recognize change starts within. Deloitte is committed to taking measurable, decisive action on climate change, empowering Deloitte professionals and engaging the broader ecosystem to create solutions that facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy.

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Plastic Free July 2024

As part of Deloitte’s WorldClimate and Sustainable Office initiatives, Deloitte Thailand hosted a Plastic Free July “Bring Your Own Reusable Cup” event, where we provided refreshments for staff who brought their own reusable cups or tumblers.

This initiative aims to encourage staff to reduce single-use plastic cups and promote the use of reusable alternatives, contributing to a more sustainable workplace environment.

This event helped us avoid using over 1,200 single-use plastic cups, lids, and straws that would have ended up in landfills. Together, we can make a significant difference in promoting a more sustainable workplace.

Earth Month 2024

Deloitte Thailand partnered with Scholars of Sustenance Thailand, a foundation dedicated to fighting food waste and hunger by redistributing surplus food to communities in need, promoting food security and environmental responsibility as part of WorldClimate initiative.

Together, we organized the "Healthy School Meal Program" to support the cooking and care of preschool children at the Masjid Mahanak Childcare Centre. Our 16 amazing volunteers helped cook over 800 nutritious meals from surplus ingredients, not only providing support to the children and nearby communities but also preventing those surplus ingredients from being wasted in landfills.
 

Young Digital Entrepreneur

As part of WorldClass commitment to enhance education and skill development and drive positive social impact in underserved communities, Deloitte Thailand has partnered with Saturday School to equip underserved youth with entrepreneurial skills. Through a skills-based program, 50 students were empowered to launch their own businesses on social media platforms.

These aspiring entrepreneurs showcased their innovative ideas at the Saturday School Big Day, inspiring over 1,500 attendees. By providing the necessary tools and knowledge, the program aims to foster economic independence and drive positive change within the community.

Changemaker in Sustainable Food

As part of the WorldClass initiative, Deloitte Thailand has collaborated with SEAMEO STEM-ED on the "Changemaker in Sustainable Food" project to equip 755 secondary school and university students with knowledge of sustainable food and encourage them to apply their creativity through social media platforms which educate 55,552 individuals on sustainable food practices.

The project concluded with the Student Pitching Day, during which we welcomed 11 winning teams to the Deloitte Thailand office. Our Sustainability and Climate Center of Excellence team inspired students about career paths in sustainability and everyday actions for a greener planet. We were delighted to witness the innovative projects on sustainable food presented by the students.

Dalah STEM Kids Camp Year 2

As part of WorldClass initiatives, Deloitte Thailand continued the partnership with the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for the second year to organize a workshop, "Dalah STEM Kids Camp Year 2", aimed at Narathiwat's teachers. Over two days, 25 teachers from 16 schools immersed themselves on leveraging Dalah or torch ginger, a locally grown plant, into products.

The workshop equipped teachers with vital skills, from business model development and basic accounting to understanding patent law, digital marketing, and logo design. Equipped with these newfound skills, teachers are now ready to ignite over 500 students in Narathiwat with engaging project ideas inspired by the camp.

Impact Month 2023

Impact Month is the month we come together to celebrate our commitment and make a positive contribution to local communities! This year, we arranged our volunteers to making an impact that matters supporting two activities to help reduce waste and promote sustainability.

“Making Notebooks from Unused Paper”, we joined hands with Paper Rangers in an effort to repurpose unused and blank paper into practical notebooks. The notebook will be given to underprivileged students in schools located in remote areas.

“Donated Item Sorting at The Mirror Foundation”, our partnership with the Mirror Foundation allowed us to give back to those in need. Our volunteers contributed their time and effort for one day, engaging in tasks such as receiving donated items and sorting them into different categories. More than extend a helping hand to items those in need, we also reflect on using the resource more efficiently and adopting a circular lifestyle.

Plastic Free July 2023

During Plastic Free July, Deloitte Thailand collaborated with Precious Plastic Bangkok, which is a part of a global movement that works with local communities to collect and upcycle plastic waste into products, to organize a workshop with the goal to enhance people's understanding of plastic waste and its effects, as part of WorldClimate initiatives.

We learned about environmental impact of plastic, practiced waste sorting, and made D.I.Y. keychains from upcycled plastic! As a special gift, participants received Deloitte coasters made from recycled plastic bottle caps. Each coaster was crafted from 27 plastic bottle caps.

Earth Month 2023

Every year during Earth Month, we celebrate our climate-positive achievements and raise awareness on key environmental issues. This year, we embarked on a journey towards a sustainable future with our ‘Building Better Futures. Together’ campaign throughout April, as part of WorldClimate initiatives.

For Deloitte Thailand, we have chosen to focus on the concept of ‘Circular Economy’ which promotes the reuse of existing items to minimize waste and maximize value. We believe that small changes can have a big impact, and one way to make a difference is by swapping our unused items with others.

We were honoured to have Khun Kamonnart Ongwandee, the Country Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Thailand, join us during our Earth Month Event to share her insights on fast fashion and the environmental impact of the fashion industry. She also highlighted how the circular economy can help address these challenges and shared practical tips on how we can all make a difference as consumers.

To put our words into action, we organized the Deloitte Swap Market where our people could drop their unused clothes and books in exchange for credits to shop for others’ items. We were delighted to see our people come together to make a positive impact on the environment.

Dalah STEM Kids Camp Year 1

As part of WorldClass initiatives, Deloitte Thailand, collaborated with the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), had organized “Dalah STEM Kids Camp”, a series of educational camps, for 55 primary school students and 15 teachers from 11 schools in Narathiwat.

The camps aimed to educate students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) through Dalah or torch ginger, a locally grown plant, and how to process it into products.

The students learned the anatomy of Dalah, how different parts of it can be used, and how to preserve and process it into products with minimum waste. They also learned basic branding, and how to design logos and packaging for their Dalah products.

At the end of the camp series, the students presented their final outcomes to their teachers and friends and enjoyed snacks from Dalah that they have made.

To expand the impact to more students, teachers that participated in the program will bring the activity ideas from the camps to teach their students at schools. This would be beneficial for over hundreds of students in Narathiwat province.

Deloitte Thailand, in collaboration with EEC Thailand, hosted the environmental education camp, “Life with Nature, For the Future” for 44 teachers and underprivileged students from ethnic communities in Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, Kanchanaburi.

Under Deloitte's WorldClass and WorldClimate initiatives, the camp aims to create environmental consciousness for the ethnic students to appreciate the natural resources in which they live and foster a sustainable coexistence between human and nature, for the future.

BuddyKru

Aligning with WorldClass initiative to assist 100 million people by 2030, Deloitte Thailand, in collaboration with Inskru, a social enterprise committed to improve educational outcomes for children across the country, is pleased to launch “Buddy Kru” the Teacher Assistant tool to support classroom design, idea sharing community based on child-centered learning. This initiative is expected to make an impact that matters to teachers and students across the country for this entire academic year.

Deloitte Thailand organized the Youth Entrepreneur 1-Day Camp at Buddhajak Wittaya School as part of Impact Month 2022. The camp, in collaboration with Saturday School Thailand, aims to inspire and develop entrepreneurship skills for over 60 high school students through Design Thinking method. Through a series of activities, students learned the fundamentals of how to start a business and key element to consider when doing business.

Plastic Free July 2022

Deloitte Thailand launched Plastic Free July campaigns in July, in line with our Sustainable Office initiatives, which are "Say No to Single-use Plastic" and "Turn bottle caps into a reward." Both activities not only provide tips on how to go plastic-free at work, at home, and in the community, but they also promote the upcycling of single-use plastic. During a month-long campaign, nearly 3000 bottle caps were donated for upcycling.

Kod Pa Kod Talay Season 2

We continue our work with EEC Thailand in 2022 to encourage environmental consciousness among the young and adults for the second year in Kod Pa Kod Talay Season 2 with our strong commitment to make an impact that matters through WorldClimate initiative.

In the 1st episode, our journey begin in Bangkok and find out what we can contribute, as an individual, to help foster and make an impact that matters to our beloved Bangkok.

Video: https://youtu.be/wqZNaKRWU8I

Then we continue our journey in the 2nd episode to Nan where one of Chao Phraya River’s tributaries is located. We believe that the best way to protect and maintain our precious natural resources is to educate people on how to live and use them sustainably.

Video: https://youtu.be/7VwyhAaDvug

In the 3rd episode, we take you to Sakon Nakhon discover the impact of environmental destruction on this Isaan cuisine and the Isaan way of life.

Video: https://youtu.be/hsplHm_u3OE

As we all know, sea waste has become a major threat to the world's marine ecosystem. In the 4th episode, "Plastic, the villain of the sea," we fly you to Phuket to learn more and discover how you can help solve this problem as an individual.

Video: https://youtu.be/v0MI6zr2ALw

In the final episode, we take you north to discover why AirVisual named Chiang Mai the city with the worst weather in 2021. The main cause of the city's environmental problem is "Wildfire," which has damaged over 293,000 rai of forest in total in 2019, and the situation is likely to worsen in the coming years.

Video: https://youtu.be/dZjQ5nYBgYI

2021 Sustainability Office Initiatives

We are going GREEN! Deloitte Thailand has launched new sustainability initiatives to minimize the environmental impact of plastic waste by adopting the 5R concepts - Remove, Reuse, Redesign, Reduce and Recycle.

1. REMOVE
   Starting in 2019, Deloitte Thailand have no longer used disposable cups and started adopting 'Zero Plastic Containers' for coffee break & food catering
2. REUSE
   To encourage all staff to reuse their personal water container,
   a newly designed tumblers have been given away to all staff as a 2021 New Year gift.
3. REDESIGN
   Let us introduce you a brand new design of Deloitte water bottle! Considering environmental friendly while maintaining the hygien for user, we redesigned our water bottle to prism PET water bottles 100% recycleable, labelLESS with sealLESS HDPE caps, which make them easier to recycle.
4. REDUCE
   What does our new water bottle reduce?
   • Less piece of waste since our new bottle is labelLESS and SealLESS
   • The new design helps reduce the space when it is transported
   • With compact packaging, it also helps reduce fuel consumption
   • Less fuel consumption means we are reducing carbon footprint
5. RECYCLE & UPCYCLE
   We make sure that all plastic bottles and caps are taken back to recycle loop. Post consumed Deloitte water bottles are sold back to the drinking water production company for proper waste management process.

Finally, Deloitte water bottles are upcycled to be polo shirts, which is made from 20 PET recycled plastic bottles, another 2021 New Year gift for Deloitte Thailand staff!

COVID-19 Donation

The dine-in restrictions have created a huge impact to the restaurant business in Bangkok, especially the small ones, with the risk of business closure and workers likely to lose their jobs.

With our strong commitment to make an impact that matters, Deloitte Thailand supports these local food shops by making order of 100 quality lunch boxes every day and delivering to medical professionals in public and field hospitals across Bangkok until the dine-in ban is lifted.

COVID-19 Donation

During this challenging time, medical professionals are working under crisis conditions, including insufficient medical equipment and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, resulting from an increasing number of patients from the latest outbreak of the COVID-19.

With our strong commitment to make an impact that matters, Deloitte Thailand donate 1 million Baht the Rajavithi ‘Extended COVID-19 ICU’ Field Hospital.

This monetary donation will help enhance the medical treatment capacities, required for patients in critical condition.

Impact Month 2020

Deloitte Thailand has run ‘Impact Month Challenge’ campaign throughout the month to challenge Deloitte professionals in all levels to go out helping the society which ranging from knowledge sharing through volunteering activities. Those who joined the campaign were allowed to volunteer for any activities or projects they were interested in individually and then they would need to post their photos of the activities mentioning what they did, and number of people impact they have made via hashtag #DeloitteTHImpactMonthChallenge.

Impact month challenged ended with more than 40 Deloitte professionals went out to do community works both individually and as a group. We made impacts to more than 600 people with over 73 impact hours.