Corporate Social Responsibility Project
PTTEP Teenergy Project
TEENERGY...A Spirit of Conservation
Protecting nature and the environment is the significant mission for the country, and young people are one of the key engine that will drive the movement forward. PTTEP Teenergy Project is initiated to cultivate an awareness of natural and environmental conservations in youths to safeguard our natural resources. The project provides them the opportunity to learn, practice and take hands–on actions to save the environment and natural resources.
“Teenergy” comes from Teen + Energy It’s an attempt to rally the power of the young generation to develop a spirit of conservation. The project started in 2014 under the conservation idea of It’s an attempt to rally the power of the young generation to develop a spirit of conservation. The project started in 2014 under the conservation idea of “3C: Cultivate–Create–Change” to cultivate consciousness of natural resource conversation and environmental responsibility among youths.
Cultivate in youths a consciousness for natural sources and the environment by creating learning opportunities outside the classroom.
Create knowledge for youths, reinforcing the spirit of conservation and promote the youth network’s readiness to take actions that will benefit society.
Change the community and society for the better by brainstorming ideas and taking actions
Early morning on a small road in Surasawadee Camp, Khao Yai National Park. About 100 high school students look at the edge of the forest. Some sit, others stand, they carry cameras or binoculars and consult a bird-watching guidebook while pointing at feathered creatures perched on the branches. A forest ranger from Khao Tai National Park provides them with information
PTTEP Teenergy is an initiative of PTTEP in cooperation with the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion, the Office of the Basic Education Commission and the Foundation for Khao Yai National Park Protection. The youths will have a chance to learn about natural and environmental conservations from the experts such as Sasin Chalermlarp, chairman of Sueb Nakasatien Foundation, Professor Emeritus Dr. Pilai Poonswad, Thailand’s leading hornbill researcher and Dr. Patrapol Maneeorn, a respected veterinarian better known as Dr. Lot.
PTTEP Teenergy project has been organized under various themes for each year; “Khao Yai National Park Conservation”, “Say it out loud: We Love the Forest”, “Falling in love with the Forest”, “Airvengers”.
Currently, more than 800 students from secondary schools participated in PTTEP Teenergy. Over 50 social development and conservation projects were initiated and implemented in their communities by them. PTTEP is proud that the seeds of environmental conservation have been sowed and thriving spectacularly.
PTTEP has carried out analysis on Social Return on Investment (SROI) of this project by measuring the social impact of the program with the financial quantification calculation (monetization). This method is intended to measure the value of the financial impact of the program that compares to the value of the impact to the cost of the program that has been invested into. In 2018, it appears that the value of the SROI ratio is 1.06: 1.