Human Rights
Importance and Mission
PTTEP is committed to fundamental human rights by honoring local laws, cultures, traditions and values in treating employees and stakeholders as well as avoiding human rights violation. PTTEP follows human rights principles and attempts to enforce them throughout the value chain on expectation that the Company's employees, suppliers and contractors acting on behalf of the Company would adhere to common principles and integrate all involved aspects in their operations.
Human Rights Commitment
PTTEP respects human rights wherever it operates, as guided by its corporate good governance principles, business ethics, CSR framework and sustainability philosophy and based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Labor Organization's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Most importantly, PTTEP participated in the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in 2011 and is required to report on the implementation of human rights measures and impacts on stakeholders. To ensure economic and social values of business operations, UNGC highlights the need for businesses to integrate 10 principles into their operations. PTTEP's Communication on Progress (CoP) on the implementation of 10 principles has been carried out since 2012, mainly falling into 4 categories of human rights (Principles 1–2), labor (Principles 3–6), environment and anti–corruption (Principles 7–10). In 2022, PTTEP, as one of more than 850 companies from over 80 countries, participated in the Early Adopter Programme to test the new UNGC Communication on Progress platform for further improvement. Moreover, PTTEP's Human Rights Policy is based on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) or Ruggie Framework, and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. In addition, the Company is committed to aligning its human rights implementation with the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights – NAP in all related dimensions and expects its personnel to uphold PTTEP's Human Rights Policy and seeks business partners and suppliers' cooperation in honoring human rights principles in any business activities.
Responsible Operations
Our Business Ethics & Code of Conducts state that PTTEP Group upholds "good corporate governance and business ethics", committed to operating without causing social and environmental impacts, honoring human rights principles and taking into account stakeholders' interests. As a responsible citizen, PTTEP ensures strict implementation of the Human Rights Policy among employees at all premises. Such implementation has been continuously monitored while business practices have been continually improved. Suppliers and business partners are encouraged to follow the same path. In view of Supply Chain, PTTEP has communicated with its suppliers and contractors to seek their acknowledgement and agreement to PTTEP Vendor Sustainable Code of Conduct to achieve safe and sustainable operations and minimum social and environmental impacts. Also, PTTEP has established the assessment and monitoring process and enforced before the selection and during the contract life particularly with critical suppliers and high–risk activities, to ensure that their operations meet standards, contractual clauses, business ethics and human rights principles. Such practices are expected to prevent and reduce possible social and environmental risks.
Management Approach
For concrete implementation of PTTEP's Human Rights Policy with respect to human rights and prevention of violation from PTTEP's business activities, the Company developed the Human Rights Management System which involves 3 key aspects:
- 1 human rights due diligence
- 2 whistleblowing and remedies
- 3 building shared responsibility and understanding on human rights
Human Rights Due Diligence
PTTEP has incorporated a Human Rights Due Diligence Process into its Human Rights Management System. The due diligence covers human rights-related risk assessment, mitigation plan and measures for medium to high risks, and monitoring of such risks. In 2023, PTTEP engaged an independent human rights specialist to conduct a comprehensive review of PTTEP Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) as part of our 3-year review cycle. Based on the review, PTTEP has demonstrated a strong commitment to aligning our policies and practices with key international human rights standards, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), IPIECA’s Human Rights Due Diligence Guidance, and other relevant international standards. However, to ensure a more effective human rights risk assessment, PTTEP revised our human rights risk assessment criteria (severity and likelihood), and risk assessment matrix to be more relevant to the current human rights issues and corresponding to international guidelines.
PTTEP Human Rights Management System clearly specifies the required identification of human rights issues encompassing personnel, community, supply chain, environment and security. Such identification includes employees, third-party employees and vulnerable groups such as underprivileged people, elderly, children, ethnic minorities, indigenous people and migrant workers. PTTEP assesses human rights issues based on 2 factors: likelihood and impact, being aligned with PTTEP Human Rights Policy, PTT Group’s Risk Assessment Framework, UN Global Compact’s due diligence guidelines and IPIECA’s practices.
The Company has been conducting human rights risk assessment annually since 2014 covering our own operations, throughout business value chain, other activities related to our business and new business relations (mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, etc.) to assess risks caused by the Company, and to determine mitigation measures. All identified risks, which cover the risks from key activities of both onshore and offshore assets in every phase; for example, seismic survey, exploration and appraisal drilling, development and production, recruitment, supply chain management and security management from the start of M&A due diligence through decommissioning, are to be recorded in PTTEP's Human Rights Risk Register.
Based on the review of PTTEP's human rights risk issues in 2025, covering 100% of operating assets, non-operated joint ventures and Tier-1 suppliers, it was found that the high-level risks, also identified as salient human rights issues, remain 2 issues: (1) workplace safety for both employees and contractors; and (2) environmental impacts on communities from the Company’s operations. The issues have been addressed by PTTEP's practices under Safety, Security, Health and Environment (SSHE) Management System, Human Rights Management System, and Issue and Stakeholder Management System. The medium-to-high-level risks are monitored to prevent and minimize the potential for human rightsl violations.
More details on the result of our recent human rights risk assessment, including mitigation and remediation measures, can be found in our Human Rights Due Diligence Report and Human Rights Performance Data.
Further information on PTT Group's Risk Assessment Framework is on PTT Human Rights Management page.
Whistleblowing and Remedies
PTTEP recognizes the importance of human rights protection and remediation for individuals who may be affected by its operations. The Company has, therefore, established regulations on whistleblowing and whistleblower protection. Communication channels accessible to all stakeholders are in place, where they can voice their comments and grievances. PTTEP developed the guideline to be used as a framework and guidance to ensure appropriate remediation, compensation and mitigation (in monetary and non-monetary forms) for the people affected by the complaint as stated in the Remediation Guideline.
Building Shared Responsibility and Understanding on Human Rights
PTTEP place importance on fostering awareness, responsibility, and understanding of human rights across the organization through providing online human rights trainings for all employees to enhance their knowledge and understanding on PTTEP Human Rights Management System, human rights fundamentals, business expectation, and due diligence practices. The trainings cover issues under the aspects of Workplace, Safety Security Health and Environment (SSHE), Supply Chain, and Community, including fair labor and working conditions, safe workplace, collective bargaining, discrimination and harassment, environmental impact management, and etc. Additionally, PTTEP promoted awareness and understanding of harassment and gender diversity through live sessions with external guest speakers.
We also emphasizes targeted communication and workshop sessions for functions directly involved in stakeholder management, such as human resources, community relations, and procurement, to strengthen their understanding and effectiveness of human rights risks identification, leading to appropriate management of such risks.
In addition to the above efforts, PTTEP continuously participates in panel discussions and forums to share experiences and exchange good practices on human rights management. As a result of our unwavering commitment to respect human rights, PTTEP received the Gold-Level Top-Tier award as 2025 Role-Model Organization for Human Rights in the state enterprise sector for the second consecutive year from the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection, Ministry of Justice. This Gold-Level award is presented to organizations that have maintained the Top-Tier status for at least five consecutive years.