GM's Rayong plant wins environmental star

BANGKOK: -- General Motors' truck assembly plant in Rayong, Thailand, is among 14 GM plants around the world to achieve the US Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Challenge for Industry, thanks to its energy reduction policy.

The plant reduced its energy intensity in its operations by 20 per cent, amounting to an avoidance of 7,983 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

To meet the challenge, industrial sites must reduce energy intensity by 10 percent in five years or less. Rayong has met the challenge two years in a row, according to a statement.

The Rayong plant is manufactuirng Chevrolet Colorado pickup truck and Trailblazer SUV.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/GMs-Rayong-plant-wins-environmental-star-30247398.html


-- The Nation 2014-11-10

Wonder if this was achieved thanks to the 49% American shareholders, or the 51% Thai ??

Congratulations to GM, keep up the good work.

Wonder if this was achieved thanks to the 49% American shareholders, or the 51% Thai ??

This has nothing to do with ownership, it has to do with people working together to protect the environment, reduce wast and cost of manufacturing.

"The plant reduced its energy intensity in its operations by 20 per cent"

Right. Artificial goal, probably achieved by laying off third shift, because sales are down.

Meanwhile, the untreated runoff from this factory goes into a nearby stream.

Because no regulations or if regulated, brown envelopes full of money to regulators.

This is how it's done in the 3rd World, folks...

GM's Rayong plant wins environmental star, GM declared it will go on putting nature in front of its preoccupations in its new plant to open soon in Malaysia/Indonesia(?) where it considers to delocalise its Thai activities to... (what I imagined here today could become tomorrow's reality, when and if the Thai 'authorities' go on with their suicidal plans...)

Wonder if this was achieved thanks to the 49% American shareholders, or the 51% Thai ??

Yea right.... lol What does Thailand contribute to any business venture besides cheap labor?

Wonder if this was achieved thanks to the 49% American shareholders, or the 51% Thai ??

Actually there is no Thai shareholding in this venture. GM Thailand is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GM. Under certain BOI allowances, ventures such as these are allowed 100-percent foreign ownership provided prerequisites and requirements are met.

Yes GM is moving towards low wage countries. Mexico was first. My daughter used to work at GM Oshawa, Ontario and she was one of the lucky ones. She had enough years of service to receive monthly bridge payments leading up to a pension next year.