PROSPECTUS THAI BEVERAGE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED ...

Part 2 Issuing CompanyThai Beverage Public Company Limitedbring administrative and criminal proceedings, such as to shut down non-complying factories againstthose who violate environmental laws.Thai environmental regulations have become increasingly stringent over the last decade andthe Company believes that this trend is likely to continue. Wastewater is the major environmentalissue for breweries and liquor distilleries. The Company treats wastewater from fermentation anddistillation through a non-aeration process and aeration process until the concentration of pollutantsare reduced to meet standards specified by the Government for disposal into public waterways. Fromthis process, the Company is able to collect bio-gases which the Company can use to fuel theCompany’s boilers. Natural fertilizer is also a by-product of this wastewater treatment process. TheCompany also treats the wastewater by other processes, such as cooling towers and bottle cleaning, byan aeration process until the pollutants are reduced to an appropriate level before the Company drainsthe water into the public waterways. The Company by-product business has reduced the annualamount of pure waste that the Company’s breweries and distilleries have to treat and dispose, whichcorrelates to a cost saving on treatment and disposal. In addition, the reduction of pure waste reducesthe impact of the Company’s business on the environment.The disposal of wastewater from the Company’s production facilities is examined andmonitored on a periodic basis by Governmental entities and/or by the Company’s own controllerswho are registered with the Government as environmental officers. The Company believes that all offactories, both breweries and distilleries, have complied with the Government’s standard with respectto the waste water and air pollution treatment since the environmental inspection result of theCompany complies with such standard. The Company installed an online monitoring system tomonitor wastewater and air pollution at its three breweries and Bangyikhan distillery. Thismonitoring system is linked to a computer system at the Provincial Industry Office, which isconnected to the Department of Industry.Bang Ban brewery, Cosmos brewery and Kamphaengphet brewery first obtained ISO 14001environmental safety management systems certification in 2001, 2001 and 2002, respectively, andlater upgraded to ISO 14001:2004. The Company brewery facilities are audited semi-annually by anindependent certification body and have been found to be in full compliance with the regulations.Moreover, the Company also has a central environmental laboratory which conducts test with regardto the air quality and working environment. The purpose of this laboratory is to promote safety andgood working environment of the Subsidiaries. This laboratory has been registered with theDepartment of Industrial Factory. The Company’s 16 distilleries in Thailand (except the distilleries ofUnited Products Co. and Sura Piset Thipparat Co.) obtained ISO 14001 environmental safetymanagement systems certification in 2008.The Thai Labor Standard (MorRorTor. 8001-2546) of those 3 breweries has been certified bythe Department of Labor Protection and Welfare. In 2008, the Bang Ban Brewery is in the process ofapplying for a standard certification of its Occupational Health and Safety ManagementSystem (OHSAS 18001:1999).The Company also complies with various safety and quality standards set by Thaigovernmental agencies. For example, the Company’s drinking water and soda water products aresubject to periodic quality audits by the Thai Food and Drug Administration. The Company alsocomplies with standards set by the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Thai Ministry of Industry, withwhich the Company are required to comply by the Excise Department. In addition, the ExciseDepartment requires the alcohol content of each of the Company’s products to be within anestablished range of the alcohol content the Company declare for that product. The Company believesthat the Company’s current operations are in substantial compliance with applicable environmentaland safety laws and regulations.Part 2 Page 61