In 2014 the company implemented the ‘Ton Kia’ (Young Plant) programme, focusing on GoTeach, GoHelp and GoGreen, which are the three pillars of its ‘Living Responsibility’ strategy. It began with a three-day, career-oriented training programme, ‘Ton Kia Camp’ for more than 20 students of SOS Children’s Villages Thailand. The training sessions included aptitude and personality tests for the participants, English language exams designed to improve performance at job interviews and a series of lectures and seminars led by OHL executives that featured advice and practical tips on how to develop career success and personal development.

The company also donated a collection of books and a bookshelf to the SOS Children’s Village Chiang Rai, helping to restock and renovate a library damaged by last year’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the area. It also organised a first-aid session for youth and staff members of the SOS Children’s Village in English, supported by the local Sirikorn Chiang Rai Rescue Association.

On World Environment Day the company collaborated with Thailand’s National Environment Fund and the Royal Forestry Department to distribute plant seeds to employees to grow at home or at OHL facilities. After three months of nurturing by OHL employees, the young trees were brought back to be planted on an 30,400 sqm reforestation initiative conceptualised by OHL at the Nam Klad Nua and Nam Klad Tai forest plantation development project in Phetchaburi. This GoGreen initiative works in line with the national agenda of increasing the forest area in Thailand to increase the forest area in Thailand from its current level of 32 per cent of the country to 40 per cent (400 million sqm) by 2025.