Water shortage remains a top global environmental issue, given the demand for water in all sectors including in agriculture, industry, and households coupled by the expansion of the global population. To respond to this higher demand for water and to promote more efficient use of this valuable resource, C.P. Group has strived to safeguard water resources throughout its entire supply chain and to mitigate the impact of water shortage. the Group has established a sustainable water management strategy to increase efficiency in corporate water use. The Group supports water management throughout the supply chain in order to enhance the operational stability of the Group and our suppliers in an integrated manner.

The Group has adopted the Circular Water Managementapproach, in accordance with the “5Rs” principle (Reduce, Reuse,Recycle, Restore, and Recover), established by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), for water managementwithin the organization. This is aimed at improving water-use efficiency through various measures and enabling water reuse or recycling. Addtionally, we focus on the effective wastewater treatment process to ensure that the quality of treated water meets, or is above,the required standard of each country prior to discharging intonatural water resources