Bangkok, -- Sixty poultry farms of Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF), Thai leading agro-industrial conglomerate, have been certified Thai Labour Standard: TLS 8001-2553, the national standard for labour rights and welfare, making it the first company in Thai poultry business to be certified with the standard. 

The company aims to certify all of its 99 poultry farms. The applications of another 39 farms are expected to be completed within this year. 

Mr. Parisotat Punnabhum, CPF Executive Vice President of Human Resources, said much attention has been paid to labour management. This is to make sure that all people who work in the company’s supply chain have received the proper treatments. 

In addition, CPF has also implemented the Good Labour Practice Principles and guideline to boilers farms of the company’s partners and farmers. The company is now continuing workforce auditing for the second year to ensure all farms applied this guideline properly. 

The audits will focus on monitoring workforce management and practices of those farms to ensure they have complied with GLP guideline and other international human rights approaches. 

CPF is making a bold statement that the violation of labour rights such as illegal labour, forced labour and child labour will not be tolerated. 

“All workers must be treated equally under a guideline of international standards to make consumers and partners across the world to be confident in our supply chain. He added. 

Beside the poultry farms, 5 CPF’s shrimp farms have been certified and maintained Thai Labour Standard for 10 years consecutive so far while 87 swine farms are recognized and honorary certified for their good labour practices from the Ministry of Labour as well