2:23:16 PM | 12/8/2025
December 5, 2025, at the Announcement Ceremony of Corporate Sustainable Development Index (CSI) 2025, SCG in Vietnam and 7 member companies (including Vina Kraft Paper Co., Ltd. and 6 companies of Prime Group) were excellently honored in the Top 100 Sustainable Development Enterprises.
SCG in Vietnam and its member companies have been recognized as Sustainable Development Enterprises in Vietnam 2025, attributed to the group’s consistent ESG strategy and its proactive Net Zero
The list of 7 SCG member companies honored in the Top 100 sustainable development enterprises in the manufacturing sector includes Vina Kraft Paper Co., Ltd. (Vina Kraft), Prime Tien Phong Joint Stock Company, Prime Dai Viet Joint Stock Company, Prime Yen Binh Joint Stock Company, Prime Pho Yen Joint Stock Company, Prime Dai Loc Joint Stock Company and Prime Viet Tile Joint Stock Company. Notably, Vina Kraft continues to affirm its leading position when participating in this list for 5 consecutive years, while Prime Ngoi Viet achieved impressive achievements in its first year of participation. This is a testament to the efforts of creativity, innovation, and consistency in ESG implementation in all activities of the group and its member companies, contributing to promoting the country's Net Zero 2050 goal.
Sharing about this achievement, Mr. Kulachet Dharachandra, Country Director of SCG in Vietnam said: "CSI is not only an award but also a driving force for businesses to innovate, improve governance, and spread the spirit of sustainable development. On the occasion of the program reaching its 10-year milestone, SCG is honored to continue its commitment, and at the same time, considers this an encouragement to take on the responsibility of leading with action. SCG's ESG 4 Plus strategy always goes hand in hand with Vietnam's sustainable development goals. 2025 also marks the 9th consecutive year that SCG's member companies are on this list. From this milestone, SCG will continue to innovate and strongly implement sustainable projects that contribute to the environment, society, and economy."
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Environment (E): Practical actions contribute to promoting the green growth goal of the building materials industry.
SCG’s member enterprises are highly appreciated for their efforts to implement consistent ESG strategies, combining technological innovation, energy optimization, and promoting a circular economy model in production. Specifically, Vina Kraft continuously promotes Net Zero initiatives by using modern technologies, increasing the use of renewable energy such as biomass, biogas, and solar energy, thereby integrating sustainable activities throughout the value chain.
Similarly, Prime Group's factories have partially replaced coal fuel with biomass during the drying process and invested in systems to recover and reuse waste heat from kilns. Specifically, Prime Pho Yen alone is also testing a biomass gasification system – an important step towards eliminating coal in the future to help save energy and reduce emissions. Prime Ngoi Viet also made a mark with the upgrade of the HAG (fluidized bed furnace) system to operate entirely with 100% environmentally friendly biomass fuel, which helped the company reduce emissions by 15% compared to 2020.
In parallel with improvements in production, companies also promote innovation and product development in a sustainable direction, both meeting market demand and promoting responsible consumption. Specifically, Prime Group develops sustainable brick lines such as ThinEco, which saves 23% of raw materials and reduces energy consumption by 14–24% in production, or Flexitech surface technology with safe material design, supporting the improvement of public health and sustainable lifestyles.
Similarly, Prime Ngoi Viet is constantly improving product quality through optimizing the glaze formula to increase gloss and color fastness, thereby bringing tiles with high aesthetics and outstanding longevity. At the same time, the amount of defective finished tiles is crushed and reused, accounting for about 10% of the input materials, recovering and reusing 100% of fallen powder, 100% of broken tiles before and after firing, and 100% of wholesale coal - a practical solution to improve the efficiency of resource use.
Vina Kraft develops 100% sustainable packaging that can be recycled, reused, or composted, and cooperates with organizations at all levels to promote waste collection, recycling and reduction, contributing to building a circular economy model and developing the recycling industry. Vina Kraft is one of the first recyclers to implement the EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) project. In addition, the company participates in the FSC and PEFC Forest Certification Programs to promote sustainable forest management. The FSC/PEFC label on the product is proof that the enterprise is responsible for the environment and exploits materials from forests managed in accordance with regulations or from recycled materials.
Vina Kraft Paper Co., Ltd. (Vina Kraft) was honored to be named in the Top 10 Sustainable Businesses in the Manufacturing Sector 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year the company has received
Society (S): People-centric, focusing on occupational safety and community development
In terms of people and society, SCG and its member companies always consider human resources as the foundation for development, continuously building a safe working environment, diversified benefits, and sustainable career development opportunities. Vina Kraft strictly applies the "SCG Safety Framework" intending to build a "No Injuries and Diseases" organization, winning the Silver Award for safety of the group "For dedication and cooperation towards the goal of safety", ensuring that all activities put the safety and health of employees first. Prime Tien Phong, a unit of Prime Group, was also awarded the "Enterprise for Employees" award in 2025, recognizing its continuous efforts in improving the lives and well-being of employees.
In addition, SCG and its member companies also actively contribute to the community through many meaningful programs such as waste sorting guidance activities at Hoa Loi Primary School of Vina Kraft, contributing to educating the younger generation about environmental protection awareness; or Prime Group's "Dreams Come True" program, bringing essential resources and skills training to disadvantaged people, supporting communities to create stable and sustainable livelihoods.
Transparent Governance (G): Sustainable and transparent governance is the foundation for Inclusive Green Growth
Transparent governance - the "G" factor in the set of ESG criteria that CSI has paid special attention to this year, has been maintained by the group's businesses in all production, business, creativity, and innovation activities. Typically, Vina Kraft Paper implements sustainable development management comprehensively, leading the process of developing the carbon footprint of products (CFP). The Carbon Footprint label attached to the product represents the scientifically calculated and verified CO₂ emissions, integrating IoT technology to manage production in real time, optimize operations and minimize operational risks, helping businesses to be transparent about environmental information and affirming their commitment to sustainable development. This also supports customers and partners to reduce emissions throughout the value chain, creating a solid foundation for carbon offsetting activities or participating in the carbon credit market - a trend that is increasingly interested by the business community in Vietnam and around the world.
Vina Kraft is among the first recyclers to implement an EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) project
Reaffirming our commitment to sustainability
This award once again affirms the long-term commitment of SCG and 7 member companies in practicing sustainable production and business, while improving innovation capacity and spreading the spirit of sustainable development in the Vietnamese business community. Along with the 10-year milestone of the CSI award, SCG Group and its member companies will continue to implement sustainable development strategies in all projects, making practical contributions to the environment, community and the common goal - Net Zero 2050.
By Van Luong, Vietnam Business Forum
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