The Thai Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade of Thailand, the Thai-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and the Chinese Enterprises Association have jointly announced the establishment of a "Coordination Mechanism for Sustainable Thai-Chinese Business Promotion."

Energy Absolute Pcl (EA), the first Thai energy innovation firm, is introducing a new business model under the corporate social innovation (CSI) concept to develop the organisation to sustainable integrated management.  It is pioneered with production innovation prototype, PCM (Phase Change Material) from crude palm oil, for which it is seeking a global patent. It aims to have a production capacity of 130 tonnes a day within 2020 and expects to have additional revenue of more than Bt800 million