Merck Celebrates 25th Anniversary for Social Responsibility

         Throughout 25 years of Merck Ltd. has run in Thailand in driving value-adding technologies to benefit patients and customers, social responsibility; with the "CARE" concept dedicating to all stakeholders namely employees, customers, investors, and society, is embedded as a principle of every Merck employees.
          To celebrate the 25th anniversary,Merck and Associate Professor Dr. Nattrika Sunsue, director of VMARC and founder of Rak Tao Club, including Merck employees, club members, and participants, the rescue of 190 creatures had succeeded from one of the temples in Patumthani province on 29 October, 2016. Besides science and technology knowledge in company root, people at Merck earned experiences and practical skills in handling unwell turtles and primarily basic treatment with the help of experts as well as veterinarian.
          Merck Thailand created an internal activity for employees to share their 'Dreams', and one of those intended to improve environment in the society. The initiative idea had just come from the good intention showing a sympathy to abandoned turtles in the uncomfortable environments; however, it eventually inspired and became a CSR activity called Merck Charity Run: GIVE ME FIVE… running for helping turtles, organized by a group of Merck employees at Lumpini Park on 29 May, 2016.
          The event was sponsored by a number of partners and customers, and also gained public interests who registered for health running and doing good things. It was publicly informed with clear intention to support "Reviving Turtles to the Nature" project run by non-profit organization called Rak Tao Club and Veterinary Medical Aquatic animal Research Center (VMARC) of Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, in order to rescue and conserve those vulnerable aquatic animals that is nearly to become extinct.
          Rungrawee Selananda, Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Executive Board, who is the project sponsor mentioned that "As a representative of Merck Thailand, I would like to thank every stakeholder who joined in the charity run aiming at helping turtles and, reviving the nature equilibrium because your beneficiary of a good deed has been transferred to society by our Merck people's action and spirit".
          Taken the employee's voice into account, Merck brought about an activity that causing the harmony and congruity from internal and external parties, which achievably benefit for the animals and environment. This is one example indicating that everyone plays significant role of being part of social responsibility that could lead to sustainability in society.
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          About Merck Thailand
          Merck Ltd., Thailand was established in 1991 as a joint-venture between Merck KGaA and B. Grimm (Thailand), and as a further expansion of the Merck Group, a leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science and performance materials in Germany, a history that began in 1668, and a future shaped by around 50,000 employees in 66 countries.
          Merck Thailand, whose main activity is marketing the pharmaceuticals and chemicals products of Merck KGaA and associated companies, conducts its business in the three business sectors to further develop technologies that improve and enhance life – from biopharmaceutical therapies to treat cancer or multiple sclerosis, cutting-edge systems for scientific research and production, to liquid crystals for smartphones and LCD televisions.