essential to improve confidence and transparency, which in turn will enable further strong growth in the market. The Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme is an easy-to-use screening tool that
Impact Seal An external assurance framework and SDG Impact Seal are being developed in tandem with the Standards. Independent assurance is an important mechanism to build market trust and confidence and
whose balance between proactive and preventive approaches has led to stakeholders’ confidence in the Thai capital market. THE YEAR OF CHANGE 20T H ANNIVERSARY 1 02 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAiRMAN 04 MESSAGE
strengthen business confidence both in the manufacturing and the service sectors. However, cost of manufacturing tended to rise following to the labor coat and material prices, while increasing prices of good
confidence and business sentiment. The continual expansion could help offset the slow disbursement of public investment in this quarter. All in all, economic drivers continued to improve particularly
growth stemming from the increase in consumer confidence from the improvement in both farm income and non-farm income. In the equity market, the average daily turnover (SET and mai) declined by 20.7% from
uncertainties both at home and abroad resulted in volatility of both foreign exchange and return on investment. In the first quarter of 2019, the Baht strengthened due to eroding confidence in the US Dollar amid
enhance the trustworthiness as well as increase confidence to business partners, investors, and distributors for future business expansion. 4.3 As the Company will be the sole operator for undertaking the
capital to complete the construction in the amount of not exceeding 875 million Baht. The main reason was caused by the crisis of lack of confidence in the bond market since Q3 2017 which affected the
essential for sustainable business operations. Aside from creating confidence among all stakeholders, it is instrumental in making KBank a Bank of Sustainability. In this quarter, KBank granted the rights to