Bangkok: The SEC revealed that the total investment amount under the Thai ESGX measure, which ends on June 30, 2025, totaled 32,168 million baht in a 2-month period, transferred from LTFs in the group with investments not exceeding 500,000 baht, reaching 79%, responding to sustainable investment.
According to Thai News Agency, from the government's measures that provide tax benefits to support investment in sustainability stocks (ESG) and increase the stability of the Thai capital market by providing tax benefits for new investments in the special Thai ESG Extra Fund (Thai ESGX) and the exchange of LTF units to Thai ESGX within 2 months between May and June 2025, and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued criteria to support investment in Thai ESGX. As of the end of the measure, Thai ESGX has a total net asset value (NAV) of approximately 32,168 million baht, divided into approximately 25,091 million baht from LTF and approximately 7,077 million baht in new investments. This exchange amount represents 79 percent of the value of the LTF unitholder group with an investment value not exceeding 500,000 baht, showing that this measure can meet the needs and motivate this group of unitholders to decide to continuously invest in Thai stocks that focus on sustainability (ESG stocks).
Mrs. Pornanong Busaratrakul, Secretary-General of the SEC, said that investment in Thai ESGX not only reflects the support for Thai listed companies that prioritize sustainable business operations and encourage listed companies in the development phase to accelerate their operations to enter the Thai ESG stock group, which is in line with the country's sustainable development goals, but also reflects the cooperation between government agencies, the SEC, the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the Association of Investment Management Companies (AIMC), and all investment management operators. The LTF unit holding verification system that connects all units in the industry can also be expanded and used to provide services to investors. From the SEC's perspective, this measure is considered a great success.
The SEC would like to emphasize that in order for investors who invest in Thai ESGX funds to receive full tax benefits, investors must comply with the investment conditions and hold Thai ESGX investment units invested in the period according to the above measures for a full period of 5 years from the date of purchase or exchange of investment units.