CP Group
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Industries
- Animal feed, Livestock farming, Farm input, Food ingredients & products, Food safety & quality, Supply chain monitoring & traceability, Shortening supply chain, Waste efficiency, Farm management & precision farming, Circular economy
- Domains
- Pet food, Plant based primary products, Fish, Animal based primary products, Feed, Ready-to-eat meals, Processed food products
- Technologies
- Platform as a Service, Artificial intelligence, Platform & Service technologies, Smart & digital, Information technology, Processing
About CP Group
Charoen Pokphand Group (C.P. Group) is a Thailand-based diversified conglomerate with businesses spanning agribusiness and food, retail, telecommunications, e-commerce and digital, real estate and infrastructure, automotive and industrial, pharmaceuticals, and finance and banking. The Group says it integrates these businesses to create cross-industry value and deliver innovation, opportunity, and sustainability for the country, communities, and the organization.
Within its food and agribusiness roots, C.P. Group emphasizes an integrated value chain that includes feed, farming, food processing, veterinary products, agricultural inputs, and related retail and foodservice activities. Across the wider Group, it positions itself as a technology- and innovation-driven organization that uses scale, partnerships, and digital infrastructure to support growth and long-term competitiveness.
Sustainability is presented as central to the Group’s identity, with a stated focus on responsible governance, human rights, food security, climate action, circular economy, and inclusive growth. The company frames its business model around the “Three Benefits” principle: benefits for the country, the people, and the organization.
Core Values
- Three Benefits principle: The Group states that it seeks outcomes that benefit the country, the people, and the organization at the same time.
- Sustainability: C.P. Group emphasizes responsible growth, climate action, circularity, and social impact as part of its long-term business model.
- Innovation: The Group highlights technology, digital transformation, and continuous innovation as key enablers of competitiveness and value creation.
- Integrity and governance: Its sustainability and governance materials stress ethical conduct, compliance, transparency, and respect for human rights.
- Inclusive growth: The Group says it aims to expand opportunity through education, skills development, and broader participation across its value chain.
Unique Aspects
- Highly diversified conglomerate: C.P. Group operates across eight major business lines, allowing it to connect agriculture, food, retail, telecom, digital, and infrastructure capabilities within one ecosystem.
- Integrated food and agribusiness base: The Group’s agribusiness model spans feed, farms, food processing, and related inputs, with an emphasis on traceability and food security.
- Major digital infrastructure push: Through True IDC, the Group launched Thailand’s first AI hyperscale data center in 2025, positioning Thailand as a regional digital hub.
- Strategic partnership with Microsoft: In 2025, CP Group, True, and True IDC announced a collaboration with Microsoft to strengthen Thailand’s AI, cloud, and digital infrastructure capabilities, including True IDC serving as a key datacenter partner for Microsoft’s cloud region in Thailand.
- Carbon-neutrality and circular-economy collaboration with Mitsubishi Electric: In 2025, CP Group and Mitsubishi Electric signed an MOU to collaborate on net-zero and circular-economy initiatives, including energy efficiency and plastic recycling.
- Scale and regional reach: The Group says it operates across 21 countries and employs more than 450,000 people worldwide, underscoring its international footprint.