Coconut industry stakeholders to gather in investment summit
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Nestle, PBSP, AIM host Youth Forum on Creating Shared Value
The Creating Shared Value (CSV) Youth Forum, a gathering of top undergraduate students from five leading universities in Metro Manila, was hosted recently by Nestle Philippines, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), and the Asian Institute of Management Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIMRVR Center for CSR). The…
Nestle, PBSP, AIM nag host ng youth forum para sa CSV
Pinamahalaan kamakailan ng Nestle Philippines, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), at ng Asian Institute of ManagementRamon V. del Rosario, Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIMRVR Center forCSR) ang pagdaraos ng Creating Shared Value (CSV) Youth Forum, isang pagtitipon ng mga top undergraduate student mula sa limang nangungunang unibersidad sa Metro Manila. Binuo ang forum upang mapalalim pa ang pagkaunawa ng mga estudyante sa CSV bilang mahalagang approach sa pagbuo…
Nestlé Global’s Creating Shared Value prize for 2016
Nestlé Global is calling for nominations for the Creating Shared Value prize for 2016. Their headquarters will be accepting nominations from social and private enterprises as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) developing or implementing their own creating shared value initiatives in the area of nutrition, water and/or rural development. This prize is open to nominations…
Creating shared value: Nestlé, PBSP, AIM host forum
Top students from the country’s leading universities in Metro Manila recently came together for the Creating Shared Value (CSV) Youth Forum, a gathering hosted by Nestlé Philippines, the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), and the Asian Institute of Management- Ramon V. del Rosario Sr. Center for Corporate Social Responsibility (AIM-RVR Center for CSR). The…
Good business
Students learn all about Creating Shared Value from business experts If young entrepreneurs need to learn how to do well in business, they also need to know the meaning of doing ‘good’ business. While the bottomline in business might be profit, it’s always not about the money. In the words of international pop star Jessie…
BOI eyes unit for inclusive accreditation
The Board of Investments (BOI) is set to establish a unit responsible for the accreditation of enterprises entitled to incentives for adopting the inclusive business model by next year. BOI managing head Adrian Cristobal, Jr. told reporters the agency intends to have the unit and the guidelines for inclusive business accreditation by next year. “We…
Social enterprises key to inclusive growth in PH
Some of the most inspiring people who want to make a positive change in the world flock to social enterprise, according to Gretchen Phillips, former senior adviser on development and foreign assistance of the US Department of State. “The investments we’re making today are going to set the course of the country for the next…
Firm eyes 45,000-hectare oil palm expansion in NorMin
A Mindanao-based company engaged in oil palm growing is targeting to develop at least 45,000 hectares of land in two provinces in the island within the next five years. Manuel Boniao, chairman of Bali Oil Palm Produce Corp., said they are aiming to develop 15,000 hectares in Bukidnon and 30,000 hectares in Misamis Oriental, both…
BIMPEAGA meet generates P6B worth of potential investments in Mindanao
About P6 billion worth of possible investments in Mindanao were generated during the business matching sessions of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) meet held here last week, according to an official of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). The proposed projects are mostly in the agriculture sector as well as…
Perks eyed for firms with inclusive business models
The board of Investments (BOI) is drafting a program that will grant incentives to companies that will adopt inclusive business models in their respective operations, Senator Bam Aquino said on Monday. “The BOI launched its intention to make ‘inclusive business’ a part of its criteria (in granting) incentives. (The agency) hasn’t come out with the guidelines yet but we are hoping it can…
Forum on “Inclusive Growth Through Inclusive Business” marks BOI’s 47th Anniversary
Inclusive growth is no longer a mere concept in today’s advancing economic growth. Equitable opportunities for economic participants include a large part of a country’s labor force which has a direct link between the macro and micro determinants of progress. As part of its 47th year Anniversary, the Board of Investments (BOI), an attached agency…
Let’s make inclusive growth happen (Manila Times)
Sixty-six percent of the country’s total employment is sourced from small and medium enterprises. After all, MSMEs comprise 99 percent of business. Aptly described as the backbone of the economy, it merits all the support from government if only to promote the still elusive inclusive growth. In the recently concluded forum of the Department of…
Bridging the gap
PBSP evaluates the gains of its 15-year peace and development program in Mindanao Mindanao has always been rich in natural resources – verdant hills, abundant seas teeming with marine life, and fertile lands that yield significant produce. Ironically, it has also been poor in many aspects. For one, these assets have always been overshadowed by its…
PBSP pushes inclusive business to help Mindanao catch up
President Benigno Aquino III found a formidable ally in Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) which promotes its Inclusive Business Imperative (IBI) campaign to reinforce his inclusive growth agenda. During PBSP’s Mindanao Membership Meeting (MaMM) and Inclusive Agribusiness Launch last September 8 at the SMX Convention Center in Davao, the President urged businessmen to invest…
PBSP’s IBI Center kicks off series of Inclusive Business Forums with Agribusiness Financing Meeting
The country’s largest corporate-led foundation, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), recently held an Inclusive Agribusiness Financing Forum at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel last April 28, 2014. “The private sector needs to reexamine its corporate-social responsibility (CSR) programs and redevelop models for inclusive growth that go beyond corporate philanthropy,” said Rafael Lopa, Executive Director of…
Inclusive Business Imperative
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) holds series of dialogues between the private and public sectors on disaster management strategies after the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda, and other possible areas of public-private partnerships. The first dialogue was conducted during PBSP’s 43rd Annual Membership Meeting and Inclusive Business Forum, which was moderated by InterAksyon.com’s Roby Alampay….