201502.09
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PBSP: The business of uplifting lives

Times have changed. In an era of great social awareness, people have become more conscious of their impact on others and their environment. The same holds true for businesses. Whereas in the past, companies were focused solely on making profits and outsmarting the competition, businesses today have begun devoting their resources to charitable and humanitarian…

Tagle challenges PBSP to remain true to its mission
201502.09
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Tagle challenges PBSP to remain true to its mission

“Go to the peripheries and you will find there a different type of joy and energy.” “Secondly, let the inclusion of the poor permeate the whole of our business enterprise. Make them visible, from the vision to the operations, to the products. Finally, inclusion through personal encounter, so that they really belong in our hearts,…

201502.09
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PBSP receives a token of gratitude from OPARR

Usec. Danilo Antonio of Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery (OPARR) presents a simple token of appreciation to Rapa Lopa, Executive Director of PBSP, during a simple ceremony at the PBSP Office. OPARR is giving simple tokens of recognition to Development and Sector Sponsors who worked tirelessly and diligently in helping build…

201502.06
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Cardinal Tagle with PBSP trustees

Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle (eighth from left), the keynote speaker at Philippine Business for Social Progress’ (PBSP) Annual Membership Meeting last Jan. 27, pose with its Board of Trustees (from left) Roberto Umali, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Magsaysay Transport & Logistic Corp.; Edgar Chua, Country Chairman of Shell companies in the Philippines;…

201502.06
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MVP receives a token of gratitude from a student

Philippine Business for Social Progress Chairman Manuel V Pangilinan (right) holds a plaque of appreciation from a student of Bayanan Elementary School Main in Muntinlupa. She and fellow students gave a heartwarming performance for the business community who attended PBSP’s Annual Membership Meeting at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel last January 27. With them in photo…

201502.03
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Cardinal Tagle in PBSP meet

Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan (left) welcomes keynote speaker Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle during the PBSP’s 44th Annual Membership Meeting in Makati City.

201410.28
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One in Uplifting Lives

Philippine Business for Social Progress strives to eradicate poverty by providing self-sustaining programs for the poor  The Philippines may now have a burgeoning economy marked by a strong GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth averaging 6.3% (based on the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Asian Development Outlook report 2014) but extreme poverty still remains a critical challenge….

201410.23
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PBSP commemorates International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) Executive Director Rafael ‘Rapa’ C. Lopa recently sat down with some members of the media at the Bayleaf Hotel in Intamuros, Manila during the organization’s commemoration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17). He reported the substantial gains of the foundation’s projects in the areas of…

201410.21
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Biz and social change

Corporations traditionally exist for their self-interests. The classic mission of governing corporate boards is to make their stockholders happy by providing them more returns on their investments. But the concept of corporate social responsibility had changed this old-school role of corporations – from merely profit-churning machines into instruments of social change. The idea is not…

201410.21
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Filipino CEOs challenged to make meaningful impact

Rafael Lopa, the executive director of the Philippine Business for Social Progress, believes that presidents and chief executives of corporations need to change their philanthropic strategies and scale up their contribution to make an impact on poverty reduction in the Philippines. “We in PBSP feel we need to make a shift in how we encourage…

201410.21
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‘Eradicate poverty’

The private sector should work together to help eradicate poverty by developing new, socially oriented strategic approaches and solutions, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), a business-led social development organization, said on Friday. PBSP Executive Director Rafael C. Lopa said that the organization is now shifting its own strategy to more effectively address current social…

201410.13
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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…

201410.03
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ONE FOR EDUCATION (Business Mirror)

The Australian government, the Department of Education (DepEd) and Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) are working together to build schools in Bohol. The BEST program steps up PBSP’s Bayanihang Pampaaralan campaign through an A$15­million funding for the construction of 252 classrooms in Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao and Metro Manila, with potential to grow in the…

201408.26
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Business Sector Response to UN Human Development Report

Delivered by Rafael C. Lopa, Executive Director, PBSP The Philippine Launch and Press Conference of the 2014 Human Development Report Crowne Plaza, Ortigas, Quezon City August 20, 2014 Highlighting the vulnerability of recorded gains in human development all over the world definitely hits home here in the Philippines. In a few months, we will mark…

201405.27
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PBSP awarded grant under the Grand Challenges Canada (GCC)

Grand Challenges Canada (GCC), funded by the Government of Canada, announced last May 22, 2014 the investments of $12 million in projects worldwide aimed squarely at improving the health and saving the lives of mothers, newborns and children in developing countries. Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is one of the recipients of these social…

201405.20
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PBSP expresses gratitude to Donors and Partners for Post-Yolanda efforts

PBSP recently sent a letter of thanks to donors and partners for Post-Yolanda efforts, informing them of the updates about their contributions. As of March 31, we have received PhP 88,831,621.65 through your generosity and of other individual donors, corporations, and funding agencies. Of this amount, PhP 82,107,035.37 came from corporate donors; PhP 1,491,391.60 from…

201405.20
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PBSP and member-companies hold series of fora for post-Yolanda strategy

Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) holds series of dialogues between the private and public sectors on disaster management strategies after the onlsaught 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….