Employees from The Hershey Company Philippines vow to plant 5,000 seedlings to help reduce carbon emissions in Metro Manila For the third consecutive year, employees of The Hershey Company Philippines gathered once again for a trek on November 14, 2014. This was not a trek for everybody’s enjoyment, but to fulfill the company’s goal to…
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…
After the devastations brought about by Tropical Cyclone Winnie and Typhoon Yoyong years ago, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), in cooperation with the local government of lnfanta and Real, Quezon, and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), tookimmediate action to provide relief operations and medical missions for the affected areas. PLDT and its partners initiated a rehabilitation plan to bring back the lush greens in the Infanta-Real Watershed Forest Reserve, one of the areas affected by the landslide. The PLDT TelePuno…
Employees of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) planted 80,000 high-quality hardwood and fruit-bearing trees to rehabilitate a watershed forest reserve in Quezon damaged by a series of flashfloods and landslides in 2004. Known as PLDT TelePuno, the five-year project planted narra and lipote seedlings in the 80 hectares of common watershed between the…
Locals of Infanta and Real, Quezon count the seedling pouches used by the PLDT and PBSP employee volunteers. It was in the dawn of November 29, 2004 when flash floods and landslides woke up the sleeping people of Infanta, Quezon and nearby towns, after hours of continuous rains brought by Tropical Cyclone Winnie. The large…
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…
Education stalwarts – Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Insular Foundation and the Department of Education partner for the construction of a classroom building to help Typhoon Yolanda survivors in Leyte. In photo during the Memorandum of Agreement signing are: (from left) Rafael C. Lopa, PBSP Executive Director; Vicente R. Ayllón, Insular Life Chairman of the Board…
When Typhoon Haiyan hit the small fishing village of Sua, Marilyn Belga and her family lost their homes and almost their lives. A year later, Marilyn shares her story on how the International Rescue Committee and its partner, Philippines Business for Social Progress, helped her rebuild after the storm. Read more: The IRC, rescue.org, November 14,…
Senior officials of a nonprofit organization based in the US, which helps finance worldwide projects, took part in the planting of 5,000 mangrove propagules in a recent coastal-reforestation effort by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) on Bantayan Island, Cebu. GlobalGiving Director of Programs Britt Lake and Senior Unmarketing Manager Alison Carlman joined officers…
MANGROVES FOR BETTER COASTAL COMMUNITIES. GlobalGiving Director of Programs Britt Lake (left) and Senior Unmarketing Manager Alison Carlman (right) plant mangroves at barangay Kaongkod, Madridejos on Bantayan Island, Cebu. Almost a year after Typhoon Yolanda swept areas in the Visayas region, Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) continues to revitalize coastal communities and uplift the…
Big-time industry leaders in the country urged the top Business and Social Science students in Metro Manila to push for creating a business that would not just enable them to earn but also benefit the society. The Creating Shared Value (CSV) Youth Forum 2014, which was held at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Conference…
There is exciting work happening as the global development community prepares to take on what is now known as the post-2015 Development Agenda. This new framework will require some creative thinking about how to engage the private sector, and how to utilise the emerging evidence that more inclusive business models – ie those that engage…
To help protect the environment from indiscriminate disposal of sulfuric acid coming from old batteries, a power-generating company based in Misamis Oriental signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a recycling company and a non-governmental organization on Friday. Steag State Power Inc. (SPI), Oriental Motolite Marketing Corp. (OMMC) and the Philippine Business for Social Progress…
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…
The Hershey Company has always been supportive of people’s well-being towards achieving a better life and a bright future, which likewise supports greater effectiveness in its good business performance. The Hershey Company approved a financial grant through its partner, United Way Worldwide, to provide shelter repair kits for 25 families affected by typhoon Glenda (international…
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…
Employees of Ace Insurance of the Philippines work together to cover donated books for the students of Ususan Elementary School. The Brigada Eskwela campaign of the Department of Education, in collaboration with the private sector, has already ended after school opening in June, but Insurance Company of North America (Ace Philippine Branch) continues to implement it…
Through its Joy Schools Program, Mondelez Philippines invests in, or more appropriately, builds the future of young people. A school in Tacloban, Leyte, is their newest success story. In less than a month, it will be exactly one year since super typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) hit the Philippines. During its aftermath, international aid…
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…
Peer to peer participants are divided into smaller groups to facilitate the sharing and lessons. Preparing young students for the future by unlocking their full potentials. In partnership with Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), Petron recently conducted another BUCB leadership and life skills development activity at the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) in…
