Climate change meet
Businesses step up energy-food-water risk management drive
Biz backs climate change agenda
Businesses launch Manila Declaration to back govt’s climate change agenda
By Philippine News Agency MANILA — The country’s business community has launched the 2015 Manila Declaration to support the Philippine government’s agenda on climate change. Among the largest business groups in the country, Philippine Business for Social Progress, Philippine Business Environment, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Management Association of the Philippines, Makati Business Club,...
Philippine firms pledge support ahead of UN climate meet
MEMBERS of the Philippines’ private sector pledged their commitment to the country’s environmental efforts in preparation for a vital United Nations discussion on climate change. Local business leaders gathered in Makati on Friday to officially announce their backing of the government’s groundwork, the Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, or INDC, to be revealed this December at...
Firms set climate change stance
BIG businesses have taken a united stand to mitigate the effects of climate change. They signed on Friday the Manila Declaration, the private sector’s statement of solidarity and support to low emission development. The declaration also calls for the implementation of concrete measures to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as the El Nino...
Foundation plants 2.5T trees
Advocacy. JIKFI volunteers gathered in the mountain barangay of Tagbao, Cebu City for a tree-planting activity last Sept. 26. (Contributed Foto) A TOTAL of 2,500 indigenous forest and fruit-bearing tree seedlings were planted by more than 100 volunteers from Juanito I. King Foundation Inc. (JIKFI) and partners in Barangay Tagbao, Cebu City last Sept. 26. In partnership...
Mondelez Philippines cares for the children and the environment
Mahigit 3,000 runners lumahok sa Takbo para sa Makinina Watershed
‘Takbo para sa Marikina Watershed’ tagumpay
Naging matagumpay ang isinagawang Takbo para sa Marikina Watershed kahapon na nag-umpisa at nagtapos sa Marikina River Park sa Marikina City. Laking pasalamat naman ni Marikina Mayor Del De Guzman sa mahigit 3,000 mananakbo na lumahok at sa mga nag-donate sa advocacy run na ito dahil aniya, malaking tulong ito sa pagtatanim ng mga punongkahoy...
Marikina ‘takbo’ to raise fund for tree-planting drive
MANILA, Philippines - Over 5,000 runners are expected to join the Takbo para sa Marikina Watershed on Sept. 20 at the Marikina River Park starting at 6 a.m. The event, held in the city every year since 2012, aims to raise funds for the continuous tree-planting project and rehabilitation of the 220 hectares of the...
Business leaders, academe & dev’t partners to form water alliance
The global water supply is on the brink of extinction. The reason, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), is due to the rapid increase of the world’s population and the alarming increase in water demand and consumption. A study made by McKinsey & Company for the WEF, revealed that by 2030, the global water...
Water donation sustains communities in Basilan
Business groups form alliance to avert water shortage in PH
Water donation sustains communities in Maluso, Basilan
WAITING FOR CHANGE - Residents of Maluso watches as representatives of USAID BeSecure Project, Manila Water, Junior Chambers International, and the 14th Special Forces of the Philippine Army demonstrate the use of solar bag water purifiers. Several water delivery trucks from Isabela City, Basilan had been going in and out of the municipality of Maluso for the...
Coca-Cola Foundation, Manila Water Foundation send help to residents affected by Basilan water crisis
SAVING LIVES - Manila Water Foundation recently turned over 275 solar bags to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Be Secure project through Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP). The solar bags, which can treat water, will be sent to an island barangay in Maluso, Basilan which is currently experiencing a water crisis due to an attack on...
Addressing critical water supply issues
USAID, Coca-Cola, PBSP sign safe water partnership
US-backed safe water access project up for 6 PHL provinces
By Ali G. Macabalang Cotabato City – Six provinces in the country including Maguindanao stand to benefit from a tripartite project the American government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) initiated recently to provide residents of the recipient-provinces safe drinking water sources, citing a report that some “15.7 million Filipinos lack access”…