When the going gets rough … the rough will need lubricants - because nothing ruins the ride like grinding gears and brake-screeching agony!" The lubricants business is often overshadowed by its more popular cousins diesel and gasoline – but in reality, it is a very essential commodity that...
Leading clean energy developer First Gen Corporation is lining up 9,000 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) investments to concretize its well-calculated journey to net zero – and this business decision is out to prove that sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand without frying the...
The procurement of replacement power under the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) will be allowed at 50 percent renewable energy (RE) capacity during the three-year transition period that shall be enforced in the amended policy for this segment of the power industry. In a draft Circular furnished...
While many Philippine corporates are just riding the green energy wave with empty rhetoric and some have been merely using "net zero pledges" as superficial propaganda tool in their business playbook, the genuinely serious ones are promising to re-assess commitments with concrete baselines and...
Philippine businesses are big on verbalizing mindset shift toward decarbonization across their business operations and supply chains as the central action points on their net zero goals for them to meaningfully contribute to tempering global warming as cast in the Paris Agreement. In a...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has clinched ‘B’ rating from CDP, a non-profit global entity which is authoritatively handling the disclosure platform for climate change impacts of investors, corporates and even government instrumentalities like cities and states. According to the company, its new...
EJ Obiena lived up to his lofty billing as one of the world’s finest pole vaulters as the prized Filipino athlete made a lot of heads turn anew during his torrid European indoor campaign in the month of February. *EJ Obiena had a fruitful harvest in February. (AFP file photo)* In such a short...
The Philippine government has called for the inclusion of the needs and priorities of developing countries in the definition of climate finance as a floor amounting to $100 billion has been committed by developed countries to be mobilized for climate action every year. Through Philippine Ambassador...
Malacañang is upbeat about the country's vaccination prospects despite missing its goal of administering nine million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs in its just concluded national vaccination days. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook) In a virtual press...
The government is not walking away from its goal to attain herd immunity in the Philippines before the end of the year. Senior citizens wait for their turn at a vaccination site in Sampaloc, Manila on May 25, 2021.(Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) As more coronavirus vaccines are expected to arrive in...
One of the teams seeing action in the inaugural Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup and a newly-founded sports marketing organization aimed to help the progress of Philippine sports in this time of the pandemic will be the guests in a two-part session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) online...
Kakai Bautista is a singer, comedian, actress, and known as the country’s Dental Diva. Now, you can add another title to her name: Homeowner. In an episode on her YouTube channel, Kakai brings her signature flair and comedic timing to show viewers her life journey, specifically through three...
