ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma Living as we do in a climate vulnerable country, Filipinos are accustomed to read and hear about sustainability as being equated with minimizing carbon dioxide emissions as a way of mitigating the harsh impact of global warming: destructive typhoons and floods that wreak havoc...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) recently held its annual stockholders meeting with the theme of reinvention as the Ayala-led bank outlined a strategy focused on customer obsession, digitalization and sustainability. BPI President and CEO Jose Teodoro “TG”...
Whether on a tour or exploring on our own, how bamboo bicycles can help us pedal toward a greener future By Ruben Claro Reyes IV In the last years of his life, Dr. Jose P. Rizal yearned for a bicycle. In late 1885, during his exile in Dapitan, one of the Philippines’ greatest heroes exchanged a...
The International Finance Corp. (IFC) will invest in BDO Unibank, Inc.’s sustainability bond sale that aims to help finance marine and ocean-based projects while supporting the country’s climate goals. In a statement, IFC said on Friday, April 29, that the World Bank Group unit will subscribe...
“For us, a sustainable life at home is affordable and attainable through small actions that will eventually create a big impact on home life and on our Earth,” says IKEA Pasay City Store Manager Georg Platzer. “At IKEA, we believe that sustainable living cannot be a luxury for the few. It...
The Swedish brand launches sustainability product range in the PH In support of its vision of creating a better everyday life at home, Ikea launched its sustainability range — a wide variety of affordable, quality home furnishings that will help the many Filipinos achieve a sustainable life at...
To prepare communities for calamities, pro-environmental and advocacy group Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) urged the next leaders to strengthen existing resilience and sustainability-related policies, which it said, may help the country face natural and man-made...
Farming, they say, is a huge gamble. With farmers saddled with debt even before they till the soil, they can only hope to literally reap everything they’ve sown. Crop damage is not an option. But this is exactly what befell 40-year-old vegetable grower Celeste Naguiat of Floridablanca, Pampanga....
Leading renewable energy firm Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has extended for another two years its power supply agreement with Silliman University, an academic institution in the Visayas which has been championing the utilization of green technology for its energy needs. For this power...
Recognized as a force for sustainability, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto was awarded as a "Honorary Local Chief Executive of the Year" under the gold category at the 2022 Nation Builders and Mosliv Awards (NBMA) on Saturday, March 19. The ceremony was held at the Grand Ballroom of the Okada Manila in...
A common lament nowadays is that young people don’t want to go into agriculture because there is no money in it. Daniel Jason “Kumafor” Maches and Ricky Lacbongan, both 24, from Barlig, Mountain Province are out to prove both sentiments wrong. Maches and Lacbongan, both of the I-Lias tribe,...
media In two years, NLEX Corporation managed to cut down 350,000 pieces of plastic waste and slash its carbon emissions by 4,989 tons, saving around 5.9 million kilowatt hours of electricity and 265,000 trees. “As a responsible ISO-certified organization, we protect the environment not only for...
