Along the busy roads of Ermita, a centuries-old Manila district, one university hailing from the streets of San Marcelino is reshaping charity. What was once a "school for the poor" is now for the planet, too, following its pledge to transition the campus to a sustainable institution. “Hindi ito...
Almost everything we buy today comes packaged in plastic. It’s no news it’s ubiquitous and erodes our environment. The lack of sustainable packaging choices only worsens the crisis—a situation leaving consumers in limbo. After all, how can we choose better when such options barely...
Building a sustainable housing business was once just a spark of idea for this couple. Yet, that faint but guiding light ignited their sleeping passion for the Earth’s tallest grass—an ambition they chased for years. Now, they awake to the dreams they built. Their secret? Passing the fire on to...
Aboitiz Foundation, the social development arm of the Aboitiz Group, celebrates its achievements in 2024, reinforcing its commitment to creating positive impacts through its strategic pillars: Future Leaders, Jobs, and Climate Action. The foundation also set meaningful and scaled-up efforts for...
House prices today make starting a new life in the woods filled with fruit-bearing trees look more promising. A tropical country like the Philippines needs housing materials to absorb less heat, but concrete, which is used to build most homes here, does the contrary. And like any other sector, the...
SariCycle's first anniversary Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation (APC Group) welcomes the new year with a significant stride to sustainability by honoring yet another milestone, as it celebrates the first anniversary of SariCycle, an incentivized plastic collection and recycling program. Together...
Have you ever felt an impending sense of doom about climate-fueled disasters? Think of working tirelessly to build your future, only for it to be taken away by a warming world. These feelings of chronic worry and distress about climate change are known as “climate anxiety” as experts argue....
We can no longer deny the glaring impacts of climate change, as action was needed decades ago. Although we live in an age of what seems to be shameless greenwashing, where buyers are urged to shop smarter, the essence of going green fails when it’s reduced to mere consumption. Around one-third of...
It’s hard to look past misleading environmental claims, even for educated consumers, as marketers in many industries work tirelessly to perfume sustainability. From unverified product claims to empty corporate climate pledges, greenwashing has taken many subtle forms that urge buyers to stay...
The record-smashing heat that fueled extreme weather events last year is likely to continue in 2025, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Monday. A red alert has been issued in the latest WMO State of the Climate report to signal how escalating greenhouse gas levels have and will further...
A man fills containers with water due to the shortage caused by high tetmperatures and drought in Veracruz, Mexico, on June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File) People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change,...
Extreme weather events battered developing countries this year despite their small contribution to climate change. The Philippines faced six successive storms in just a month which were intensified by climate crisis, the World Weather Attribution said. Top climate polluters still haven’t...
