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...
Spectrum to scale up solar rooftop installations for customers By Myrna M. Velasco Spectrum, a wholly-owned solar power firm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), will be scaling up on its solar rooftop installations -- primarily for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers, so it can help...
Arthaland is a real estate development company that talks about creating sustainable legacies. It takes pride in its ability to offer homes and properties that are comfortable, while featuring energy-saving features and water-efficient fixtures. To start off 2022 on the right sustainable foot,...
Aboitiz Group President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sabin M. Aboitiz underscores that the Great Transformation focuses on “People” and everything else follows, during the Aboitiz Leaders Conference held virtually on February 10, 2022. Aboitiz Group leaders are taking on the responsibility...
Sustainability is today’s buzzword. The younger generation of consumers are now making educated, conscious choices of supporting companies that claim sustainability as part of their DNA. Thus, almost all companies have felt the need to become sustainable in their operations. Claiming...
Senatorial candidate and former Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro will put a premium on sustainability when it comes to the laws that he will pursue in the legislature should he win in the May 2022 polls. Senatorial candidate Gibo Teodoro ((Photo from gibo.ph)...
MB file photo Holcim Philippines accomplished a number of sustainability and innovation initiatives in 2021 to raise its business performance and contributions to development such as an agreement to have its cement plants in Luzon run on solar energy. Leading building solutions provider, Holcim...
