Photo by Pixabay. Cultivating insects is becoming a popular avenue for farmers worldwide. Livestock farmers, in particular, have been raising insects to feed their animals. It has become more acceptable due to the nutritional benefit and ease of reproducing insects. Perhaps the biggest incentive to...
Tan-led Asia Brewery Inc. (ABI) has inked a power supply agreement (PSA) with Shell Energy Philippines, which requires the latter to supply at least 15 megawatts of renewable energy-generated electricity to the diversified beverage company. In a statement, ABI noted that its shift to green energy...
As a global leader in the manufacture of building materials, it may not be easy, on the surface, to appreciate the sustainability initiatives of a company like Swiss giant Holcim. But to its credit, Holcim does take sustainability, and its corporate responsibility to building a better future...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL What kind of individual carbon footprint do you generate with your present lifestyle? At a recent Watsons “Do Good for the Planet” event, this was one of the fun and enlightening interactive elements of the event; as all in attendance were asked...
The University of Santo Tomas, through the Office of Public Affairs joined the Austrian Embassy in Manila and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in organizing a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Film Festival and CineForum. Six documentary films namely " Die Dohnal...
The Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (Miescor), a subsidiary of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco), has partnered with South Korean firm Seochang Electric Communication Co. Ltd. for a research and development (R&D) project that could scale up the deployment...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL It’s highly probable that sustainability is the most overused and misunderstood word today. It’s popularity, and how it’s constantly name-dropped, are beyond question; but I’ve often wondered how many versions of sustainability are...
Leading digital solutions platform Globe has made it to the list of top 200 Climate Leaders in Asia Pacific based on a special report entitled “Asia-Pacific climate leaders: Which companies cut emissions?” developed by the Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and Statista for making headway in...
Climate change is one of the most pressing and defining global issues today. It has become imperative for both the public and private sectors to continue to band together to primarily safeguard the welfare of the people and to step up to strengthen the resilience of the nation. The Philippines...
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...
