In recent years, more and more organizations and institutions in the Philippines have taken significant steps to mitigate adverse effects on the environment, in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As a leader in the food and beverage industry, Nestlé Philippines has programs and projects in place to realize its goal of minimizing environmental impact. These include its initiative to use clean and renewable energy.
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Infrastructure
Republic Cement introduces fly ash for stronger, sustainable structures
Republic Cement recently added fly ash to its product portfolio as part of the company’s efforts to utilize industrial by-products as key components in building materials. This is aligned with its thrust towards green manufacturing and supports the government’s “Build, Build, Build” campaign.
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Green Living Gone Great: A-People become #NoImpactChamps for the planet!
A-People have once again proven that sustainability loves company, following the third run for the Aboitiz No Impact Challenge. And for 2018, the biggest Groupwide race to reducing our carbon footprint has evolved into becoming champions for greener, healthier lifestyle!
Honor Roll
UnionBank joins Circle of Excellence, Green Company of the Year
UnionBank of the Philippines was among the elite companies in the region awarded during the Asia CEO Awards 2018 held at Marriott Manila on Oct. 16, 2018.
Sustainability
Aboitiz joins business sector initiative to strengthen sustainability reporting
We are keen on reporting the Group’s environmental, social and governance performance for better stakeholder engagement and execution excellence.
ABC Stories
ABC Champions innovate and integrate through ‘playshops’
The ABC Summit presented two “playshops” that facilitated collaboration and creativity among participants through the free flow of ideas toward an integrated approach to making a positive impact on the lives of all stakeholders.
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Aboitiz joins campaign to redeem the Boracay wetlands
The Aboitiz Group is giving the government’s ongoing rehabilitation of Boracay an added boost by partnering with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). On August 13, 2018, both parties signed a memorandum of agreement under which Aboitiz will adopt and revive Wetland 4, one of nine wetlands scattered across the island.
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Aboitiz Group, RAFI, and DepEd pursue green partnership for Cebu’s youth
As an organization that aims to engage Filipinos to take care of our country’s forests, we in Aboitiz seek to create the ripple effect needed to impart the value of environmental sustainability to our communities, starting with the youth.
Cover Story
My Tree, My ABC: Preserving our world for the future starts with us
Responding to the call to preserve our only home, more than 3,600 volunteers gathered for the annual Aboitiz Groupwide Simultaneous Tree Planting. In high spirits for the yearly event, team members planted about 86,000 seedlings across 21 planting sites all over the Philippines.
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EIA’s speech at the 2018 Aboitiz Groupwide Simultaneous Tree Planting
“Taking care of our one and only planet and reducing our impact together sends across a united message: that we as A-People are a strong force for environmental and societal good.” – EIA
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Aboitiz hosts innovation workshop on ecosystem-based adaptation
The Aboitiz Group hosted the “Private Sector Workshop on Business & Ecosystem-based Adaptation” last July 6, gathering key stakeholders from Philippine industry, the insurance and finance sectors, and key policymakers for dialogue to identify and discuss collaboration to support ecosystem-based climate adaptation.
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Where is A-Park, you ask?
A-Park is all around us, steadily growing, helping us breathe cleaner air, and providing families sustainable means to live. It is both the place where we have planted our trees, and a movement that distinctly tells the Aboitiz sustainability mindset.
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The R2R Record: Resource efficiency record from Jan – May 2018
The Aboitiz Group’s resource consumption for the first five months of 2018 continue to show our units’ steady growth, with figures driven by their respective business needs and the rollout of certain projects and strategies.
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UnionBankers encouraged to turn the tide on plastic pollution
With this year’s World Environment Day theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution,” UnionBankers were encouraged to refuse single-use plastics, which poses one of the biggest environmental challenges for our planet.
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Choose to keep plastics off our oceans
As the hot season begins to wane and many of us scramble to the beaches for a last-minute attempt to “tan”, we Filipinos know all too well what tragedy it would be to lose the beauty of our endless stretches of coastline. Sadly, the Philippines is reported to be the third worst plastic polluter of oceans.
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The R2R Record: Resource efficiency record from Jan – Apr 2018
The Aboitiz Group’s resource consumption for the first four months of 2018 continue to show our units’ steady growth, with figures driven by their respective business needs and the rollout of certain projects and strategies.
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UnionBank branch achieves first PH LEED v4 in PH
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has granted LEED Gold Certification to Union Bank of the Philippines’ Mayon branch in Quezon City, the first and by far only LEED v4 certified project in the Philippines.
Banking and Financial Services
Purpose Beyond Profit
As it strives to become relevant to its purpose of Making Da Diff, UnionBank continues to embark on its sustainability agenda: enriching the lives of more people, protecting the environment, and inspiring a greater sense of purpose as a financial institution.
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The R2R Record: Resource efficiency performance for January and February 2018
This first monthly record of the Aboitiz Group’s resource consumption highlights the steady growth of our business units. Compared on a year-over-year basis, how we use power, water, and paper in relation to our operations’ growing demands reflects our commitment to limit our impact on the environment.
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Aboitiz leads #Connect2Earth movement for Earth Hour 2018
Aboitiz joinins the rest of the world in celebrating our role as stewards of the planet. In the week of March 19, leading up to Earth Hour’s March 24 switch off, Aboitiz Equity Ventures and AboitizLand took the lead in making the week-long Earth fest worthwhile.
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‘Green experts,’ Aboitiz urge ways to #Connect2Earth for biodiversity
There are many creative ways to utilize our resources efficiently and properly manage our wastes if we are able to make a clear stand, communicate our initiatives effectively, and take environmentalism to heart – all in order to #Connect2Earth.
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Less is More: Practicing resource efficiency as we grow responsibly
Resource efficiency is one of the cornerstones of a green organization. It means that we utilize the planet’s limited resources in the most sustainable way possible, allowing us to deliver greater value with less input while minimizing our impact on the environment.
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Tips for happy, eco-friendly holidays!
Celebrating the holidays can be quite pricey. From higher utility bills to food wastes, the December season may often have unintended environmental impacts. Here are some tips to enjoy the holidays responsibly!
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A-People curb carbon in record-breaking ‘No Impact’ campaign
At the end of the four-week challenge, Aboitiz team members managed to avoid a record total of about 206 tons of CO2e and, overall, an improved lifestyle for participants, all while helping the planet.
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Aboitiz PaToK challenge launched in APRI host schools
The project is aligned with the resource efficiency, waste
management and carbon emissions reduction focus areas of the Planet pillar of the Aboitiz BetterWorld framework.
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SNAP Supports the DOE’s Food-Water-Energy Nexus Approach
Speaking on day two of the conference, SNAP President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph S. Yu affirmed the company’s support of the Department of Energy’s push to explore more concrete measures for sustainability, chief of which is the food-water-energy nexus.
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Growing the ‘great wall of mangroves’
Breaking from their norm of manufacturing cement and aggregates, team members from Republic’s Makati office and Bulacan, Norzagaray, and LCLC plants journeyed to Malolos, Bulacan to join community members, LGU, and DENR officials to fulfill the promise that the company made last Christmas to rehabilitate the mangroves that help protect the Bulacan coast.
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VECO plants 2,500 coffee seedlings
About 120 Visayan Electric Company (VECO) employees and their family members trooped last September 17 to the uplands of Cebu City to plant some 2,500 coffee seedlings under this year’s joint tree planting activity of Veco and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).
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The Cleanergy Park: BetterWorld commitment at its best
The eight-hectare park is home to the critically-endangered pawikan “This park is one of the flagship projects under our groupwide […]
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Biodiversity Project
BIODIVERSITY PROJECT. Hedcor has entered into a wildlife inventory and biodiversity assessment project with UP Mindanao to conduct a survey […]