Best corporate social responsibility

Best corporate social responsibility

Rank	Name of Company
1	Ayala Corporation
2	Manila Water
3	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)
4	San Miguel Corporation
5	Philex Mining
6	Globe Telecom
7	Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI)
8	Energy Development Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AYALA CORPORATION

Strategic initiatives for a sustainable urban environment

The Ayala group of companies is strongly committed to corporate social responsibility. Ayala Foundation, through its environment and sustainability division, convenes the CSR efforts of the Ayala group--proving that the Ayala group gives importance not only to the growth of its business, but also to the development of the communities to which it belongs, as well as the protection of the environment.

The environment and sustainability division also develops and implements programs that seek to address various environmental problems. Aside from its highly successful solid waste management program, Ayala Foundation has programs in such areas as energy efficiency, clean air, and clean water.

 

Other Programs

 

• ·         Ayala Museum

 

• ·         CENTEX

 

• ·         Community Development

 

• ·         Education and Youth Leadership

 

• ·         Filipinas Heritage Library

 

• ·         Ayala Technology Business Incubator

 

 

MANILA WATER

“Tubig Para Sa Barangay” (TPSB) or Water for the Community is the Company’s flagship program to provide affordable potable water for the urban poor. It was developed to suit the physical, social, and economic conditions of households from marginalized communities. In line with the program objectives, the land title requirement in applying for a water service connection was eased up through the support of MWSS, while flexible financing options and a socialized tariff scheme for low-income families were introduced.

The strong partnership that the Company established with the communities contributed significantly to the success of the program. Since its launch in 1998, TPSB has been the most concrete example of Manila Water’s thrust to align business and social goals. To date, over 700 TPSB projects have been completed serving 1.7 million people.

 

PLDT

These are just some of the corporate social responsibility programs of the PLDT Group showcased at the recent CSR Expo 2012, emphasizing the convergence of its services and resources to improve the way Filipinos live.

• ·         the various CSR initiatives in education, health, environment, disaster management, and livelihood.


• ·         to help improve public school education.


• ·         students are given activity sheets instead of textbooks with 70 to 80 percent of the session allotted to student activities, and only 20 to 30 percent to lectures, addressing the needs of a new generation of learners who have access to a vast network of information.


• ·         to develop students to their fullest potential and ensure that students learn thru’ attainable activities that help develop their confidence by letting them progress from simple to complex tasks.


• ·         Kabalikat….sa Edukasyon, Kabuhayan, Kaligtasan, Kalikasan at Kalusugan.


• ·         the implementation of a flood monitoring system covering 18 major river basins nationwide.


• ·         help transmit pertinent weather data for analysis and formulation of the DOST’s grand flood warning system.


• ·         In education, Smart has tailored various programs to fit the needs of students and teachers, including the CommuniTeach for grade school students; Smart Schools for the secondary schools; the Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP) and Online Campus Journalism for college students; and special projects for both students and teachers like Doon Po Sa Amin that encourages communities to generate and share local web-based content.


• ·         the Marikina Watershed Initiative to help protect, reforest and rehabilitate said watershed.


• ·         programs on Entrepreneurship, sustainable livelihood under the Tipid Sulit Pinas campaign, Microfinance, and Livelihood for Gawad Kalinga communities.


• ·         Gabay Guro program empowers teachers to improve their lives through skills and knowledge trainings; opportunities for additional livelihood and income; providing Internet to schools in far-flung areas; and putting up an initial funding for their housing needs.  PSF’s Gabay Guro also has a scholarship program for Education students to help fill the teacher backlog for the public schools.


• ·         The PLDT Infoteach Outreach Program


• ·         PLDT Ka-Asenso, RFM Foundation and The Outstanding Students of the Philippines Alumni Community, Project Pagsulong, a nationwide on-line youth social entrepreneurship challenge.

 

SAN MIGUEL CORPORATIONS

• Five multi-purpose threshers were turned-over by SMB to the Cotabato – Davao Del Sur Federation of Cooperatives to augment the farmers income.


• SMB employee volunteers are heavily involved in the preservation of the environment.


• SMB´s Community Scholarship Program includes under writing matriculation fees and provides stipends and book allowances for underprivileged but deserving youths.


• The project, dubbed as the "SMB Community Clinic" signifies the Company's commitment to help the Department of Health's services program through an off-site clinic.

PHILEX MINING

• PADCAL PROPAGATES VETIVER AT BALOG


• PADCAL SHINES AT PHILEX-FRONTRUNNER RUN


• PADCAL AWAITING CLEANUP PERMITS


• PHILEX JOINS ‘BRIGADA ESKWELA’


• PHILEX MULLS AGRO-FORESTRY AT PADCAL


• SILANGAN RUNS TO SAVE SURIGAO RIVER


• SOLAR PANELS POWER VOTING PRECINCT


• SPILLWAY ON TRACK FOR RAINY SEASON


• NPA ATTACKS EXPLORATION SITE IN SIPALAY


• Philex Mining stays true to its water-advocacy program

 

GLOBE TELECOM

• i-Access


• i-Access for Education


• Text2Teach Program


• Internet-in-Schools Program


• Global Filipino Teachers Program  


• Global Filipino Schools (GFS)  


• i-Access for Social Services Delivery

 rCHITS Program

• Hotline Services


• Cash-for-Work Program in partnership with World Food Programme


• Nutrient Manager for Rice (NMRice) Mobile in partnership with the International Rice Research Institute

 

BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND

	1978
	BPI Foundation is formally incorporated and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The incorporators are: Enrique Zobel, Jaime L. Cardinal Sin, Alberto F. de Villa-Abrille, J. Antonio Araneta, and Robert Wynn. BPI Foundation serves as a conduit of BPI grants and donations to charitable institutions, schools, disaster victims, and civic organizations.
	1981
	BPI Foundation is registered as a donee-institution with tax-exempt status with the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
	1989
	Started the following programs:
	»	BPI Science Awards (Annual)
	»	Information Systems Study Plan (ISSP)
	»	Research Grants
	»	Financing Assistance Line for NGOs and cooperatives in microfinance
	»	Extended the first credit line to Tulay sa Pag-unlad, Inc. (P500,000) which is regarded as the first “wholesale microfinance” project by a private foundation.
	»	Medical missions
	»	Barrio Molino Assistance Program
	1990
	»	Launched a College Scholarship Program for 10 BPI dependents who will pursue science and engineering courses in select universities nationwide.
	»	Inked a P500,000 credit line with VICTO (a network of Visayas-based cooperatives) for wholesale lending.
	»	Provided assistance for victims of the July 16, 1990 earthquake in Baguio and Dagupan cities.
	»	Spearheaded massive disaster response for victims of Typhoon “Ruping” in Cebu City with the assistance of the Cebu Archdiocese, the Department of Health in Region VII, and BPI volunteer employees in Cebu. This involved conducting soup kitchens and medical missions.
	»	Assisted in forming the Corporate Network for Disaster Response which is later recognized as a leading agency in disaster response.
	»	Played a key role in the formation, fund raising and establishment of the Foundation for Judicial Excellence (FJE), which provides incentives for outstanding judges, prosecutors.
	1991
	»	Granted a P300,000-credit line with Ahon sa Hirap, Inc. (the first true replicator of Grameen Banking of Bangladesh as acknowledged by the Grameen Bank).
	»	Presented its microfinance program in an international forum in Indonesia.
	»	Supported medical missions for the evacuees of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption.
	»	Became a founding member of the League of Corporate Foundations.
	1993
	Initiated an employee led volunteer program called the Community Relations Program – the first among corporate foundations.
	1995
	»	Won an Anvil Award for Excellence for its “Banking with the Poor” program.
	»	Implemented the standard operating procedures on lending with BPI Loans Operations Division. With nine partner-NGOs and cooperatives availing of the wholesale lending program under the Financing Assistance Line.
	1997
	»	Led the “A Flag for Every Public School” project with the Ayala Group of Companies, the League of Corporate Foundations, and the Rotary Clubs.
	»	Officially merged with Citytrust Foundation, Inc. with the latter as surviving entity.
	1999
	»	Launched the "BPI Pays Tribute to Cities and Municipalities," which won an Anvil Award of Excellence.
	»	Organized a musical concert in Glorietta Mall as fundraising event for the “Tabang Mindanaw” project.
	1999
	Managed the special reunion of Science awardees for the 10th year celebration of the BPI Science Awards.
	2001
	»	Sponsored the “Blair & Robertson’s Philippine Islands” CD-ROM production on BPI's 150th year and distributed free copies to public schools and national libraries nationwide.
	»	Managed the Far East Bank Foundation’s Scholarship and Sagip-Talino (OFW dependents scholarships) projects with the merger of BPI and Far East Bank and Trust Company.
	2002
	» Held the “Art for Heart” auction of artworks, proceeds of which were used for Foundation projects.
	2003
	»	In coordination with the Habitat for Humanity Philippines gathered almost 100 volunteers to help construct the first Habitat medium-rise building in Taguig.
	»	Together with BPI employee volunteers, joined the cleanup drive along Roxas Boulevard, Manila for the first time in commemoration of the International Coastal Cleanup Day.
	2004
	»	Launched BPI's employee volunteer program branded as BP "I" Volunteer
	»	Together with the Ayala Group of Companies and in partnership with Habitat Philippines, adopted the Makaturing Neighborhood Association in Mandaluyong City for a comprehensive community development program. Provided the seed money for the community's micro businesses.
	»	Worked with BPI interest clubs in providing employee-volunteers for a one-day seminar/training in sports and skills for dependents of BPI.
	»	Conducted the first financial and credit literacy program dubbed as “Show Me, Teach Me, SME-Empowering Entrepreneurs.
	»	Released the book “Infanta – A Passage to the Pacific” where a portion of the proceeds went to Infanta town.
	»	Raised funds from BPI employees and mobilized employee-volunteers for relief efforts for the victims of the successive typhoons in Nueva Vizcaya and Quezon.
	2005
	»	Sealed a five-year partnership with the Department of Science and Technology for the scaled-up delivery of the BPI-DOST Science Awards.
	»	Won Gold Quill Awards on the following: Award of Excellence for the production of the book Infanta-Passage to the Pacific; and Awards of Merit for “Show Me, Teach Me, SME-Empowering Entrepreneurs”, BP”I” Volunteer-Bank’s Employee Volunteerism, “Solid Waste Management Among the Youth”-BPI Save Mother Earth Club
	»	Mobilized about 90 volunteers in a tree-planting project at the Wawa Watershed, Montalban, Rizal in partnership with Manila Water Company.
	2006
	»	Forged a two-year partnership with the Ateneo Development Studies for the capacity building program of microfinance institutions, which includes staff training and strengthening of microfinance organization's operations.
	»	Engaged the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) as partner to provide microfinance operations training for rural bank officers and staff, and deliver enhancements to their microfinance information systems through the Microenterprise Access to Banking Services (MABS) program. MABS is a joint project of RBAP and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
	»	Organized and oversaw the "1 + 55: Perspectives on Corporate Art Patronage," BPI's 155th anniversary exhibit with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (the first joint exhibit of BSP with a private bank) at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila.