Rags 2 Riches wins top prize in the International Business in Development Challenge!

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Address of Ambassador Alistair McDonald, European Commission

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List of Projects FY
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Message of Manuel V. Pangilinan, PBSP
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Over P5M for Ondoy survivors from PBSP

The Board of Trustees of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), in its meeting yesterday, initially earmarked P5 million to assist communities affected by Typhoon Ondoy. The International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), one of the member-companies of PBSP, has also pledged P2 Million to support the foundation?s relief operations. Committed to poverty reduction, PBSP will assist flood-ravaged areas in Cainta, Marikina, Pasig and Quezon City. PBSP continues to mobilize resources here and in the United States of America.

This week, the corporate-led foundation will also pick up donations, in cash or in kind, from its members.

Other interested companies may call the PBSP Disaster Relief Operations numbers, 09285056005, 527-3740 or 527-3742. They may also email PBSP at pbsp@pbsp.org.ph .


Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is the largest corporate-led, non-profit social development foundation in the Philippines. PBSP is at the forefront in the fight against poverty through trailblazing corporate citizenship programs developed and implemented with the strategic commitment of more than 240 PBSP member-companies.

PBSP works with strategic partners such as donor agencies, civil society organizations, communities, government and the academe in implementing programs in Education, Enterprise Development, Health and Water, and Area Resource Management.

Four million Filipinos have been assisted by PBSP in the past 38 years. So much more needs to be done. PBSP enjoins businesses, large or small, to commit resources wisely to programs that assist communities towards their self-reliance and improved quality of life.

Annual Membership Meeting

 

Updated August 2008


PBSP membership grows to 238
Seven companies signed up as new members of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) during a recent Breakfast Fellowship at the Manila Polo Club. PBSP pioneered the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Philippines and Asia.

The international cosmetics giant L’Oreal officially became a PBSP member-company together with JOPA Enterprises, Brother International (Philippines) Corporation, Carl E. Balita Group of Companies, Lucerne Jewelers, and Sitangkai Seaweeds Company.

GeiserMaclang Communications Inc., a marketing communications company has also pledged its membership.

The new member-companies have had CSR efforts in the past, but this year they have decided to take this a step further by joining PBSP.

Among the PBSP trustees who graced the event was Hans Sy, First Executive Vice President of SM Investments Corp., which has been an active member-company since 2004.

SM has partnered with PBSP in its early childhood care assistance projects, donations and transport of refrigerators and coolers to areas in Mindanao for storage of vaccines and temperature-sensitive medicines, and other projects nationwide.

Sy said SM saw the need to join PBSP despite having its own foundation. He encourages companies, even those with their own foundations, to join PBSP.  For companies who want more impact for their CSR, Sy shares, “this (PBSP) is the way to go.” 

PBSP, a private and non-profit foundation, is a consortium of 238 companies committed to practicing CSR.  Through PBSP, companies have an organized way of giving to and helping communities nationwide. 

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Carl Balita of the Carl E. Balita Group of Companies signs the PBSP Statement of Commitment. Looking on are JOPA Enterprises, Inc. President Petronio Limlengco, L'oreal Philippines, Inc. Managing Director Luc Olivier Marquet, Philippine Daily Inquirer Chairman of the Board Marixi Prieto, Ponderosa Farms, Inc. Chairperson Ma. Luisa Perez-Rubio, SM Investments Corporation First Executive Vice President Hans T. Sy. Prieto, Perez-Rubio, and Sy are PBSP Trustees.



PBSP opens BiD Challenge Philippines 2008

PBSP calls on individuals and groups with businesses - whether already existing, about to start or still just an idea - to join in the Business in Development (BiD) Challenge and help stimulate economic activities in communities.

Innovate. Unlock your business idea. Join the BiD Challenge Philippines! You have until September 15, 2008 to submit your business proposal. Click here for more details.



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"Today, the PBSP has grown to be a program that is modeled throughout the world – a really visionary program of corporate social responsibility, of companies and organizations that give back to the communities in which they live and work."