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The membership is our lifeline and source
of legitimacy. To strengthen the Foundation, PBSP continues to increase
the number and improve the quality of its membership. Member companies
are entitled to enjoy membership premiums, among which are the following:
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Access to CSR trends and studies, |
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Training and capacity-building
on leading edge CSR technologies |
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Ownership of PBSP core programs,
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Opportunties
for networking and partnership, |
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Advisory
assistance from PBSP staff, |
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Right
to vote for or be voted into the Board of Trustees and Regional
Committees, |
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Opportunity
to sit in special committees and participate in the decision-making
and management of PBSP affairs, |
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Access
to PBSP’s knowledge base such as its Library and the Corporate
Citizenship Resource Center, |
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Access
to PBSP products and publications such as New Leaders, Fact
Sheets and Newsbytes, |
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Branding
of company-funded projects, |
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Issuance
of Certificates of Donation to entitle company donations to
tax benefits, |
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Waiver
of management fee for project management, |
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Participation
in consensus groups on issues and projects, and |
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Inclusion
in nominations to international award giving bodies on Corporate
Citizenship. |
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“Providing
a platform for different sectors to work together, I believe,
is the model that will bring us forward. I believe in working
with others, not alone.”
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Roberto
E. Aboitiz,
PBSP Turstee, CEO of Aboitiz Land Inc., on the value of a collective
business response to
poverty
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In
PBSP, member companies pledge an
-affordable
fraction of its Net Income Before Tax to
support Foundation-led social development programs aimed at
uplifting the dignity of the Filipino person. Or, they can
choose to specify their own priority social projects, and
the Foundation provides technical assistance or project management. |
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