By Peter Angelo V. Perfecto
The staff of the Makati Business Club (MBC) organized last Dec. 19 a Christmas outreach for 30 children of Sitio Gipit in Antipolo, Rizal. The whole MBC team participated in an afternoon of storytelling, games, art, gift-giving and merienda. The little treat was appreciated tremendously by the children and their parents who live in a rural poor community spawned in part by the operations of a huge cement factory in the area. We crossed some rice paddies to get to another side of the community and were informed that these were the work of tenant farmers who use their harvest to pay for the use of the land and for debts incurred and feed their families either with the harvest itself or with the little they still manage to sell.
Posted: December 28th, 2012 in Columns,Featured Columns,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Francisco L. Roman
The floods having come and gone, it is worth noting that such natural disasters bring out the best in people and in organizations. It is therefore unsurprising to find many corporations and their employees at the forefront of socially responsible initiatives. Let us reflect on what and how corporations can do (better) given their resources and organizational structure.
Posted: August 17th, 2012 in Columnists,Columns,Editor's Pick,Featured Columns,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Ramon R. del Rosario Jr.
On Oct. 18 to 19, practitioners and advocates of corporate social responsibility in the Philippines and from all over the world converged at the Edsa Shangri-La Manila hotel to participate in the 2011 Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility. On its 10th year, the AFCSR provided us an excellent opportunity to look back and see how much CSR has evolved in the past decade.
Posted: November 19th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Featured Columns,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Felipe B. Alfonso
We recognize the important role of the mining industry in economic growth and development. However, the economic potential of mining has not been maximized due to environmental damage brought about by unacceptable mining practices. Thus, many communities in different economies in the Apec region have resisted the setting up of mining operations in their areas. The challenge, therefore, lies in finding ways to balance the benefits among the different mining stakeholders.
Posted: September 2nd, 2011 in Columns,Featured Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Felipe B. Alfonso
Ten years ago we organized the first Asian Forum for Corporate Social Responsibility in Manila. Since then AFCSR has been held in most of the major cities in Southeast Asia: Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh, Singapore. At the start business people kept asking us what CSR was all about. Today companies cannot stop [...]
Posted: June 3rd, 2011 in Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Joni Gail A. Morales
IN MARCH of 2010, I was told to be part of a CSR (corporate social responsibility) activity in Cambodia—to build houses with Habitat for Humanity. We were a team of 11, from different Millward Brown offices in the Southeast Asian region. For five days we were freed from office work to do brick-laying and cement-mixing [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2011 in Columnists,Columns,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
