Environment
Stewardship and ensuring sustainability of our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems.
This is how we take care of the environment, the Lopez Way.
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A Thousand Trees for Arbor Day!
Jun 25, 2018Read more...
More than a thousand native seedlings and fruit-bearing trees were planted by First Balfour employees in a company-wide tree planting activity simultaneously held in Ilocos Norte, Rizal, Batangas, Leyte, and Albay last June 23. Now on its third year, the simultaneous tree planting activity was held in celebration of the National Arbor Day which is observed throughout the nation every June 25. Fro ...
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EDC and the Lopez Museum partner for the BINHI Tree for the Future Book
Feb 26, 2018Read more...
The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) partners with the Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc. (ELFI) through the Lopez Museum for the sale of its BINHI Tree for the Future book. The book chronicles the j ...
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Mapua Students Power Up Dumagats’ Community with ‘Bathala’ Renewable Energy Solution
Jan 24, 2018Read more...
A team of engineering students from Mapua University handed over the ‘Bathala,’ a renewable energy (RE) powered cookstove, to the Dumagats last October 3, in Sitio Suha, Barangay San Mateo, Norzagara ...
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LGFI conducts Toolkit Session on the Sustainable Development Goals
Nov 19, 2017Read more...
“Leave No One Behind” was the message that resonated with the participants of the Lopez group Toolkit Session as the Sustainable Development Goals were discussed by speakers from the United Nations D ...
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FPH’s sustainability program wins recognition during PSE Bell Awards
Nov 14, 2017Read more...
Lopez-led First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) won the maiden launch of recognition for the Best Sustainability Program during the 2017 Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Bell Awards for Excellen ...
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In the Eye of the Storm, EDC Adapts to Climate Realities
Jun 01, 2016Read more...
Ever since Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (Haiyan) hit the Philippines and our geothermal power plants in Leyte with such devastation in 2013, I have been of the view that new kinds of partnerships among pub ...
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Why the Future President Needs to Care about Climate Change
May 05, 2016Read more...
You’ve made some significant savings from your first job, and now you’re ready to purchase your very own car. Granted, it’s secondhand, but the online ad promises that it’s in excellent condition and ...
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What the Private Sector Can Do for Climate Change Adaptation
Feb 10, 2016Read more...
The world awoke to renewed hope on December 12, 2015, the day 195 nations committed to work together to save the planet from climate change. Though the phenomenon we now know as climate change was fi ...
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Sustainability in Practice - the EDC Experience
Dec 08, 2015Read more...
While most private entities plant thousands of trees to demonstrate their 'commitment to sustainability', the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) understands that sustainability is beyond planting. ...
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Corporate Sustainability Policy Statement Workshop
Feb 12, 2015Read more...
First Gen and EDC, with observers from FPH and Lopez Holdings, gathered in a workshop last February 2 to discuss the next steps in their sustainability journey. As stressed by Ms. Agnes de Jesus, the ...
