To survive, any business or corporation must be useful to the society it serves
— Oscar M. Lopez
Chairman, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc.
The Magna Carta for CSR is a compact that binds us to the values that define the Lopez family and the conduct of its businesses. - Chairman Oscar M Lopez
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Forging partnerships with LGUs
To strengthen the Lopez Group Foundation's (LGFI) advocacy on renewable energy and sustainable access and management to safe drinking water, it has teamed up with another Lopez company ADTEL to forge strategic partnerships with the Local Government Units (LGU) of Iloilo and Guimaras via the Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC).
MIGEDC is an inter-LGU alliance of the City of Iloilo and Municipalities of Oton, San Miguel, Pavia, Leganes, Sta. Barbara and the Province of Guimaras. It was established to address the emerging problems in these areas brought about by rapid urbanization and the challenges of tourism and economic development. A total of 139 barangays have no access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation services. In some areas where access is present, the quality of water is inadequate.
The LGFI team led by it's president Rafael Alunan III and Program Officer, Russel Solitario traveled to Iloilo with ADTEL's team headed by it's president, Reggie Casas to initiate partnerships with the LGUs there to promote and generate interest on a sustainability program to deliver safe, clean and useable water to their respective constituents.
On the MIGEDC agenda was a presentation by ADTEL about solar and water solutions which primarily targets remote rural areas in the province that are off-grid and where construction of water pipes do not seem viable. An actual demonstration was then conducted, adding mud to tap water from a faucet nearby. This was done to simulate impure water usually coming from deep wells and rivers. After filtration by ADTEL's Aquasol water purifier, the water was visibly clearer and even safe to drink as demonstrated by ADTEL officials and Mayor Rojas from the Municipality of Leganes.
Access to safe and clean water is still below our national targets, however, Public-Private Partnerships such as this will definitely boost and contribute significant improvements to bring this country one step closer to its Millennium Development Goals.
Community cascading of the Family Planning program
In line with the cascading services to Lopez Group communities, the Lopez Group Foundation Inc. heeded the request of ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. to assist BayaniJuan (BNJ) sa Calauan in addressing the alarming increase in their fertility rate. In December 2010, AFI informed LGFI that one baby is born every other day in this BNJ community. With a donation from DKT Philippines, producers of Trust Condom and related products, LGFI turned over to AFI 1,000 blister packs of Trust pills. LGFI is committed to assisting AFI and the community in implementing a family planning and maternal and child health program in BNJ Calauan.
USAID-PRISM 2 Project taking off in 2011
Another round of meaningful partnership” is how to best describe the upcoming PRIVATE SECTOR MOBILIZATION FOR FAMILY HEALTH PROJECT-PHASE 2 (PRISM 2) of the Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. Still with the support of the USAID-PRISM 2, the new project was discussed last March 21 by the representatives of PRISM 2 and the Department of Health - NCR at the FPHC Boardroom, 4th Floor Benpres Bldg. The meeting was attended by five (5) Lopez Group (LG) companies namely: First Sumiden Circuits Inc., Rockwell Corp., BayanTel, Energy Development Corp. and ABS-CBN Foundation. The discussion centred on how to best improve the participation of these LG companies in the family planning in the workplace (FPW) program to ensure maximum benefit for its employees. PRISM 2 will continue supporting family planning information and service provision to participating companies within the Lopez Group. The project will start hopefully by mid-May through a baseline data study that would identify the need and the modality of service provision specific to each LG company.
Lopezes donate land to Guimaras oil spill victims
Lopez Group Foundation, Inc. (LGFI) chair Oscar M. Lopez, with wife Connie and daughter Angela, visited Nueva Valencia, Guimaras to look at the progress being made by the cooperative Halad sa Guimaras which will be a recipient of land to be donated by the Lopez family.
Halad was formed to provide added income through agriculture to the victims of the Guimaras oil spill, which is described as the worst in the country.
In 2006, M/T Solar 1 sank off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Occidental. It was carrying more than two million liters of bunker fuel, about a quarter of which leaked into the waters of Western Visayas.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council had reported that the spill damaged about 234 kilometers of coastline, 1,143 hectares of marine reserves, 478 hectares of mangroves and 16 square kilometers of coral reefs. Meanwhile, nearly 14% of the approximately 150,000 people of Guimaras were affected, and 4,000 fisher folk households lost their livelihood only four days after the incident.
Almost five years later, the Lopez family and LGFI continue their commitment to help the residents, conducting feeding programs and undertaking alternative livelihood initiatives in vegetable production, agro-forestry, workshops on bookkeeping and accounting, and various business operation modules.
On his most recent visit, OML told the co-op members that he hopes to see their income further increased after he announced the donation of a submersible pump to ensure a steady flow of water. He was accompanied to Guimaras by LGFI president Rafael M. Alunan III, Dario Pagcaliwagan and Dulce Festin-Baybay.
Lopez-backed AIM renovation completed
The remodeled Asian Institute of Management (AIM) caserooms were recently inaugurated by Lopez Group Foundation Inc. (LGFI) chairman Oscar M. Lopez (OML), Lopez family members and executives from Lopez Holdings, ABS-CBN, First Philippine Holdings and Meralco.
Renovated were the Lopez Holdings Corporation Caseroom, ABS-CBN Caseroom, First Philippine Holdings Corporation and Meralco Caseroom. Also renovated were the Alumni Relations Office, Student Services Admissions and Registration Office and Lobby, among others.
The AIM building was donated by the Lopez family through the Eugenio Lopez Foundation Inc. in 1968. More than 40 years later, in July 2010, the family, through OML reaffirmed their strong support to AIM through a donation to renovate the ground floor lobby, offices and caserooms of the Eugenio Lopez Foundation Building.
The renovation is a continuing commitment of the Lopez Group to higher education for local and foreign students. AIM, which is ranked among the world’s top 100 business schools, has produced over 37,000 degree and non-degree graduates from more than 70 countries. These graduates serve in the forefront of their organizations and help in sustaining the growth of Asian societies by being professional, entrepreneurial and socially responsible leaders and managers.
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