Published: January 6, 2014 The Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) expresses deep alarm over the possible contamination of the marine environment along the coast of Antique from a coal barge that had ran aground at the height of Typhoon Seniang. According to reports, the barge carrying more than 6,000 metric tons of Semirara coal […]
Read morePublished: January 5, 2015 MANILA – The Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) on Monday expressed “deep alarm” over possible contamination of the marine environment along the coast of Antique from a coal barge that had reportedly run aground at the height of Typhoon Seniang. For its part, CitizenWatch, a network of professionals […]
Read morePublished: December 7, 2014 The Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) has called on more companies to follow the lead of Smart Communication, Nestlé Philippines, Unilever Philippines and other groups in the campaign to protect the environment. PBEST said the onslaught of typhoon Yolanda, which left 6,300 fatalities, over a thousand missing and P571.1 billion […]
Read morePublished: November 29, 2014 (Saturday) The Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship has called on more companies to follow the lead of Smart Communications, Nestlé Philippines, Unilever Philippines and other groups in the campaign to protect the environment. PBEST said the onslaught of typhoon Yolanda, which left 6,300 fatalities, over a thousand missing and P571.1 billion […]
Read morePhilippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST) appeared in Business Mirror last December 1, 2014 (Monday). PBEST has called on more companies to campaign and protect the environment. Philippine businesses must take an active role, if not the lead role, in promoting environmental stewardship.
Read morePBEST appeared in The Manila Standard Published: Nov. 30, 2014
Read moreMINING FIRMS SIGN UP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP MONITORING (Malaya Business Insight) Published: October 13, 2014 The country’s top mining firms have signed a memorandum of understanding with eco advocacy group Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST), taking part in a new monitoring program designed to check the companies’ environmental footprint. PBEST believes a developmental approach […]
Read moreMining firms sign up for environmental stewardship monitoring (Malaya) | Published: October 13, 2014 The country’s top mining firms have signed a memorandum of understanding with eco advocacy group Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST), taking part in a new monitoring program designed to check the companies’ environmental footprint. Representatives from industry giants Philex Mining […]
Read moreWhat reforms are urgently needed? (BusinessMirror) Published: Sept. 1 2014 It’s good to know that civil-society groups, the academe and the private sector are taking an active interest in current governance and pushing political and economic reforms. Citizenwatch is a newly established network of professionals who advocate good governance for a working democracy, sound economics for sustained […]
Read moreWishing away woes (Written by People’s Journal) Published: August 2, 2014, Editorial Desk Tuwid na Daan. Inclusive Growth. Health for All. These are quite decidedly big visions, grand plans, great dreams. But as the old saying goes,” the wish bone can never replace the back bone”. Granted President Aquino personally still stands […]
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