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1st Inquirer ESG awards fete PH firms pushing sustainability

The Inquirer Group of Companies (IGC) unveiled the winners of the first Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards 2025 on Friday at the Inquirer Media Resource Plaza in Makati, celebrating exemplary projects and initiatives that champion sustainability and social responsibility among publicly listed companies (PLCs), large companies, and micro, small, and medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
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Conference offers opportunity to learn vital ESG strategies

PETALING JAYA: Asia is facing growing problems such as water shortages, rising temperatures, damaged ecosystems and social inequality. But these challenges also create chances for positive change.
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Lighting the last mile: How hybrid systems can save billions and power our remote islands

The Philippines’ off-grid islands, home to millions of Filipinos, represent the remarkable progress and the urgent unfinished work of national electrification.
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Clean energy: Where are we at?

Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas, are by far the largest contributor to global climate change. At present, these fossil fuels account for over 75 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions.
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Shaping a Sustainable Future

THE Asia ESG Summit 2025 is set to be a landmark event bringing together leaders, policymakers, business executives, investors, and sustainability professionals to advance the ESG agenda across Asia.
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From mangroves to meals

In the coastal municipality of Real, Quezon, there’s a long-practiced but lesser-known form of sustainability. Along its shorelines, mangrove forests thrive, cared for by the very people who rely on them. Among these caretakers, the women of the community have long played a vital role.
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Healing the land by restoring ecosystems

Land is life. Across Southeast Asia, from fertile fields to towering forests, healthy ecosystems underpin our region’s prosperity.
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Soil erosion: Fighting the hidden enemy of farmers

“Soil erosion is an enemy to any nation—far worse than any outside enemy coming into a country and conquering it, because it’s an enemy you cannot see vividly. It’s a slow creeping enemy that soon possesses the land.”
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Reusing plastic ‘a win for everyone’

Plastic does not degrade for hundreds, even thousands, of years, so “there is no end of life to plastic, only end of use,” says David Katz, founder and CEO of Vancouver-based social fintech Plastic Bank, which, as described in its website, is “a global bottle deposit program that helps end poverty and stops plastic pollution.”
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In Palawan, a resilient system of seaweed farming

The presence of wide reef areas and coastal shelves in Palawan has made the province conducive to farming seaweed over the years. However, recent typhoons have exposed its vulnerability to extreme weather events.
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