First Gen inks power supply contract with carrageenan exporter
By Danessa Rivera | philstar.com MANILA, Philippines — Lopez-led First Gen Corp. has added Philippine Bio-Industries Inc. (PBI), one of the country’s biggest exporters of refined carrageenan blends, to its customers who have shifted to renewable energy. PBI, through parent firm W Hydrocolloids Inc., signed a one-year contract with First Gen’s licensed retail […]
Geothermal in the Philippines–an urgent revamp of targets and development needed
By Alexander Richer | thinkgeoenergy.com The Philippines keeps dropping in renewable energy deployment despite ambitious targets. Targets, strategy, and approach to foster development are needed, particularly for a key resource in the country–geothermal energy. With climate change being a direct threat to the population of the Philippines, think hurricanes, etc, particularly the densely […]
What’s the Difference Between Sustainable and Regenerative Living? We Asked an Expert to Break It Down For Us
spot.ph First Gen is moving past sustainability and onto a more ideal way of conducting business. Sustainable living is that one thing we’ve all been trying to achieve, in our collective desire to do good for our environment. This explains why there remains a demand for anything reusable, which businesses have been continuously […]
EDC calls for faster energy mix transition
By Myrna M. Velaso | Manila Bulletin Echoing ‘code red’ alarm on the escalated global warming, leading renewable energy developer Energy Development Corporation (EDC) is reinforcing calls for the country to accelerate its energy mix transition to cleaner energy technologies—primarily renewable energy and the electrification of its transport sector; and such shall be complemented […]
EDC convenes net-zero carbon business alliance
First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the country’s largest renewable energy producer by way of its core geothermal operations, has launched a multi-sectoral movement toward attaining net-zero carbon emissions among businesses in the Philippines. Dubbed the Net Zero Carbon Alliance, EDC is spearheading the movement for the country to become carbon neutral, in line […]
How a world of possibilities opened for a Bicolana youth
Businessmiror.com.ph UPLB Enrollment. (L-R) Lorelie Alao, Rowena Daep, Mary Joy Saturno, and Monique Mangampo. While high school may be one of the best chapters in life for most young adults, the prospects of the real world beyond the four corners of the classroom may be daunting and challenging. Having no idea what to do […]
Championing 24/7 renewable energy
Bworldonline.com Businesses may now choose renewable energy and get them directly from licensed retail electricity suppliers like EDC’s BacMan Geothermal, Inc. Climate change is currently one of the most pressing threats to humanity, but there is still time to stop it. Human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are an overwhelming cause, so should […]
PHL, Chile ties turn 75
Businessmirror.com.ph SANTIAGO—The Philippine Embassy in this city and its friends, with the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the diplomatic and consular corps, as well as Chilean government partners, celebrated the 75th anniversary of their countries’ bilateral cooperation at the Hyatt Centric Hotel Las Condes on August 19. In his video message, Secretary […]
A SIKAT STORY: BEYOND EDUCATION IS SERVICE TO THE FAMILY
Vince Khalil Malcampo, SIKAT Scholars By: RA Duhaylungsod | JP Valenzuela Vince Khalil Malcampo humbly hails from Barangay Balili of the Municipality of Valencia, Negros Oriental. He comes from a broken family and stays with his mother and helps in running their little store, which is their only source of income. Vince’s daily […]
Prioritizing employees and communities this pandemic
csrnewsph.com Perhaps one of the important lessons companies learned from the pandemic is that charity begins at home—that caring begins in the office. With philanthropic deeds often focused on external stakeholders, organizations can equally engage in these meaningful endeavors with an inward approach to caring for their employees especially during these unprecedented times. The […]