In a perfect world, all companies in the Philippines regardless of size—be they micro, small, medium or large—strive to have a healthy quintuple bottom line, as they believe that the business of business is not just business.
For Arturo T. Valdez, the siren’s call to embark on the next great adventure is impossible to resist. This is why, despite the obvious hardships and the very real possibility of losing his life, Valdez heeded the call to climb every major mountain in the Philippines, even becoming president of the Mountaineering Federation of the Philippines Inc., the largest mountaineering organization in the country.
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The year 2011 was very good indeed to the Philippine unit of Canadian insurance giant Sun Life Financial.
Cement maker Holcim Philippines Inc. is under no illusion that its operations have no impact on the environment. They do, says Holcim Philippines chief operations officer Roland van Wijnen, because of the very nature of the complex process of transforming limestone, sand and other materials into cement, which the construction sector the world over can’t do without.
The record number of over 5,000 delegates from 67 member countries who took part in the 45th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank last week did not only fill their mind with new ideas that came out during the various learning sessions.
The Philippines’ hosting of the 45th annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank has been dubbed the country’s “coming out” party to show the world how far the Philippines has gone.
Among the companies lustily cheering the significant improvement in the road and toll networks connecting the National Capital Region to the southern provinces are large-scale real estate developers such as Roxaco Land Corp.
Isaac Lekach, chairman of Gigantic Parfums of the United States, does not believe in the traditional advice peddled by business schools at a steep price to bright-eyed and bushy-tailed entrepreneurs eager to make a success of their budding enterprises.
In a word, what copywriters and marketing executives around the world are looking for in crafting a memorable and effective advertising campaign is insight.
Anyone who occupies the coveted plush corner office of a top corporation knows that there is truth to the hackneyed expression “It’s lonely at the top.”
Real estate giant Ayala Land Inc. has committed to invest an unprecedented P60 billion over the next five years in various development projects designed to strengthen the status of Makati City as the country’s unrivaled capital for business, lifestyle, entertainment and culture.
