Aboitiz Foundation, established in 1988 as the corporate foundation of the Aboitiz Group, implements corporate social responsibility projects focused on education, enterprise development, and the environment in communities where our businesses operate. It highlights the integration and working together of various Aboitiz business units and its partners nationwide in co-creating resilient, empowered, and sustainable communities.
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The Aboitiz Group’s commitment to giving back is a principle that traces its roots over a century ago to our humble beginnings in Leyte. This legacy has been instilled and passed on through generations of corporate history with Don Ramon Aboitiz leading the Group’s corporate philanthropy efforts and actively looking after the welfare of his employees.
The unprecedented challenges of 2020 were overwhelming, but 1AP powered through and remained steadfast in advancing business and communities. Our experiences and learnings from the past year made us stronger and more resilient than ever, ready to conquer greater heights in the next decade and beyond.
Emmanuel V. Rubio, President and CEO, AboitizPower
It was a challenging year due to COVID-19, yet UnionBank emerged resilient with above-industry profitability and a strong balance sheet. With the pandemic fast-tracking the digital tipping point, we will continue to accelerate our digital strategy and initiatives. We remain committed in promoting digital transformation to our customers and partners, in line with our mission to Tech-Up Pilipinas!
Edwin R. Bautista, President and CEO, UnionBank
Challenging as it was, I believe that 2020 brought out the best in our team members. The resilience they demonstrated can be seen in the group’s growth, overall, amidst a rapidly changing market and environment. We owe our resilience to our Aboitiz values which played a crucial role in how we managed the twin pandemics and how we adjusted our strategies to take advantage of opportunities where they emerged. Truly, 2020 is a testament to what we can do together as One Food Group – to fulfill our mission of feeding humanity and advancing business and communities
Sabin M. Aboitiz, President and CEO, Food Group
The spirit of the Aboitiz Group’s enduring 100-year legacy resonates in the tremendous resilience of Aboitiz InfraCapital and Republic Cement in 2020. We stand ready to support the government by investing in the development of sustainable infrastructure projects and growing our industrial estates. We believe public and private sector collaboration will be crucial in helping rebuild our economy from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cosette V. Canilao, President and CEO, Aboitiz InfraCapital
AboitizLand’s story in 2020 has been that of resilience and innovation. We weathered the harshest impact of the pandemic to the business by maintaining an agile, innovative mindset and staying attuned to the evolving needs of the market and our vecinos. This focus on innovation is the same spirit that will see us through as, together with #OneAboitiz, we recover from the COVID-19 crisis and bring AboitizLand to better heights in 2021 and beyond.
David L. Rafael, President and CEO, AboitizLand
Sustainability is at the heart of everything that we do in Aboitiz Construction. Our support in this endeavor is a testament of our efforts to contribute to sustainability particularly on waste management. We hope to adopt some of the ideas in this hackathon and implement more environment-related projects to the communities where we are as a business.
Antonio Peñalver, Executive Director, Aboitiz Construction
Aboitiz Data Innovation’s key focus is to create competitive advantages for the Aboitiz Group’s various business units through the adoption and application of data science and AI solutions. ADI will also create opportunities for our local talent and research ecosystem to collaborate with Aboitiz in developing innovative solutions that will contribute to the growth of their businesses in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia.
Dr. David R. Hardoon, Managing Director, Aboitiz Data Innovation
The Aboitiz Group firmly believes that total commitment to a sustainable future is essential to thriving in the next 100 years. As an authentic and global demonstration of this, the Group has fully established its active participation in the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Business Principles.
The Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment (PBCWE) was launched in March 2017 through a partnership between the Philippine Women’s Economic Network, Inc. (PhilWEN) and Investing in Women (IW), an initiative of the Australian Government.
PKG or Pilipinas Kontra Gutom, a multi-sectoral partnership that aims to eradicate involuntary hunger in the Philippines. The movement enjoins government agencies, non-profit organizations, the academe, the private sector, and the public who share the common mission of addressing the root of the nation’s concern on involuntary hunger including challenges on food production, food distribution, and accessibility, hidden hunger and malnutrition, including immediate food needed during times of crises.
Formerly Philippine Business for the Environment (PBE), now Business for Sustainable Development (BSD) is an environmental non-profit organization established in 1992 by private individuals with the mission to help Philippine industry address its environmental concerns and responsibilities,and promoting sustainability.
Philippine Business for Social Progress is the largest business-led NGO and operates at the nexus of corporate citizenship, sustainable development, and poverty reduction. Responding to the changing landscape of CSR, PBSP’s brand of corporate citizenship taps into the core business competencies of companies and promotes inclusive business as a strategy.
