e-Bulletin – Vol. 4, Issue No. 12 (27 April 2023)

by | Apr 28, 2023 | Info Notes

ECOP and DI run SDG Value Scan tool pilot sessions with selected enterprises from the food industry

ECOP, in partnership with the Confederation of the Danish Industry (DI), organized a one-on-one company learning session from April 19-20, 2023 at the 1898 Hotel Makati City to pilot test the Sustainable Development Goals or SDG Value Scan Tool, a guide created by DI for companies looking into integrating the SDGs in their business.

This activity is implemented under ECOP and DI’s second strategic partnership agreement (SPA2) project entitled “Strengthening Bipartite Relations and Promoting Green, Inclusive, and Sustained Growth” (2022-2025). This renewed collaboration aims to facilitate a more systematic and constructive social dialogue in the Philippines and promote just transition to climate and environment friendly production. It also seeks to promote and mainstream the SDGs and Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) as a means to achieve green and just transition taking into account occupational safety and health, diversity and inclusion, and business resiliency.

Facilitated by DI’s Senior Climate Adviser Ms. Anne Zaff, the sessions were attended by the ECOP Secretariat, as well as representatives from food manufacturing and exporting companies including Brandexports Philippines Inc. and Global Foodsolutions Inc.

Through the SDG Value Scan tool, ECOP and DI aim to help enterprises create more value for their business and society by aligning their business model to the UN SDGs.

ECOP and DI are set to conduct both face-to-face and virtual sessions with the aforementioned pilot enterprises, as well as new companies from other industries in 2023.

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Edgardo Lacson

Chairman of the Board

Edgardo G. Lacson is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), and Director of the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE). He was formerly President and Honorary Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).  He was the President of ECOP from 2010 to 2016. Ed Lacson also serves as the President of various business firms, including MIS Maritime Corporation, Safe Seas Shipping Agency, Marine Industrial Supply Corporation, and EML Realty. He serves as Chairman of Metrostore Corporation, MIL Export Philippines, Beacon Environmental Management Services and Primelode, among others.

He is likewise Trustee of both the De La Salle Canlubang, Inc. and Philippine Petroleum Sea Transport Association (PHILPESTA), Managing Director of Link Edge, and a member of the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), Philippine Interisland Shipping Association (PISA), and Makati Business Development Council (MBDC).

An alumnus of then De La Salle College and now De La Salle University where he earned his degree in Bachelor of Science in Commerce (BSC) Major in Accounting, Ed Lacson indeed through the years has expanded his horizons.

Edgardo Lacson serves as Honorary Chairman at PCCI. His previous business affiliations include the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Marine Chemical Corporation, VLK Traders Philippines, Inc., and Esso Standard Eastern.