The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) is currently implementing a project in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) entitled “Supporting Employers and Business Capacity on Employment Generation and Policy Advocacy for Sustainable Business Recovery“.

As part of the project, ECOP is conducting a study assessing the current employment and business environment in comparison with pre-pandemic period. This will serve as our springboard to identify crucial thematic issues that ECOP can present to policymakers to ultimately address business and employer concerns.

In line with this, ECOP is administering a survey to get your inputs on the assessment of the policy environment and in the identification of crucial policy issues. As members of ECOP, we want to hear your voice as we come up with evidence-based research that will help shape our policies.

We would appreciate it very much if you could participate in the survey through this link: https://bit.ly/41ECSLC. Kindly accomplish the survey on or before 31 March 2023.

The ECOP-ILO project is undertaken to boost ECOP’s capability in evidence-based research and strengthen its ability to effectively advocate for policy reforms aimed at encouraging an enabling environment for enterprises.

For any questions and/or clarifications, you may send us an email at [email protected]. Thank you!

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.