NOVEMBER 2017 www.lopezlink.ph Care and share this November: Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer! Join Walk the Talk on Nov. 18. Contact Gerbs de Castro @tel. no. 755-2332 or Doris Nuval @tel. 910-3181 http://www.facebook.com/lopezlinkonline www.twitter.com/lopezlinkph ALKFI rules LAA 2017 ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc. (ALKFI) dominated the Lopez Achieve- ment Awards (LAA), picking up three of the six trophies handed out in the ceremonies held at ABS-CBN’s Studio 10 on October 18. Turn to page 6 Strategic Maiki Banzon: Seen partnership Revisiting the @Power Plant takes off …page 3 ‘queen’…page 9 Mall…page 12 2 Lopezlink November 2017 Biz News Lopezlink November 2017 3 CG survey says GL receives 2017 Seacology Prize Burgos TCCON station By Jocelyn Jimenez Climate change tracking PH not ready for ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapami- voice in the decisions that affect lya Foundation Inc. chair Gina their natural resources and their Lopez recently received the lives,” said Seacology executive station rises in EDC wind farm third-party evaluation 2017 Seacology Prize in cer- director Duane Silverstein. emonies held at David Brower Among other accomplish- ENERGY Development Cor- surements of atmospheric ard Tantoco said the govern- Center in Berkeley, California. ments, GL pioneered interna- poration (EDC) has collabo- GHGs such as carbon dioxide ment can use analyses derived The Seacology Prize is an in- tionally acclaimed programs of board performance rated with local and interna- and methane. from TCCON data to validate ternational award given for ex- for child abuse prevention, By Carla Paras-Sison tional scientific organizations “We at [FPH] believe that the Philippine carbon footprint. ceptional achievement in pre- environment protection and to establish within EDC’s Bur- every business has a choice The footprint will contribute to serving the environments and educational television. She was “THERE is a very low readi- gos wind farm in Ilocos Norte and we chose to go beyond our the world’s aspiration of climate cultures of the world’s islands. also instrumental in the refor- First Gen chairman Federico R. Lopez and MIRA senior managing director David Luboff (3rd and 4th from right) ness to allow third-party experts a hi-tech monitoring station ‘business fence’ and contribute stabilization by 2050 and serve The prize highlights the hero- estation of La Mesa Nature re- with (from right) First Gen EVP Jon Russell, president Giles Puno, GIC VP Nicole Goh Phaik Khim, EDC president to assess” the performance of to measure in precise terms to the common good for the as a guide for Philippine cli- ic efforts of people who seldom serve, the rehabilitation of the Richard Tantoco and MIRA associate director Christopher Low boards of directors of publicly atmospheric greenhouse gases benefit of our environment and mate actions. receive any publicity—home- Pasig River and the promotion listed companies. (GHGs), mainly carbon gases, the Filipino people. Thus, in The Burgos TCCON sta- grown leaders who risk their of communitybased ecotour- This was among the findings behind global warming leading 2016 we declared to commit all tion—the 25th in the world lives and well-being to help ism projects in a staunch effort of the 2016 Code of Corporate to climate change. our businesses to a low-carbon but the only one in Southeast Strategic partnership to their community and preserve to stop destructive mining ac- Governance survey conducted The scientific facility now and sustainable operation to Asia—serves as the primary the biodiversity of their home. tivities around the country. She by the Good Governance Ad- forms part of the Total Car- keep our employees, the com- validation station in Southeast “Gina Lopez has shown the was a recipient of the United ALKFI chair Gina Lopez support EDC’s future growth vocates and Practitioners of bon Column Observing Net- munities and our assets out of Asia for Japan’s Greenhouse vision and courage the Seacol- Nations Grand Award for Ex- By Joel Gaborni the Philippines (GGAPP) in work (TCCON), a global harm from climate change,” Gases Observing Satellite-2 or ogy Prize is meant to honor. cellence for Bantay Bata 163, be honored with a UNESCO partnership with Isla Lipana & linkup of scientific stations said First Philippine Holdings GOSAT and NASA’s Orbit- FIRST Gen Corporation and The strategic partnership will over 11,000 megawatts glob- She has fought for the Philip- the country’s first rescue hotline Kalinga Award for her work in Co./PwC Philippines. dedicated to the precise mea- Corporation (FPH) chairman ing Carbon Observatory-2 or Philippines Renewable Energy bring together First Gen’s sig- ally. pines’ environment and to give for child abuse reports. GL was the promotion of science edu- In assessing board perfor- and CEO OCO-2. Holdings Corporation (PRE- nificant experience in the pow- “We believe MIRA and GIC island communities there a also the first Southeast Asian to cation. mance, 63% of respondents Federico R. EDC, with FPH, collabo- HC) marked the commence- er, utilities and energy sectors in are the right partners for this conduct self-assessments at Lopez dur- rated with the National Insti- ment of their strategic partner- the Philippines and PREHC’s juncture in our corporate histo- least once a year, 12% conduct L-R: ICD president Ricardo Nicanor Jacinto, vice chairman Rex Drilon II, ing the for- tute for Environmental Studies ship as substantial shareholders extensive global infrastructure ry: they’re long-term and astute self-assessment on an ad hoc GGAPP vice chairman Atty. Marlon Marquez and PwC Philippines chairman mal launch (NIES) and Meteorological in Energy Development Cor- expertise to support the long- capital, they have complementa- basis and 24% have yet to con- Atty. Alex Cabrera ABS-CBN still PH’s most- of the part- Research Institute of Japan, poration (EDC) at an event in term growth of EDC. ry perspectives and they’re will- duct self-assessment as of the n e r s h i p the University of Wollongong Makati. PREHC is a consortium ing to help us push the frontiers fourth quarter of 2016 when the performance of the board The full results of the study By Kane Choa behind the of Australia and the UP Insti- This follows the success of a of investors comprising funds of innovation as we build EDC the survey was conducted. collectively and individually. It were presented at the Fellows’ watched in October TCCON- tute of Environmental Science voluntary tender offer launched managed by Macquarie In- into a platform that’s well-posi- Only 25% of respondents should guide the organization Lunch of the Institute of Cor- ABS-CBN remained the net- istered 50% while GMA got ize viewers every Saturday and Philippines and Meteorology to put up the by PREHC in August 2017 to frastructure and Real Assets tioned for a dynamically chang- have subjected themselves to a in evaluating the continued rel- porate Directors on October work of choice for most Fili- only 33%. Sunday night. project. TCCON station within the acquire up to 31.7% of EDC’s (MIRA) and Arran Invest- ing energy landscape,” stated third-party evaluation of board evance of board composition, 16 by Atty. Alexander Cabrera, pinos as it recorded an average Kantar Media uses a nation- Meanwhile, Lily Cruz’s (Maja EDC pres- Burgos wind farm. NIES has total outstanding voting shares ment Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of First Gen and EDC chairman performance and less than half director competency, and quali- PwC Philippines chairman audience share of 46% nation- wide panel size of 2,610 urban Salvador) resurgence in “Wild- ident and agreed to finance the project. from existing shareholders for GIC Pte. Ltd. MIRA and GIC Federico R. Lopez. of these do so annually. The rest fications.” and senior partner, together wide including both urban and and rural homes that represent flower” (28.9%) bolstered the COO Rich- ( J. Gaborni) approximately $1.3 billion. are long-term investors with Under the new partnership, subscribe to third-party evalua- The same study showed that with Atty. Marlon Marquez, rural homes in October versus 100% of the total Philippine show’s ratings and became a a track record in both global First Gen continues to hold a tion either on an ad hoc basis or organizations “not only evalu- GGAPP vice chairman. GMA’s 33%, according to data TV viewing population. trending topic online last month. infrastructure and renewable majority stake in EDC, main- once every two to three years. ate the qualification of direc- GGAPP members promote from Kantar Media. “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano” con- Viewers were treated to val- energy. They own and operate a taining day-to-day control of Third-party evaluations are tors during the selection and and assist in the development of The Kapamilya network out- tinued its reign as the most ues-oriented tales in “Wansap- SKYBIZ boosts ties with Alabang IT combined installed capacity of the company. expected to provide a “more in- appointment process, but also good governance in the country shone its rival network in every watched program as it hit a anataym” (27.5%) and true-to- dependent and objective review on a continuing basis,” carrying while Isla Lipana & Co./PwC part of the country. monthly average national TV life stories in “MMK” (27.1%), firms; top bills managed services forum Promos & offers of board performance.” out review of director qualifi- Philippines provides global au- In Mega Manila, it regis- rating of 39.9%. while “Home Sweetie Home” By Ralph Remolano The study further said: “A cations, including grounds for dit and assurance, tax and ad- tered an audience share of 36%, “TV Patrol” (34.4%) is still (27.1%) and “Goin’ Bulilit” (24%) thorough and robust board as- disqualification, at least once visory services with 95 years of beating GMA’s 34%.