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Developing our ability to respond, recover, and adapt to rising climate impacts is a national priority and shared obligation, since the Philippines tops the list of nations with the highest risk of disaster. “Any program that aims to build climate resilience requires strong partnerships and working together across all sectors,” said World-Wide Fund for Nature Philippines (WWF-PH) Executive Director, Katherine Custodio at the breakout session of the 7th Annual Conference of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities – Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference and Student Symposium 2024 (APRU-SCL 2024). “There is definite opportunity for platforms or networks to come together and bring to life our national policies and our commitments, but for these to succeed, there needs to be sincere effort and openness to work across different sectors and disciplines,” said Custodio. The session on creating connections and partnerships was hosted by Jonas Marie Dumdum, Senior Consultant and Susta...

 Globe signs partnership with SMDC and SOS PH to support the Hapag Movement. In photo (L-R) Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala, Globe Board Director and CEO of AC Industrials; Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability and Corporate Communications Officer; Jessica Bianca Sy, SMDC AVP and Project Director; Grace Evangeline Sta. Ana, SMDC Executive Vice President; and Marco James Leyson, SOS PH Director of Global Impact & Operations. Globe, SM Development Corporation (SMDC), and Scholars of Sustenance Philippines have joined forces for the Hapag Movement to address involuntary hunger that still plagues millions of Filipinos. In order to feed 90,000 households with 450,000 meals over the course of the next 18 months, the alliance hopes to recover over 110 tons of excess food from SMDC developments. Beginning in July, the program would involve more than 40 SMDC mixed-use residential developments in Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Southern Luzon. SMDC employees and residents are encourag...