Category Archives: Social entrepreneurship
Celebrating Social Development in the Philippines
This year’s Social Development Celebration (SDC)!, a development trade fair and a development forum series which includes the Civil Society Dialogue with 2010 Presidential Candidates on December 11 are among the highlights of SDC 2009.
Time to use our coconuts!
Exhausting. That’s exactly how I would describe a two-day conference aimed at formulating a roadmap for small group of coconut coir players. How I managed to survive the lengthy hours of scribing the discussions among government, suppliers and funding agencies … Continue reading
Filed under Industry, Social entrepreneurship, Trade
Fueling communities through conscious supply chain management
So I used a lot of big words in my title but to keep it simple, I’d like to make Ayala Lands as an example on how companies can sustain local economies by choosing community-based enterprises to supply their industrial needs that … Continue reading
Filed under Agriculture, Social entrepreneurship
Oneline.ph: increasing chances for non-profits to be noticed
I’m sure you know a lot of non-profits out there who have the best skilled and well-intentioned people with the noblest missions on earth but they just do not know how to say their messages in a powerful way. It … Continue reading
Filed under Advocacy Strategies, Social entrepreneurship
Oh, profits!
It was good to hear that the Department of Trade and Industry has immediately banned retailers from increasing the prices of basic commodities, steel and cement in Metro Msnils following the declaration of a state of calamity due to the … Continue reading
Filed under Social entrepreneurship, Trade
First Filipino sustainable lifestyle mag now available
The first Filipino green magazine on the sustainable lifestyle is finally here! It is published by ECHOstore Sustainable Lifestyle in partnership with Mediag8Way Publishing So what does G in Gen G stands for? For the generation wants to live … Continue reading
Filed under Social entrepreneurship
Grab an IBON Planner now
This is my favorite Christmas gift to friends and colleagues. It’s just so handy that it fits in my kikay bag plus it comes with valuable socio-economic national indicators like GDP, labor force, inflation etc. Although they are available in … Continue reading
Filed under Social entrepreneurship
Social enterprise sector in the Philippines: in the folds of an identity crisis
For all the accolades that the social entreprise “sector” has received during the recently concluded 1st Social Enterprise Conference, there are two questions that remained hanging in limbo:: first, can ethical enterprises — and mostly small at that — can surive fierce competition in … Continue reading
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