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A plastic-free future really starts with us — in our homes, in our place of work, and wherever we conduct business like stores and factories. We have already read about plastic leaching into our groundwater, and we hope for plastic-free fish and food, in general. What...

There is electricity in the seeming rarefied air of the Stanford University campus. Two mantras always come to mind as I walk in its expansive campus with verdant trees and temperate weather. One is, “Move fast and break things.” Serving as a vital cog in...

We all know the issues of the day: persistent inflation that affects customer spending, new technologies that disrupt how business gets done and how customers interact with brands, new products and services from new competitors, and a changing country demographic that challenges how we hire...

The race to find clean and sustainable energy has never been more relevant for the country than it is today. In the first quarter of 2024, the Philippines posted an economic growth of 5.7 percent. At the current rate we are going, it is projected...

For Filipino small and medium enterprises (SMEs), access to financing remains one of the biggest challenges when trying to grow their business. Everything costs money — from labor to day-to-day operations — and your working capital can quickly dry up with one cash flow gap...

The Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) has been pushing consistently for vital policy reforms to improve the global competitiveness of the Philippines and enable a sustainable business environment for both local and foreign investors. Leveraging the visit of the Lithuanian business delegation —headed by...

We are privileged to exist in an unparalleled era. Our concern for improving health conditions has led to many remarkable strides in science and technology that significantly enhanced life expectancy. These contributed to a unique phenomenon where five generations (according to the Pew Research Center...

In a column entitled “The journey of MSMEs: Are we there yet?,” I discussed the challenges that MSMEs — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises — face in their entrepreneurial journey and proposed recommendations for policy makers. This follow-up will focus on Women-owned/led MSMEs (WMSMEs). On...

The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved a total of P1.16 trillion worth of investments for 2023, which marked not only a 59-percent growth from the previous year, but also a record high for the agency. For the year 2024, the BOI is eyeing to...