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BDO, World Bank tie up for $150-million green bonds
The World Bank is the sole investor in the issuance which is expected to curb 93,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year by 2022 through the funding of climate-smart projects
IFC berencana ubah 20% bangunan baru jadi gedung hijau di Indonesia pada 2021
‘Perubahan Iklim, masalah lingkungan dan pertumbuhan penduduk memaksa kita untuk menciptakan tempat tinggal yang lebih baik’
PH aims to be among top 20 most competitive countries by 2020
The Philippines currently ranks 99th out of 190 countries in terms of ease of doing business according to the World Bank Group s International Finance Corporation
SEC revises governance code for listed firms
The new corporate governance code adopts a comply or explain approach to promote transparency and address perceived overregulation by the SEC
NCC plans to cut around 5,000 ‘red-tape’ measures in December
The government gains momentum in its bid remove outdated laws that complicate doing business in the Philippines
IFC, Canada and Clean Tech Fund invest $161M in Visayas biomass plants
The investment will be channeled into plants being built by Bronzeoak in San Carlos Manapla and La Carlota in Negros Occidental which will produce 70 megawatts of energy
Inclusive business now just 'good business'
Firms with a cause are increasingly using their models to scale up generating investor interest and changing the world at the same time and there is huge potential for them in the Philippines says global experts
PH drops to No. 103 in World Bank Doing Business report
The fall is due to a drop in a number of indicators and the increasing competitiveness of other countries but the results are disputed by the National Competitiveness Council
Davao Sasa project attracts 5 investors
San Miguel ICTSI and Singapore s Portek are among the 5 groups that want to bid for the Davao Sasa modernization project
3 potential bidders for Davao Sasa port project
So far San Miguel Corporation Davao International Container Terminal and Portek International have bought bid documents for the country s first seaport PPP project
ICTSI not keen on Davao Sasa seaport project
We may not bid for that says ICTSI chairman Enrique Razon Jr when asked about the P17 B first seaport public private partnership project of the Aquino administration
Gov’t rolls out Davao Sasa port project
The P17 B modernization effort is the first seaport PPP project to be rolled out by DOTC
Oil firms hike kerosene, gasoline prices
Following a series of rollbacks oil companies jack up prices reflecting the latest shifts in the global petroleum market
World Bank: Singapore, HK best for business
Singapore and Hong Kong rank the world s best places to run a business while mainland China remains far down the list according to the World Bank s annual Doing Business survey
World's best and worst places for business
The World Bank s annual Doing Business report ranks 189 countries on how easy or difficult it is to start and operate a local business
PH among world's most improved in 'doing business' survey
The Philippines improves 30 notches in the global survey that measures how much red tape private businesses encounter when dealing with government
IFC rep resigns from BDO board
Farida Khambata IFC s representative to the board of Sy led BDO Unibank resigns due to a reassignment
PH aims to jump 29 steps in 'doing business' survey
Targets include cutting the current 36 steps it takes to start a business to 16 and reducing the number of tax payments from the current 47 to 14
Not all farmers are high-risk, PH banks told
An expert from a World Bank unit urges Philippine banks to give farmers a second look
PH drops in 'doing business' ratings
The Philippines is now the most difficult place to do business in the ASEAN region largely due to the lag in the implementation of regulatory reforms
