CEB speeds up booster shots for staff
Cebu Pacific is stepping up its efforts to protect everyJuan amidst the COVID-19 surge through the roll out of booster vaccination for its employees.
The CEB/JG Covid Protect Booster Vaccination Program is open to all employees regardless of the source of the primary series, whether from the office or other external sources.
On January 11, CEB administered a total of 200 employees through the booster vaccination program of the Gokongwei Group’s COVID Protect. The program will run for several days with 200 employees to be boosted per day. CEB and its subsidiaries were among the first to be inoculated in the group.
It forged partnerships with the Pasay LGU and the Project Balik-Buhay of Cebu, alongside LGU vaccination programs where employees reside.
Webinar: Sustainability requires diversity
As companies commit to sustainability, diversity and balance are among the most important focus areas that they must prioritize. This was highlighted by UnionBank during the recently concluded CBRE Connect Series’ Perspective in Leadership Webinar: Navigating through Challenges & Uncertainty.
Panelist Henry Aguda, UnionBank senior executive vice president, shared insights on the challenges and rewards of leadership in a fast-growing industry; and the significance of innovation, reinvention, and resilience amid crises.
Aguda said UnionBank, digital transformation is not an end goal, but more of a means for people within the organization to be able to connect with each other, and ultimately, with the Bank’s customers and stakeholders. The bank considers diversity as key to establishing a stronger connection, over and above being a necessary component of its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts.
According to Aguda, the diverseness is crucial to UnionBank’s digital transformation as it allows ideas to flow from collaborators with various skill sets and experiences, enabling more innovation.
SMC to step up booster rollout
San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has placed its return-to-office plan on hold for NCR employees to prevent workplace transmission following the surge of COVID-19 cases, and allow those affected to isolate and recover properly.
SMC president and chief executive officer Ramon S. Ang said the company is also upping its booster rollout for employees and families.
Through its nationwide Ligtas Lahat employee vaccination program, SMC had been able to fully vaccinate over 97 percent of its 70,000 nationwide workforce. It has also fully vaccinated over 95 percent of its workforce throughout the National Capital Region, or over 19,800 employees.
It has also begun to rollout the administration of booster shots for employees nationwide, with initial efforts in Metro Manila and Cebu underway, and with scheduled dates for Batangas, Laguna , Pangasinan, Iloilo, Bacolod, Isabela, and Davao set throughout this week and the next.
Shopee delivers aid
Shopee partnered with several brands and corporations and mobilized its nationwide Shopee Express network to help provide immediate relief to Typhoon Odette victims in less accessible areas.
Shopee Express trucks and vehicles have been able to transport water, health kits, water filters, solar lights, and other relief goods from brands and organizations such as the Manila Water Foundation, Maynilad Water Services, Inc., Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc., Unilab, Akari Lighting, Envirocab, Socone, Asia Brewery, Inc., Mitsushi, Herco Trading, Inc., Qoncept Furniture, Foodplus, Del Monte, Dohera Corp., Universal Robina Corp., San Miguel Corp., Lions Club International, and Luzon Clean Water Development Corp.
These donations were brought from Metro Manila to key Shopee Express Sorting centers in Cebu, Bohol, and Surigao.
Shopee Express was also able to immediately provide essentials such as water, sanitary kits, and non-perishable food items to around 10,000 of its affected workers, most of whom are riders and drivers.
#SUSPORTAHANKITA project
Kasuso (Philippine Breast Care Foundation Inc.) mounted a campaign that aims to make mammograms accessible for underprivileged women through its #SUSUPORTAHANKITA donation campaign.
Every P1,500 allows Kasuso to give a woman a mammogram and potentially detect breast cancer early on. In return, every donor will receive a free limited edition #SUSUPORTAHANKITA t-shirt.
Kasuso’s Donation Booth was located at the UPTOWN Mall’s BGC Atrium Ground Floor, from Dec. 27, 2021 to Jan. 6, 2022.
Each shirt was meant to create conversations and help reduce the stigma associated with the disease.
