Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards 2025 ROSTER OF WINNERS
September 15, 2025

Maynilad Water Services Inc., Gold awardee for "Mark the 39%: Maynilad's Non-Revenue Water Reduction Program." —PHOTOS BY PAUL JOHN TAVERA
ENVIRONMENT CATEGORY (Sustainable Ecosystems /Biodiversity Conservation)
Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Plant for Life Program, Maynilad Water Services Inc.


Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: BINHI’s 15-Year Regenerative Journey: Restoring Ecosystems, Protecting Nature, Energy Development Corp.
- MSMEs: FEU Alabang Sustainable Ecosystem/Biodiversity Conservation, Far Eastern University (FEU) Alabang
ENVIRONMENT (Water Management and Efficiency)
Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Promoting Water Stewardship, The OceanaGold Way, OceanaGold Philippines
Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: Mark the 39%: Maynilad’s Non-Revenue Water Reduction Program, Maynilad Water Services Inc.
- MSMEs: Water Management and Efficiency, FEU Alabang
ENVIRONMENT (Waste Management and Responsible Consumption, Production and Manufacturing)

Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Circular Explorer: A vessel for change—championing sustainability and circularity, Holcim Philippines Inc.

Gold winner
- PLCs and large companies: ALI Circularity Program, Ayala Land Inc.
ENVIRONMENT (Energy Efficiency)

Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: PLC-Joy for Tomorrow, Jollibee Foods Corp.
- MSMEs: Aspiration 2028, FEU Alabang
ENVIRONMENT (Renewable Energy)

Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Powering Progress: 100% Renewable Energy Across FILRT Office Properties, Filinvest REIT Corp.
Gold winner
- PLCs and large companies: EDC’s Tongonan Geothermal Plant: 40 years of clean, reliable 24/7 power, Energy Development Corp.
SOCIAL CATEGORY (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)

Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in SM Prime, SM Prime Holdings Inc.

Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: Pilot Internship Program for Neurodiverse Students, Bricolage Philippines Inc.
- MSMEs: TCS Sustainathon, Tata Consultancy Services
SOCIAL (Relations with Local Communities)
Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Lighting the Path to Progress, Aboitiz Power Corp.
Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: ACEN’s Social Initiatives for IP Communities in San Marcelino, Zambales, ACEN Corp.
SOCIAL (Good Health and Well-being)

Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Creating Inclusive Workplaces through the Working with Cancer Pledge, Ayala Healthcare Holdings Inc.

Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: Globe’s Hapag Movement, Globe Telecom Inc.
- MSMEs: TCS Clark Animo International Marathon, Tata Consultancy Services
SOCIAL (Talent Management)

Silver winner
- MSMEs: SustainABILITY, Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST Asia)

Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: InLife’s Talent Management and Development, The Insular Life Assurance Company
- MSMEs: Fresco Play, Tata Consultancy Services
SOCIAL (Human Rights and Labor Standards)
Gold winner
- MSMEs: ANNAKKO, Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST Asia)
GOVERNANCE CATEGORY (Governance, Reporting, and Transparency)
Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: ACEN’s Sustainability Governance, Reporting and Transparency, ACEN Corp.

Gold winner
- PLCs and large companies: AboitizPower: Transforming Energy for a Better World, Aboitiz Power Corp.
OTHER ESG CATEGORIES (Sustainable Supply Chain Management)

Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: Responsible Supply Chain: Working with Suppliers that Align with OceanaGold Values, OceanaGold Philippines Inc.
Gold winner
- PLCs and large companies: Jollibee Group Farmer Entrepreneurship Program, Jollibee Foods Corp.
OTHER ESG CATEGORIES (Innovative Partnership)

Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: May BPI Dito, Bank of the Philippine Islands

Gold winners
- PLCs and large companies: Tapon to Ipon: The Power of Partnerships in Fostering a Circular Economy, Coca-Cola Europacific Aboitiz
- MSMEs: goIT Digital Innovation Fair, Tata Consultancy Services
OTHER ESG CATEGORIES (Transformation)
Silver winner
- PLCs and large companies: The Green Way: Pioneering Sustainable Banking in BPI, Bank of the Philippine Islands
Gold winner
- PLCs and large companies: BPI’s Decarbonization and Digitalization Efforts, Bank of the Philippine Islands
GRAND WINNERS
- Most Outstanding ESG Initiative, MSMEs: Tata Services Consultancy
- Most Outstanding ESG Initiative, PLCs: ACEN Corp.
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