EXPECTATIONS by customers and investors on environmental and social consciousness are the main driver for local business organizations’ efforts to be socially and environmentally responsible, a study by a US-listed service provider said.

WILHELMSEN Ship Management is targeting to increase its pool of Filipino seafarers by 60% from the current figures in the next five years, a company official said in a briefing on Thursday.

Here’s a quick glance at how PSEi stocks fared on Thursday, October 13, 2022.

THE Energy department expects an initial investment of $72 million in two adjacent offshore petroleum exploration projects northwest of Palawan island, calling early activities in the “indisputable” Philippine waters a start of more foreign investors coming in and taking risks.

METRO Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. (MPHHI) is targeting 40 hospitals under its network in the next seven to eight years, or double the figure it expects by end-2022.

SHARES in Crown Asia Chemicals Corp. surged on Wednesday after it announced that it will be supplying pipes to the Metro Manila Subway project.

MEATWORLD International, Inc. launched its first Mrs. Garcia’s Meatshop physical store along Congressional Ave. in Quezon City.

MSPECTRUM, Inc. (Spectrum) is set to energize the Riverbanks mall with its solar panels after signing a contract for the installation of a 1.5-megawatt-peak solar photovoltaic system for Riverbanks Center.

LISTED firm SM Prime Holdings, Inc. is set to open 60,000-square-meter SM Supermall in Tanza, Cavite on Friday.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) and Nestlé Philippines have partnered to boost the production of local coffee.

THE GLOBE group on Wednesday said it is ready to work with the government in “greening” the economy.

THE acquisition by San Miguel Corp. (SMC) of an 88.5% stake in Eagle Cement Corp. may be blocked by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), CreditSights, Inc. said.