Bank of the Philippine islands

What sustainability means for BPI

More than just attaining financial returns, BPI strives to achieve sustainability by creating shared
value for its clients, shareholders, and society as a whole. For BPI, sustainability means
providing opportunities for financial wellness for individuals, communities, and businesses from
different economic backgrounds, as well as financing geared towards a greener economy and
society. The bank also promotes greener business practices through sharing technical expertise
and supporting the ecosystem of sustainable development.
How we create shared value
BPI’s business model is designed to create and
deliver shared value to clients, communities, and
society in general, so that Filipinos can enjoy a
more sustainable future. Our Sustainability Strategy
Framework encapsulates the value created from our
business model, all the while innovating for
operational efficiency, empowering people and
society, using resources more efficiently, and
strengthening stakeholder trust.
By embedding corporate social responsibility into
our business and processes, we link our non-
financial performance with our business strategy.
This enables us to focus our efforts on long-term
drivers of growth that contribute to the success of our Bank and progress for society as a whole.
BPI Foundation, the Bank’s social development arm, works towards improving the social and
economic well-being of Filipinos through education, entrepreneurship, and environmental
sustainability. BPI is mainstreaming corporate responsibility to bring about positive and
sustainable change.
Our contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
BPI promotes investments in businesses, industries, and projects that contribute to the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We do this in the form of loans, capital raising, leasing
arrangements, technical support, and client education. In 2017, the Bank financed Php 201.8
billion projects identified to directly contribute to the SDGs.
BPI AS TOP CSR ADVOCATE IN ASIA BY ACES AWARDS 2018
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) was recognized as the Top CSR Advocate in Asia by
the Asia Corporate Excecllence and Sustainability (ACES) Awards last October 11, 2018 at
Fairmont Hotel Singapore. BPI Foundation Executive Director Maricris San Diego and BPI
Corporate Affairs and Communications Head Owen Cammayo represent BPI as they received
the Top CSR Advocate in Asia Award at the ACES 2018 Awards on October 11, 2018 at
Fairmont Hotel Singapore
BPI, the first and oldest private bank in the country and
Southeast Asia, has always placed great value in
contributing to the economic development in the country,
and has always felt a strong belief in nation building. More
than being a financial institution, BPI has pursued a strategy
aimed at balanced growth for all stakeholders: from
shareholders, customers, and employees, to partners and
communities.

Over the past 40 years, BPI, through its corporate social

responsibility arm, BPI Foundation, has been a solid partner
in nation building to many institutions and a catalyst of
social innovations for development.
BPI Foundation’s primary goal is to improve the lives of Filipinos through its core pillars,
namely, Financial Education, Entrepreneurial Development, Sustainable Environment, and
Employee Engagement. These core pillars are geared towards sustainable economic development
goals that are based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These
support the national development agenda and help improve the lives of marginalized sectors.
Each of the bank’s CSR initiatives build on an integrated ecosystem that aims to change how
people become financially healthy.
BPI Foundation’s social entrepreneurship programmes are designed to identify and train social
entrepreneurs, mainly micro, small, medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) to accelerate their
businesses. BPI Foundation collaborates with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to
reach the MSME community, and offer training programmes to help these entrepreneurs enhance
their products and business operations. In 2017, 949 micro entrepreneurs and 56 social
entrepreneurs from various industries received skills training in food, handicraft, fashion,
ecotourism, and arts and culture across the country.

To promote financial inclusion and financial security in the

communities, BPI Foundation's financial education
programmes reach out to various segments to educate them in
personal financial management. The Foundation has partnered
with YGOAL Inc. for financial education for the youth. In
2017, BPI’s financial education programme helped over
97,378 grade school and senior high school students from
public schools, 6,328 teachers, and 1,060 migrant workers in Hong Kong and 250 families in
making better financial decisions and practices.

BPI Foundation ensures that while these programmes drive economic growth, these innovations
are driven not just by financial wellness, but also by environmental sustainability and
stewardship. As of 2017, the Foundation partnered with WWF Philippines, MUAD Negros and
Hinebalan Foundation to help 15 agrarian reform cooperatives and 20 indigenous
families/farmers in implementing good farming practices and sustainable agriculture.
The culture of nation-building is evident in
BPI's various volunteer projects and drives that
unibankers have supported throughout the
decades. Almost half of our workforce has
helped in education, environment and
entrepreneurship building initiatives,
magnifying and supporting BPI and BPI
Foundation’s mission. In 2017, over 10,800
employees of BPI's workforce contributed
personal time for community projects through
BPI BAYAN. As of last year, the BPI Social
Immersion Lab (SoIL) had a total of 31 BPI
officers assisting farmer cooperatives in different locations in the areas of financial planning,
business development, and crop-related financing. These extensive programmes over the years
have empowered communities to create prosperity for themselves and extend equal access to
opportunities.

BPI BAYAN: EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERISM PROGRAM

BPI acknowledges its employees’ desire and capability to give back to their country. As part of
the bank's 160th anniversary in 2011, its employee volunteerism program was re-launched as
BPI BAYAN, which stands for Bayanihan Para sa Inang Bayan, giving employees a platform to
contribute more personally to the growth of their communities and conservation of the
environment.

Employees are able to choose projects they wish to get involved in and align their actions with
the causes they feel strongly about.
Among the programs initiated by
BPI BAYAN include skills-
training for livelihood, financial
wellness seminars, coastal clean-
ups, tree-planting activities,
improvement of public parks and
day care centers, tutorial sessions for street children and out-of-school youth, caring for children
with special needs and health conditions, among others. BPI also recognizes outstanding BPI
BAYAN volunteer projects at an annual awarding ceremony.

Mercury Drug

Mercury Drug engages in corporate social responsibility programs, through Mercury Drug
Foundation, as a way of giving back to the people for their loyal support through the years. At
the very core of this effort lies a strong sense of compassion inspired by the commitment to make
a meaningful difference, beyond pharmaceutical retailing, in the communities where Mercury
Drug operates. By undertaking sustainable social responsibility programs focused on health and
education, the company hopes to help build a healthy, educated and productive nation while
remaining true to the spirit of service that has given birth to Mercury Drug.

Operation Bigay Lunas

Operation Bigay Lunas (OBL) provides free medicines and medical
services to underserved communities throughout the Philippines. Started
in 1999, OBL is conducted year-round, in collaboration with local
government units and with the support of volunteer healthcare and other
professionals.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is one of the beneficiaries of
OBL, through OBL’s Libreng Gamot para sa Kawal initiative, in recognition of the heroic
dedication and commitment of military personnel to the country’s safety and protection. Free
medicines and medical supplies are shipped by MDFI directly to AFP’s 33 military treatment
facilities nationwide to ensure that soldiers get the proper healthcare assistance wherever they are
deployed.
Operation Pa-Tubig
Operation Pa-Tubig provides safe and easy access to clean potable
water in waterless communities. Done in partnership with Philippine
Business for Social Progress (PBSP), this program helps improve
health and sanitation, and uplifts living conditions and quality of life in
these communities.
Region Sites No. of No. of
Families Students
Benefited Benefited
NCR Bayanan, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila 80
CAR Ambassador, Tublay, Benguet 272
Region I San Agustin, San Fernando City, La Union 60
Region II Santo Tomas, Tuao, Cagayan 200
Region III Bantug, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija 285
 Region IV-A Mascap, Rodriguez, Rizal 200
Cawayan, Real, Quezon 100
Region IV-B Aporawan, Aborlan, Palawan including 150 326
Aporawan National High School
Region V Panlayaan, Sorsogon City, Sorsogon 295
Pinit, Ocampo, Camarines Sur 150
Region VI Alegria, Sibunag, Guimaras 322
Region VII Estaca, Dagohoy, Bohol 653
Kaongkod, Madridejos, Cebu 60
Maalat, Madridejos, Cebu 111
Pili, Madridejos, Cebu 92
Pooc, Sta. Fe, Bantayan Island, Cebu Including 267 83
Pooc Elementary School
Kinatarkan, Sta. Fe, Cebu 60
Sillon, Bantayan, Cebu 106
Sungko, Bantayan, Cebu 76
Buhisan, Cebu City, Cebu 150
Region VIII Lucerdoni, Tarangan, Samar 100
Region X Sitio Man-Ohay, Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon 50
Pagatpat, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis 120 110
Oriental including Pamalihi Elementary School

Bantay Kalusugan
Free health profiling and screening, medical and nutritional
counselling, and educational lay lectures are conducted in urban
poor communities to aid in early detection of chronic non-
communicable diseases (NCD) such as diabetes, hypertension,
obesity and high cholesterol. By identifying potential NCD cases,
Bantay Kalusugan-Alamin at Sugpuin hopes to help control NCDs,
which have become silent epidemics, and to promote healthy
lifestyles and proper management.
Pharmacy Scholarship
This program seeks to foster pharmacy education and to help
alleviate the shortage of pharmacists in the county. It is open to
deserving but financially-challenged pharmacy students enrolled
in member schools of the Philippine Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy (PACOP). The scholarship covers tuition,
miscellaneous school
fees, food and
transportation expenses.
Dependents of soldiers who are in active service, killed in action, incapacitated or died in the line
of duty are also beneficiaries of this program.

MDFI Turns Over Water System to Sitio Sampaloc, Tandang Kutyo

28 February 2020

Sitio Sampaloc in Brgy. Tandang Kutyo, Tanay

Rizal, officially receives a potable water system
through MDFI's Operation Pa-Tubig program
during the turnover ceremony today. The Level 2
potable water system, which includes a water
reservoir and 15 tap stands, will provide clean and
safe water for at least 150 households who have had
no access to clean safe water for more than 50
years. The only access was a spring, located around
one kilometer away on a hilly terrain. With the
installation, the time spent and burden in fetching
water from the spring will be eliminated, easing up the lives of the residents. MDFI is assisted by
partners Philippine Business for Social Progress and the local government unit of Tanay Rizal in
the implementation of the program.
Bantay Kalusugan Serves Caloocan City
29 June 2019

Conducted at Caloocan High School, MDFI

screened 139 residents of Caloocan City South
for non-communicable diseases (NCD),
identifying 75 as potential NCD cases: 39
obesity, 31 hypertension and 5 diabetes; and
81 as confirmed NCD cases: 40 obesity, 33
hypertension and 8 diabetes. All cases were
referred to volunteer doctors for proper
management. A lay forum provided preventive
health and healthy lifestyle tips to help
potential cases from progressing into full-blown cases. The Department of Social Welfare
(DSWD) NCR, Caloocan City government, healthcare professional volunteers, Mercury Drug
volunteers, Colgate & Palmolive, Medical Center Trading Corp., Nestle, Pascual Consumer
Healthcare and Philusa partnered with MDFI for the Bantay Kalusugan-Alamin at Sugpuin
activity.