- Our existence over the long term rests on our ability to preserve our environment and how well we develop our human capital
- Sustainability practices align with corporate strategy, rooted on the objective of creating long-term value for all stakeholders
As a successful business that has spanned over a century, the Aboitiz Group understands that our existence over the long term rests on our ability to preserve our environment and how well we develop our human capital. This sustainability mindset is represented through Aboitiz BetterWorld, which unifies groupwide sustainability practices. At the ASEAN Corporate Sustainability Summit last March, AEV Sustainability Manager Dexter Gianan shared to corporate sustainability professionals across ASEAN how Aboitiz BetterWorld obtains groupwide buy-in:
Our sustainability practices align with corporate strategy, which emanates from our objective to create long-term value for all stakeholders and supported by our strategic pillars: Grow the Business, Stakeholder Engagement, Building Human Capital, and Execution Excellence.
On the macro level, we integrate sustainability into our business processes and pursue continuous metrics development, cutting across all significant players–team members, customers, and communities–towards operationalizing our business KPIs with sustainability attributes.
Aboitiz BetterWorld responds to the demands of the current business landscape with the belief that we can do well by doing good and always making the right long-term decisions that balance the interests of people, planet, and profit.
Our commitment to transparency is demonstrated through performance disclosures based on GRI framework.
Our sustainability over the long term will depend on how well we manage our operations and how prudently we utilize our resources in order to achieve financial growth and profitability.
Effective communication strategy through branding key CSR initiatives, partnering with established company programs, forums, collaterals, events, and projects sponsorships, etc.
“Our goal is to have this sustainability mindset ingrained in the minds of thousands of our team members across the Aboitiz Group. As they put this into action, it is our hope that, consequently, we become catalysts of change toward a truly sustainable lifestyle for everyone,” AEV President & CEO Erramon Aboitiz had once said. Indeed, Aboitiz looks beyond profitability to explore better ways of integrating good social development and responsible environmental stewardship into our business operations. This is part of our commitment to being a truly sustainable enterprise that can be entrusted to future generations.