When the largest corporations began taking about the green agenda by introducing eco-friendlier products or by reducing their operations’ environmental impact, many marked this as a victory in the environmental front.There is, however, a diverse segment of economic drivers called micro, small and medium enterprises [MSMEs] who have an innate vision for improving the plight of their local economies but are also generators of environmental wastes affecting ecological issues such as climate change, hazards, water availability, among others.

“There’s a powerful segment that we need to collaborate with if we are to significantly reduce the negative environmental impacts from business activities.” says Foundation for a Sustainable Society (FSSi) Executive Director Emma Lim-Sandrino. This she says in the context of a country where 99.6 percent of establishments are categorized as MSMEs that produces a third of total domestic production. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

The Fund for Sustainable Civil Society (FSCS) Grants Facility has began to accept  proposals for the year 2009.until the first quarter only (January to March) and will be processing the qualified applications on the second quarter or from April to June. 

by Geraldine Laroza 

“Bite the bullet.”  It was the bold statement of Prof. Felicisimo B. Gale, the Chairman of the Board of Wesley Savings and Credit Cooperative, during the launch of its computerization program called Current Account Savings, Account and Lending (CASAL) System last January 6 in the province of Isabela.  Shortly after the liturgy and consecration of the computer system and of the units led by Rev. Lolita S. Domingo, Professor Gale welcomed and thanked everyone who attended the event.