Business for Sustainable Development (BSD)

Chair

Edgar O. Chua

Managing Director

Bonar A. Laureto

Background

Business for Sustainable Development, formerly Philippine Business for the Environment (PBE), is a non-stock, non-profit organization that was established in January 1992 to assist companies in exploring vital connections between business and the environment. Through the years it has evolved towards providing technical and advisory services to businesses in sustainability reporting, as well as services in embedding sustainability into their business processes like business strategy, business development, product and service development innovations, and performance management. Beyond private sector engagements, BSD also works with government to identify critical, catalytic policies that enables private sector to invest more in sustainable development. BSD has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of sustainability in the Philippines through sustainability management initiatives that has influenced both private and public sectors to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

Mission:

• Spreading knowledge and experience across businesses, including best  sustainable development management practices and innovative approaches;
• Creating synergies between the efforts of businesses;
• Bringing business together with communities, local governments and other non – profits to achieve mutual sustainable development goals.

Sustainability Advisory Services:

• GRI Standards Certified Training Course
• SR 101 Publicly-Offered Training
• GHG Management and Inventory Training
• Learning Sessions: Forums and workshops on various sustainability topics including mangroves, forest products, responsible production, impact frameworks, communications, and others
• Social Impact Assessment
• Stakeholder Engagement
• SDG Reporting Guide
• Data Management Systems
• Materiality Workshop
• Integrated Reporting Advisory Services
• Sustainability Reporting Advisory Services
• Key Results Area Assessment

Creation of Systems Transformation

Beyond being our client’s sustainability partner, BSD also serves as a linkage for private sector collaboration to transpire.

• Sustainability Reporting Guidelines for Publicly-Listed Companies: provides assistance in crafting sustainability reports as a certified local partner of the GRI
• Sustainable Mobility Solutions Partner: aims to deliver safe and low-impact mobility for both goods and people
• SDGs Is Our Biz Project: aims to encourage businesses to align their strategies and targets to the SDGs, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Ecosystems-Based Adaptation: a holistic adaptation approach that takes biodiversity and ecosystem services into consideration.
• Philippine Alliance for Recycling and Materials Sustainability (PARMS): an association where different stakeholders across the waste value chain come together to develop and implement holistic solutions towards increasing resource recovery and reducing landfill dependence
• First and Last Mile Connectivity: aims to complete the journey from people’s homes to their destinations and vice versa by filling in the routes to narrow roads for mass transport systems

Networking via Membership in the following:

• Philippine Ecolabelling Body (Board Member)– co – chaired by the Bureau of Product Standards (DTI) and the National Solid Waste Mgt Commission (DENR);
• Partnership for Clean Air (Board Member);
• Philippine Earth Day Network;
• Philippine Pollution Prevention Roundtable;
• Phil. Council for Sustainable Development -  Sub Committee on Information, Education and Communication;
• ISO 26000 Philippine Working group convened by the DTI / BOI – Environmental Affairs Office to input to the preparation of the ISO guidance standard on Social Responsibility;
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development.