LCF Honors High-Impact CSR Initiatives with Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition

Manila, Philippines — League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) recognized outstanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives during the CSR Awarding Ceremony conferring the Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition to organizations that are driving meaningful impact across communities. These honors underscore how strategic CSR is in enabling businesses to lead in innovation, resilience, and inclusive development.

Business and foundation leaders and CSR advocates gathered at the Dusit Thani Hall for the 2025 CSR Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

“It’s encouraging to see that many of this year’s winners are working closely with marginalized groups—including Indigenous communities and persons with disabilities—truly reflecting this year’s theme of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” said Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Chairperson. “Further, this creates space for collaboration and leveraging our collective strengths, especially in today’s society, where true success goes beyond efficiency and optimization to nurturing people and the communities we affect. That is how we achieve shared prosperity.”

Part of the broader CSR Week celebrations—which also include a Conference, Expo, and the Net Zero Tree Planting Activity—the CSR Awards was held alongside events under the theme “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity for Shared Prosperity.” which provided an avenue for leaders from the private sector, development organizations, and civil society to explore how businesses can embed CSR and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into their core operations and address inequality and foster more resilient, inclusive communities.

Austere Panadero, President and Executive Director of Zuellig Family Foundation and LCF Trustee, delivered an opening message at the Guild Awards during the 2025 CSR Conference and Expo. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

Among this year’s CSR Guild Award recipients were organizations recognized across several key categories including outstanding CSR Projects in Enterprise Development, Education, Environment, Disaster Resilience, Arts and Culture, Financial Inclusion, Health, and the Outstanding CSR Collaboration Project.

Awardees were:  

• Ayala Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding Project in Enterprise Development), recognized for its Iraya Mangyan weaving program supporting indigenous artisans;

• Vivant Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding Project in Education), honored for Project Liadlaw, which brings solar power to off-grid schools;

• Metro Pacific Investments Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding Project in Environment), awarded for expanding its MPIC Guardians Program to strengthen coastal conservation in Siargao and Mabini;

• Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding Project in Disaster Resilience), acknowledged for developing inclusive preparedness tools for the deaf community; and

• Aboitiz Foundation, in partnership with the Hedcor Group (Outstanding Project in Arts and Culture), recognized for reviving traditional textiles through Project Tahi 'Ta.

• Sun Life Financial-Philippines Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding Project in Financial Inclusion) – recognized for helping boost the resilience of near-shore fishing communities through financial literacy training and livelihood support under Building Household & Resilience Among Near-shore Fishers (Phase 2);

• Sun Life Financial-Philippines Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding Project in Health) – honored for expanding access to basic medical services by establishing Sun Barangay Health Stations in remote and underserved communities; and

• Philippines Shell Foundation, Inc., with Metrobank Foundation, Inc. and Manila Water Foundation, Inc. (Outstanding CSR Collaboration Project) – awarded for tackling childhood malnutrition through the Roots to Shoots program, a multi-sectoral effort that integrates nutrition, water access, sanitation, and agriculture interventions.

Also recognized as finalists for their noteworthy projects across LCF’s CSR focus areas were: Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. and Ayala Foundation, Inc. (Arts & Culture); ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. and Joy-Nostalg Foundation, Inc. (Disaster Resilience); Jollibee Group Foundation, Inc. and Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc. (Education); Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. & Aboitiz Land, Inc. and Manila Water Foundation, Inc. (Environment); and Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc. and PLDT-Smart Foundation, Inc. (Enterprise Development).

In addition to recognizing its member foundations, LCF also honored non-member organizations through the CSR Medal of Recognition, awarded to programs demonstrating high impact across LCF’s key CSR focus areas including disaster resilience, enterprise development, environment, education, and health.

This year’s awardees included:

• Pioneer Adhesives Foundation, Inc. (PAFI) (Disaster Resilience), for Angat Sining Tibay at Galing (ASTIG)

• First Gen Corporation (Enterprise Development), for Threads of Change, supporting indigenous weavers in Jabonga;

• Fluor Daniel Inc., Philippines (Environment), for Commitment to Sustainability: Environmental Stewardship, promoting environmental conservation through mangrove reforestation, coastal cleanups, and education initiatives.

• Pascual Laboratories (Environment), for the SEED program on environmental education and sustainable agriculture; and

• Pioneer Adhesives Foundation, Inc. (PAFI) (Education), for WRAP in School, which promotes waste reduction and sustainability through student engagement and environmental awareness;

• Juanito I. King Foundation, Inc. (Health), for Project Healthy Smile at Bittang Elementary School, providing dental health education and services to underserved children.

The following organizations have also been named finalists for their noteworthy projects: Fluor Daniel Inc.(Disaster Resilience), Philippines; First Gen Corporation (Environment); Rex Education (Education); Philippine Manufacturing Co. of Murata Inc., and Cebu Mitsumi (Health), with special citations awarded to Sentinel Upcycling Technologies (Environment), The Teacher’s Gallery, Inc.(Education), and Philippine Manufacturing Co. of Murata Inc. (Health).

Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Chairperson, highlighted in his message how this year’s Guild Awards winners embody diversity, equity, and inclusion through their work with marginalized groups, and stressed the role of collaboration in driving shared prosperity.

As sustainability and inclusion gain ground, LCF sees this as a key moment for businesses to view CSR not just as philanthropy or a component of compliance, but as a strategic driver of national development.

LCF Opens CSR Week with 2025 Conference and Expo Highlighting DEI, LIFE Program

Manila, Philippines — The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) gathered business and industry leaders at the 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Conference and Expo on July 1 at Dusit Thani Manila, to promote inclusive growth as a key driver of sustainable development. Held during National CSR Week, the event highlighted how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are reshaping business strategies—reflecting the shift in CSR from traditional philanthropy to strategic, systemic efforts that contribute to society and support nation-building.

Business and foundation leaders, and CSR advocates gathered at the Dusit Thani Manila for the 2025 CSR Conference. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

With the theme “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity for Shared Prosperity,” the conference highlights DEI as a core strategy for companies seeking to promote development and economic resilience as the country recovers from recent economic setbacks and global uncertainties. 

Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Chairperson and Executive Director of Vivant Foundation, Inc.,  delivered his opening message at the Guild Awards during the 2025 CSR Conference. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

According to Shem Jose Garcia, Chairperson of LCF and Executive Director of Vivant Foundation, Inc., inclusion requires recognizing how identities like gender, ability, ethnicity, and income overlap and affect people’s experiences. “As CSR practitioners, most of our projects seek to uplift those left behind in poverty, finding solutions that would benefit the greatest number of people.  However, when creating and implementing projects that aim to benefit the many, there remains a challenge that this can often leave behind those with special needs or limited capability to benefit from these programs,” he said. “It is important not just to identify these groups as a category on their own, but to understand the importance of intersectionality - that a person may be disadvantaged not just because of one category to which they belong but how those categories overlap.”

Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality delivered her keynote session entitled “Shared Prosperity, Shared Responsibility: The DEI Mandate in Nation-Building” during the 2025 CSR Conference and Expo. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

In her keynote session titled “Shared Prosperity, Shared Responsibility: The DEI Mandate in Nation-Building,” Senator Risa Hontiveros Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, underscored the need to embed DEI into nation-building efforts across all sectors. She discussed that working towards equity and social justice is not only right but also good for business. For example, women in leadership foster inclusive work environments that value diversity and equality—principles essential for sustainability and growth.

Opening day sessions featured discussions on inclusive corporate supply chains, enterprise development for underserved groups, and the shift toward measuring CSR performance based on community-level outcomes. Speakers emphasized that inclusive practices are not simply acts of goodwill—they are strategic approaches that strengthen business resilience, drive innovation, and contribute to long-term national development.

Left to right: Enrique S. Canoy, VP for Operations & Corporate, Communications Head, RMN Networks, Inc.; Ramon Derige, Executive Director, SEAOIL Foundation, Inc.;  Ronn Astillas, Chairperson, Philippine LGBT Chamber of Commerce; Shem Jose Garcia, Chairperson, League of Corporate Foundations and Executive Director, Vivant Foundation, Inc.; Sen. Risa Hontiveros, Chairperson, Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality; Rudy P. Guiao, Jr., CIO Lead for PH and Managing Director for IT (PH, SEA, and China), Accenture Technology; Edric Calma, Vice Chairperson, League of Corporate Foundations and Vice President, Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc.; Ryan Vidanes, Executive Director, Conrado & Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation, Inc.; Austere Panadero, President and Executive Director, Zuellig Family Foundation, Inc.; and, Philip Francisco Dy, Trustee, League of Corporate Foundations, Executive Vice President of Metrobank Foundation, Inc. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

This call for systemic inclusion carried over into the first plenary session, “The Intersection of Financial Inclusion & Resilience: Protecting the Vulnerable and the Marginalized Sectors in the Philippines,” where its featured Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Director Mynard Bryan Mojica, Philippine Insurers and Reinsurers Association Deputy Executive Director Michael “Mitch” Rellosa, and Insurance Commission Deputy Commissioner Atty. Reynaldo Averilla Regalado. 

The discussion highlighted how access to credit, savings, and insurance can help marginalized communities reduce long-term risk and build resilience to disasters—reinforcing the broader message that inclusive systems are not just equitable, but essential to national development.

The CSR Expo welcomed guests at Glorietta Activity Center in Makati City with interactive booths of impactful, community-focused initiatives in health, education, environment and more. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

Alongside the conference kick-off, LCF opened the CSR Expo 2025 at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati, where member organizations and partners showcased high-impact programs across education, health, livelihood, environment, and disaster resilience. Designed as an interactive and educational space, the Expo engaged the public with grassroots initiatives—from youth skills training and education access to coastal conservation and social enterprise development—demonstrating how responsible business practices respond to social and environmental needs. 

LCF also highlighted key milestones of its flagship league-wide program called ”LCF’s Initiative for Food Security, Nutrition, and Empowerment” or LIFE at the Expo, including one of its first programs inaugurated in Basilan last June 26—the Busog, Lusog, Talino (BLT) Community Kitchen. Designed to prepare  600 to 1,000 nutritious, Muslim-friendly meals daily, the kitchen serves as a centralized facility for food to be distributed to schools in alignment with local feeding programs. Present during the inauguration were Former Governor of Basilan Jim Hataman Salliman, Dr. Joyce Ann Arandia-Viar, Project Manager of the Zuellig Family Foundation, and LA Cruzat, Senior Program Manager of the Jollibee Group Foundation. 

  At the 2025 CSR Expo, Edric Calma, Vice Chairperson of League of Corporate Foundations and Vice President of Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc. underscored the League’s commitment to inclusive development like LIFE encouraging deeper corporate involvement in community resilience. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

According to LCF, this pilot effort is an opportunity for more corporate foundations to take part in the LIFE program and for the private sector to be involved in community development. “Inclusion and sustainability should be built into how companies operate, grow, and engage with communities,” said Edric Calma, Vice Chairperson of LCF and Vice President of Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc..

The 2025 CSR Conference and Expo is co-presented by Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation, Inc. and co-organized with Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Foundation, Inc., and The SM, Henry Sy, and Felicidad T. Sy Foundations, Inc. It is also made possible through the support of BPI Foundation, Inc., Manila Water Foundation, Inc., Metrobank Foundation, Inc., Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc., and Vivant Foundation, Inc., with special thanks to Energy Development Corporation, Inc., Lopez Group Foundation, Inc., and Jollibee Group Foundation, Inc. LCF also thanks Ayala Foundation, Inc., BDO Foundation, Inc., and Citizen of the World Philippines Foundation, Inc. and acknowledges Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., Don Antonio O. Floriendo Sr. Foundation, Inc., Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc., ICTSI Foundation, Inc., Ronald McDonald House Charities, SEAOIL Foundation, Inc., Security Bank Foundation, Inc., Toyota Motor Philippines Foundation, Inc., Unilab Foundation, Inc., and Zuellig Family Foundation, Inc. for their support. These and other partners help foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing on sustainability and inclusivity.

LCF Honors High-Impact CSR Initiatives with Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition

Manila, Philippines — The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) recognized outstanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives during its 2025 CSR Conference and Expo, conferring the Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition to organizations driving meaningful impact across communities. These honors underscore how strategic CSR is in enabling businesses to lead in innovation, resilience, and inclusive development.

Business and foundation leaders and CSR advocates gathered at the Dusit Thani Hall for the 2025 CSR Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

Held under the theme “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity for Shared Prosperity,” the event provided an avenue for leaders from the private sector, development organizations, and civil society to explore how businesses can embed CSR and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into their core operations to address inequality and foster more resilient, inclusive communities.

Austere Panadero, President and Executive Director of Zuellig Family Foundation and LCF Trustee, delivered an opening message at the Guild Awards during the 2025 CSR Conference and Expo. Photo from League of Corporate Foundations.

As part of the conference, the CSR Guild Awards, presented to LCF member organizations, honored programs that demonstrated excellence across CSR focus areas, including education, arts and culture, environment, health, disaster resilience, and enterprise development.

Among this year’s CSR Guild Award recipients were:

• Ayala Foundation, Inc. (Enterprise Development), recognized for its Iraya Mangyan weaving program supporting indigenous artisans;

• Vivant Foundation, Inc. (Education), honored for Project Liadlaw, which brings solar power to off-grid schools;

• Metro Pacific Investments Foundation, Inc. (Environment), awarded for expanding its MPIC Guardians Program to strengthen coastal conservation in Siargao and Mabini;

• Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. (Disaster Resilience), acknowledged for developing inclusive preparedness tools for the deaf community; and

• Aboitiz Foundation, in partnership with the Hecdor Group (Arts and Culture), recognized for reviving traditional textiles through Project Tahi 'Ta.

Other finalists include Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc., ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc., Joy Nostalg Foundation, Inc., Jollibee Group Foundation, Inc., Gokongwei Brothers Foundation, Inc., Manila Water Foundation, Inc., Pilipinas Shell Foundation, Inc., PLDT-Smart Foundation, Inc., and Aboitiz Foundation, Inc., & Aboitiz Land, Inc.

In addition to its member foundations, LCF also honored non-member organizations through the CSR Medal of Recognition, awarded to programs demonstrating high impact across LCF’s CSR focus areas. This year’s awardees included:

• Pioneer Adhesives Foundation, Inc. (PAFI) (Disaster Resilience), for Angat Sining Tibay at Galing (ASTIG)

• First Gen Corporation (Enterprise Development), for Threads of Change, supporting indigenous weavers in Jabonga;

• Fluor Daniel Inc., Philippines (Environment), for Commitment to Sustainability: Environmental Stewardship, promoting environmental conservation through mangrove reforestation, coastal cleanups, and education initiatives.

• Pascual Laboratories (Environment), for the SEED program on environmental education and sustainable agriculture; and

• Pioneer Adhesives Foundation, Inc. (PAFI) (Education), for WRAP in School, which promotes waste reduction and sustainability through student engagement and environmental awareness;

• Juanito I. King Foundation, Inc. (Health), for Project Healthy Smile at Bittang Elementary School, providing dental health education and services to underserved children.

Other finalists included Fluor Daniel Inc., Philippines; First Gen Corporation; Rex Education; Philippine Manufacturing Co. of Murata Inc., and Cebu Mitsumi, with special citations awarded to Sentinel Upcycling Technologies, The Teacher’s Gallery, Inc., and Philippine Manufacturing Co. of Murata Inc.

Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Chairperson, highlighted in his message how this year’s Guild Awards winners embody diversity, equity, and inclusion through their work with marginalized groups, and stressed the role of collaboration in driving shared prosperity.

“It’s encouraging to see that many of this year’s winners are working closely with marginalized groups—including Indigenous communities and persons with disabilities—truly reflecting our theme of diversity, equity, and inclusion,” said Shem Jose Garcia, LCF Chairperson. “Further, this creates space for collaboration and leveraging our collective strengths, especially in today’s society, where true success goes beyond efficiency and optimization to nurturing people and the communities we affect. That is how we achieve shared prosperity.”

With increasing adoption of sustainability and inclusion in business practices, LCF regards this as a prime opportunity for the private sector to drive transformative change—prompting companies to shift their view of CSR from a charitable obligation or regulatory requirement to a strategic priority critical for national development.

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Allianz PNB Life Recognized For Workplace Excellence and CSR Campaigns

Workplace culture is integral to an organization’s success, as it helps promote employee performance, productivity, and engagement. A strong, positive culture that promotes company values motivates everyone to do their best work.

Working together towards unified goals to support its mission to secure the Filipino future has enabled Allianz PNB Life (AZPNBL) to focus on providing the best possible financial journey experience to its clients, which contributes to its strong year-on-year performance. The company’s strong performance is not only evident in its financial results but also in its people capital.

Making Work-Life Balance Possible

As a testament to its commitment to promote an engaging and positive workplace culture, Allianz PNB Life was recently recognized in several categories of the HR Excellence Awards, which honors the best-in-class HR teams and individuals, for their ground-breaking and impactful work executed across the entire HR function to champion the way forward.

AZPNBL won two Gold Awards at the HR Excellence Awards – Excellence in Workforce Flexibility and Excellence in Workforce Mobility – a recognition of the company’s effective response to harness digital tools and offer streamlined and timely services to its clients and employees. As it is cognizant that work culture and attitude are ever-evolving and that workers’ attitudes and behaviour toward work must be taken into consideration to bring out the best in them, the company was able to match their passions with their responsibilities, to show respect to their right to dignity of work, while maintaining a proper balance of achieving organizational goals and targets through proper and responsible work.

As such, AZPNBL laid the groundwork for its employees to have the choice and be flexible in the manner in which they can do their work. With proper guidance in adhering to pre-pandemic principles from HR and their line managers, employees can choose when, where, and how they can do their work, while maintaining a high quality of output and a results-based measurement system that assures that goals are met.

Enabling empowerment through crisis management

As AZPNBL shifted to hybrid ways of working, it is also important to mitigate and handle risks both in real life and online. The company won a Bronze Award for Excellence in Crisis Management Planning through its Allianz PNB Life Protection and Resilience program, which focuses on building safety and protection of the company’s “software” and “peopleware”.

Communication materials promoted cyber-safety, with regular training and seminars on disaster preparedness for employees and Life Changers. These utilized creative and practical ways of building capacities of AZPNBL employees so that they will be up-to-date on cybersecurity issues, and be equipped with basic knowledge on handling emergency situations during natural disasters.

Building a CSR culture

As the company continues its robust growth in the industry, it also reaches out to communities to promote inclusivity and sustainability with several impactful campaigns through its Corporate Social Responsibility programs. The Ride Safe initiative, which promotes cycling as a mode of transportation in four major cities within Metro Manila, won a Silver recognition from the HR Excellence Awards and Most impactful CSR Initiative at the Insurance Asia Awards 2023.
Aside from helping clients achieve their financial goals, AZPNBL encourages them to build a better tomorrow and secure their future through various sustainability initiatives that are geared not just for its clients, but also its communities.

AZPNBL partnered with public and private organizations to promote biking as a healthy and sustainable form of transport, and to supply biking infrastructure and education. Aside from projects that included installing artful bike racks, a solar-powered cyclist pit stop, and a bike lane along a major thoroughfare, it has expanded to include a livelihood component by offering bike maintenance repair training for SOS Children’s Village Kaagapay program participants from Iloilo, Cebu, and Tacloban.

The Seeds of Tomorrow project, which also won an award at the Insurance Asia Awards 2023 for Most Creative Campaign focused on sustainability and food security. Through this project, Allianz Protect policyholders were given the opportunity to contribute a percentage to the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines’ (WWF-PH) Food Shed Farming Enterprise Project.

Along with its strong performance in the industry, these CSR activities have helped create awareness and build credibility and trust for AZPNBL among Filipinos. Allianz PNB Life Chief Marketing Officer Gino Riola says, “Our vision is to Secure the Future of Filipinos not only through our innovative products and services that are designed to meet life.

iQor Provides Financial Aid to Employees and Communities in Need Through iQor Qares

iQor — a managed services provider of customer engagement and technology-enabled BPO solutions — celebrates the registration of iQor Qares as a nonprofit charitable organization in the Philippines. iQor Qares is one of iQor’s CSR initiatives, focused on giving back to iQor employees and their local communities by providing financial assistance to individuals facing catastrophic or life-altering events.

“The recent registration of iQor Qares as a charitable nonprofit in the Philippines will expand our ability to help our employees, their families, and our local communities in need. We are inspired by the generosity of individuals and corporations that support iQor Qares’ commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of others. We look forward to helping even more iQorians,” said Fleurette Navarro, iQor’s chief people officer and chair of iQor Qares in the Philippines.

Since 2019, iQor Qares has provided a total of $150,000 employee cases around the world. These donations have helped iQor employees rebuild their lives after natural disasters, care for loved ones in need of medical and end-of-life care, and address housing insecurity, as well as other life-altering events.

Putting people first, supporting local communities

The creation of iQor Qares highlights iQor’s company value of the need to give back, as it encourages employees to support fellow iQorians and their communities. “At iQor, we want people to succeed in their careers as well as in other aspects of their lives. Part of that success comes from providing employees with opportunities to foster interpersonal connections and contribute to their communities. In this way, we are doing our part as Filipinos to keep our bayanihan spirit alive,” said James Down, senior director for operations.

“iQor Qares has provided assistance to 54 Filipino employees, and we have committed to help another 38 more people since registering as a nonprofit in April. More than 25% of iQor employees have pledged and donated to the Philippines, totaling 8,377 PH donors to date and this number is growing! In addition, the iQor Qares steering committee has visited our sites in Clark, Fairview, Dasmarinas, Sta. Rosa, Iloilo, Bacolod, Talisay, and Davao,” said Down.

For the past 25 years, iQor has been a steadfast presence in the Philippines, with 17 contact centers in Cavite, Davao, Iloilo, Laguna, Negros Occidental, Pampanga, and Quezon City. Thus, it's only fitting that, through iQor Qares, iQor continues to actively support the communities where they operate whenever an urgent need arises. iQor Qares remains committed to expanding support in the communities where iQor employees live and work as well as in the surrounding areas.

iQor cultivates a culture that cares

iQor Qares has helped foster empathy and unity among colleagues. As James Down said, “Every iQorian can choose to give one-time or recurring contributions and 100% of the money raised for iQor Qares in the Philippines will help local employees, their family members, and their local communities in need of financial assistance due to life-altering or catastrophic events beyond their control. We can provide financial assistance to any iQorian for three such events during their tenure with us, with a maximum allocation of PHP100,000 per event (and this may be waived with approval). We value our team in the Philippines, which makes up about 80% of our total global operations.”

iQor Qares creates a sense of unity among colleagues and sustains its charitable activities, via one-time and recurring donations from iQor employees, quarterly fundraising parties, auctions, and other activities.

“I’m proud to share that every iQorian cares for their colleagues, whether it’s a team member next to them at work or in their community. Even before iQor Qares was established, we have stories of people passing the hat for fellow iQorians, helping out in any ways they can to ease others’ financial burdens. With iQor Qares, we are able to expand our existing commitment to taking care of one another,” shared Michael Oliver Dela Pena, vice president for operations.

Donate and learn more at iQorQares.com today.

Concentrix SVP in Manila for Women’s Forum

Jyllene Miller, Concentrix Senior Vice President, Client Engagement Strategy and Marketing, was in Manila as a special speaker for the Network of Women (NOW), a regular forum organized by Concentrix for its women workforce around the world. Miller, the executive sponsor of NOW, shared some of her strategies for success. She also highlighted the importance of building a communication network in promoting employee development while fostering diversity and inclusiveness. NOW is focused on empowering the women workforce of Concentrix for growth and leadership through development activities that build skills and move their careers forward. The program provides participants with valuable life skills such as financial management, strategies for success, and even self-defense, to better equip them in dealing with life’s various challenges. More importantly, the program promotes gender-inclusiveness by building a support network and giving each participant a voice. Concentrix Philippines is one of the first locations to embrace NOW. Learnings and insights from the successful implementation of the program are being adopted by Concentrix locations across the world.

About Concentrix

Concentrix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), is a leading business services company. We focus on customer engagement and improving business outcomes for over 450 global clients across many continents. Our 100,000+ staff deliver technology-infused, omni-channel customer experience management, marketing optimization, digital, consulting, analytics and back office solutions in 40+ languages from 125+ delivery centers. We serve automotive; banking and financial services; insurance; healthcare; technology; consumer electronics; media and communications; retail and e-commerce; travel and transportation; and energy and public sector clients. Visit www.concentrix.com to learn more.

About SYNNEX

SYNNEX Corporation is a Fortune 500 corporation and a leading business process services company, providing a comprehensive range of distribution, logistics and integration services for the technology industry and providing outsourced services focused on customer engagement strategy to a broad range of enterprises. SYNNEX distributes a broad range of information technology systems and products and also provides systems design and integration solutions. Concentrix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation, offers a portfolio of strategic solutions and end-to-end business services around customer engagement strategy, process optimization, technology innovation, front and back-office automation and business transformation to clients in ten identified industry verticals. Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation operates in numerous countries throughout North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.

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Concentrix Philippines Cherishes a Day of Fun and Games at National Children’s Hospital

Leading global business services company Concentrix Philippines, partnering with United Airlines, brought smiles to the faces of young patients as they were gifted with Ben Flyin’ Adventure bears. The occasion was the Adventure Bear Program organized annually by United Airlines. This year, it was held at the National Children’s Hospital, which is dedicated to serve the pediatric needs of indigenous patients. Concentrix Philippines held fun games and activities at the event, served meals, and distributed happiness bags and other prizes, which greatly lifted the mood of the children. Photo shows United Airlines’ senior managers for Contact Center Supplier Performance, Mark Seville and Joyce Neumeyer, with Concentrix Philippines volunteers.

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About Concentrix

Concentrix, a wholly owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), is a leading business services company. We focus on customer engagement and improving business outcomes for over 450 global clients across many continents. Our 100,000+ staff deliver technology-infused, omni-channel customer experience management, marketing optimization, digital, consulting, analytics and back office solutions in 40+ languages from 125+ delivery centers. We serve automotive; banking and financial services; insurance; healthcare; technology; consumer electronics; media and communications; retail and e-commerce; travel and transportation; and energy and public-sector clients. Visit www.concentrix.com or follow @Concentrix on Twitter.

About SYNNEX

SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX) is a Fortune 500 corporation and a leading business process services company, providing a comprehensive range of distribution, logistics and integration services for the technology industry and outsourced services focused on customer engagement strategy to a broad range of enterprises. SYNNEX distributes a broad range of information technology systems and products. SYNNEX also provides systems design and integration solutions. Concentrix, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SYNNEX Corporation, offers a portfolio of strategic solutions and end-to-end business services around customer engagement strategy, process optimization, technology innovation, front and back-office automation, and business transformation to clients in ten identified industry verticals. Founded in 1980, SYNNEX Corporation operates in numerous countries throughout North and South America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.  Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.

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