Private and public sector leaders gather for the first Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Summit in the country, held at the Conrad Manila Hotel on Monday.

Seated in front are (from left) Robert Batungbacal (president, Dow Chemicals); Lizanne Uychaco (SVP, SM Investments Corp.); Cecilia Borromeo (president, Development Bank of the Philippines); Roel Refran (COO, Philippine Stock Exchange); Mat Kimberley (chargé d’affaires, Australian embassy); Roberto de Ocampo (GRI board member); Timothy Mohin (CEO, GRI); Teresita Sy-Coson (vice chairperson, SM Investments Corp.); Sunny Verghese (co-founder and group CEO, Olam International and chairman, World Business Council for Sustainable Development); Richard Tantoco (president, Energy Development Corp.); Cesar Virata (corporate vice chairman, RCBC); Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (chairman and CEO, Ayala Corp.); Yayu Javier (local network representative and chairperson, UN Global Compact Network); Vincent Perez Jr. (founder, Alternergy) and Yuan Xu (country director, International Finance Corp). Standing are (from left) Wai Hong Choong (president and CEO, Maybank); Justo Ortiz (CEO, Union Bank of the Philippines); Jeffrey Lim (president, SM Prime); Cesar Romero (president, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.); Rogelio Singson (president and COO, Meralco PowerGen Corp.); Frank Thomas (Partnerships for SDG consultant, United Nations Development Program); Joseph Tanbuntiong (treasurer and director, Jollibee Foods Corp.); Daniel Alexander (president, New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Philippines); Benjie Yap (CEO, Unilever); Ferdinand dela Cruz (president and CEO, Manila Water); Raoul Romulo (CFO, San Miguel Corp.); Manuel Gana (president and CEO, Belle Corp.); Gil Buenaventura (president and CEO, RCBC); Pedro Roxas (chairman, Roxas Holdings Inc.); Guillermo Luz (private sector co-chairman, National Competitiveness Council); Herbert Sy (vice chairman, Supervalue Inc.) and Kais Marzouki (chairman and CEO, Nestle Philippines).