Meralco bags multiple awards for its second Sustainability Report
THE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has been recognized by six local and international awardgiving bodies for excellence in sustainability communications, in particular, for the Company’s 2020 Sustainability Report (SR), entitled Live Life.
In the first half of 2022, Live Life received a Gold Stevie from the Asia-pacific Stevie Awards under the Innovation in Annual Reports category, as well as a Silver Anvil from the 57th Anvil Awards under the Public Relations Tool category.
Meralco’s 2020 SR likewise secured Awards of Excellence at the 2022 Gold Quill Awards and at the 19th Philippine Quill Awards, both in the Publications category.
In 2021, Live Life was hailed at the Asia Sustainability Report Rating Forum where it was conferred a Gold Rank under the International Companies category. It also brought home a Silver Stevie from the International Business Awards in the Best Annual Report category.
The Company’s 2020 SR underscores the power distributor’s commitment to embedding sustainability into its strategy and operations by providing accessible, affordable, reliable, and clean power to all it serves, while protecting and preserving the planet and helping bring prosperity to its stakeholders.
Live Life builds on the momentum of Meralco’s highly successful maiden 2019 SR, Sustaining the Future, and articulates the Company’s sustainability aspirations, pathways, and strategies through 2030 and beyond.
“The year 2020 provided us, in Meralco, an extraordinary opportunity to help sustain the lives of all we serve amid the challenges and perils of the pandemic” said Meralco President and Chief Executive Officer Atty. Ray C. Espinosa. “Our 2020 SR describes and details our programs and initiatives which allowed us to improve the lives of our co-workers, our customers, and our communities.”
For his part, Meralco Chief Sustainability Officer Raymond B. Ravelo said, “This recognition from our stakeholders and award-giving bodies is a reflection of our earnest commitment to sustainability.”
“Inspired by these achievements— and more so by the positive transformation and impact our efforts have had on our stakeholders—we will continue placing sustainability at the core of all we do as a Company, as we help bring forth a better normal and a brighter future for all,” he added.
Live Life highlights Meralco’s contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. These are in line with the Company’s sustainability agenda called Powering the Good Life, which is focused on four pillars—power, Planet, People, and Prosperity.