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00:00 The private sector is playing a big role in fighting climate change.
00:04 That's why they are trying to make plans to help the environment,
00:08 which is very tempting for investors.
00:12 EJ Gomez has the first news.
00:14 In a record-breaking period of temperature in the Philippines and other parts of Asia,
00:23 the team of international scientists said,
00:25 the hot weather is getting worse because of climate change.
00:29 The added heat they received from the use of oil, gas and coal
00:34 resulted in incidents of death due to high temperatures.
00:39 In fighting climate change, the private sector is playing an important role,
00:43 according to Global Compact Network Philippines,
00:46 which is part of the United Nations Global Compact.
00:49 This initiative is really to help out the bigger companies
00:53 to complete their greenhouse gas emissions by educating,
00:57 creating awareness and capacity building for our suppliers or our supply chain.
01:03 Sustainability is also a big issue for investors,
01:07 according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
01:09 From 2019 to 2022,
01:12 many companies are giving sustainability reports to the SEC.
01:16 Investors are actually looking at the company if you have this report.
01:19 And if you have it, companies will be interested,
01:22 or investors, financial institutions will be interested to flow money to you.
01:27 As part of the development of the environmental, social and governance or ESG landscape in the country,
01:33 GCNP partnered with a Singapore-based software company
01:37 for the one-stop digital platform ESGpedia.
01:41 Companies that have already started to produce ESG data,
01:44 to be profitable, you have to be sustainable.
01:48 GCNP's target is to add more.
01:51 At present, it has more than 50 member companies in 100 by 2024.
01:56 This is in line with its small and medium enterprises in the country
02:03 that are united in their sustainable operations.
02:07 This is the first news.
02:09 EJ Gomez for GMA Integrated News.
02:14 [Music]