First Philippine Holdings Corporation (FPH) has received a plaque of recognition from the Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for valuable support FPH provided to assure the successful hosting in Manila of the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (APMCDRR).
FPH Chairman and CEO Federico R. Lopez (second from right, front row), along with other private sector sponsors, received plaques of recognition during a thanksgiving luncheon on Jan. 30, 2025, hosted by DND Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (third from left, front row) and DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga (not in photo).
Also in photo are DND Senior Undersecretary Irineo Espino (second from left, front row), Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies Co-Chairman Alexander Pama (fourth from left, front row), and other private sector sponsors, as well as government officials, who supported the 2024 APMCDRR.
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Philippine government, through the DND and the DENR, co-hosted this international conference from Oct. 14 to 18 last year at the Philippine International Convention Center. As one of the private sector sponsors of the APMCDRR, FPH committed resources for the conference, which provided an important opportunity for participants to review risk reduction efforts, share innovative solutions and make actionable commitments to accelerate disaster risk reduction by 2030 in the world’s most disaster-prone region.
The APMCDRR participants came from various governments, intergovernmental, international, national and civil society organizations, the private sector, science, academe, and stakeholder groups. FPH, one of the country’s largest and oldest conglomerates, has a long history of supporting advocacies not only to protect but to enhance the environment. Its subsidiary First Gen Corporation has the Philippines’ largest portfolio of power plants that use clean, low-carbon and renewable energy (RE) sources.
