Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards honors 24 Southeast Asian companies

July 10, 2012 by  

Twenty-four companies from Southeast Asia has won this year’s Enterprise Asia’s Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards (AREA), an annual program that recognizes and honours Asian businesses for championing sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship.

Some of the Southeast Asian winners include: Globe Telecom, a Philippine-based telecommunications firm, under the Social Empowerment Category, and Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation under the Green Leadership Category.

The other categories of the awards include: Investment in People, Health Promotion, SME CSR and Responsible Business Leadership.

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In Philippines, new SME loans for women

May 30, 2012 by  

The Rizal Commercial and Banking Co. (RCBC), has unveiled an SME business loan program for women which promises to increase their financial capacity and address the growing demands of their businesses, reported Philstar.

The bank’s Women’s Enterprise Loan is the first such program targeted at Filipinas entrepreneurs. Combining the resources of RCBC and RCBC Savings Bank, Bankard, and Malayan Insurance, the program offers variety of banking products useful to businesses, its shareholders, officers, and staff. Read more