President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Cristina A. Roque expressed their enthusiasm for SHERA Public Company Limited’s upcoming P2.9 billion investments in the Philippines. The company plans to build a green and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven fiber cement boards facility, which is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2025.In photo: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Secretary of Trade and Industry Cristina A. Roque, and other key government officials presenting green lane certificate to SHERA Public Company Limited. In photo: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Secretary of Trade and Industry Cristina A. Roque, and other key government officials presenting green lane certificate to SHERA Public Company Limited.
Philippine companies badly need more support to prepare them to meet the growing demand for sustainability, as domestic firms have turned out to have among the lowest awareness levels of the European Union’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) legislation, a new international study has found.