Hans T. Sy, President of SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and other top business leaders in the Philippines have joined together to strengthen the country’s disaster risk reduction and development efforts.
 
In an a forum held at the Tower Club in Makati City, top business leaders all pledged to work together to support government efforts that center on making communities and businesses disaster resilient.
 
The dialogue, which was hosted by National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Chairman and National Defense Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin, was attended by Sy and other top business leaders including Ramon Ang of San Miguel Corporation, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala of Ayala Corporation, Faraday Go of Robinson’s Land, Federico Lopez of First Philippines Holdings, Doris Magsaysay-Ho of A. Magsaysay Inc., Manuel Pangilinan of PLDT/Smart Communications and Ambassador Roberto Romulo of the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation Inc.
 
Also in attendance were His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle of the Archdiocese of Manila, DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, DOST Secretary Mario Montejo, Climate Change Secretary Emmanuel De Guzman and NDRRMC Executive Director and Civil Defense Administrator Undersecretary Alexander Pama. The dialogue was moderated by Antonia Yulo Loyzaga of the Manila Observatory.
 
The business leaders all expressed their commitment to support efforts that will catalyze and promote convergence of government-private sector disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) advocacies and activities.