Alpha Southeast Asia Recognizes SM’s Governance and Sustainability Leadership
SM Investments Corporation, the parent company of the SM Group, was recognized by Hong Kong-based investment publication Alpha Southeast Asia for its corporate governance and sustainability reporting, reflecting the confidence of investors and analysts in how the company is managed and how it reports its performance. In the publication’s 16th Annual Poll of Southeast Asia’s […]
Built for Day One: Mapúa Redefines Career Readiness for the Future Workforce
In the modern labor landscape, a college diploma is no longer an automatic golden ticket to career success. Recent data from global market intelligence group ISI underscores a sobering reality: 901,000 Filipino college graduates were unemployed in March 2026, followed by 821,000 in April 2026. According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report […]
Corporate Governance Asia recognizes SM Group with 24 awards
The SM Group received 24 awards from Hong Kong-based publication Corporate Governance Asia, underscoring the conglomerate’s performance in governance, sustainability, investor relations, and corporate leadership amid an increasingly complex global operating environment. SM Investments Corp. (SM Investments), the parent company of the SM Group, received eight awards, including the Sustainable Asia Award, Asia’s Best CSR, […]
Freelancers Share What They Wish They Knew When They Were Starting Out
What people don’t always see about freelancing is the reality of irregular income, delayed payments, and taxes fees that chip away at their earnings before it even gets to them. Here’s how freelancers Andrea Sumida, Founder and Creative Strategist of Kohi Social, and Lyn Cepillo, a content creator and social media manager, work around this […]
SM’s data privacy efforts recognized anew at National Data Privacy Conference
SM remains committed to ensuring and maintaining in-depth data privacy standards as a core component of corporate governance. SM Retail was recently awarded the NPC Seal of Registration Compliance Excellence Award for the Private Sector by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) during the National Data Privacy Conference. The NPC Seal of Registration Compliance Excellence Award […]