PLDT Inc. and wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. continue to recognize the hard work of local entrepreneurs in helping keep the economy afloat amid the global COVID-19 crisis.
PLDT and Smart, at the invitation of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the UN Global Compact Network Philippines, presented actionable solutions and policy recommendations at the GCNP-UNIDO Sustainability Summit 2020: Uniting Business to Support MSME Recovery and Resilience.
The virtual event highlighted the resilience of micro, small and medium enterprises that were the most impacted sector in the Philippines in this time of pandemic.
The 2020 Sustainability Summit followed PLDT and Smart’s participation in the organization’s exclusive Business Expert Group Meetings. PLDT-Smart chief sustainability officer Chaye Cabal-Revilla shared the group’s inputs valuable towards understanding the challenges in, and possible solutions to, the recovery and resilience-building of MSMEs amid the COVID-19 crisis.