MANILA, Philippines — In celebration of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Week, the League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) presented the Guild Awards and Medal of Recognition consecutively on June 30 and July 1, 2026, marking a new standard: CSR that moves beyond isolated initiatives to programs that tackle real-world problems at scale.
On its 30th year, LCF is naming what the moment requires: companies must contribute measurably to the systems they operate within. Climate change, stunting, education, and widening inequality, among other issues, have made the need explicit: companies cannot just give back.
“What we’re seeing now is the most consequential shift in corporate citizenship. From isolated giving to programs that last, scale, and move the needle on issues that matter,” shared Shem Jose Garcia, LCF chairperson and executive director of Vivant Foundation, Inc.
The Guild Awards recognize CSR projects across seven thematic areas: Arts and Culture, Disaster Resilience, Education, Enterprise Development, Environment, Financial Inclusion, and Health, alongside the Outstanding CSR Collaboration Award for cross-sector initiatives and the Best Emerging Project Awards for new entrants already delivering results.
This year’s winners were recognized for programs that demonstrate precision in identifying community needs, alignment with development priorities, and a commitment to systems change.
- Outstanding CSR Project for Arts and Culture: School of Indigenous Knowledge (Energy Development Corporation)
- Outstanding CSR Project for Disaster Resilience: Skills-Based Volunteerism in Cebu Disaster Response: #BrigadangAyala Relief & Rehabilitation Operations (Ayala Foundation Inc.)
- Outstanding CSR Project for Education: Digital Play-Based Learning for Growth: A Culturally Responsive Educational Initiative for Early Childhood Learning in Indigenous Schools of Living Tradition (TELUS International Philippines Foundation, Inc.)
- Outstanding CSR Project for Enterprise Development: Agri-Tech Facilitators Program (Jollibee Group Foundation)
- Outstanding CSR Project for Environment: Light at Home Araceli (acciona.org Foundation Philippines Inc.)
- Outstanding CSR Project for Financial Inclusion: Farm to Table for Fisherfolks in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental (BPI Foundation)
- Outstanding CSR Project for Health: BACK-to-BAKuna: Bridging the Follow-Through Gap in Childhood Vaccination (Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philippines)
- Outstanding CSR Collaboration Project: Rebuilding Homes, Rebuilding Lives (Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc., in collaboration with Jollibee Group Foundation, Marsman Drysdale Foundation, Megawide Foundation, VICSAL Foundation, and Vivant Foundation)
For the first time, the CSR Guild Awards introduced the Best Emerging Project Award, given to projects that show promise for replication, scaling, and sustainability. Below are the recipients:
- Best Emerging Project for Education: Science in a Box: A Movable Container-Based Science Laboratory (Marsman Drysdale Foundation, Inc.)
- Best Emerging Project for Health: PHAPCares: Healthy Youth, Healthy Future (PHAPCares Foundation, Inc.)
Alongside the Guild Awards, LCF conferred the Medal of Recognition to non-member organizations whose programs demonstrate good practice and results in specific focus areas. This year’s winners were:
- Cebu Mitsumi, Inc. for its Typhoon Tino Response and Recovery Program under Disaster Resilience;
- Dole Philippines, Inc. for its Adopt-a-School Program under Education; and
- Hann Foundation, Inc. for the Sasmuan Mangrove Project, a mangrove conservation and restoration initiative, under Environment.
LCF’s 2026 Conference theme is anchored in a three-part framework drawn from three decades of advancing corporate citizenship: Adapt. Align. Accelerate.
Adapt means rethinking programs that no longer serve — BACK-to-BAKuna closed gaps in childhood immunization follow-through; the Agri-Tech Facilitators Program brought technology directly to smallholder farmers. Align means connecting CSR work to the Sustainable Development Goals, the Philippine Development Plan, and corporate commitments to ESG and carbon neutrality. Accelerate is what cross-sector alignment makes possible — Rebuilding Homes, Rebuilding Lives brought organizations together to achieve what none could have done alone.
The recognition at this year’s CSR week celebration carries a message for the broader business community: the frameworks are in place, the network is here, and the bar has been raised.
