PLDT Inc. has released new ESG reports for 2024, detailing progress on human rights, gender equality, and sustainable business practices. The reports cover alignment with the UN Global Compact and Sustainable Development Goals, and follow the company’s recognition in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025.
MANILA, Philippines—PLDT Inc. and its subsidiaries have released supplemental environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reports detailing their progress on human rights, gender equality, and responsible business practices in 2024.
Building on the company’s 2024 Annual and Sustainability Report, the new publications include the PLDT and Smart 2024 Human Rights Report, the PLDT Group 2024 Gender Equality Report, and the Materiality and Impact Assessment Report.
These reports document the group’s alignment with the United Nations Global Compact’s Ten Principles and its contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Key highlights include due diligence processes for managing human rights risks, tracking diversity and gender pay gap indicators, initiatives to empower women in the workplace and on the Board of Directors, and evaluations of programs’ impact on stakeholders, society and the environment.
“These reports reflect continuing efforts to embed sustainability into our operations and ensure PLDT’s alignment with global best practices,” said Melissa Vergel de Dios, PLDT chief sustainability officer.
“As we aim for continuous improvement in our ESG performance, we remain committed to transparent and data-driven reporting that strengthens trust among our stakeholders and drives collective progress on our shared goals,” said de Dios.
This expanded reporting is part of the company’s ESG practices and its adherence to global frameworks for sustainability and impact disclosures.
PLDT is a member of the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025, a list of the world’s top-performing companies in corporate sustainability. The company was also named “Industry Mover” in the global telecommunication services industry for achieving the strongest performance improvement in the 2024 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
