AstraZeneca is one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, dedicated to the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing high quality, effective prescription medicines that bring benefit to patients. Its corporate headquarters is based in the UK while research and development HQ is based in Sweden.

AstraZeneca is the fourth largest multinational pharmaceutical company in the Philippines. Their medicines are designed to fight desease in six important areas of medical need: cancer, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disorder, infection, mental health and respiratory disease. AZ Philippines has 550 employees.

BG Group continues to play a significant role in the development of the Philippines natural gas market, helping the country to move away from a dependence on imported oil.

BG Group concentrates on the downstream sector of the chain with interest in two gas-fired power generation plants, Santa Rita and San Lorenzo. Together, these two power plants play a crucial role in utilizing gas from the country’s strategic Malampaya Gas to Power project, which represents the largest single industrial investment in the country’s history.

In keeping with the development of both the gas chain and the Philippines economy, BG group continues to seek further commercial opportunities. In particular, BG Group  believes that there is potential for additional gas-infrastructure using the Philippines’ own offshore gas reserves and imported LNG in the future.

British American Tobacco (Philippines) is engaged in the importation and distribution of cigarette products. Its current brands are Dunhill, Vongue and Lucky Strike. It also has a contact manufacturing agreement with a local partner for the manufacturing and distribution of Pall Mall.

Border Holdings (UK) Ltd. The core business is the storage and distribution of Land Rover parts. The Company manages several industrial estates and is involved in property development. The Company also offers cold storage facilities and is involved in agriculture and manufacturing

Diageo is the world’s leading premium drink business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wine and beer categories. These brands include: Smirnoff, Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Baileys, J&B, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Tangueray, Crown Royal, Beaulieu Vineyard and Sterling.

Diageo is a global Company, trading in over 180 markets around the world and is headquartered in London. The Company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO).

The word Diageo comes from the Latin for day (dia) and the Greek for the world (geo).

We take this to mean every day, everywhere, people celebrate with our brands and together we celebrate life responsibility.

GlaxoSmithKline Philippines is a leading research-based multinational healthcare and pharmaceutical company in the country with over 12% market share. It is the market leader in the areas of anti-infectives, respiratory, and vaccines. With the introduction of breakthrough treatments for asthma, diabetes, hepatitis B, and hypertension, the company has a significant presence in the pharmaceuticals market.

In addition, Consumer healthcare adds breadth to GSK’s product offering. GSK is the 4th leading company in this sector.

GSK has its own manufacturing facility located at Don Celso Tuason Avenue, Cainta, Rizal to supply both pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products.

Global Green Power PLC (“GGP”) is a UK based, unlisted public company. GGP have invested and operate eight (8) Philippine subsidiary companies dedicated to the Design, Development and Operation of state of the art Biomass-powered Renewable Energy decentralized power plants that connect to the grid.  

In the Philippines, “GGP Phase One” operations will deliver six (6) seventeen point five megawatt (17.5 MWe) biomass power plants requiring an investment of some two hundred million dollars ($ USD 200 million). Our first power plant, which is currently being built in Nueva Ecija, commenced civil engineering of in June 2008 and will produce clean, carbon neutral energy to the Luzon Grid by the end of 2010, and intended to help mitigate the expected supply shortage by 2011.

Although GGP has the ability to deliver Wind, Solar, Geothermal and Hydropower solutions our companies are initially focusing on the delivery of Biomass-to-energy within the Philippines. GGP Biomass power plants provide decentralized, baseload electricity that have an astonishingly positive impact upon local and farming communities due to the purchase of biomass within our area of operations; Biomass that does not compete with the human food chain, is carbon neutral, replaces fossil fuels such as oil & coal whilst significantly stimulating agricultural production. Indeed the majority of biomass that will be utilized by GGP is currently either burnt in the field or left to decompose after harvest – both appreciably causative to climate change in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) or methane (CH4), a greenhouse gas 21 times more destructive than C02.

Due to the decentralized nature of GGP power plants (small power plants of between 12.5 MWe to 17.5 MWe built close to the power requirement), the GGP solution reduces distribution system losses, provides reactive energy that stabilizes the grid and mitigates the ever-increasing challenge of climate change whilst delivering significant lively hood opportunities and new income to the community. In the first year of operation our Nueva Ecija 17.5 MWe power plant will provide PHP 181 Million of direct income to the local community, an astounding PHP 9.3 Billion during the power supply contract as well as an estimated 958 new jobs.

GGP is committed to the development of Renewable Energy in Asia and welcomes the opportunity of sharing our experience with other British companies and to act as a platform for new technology that will assist the Philippine Government to increase energy security through the utilization and optimization of renewable, alternative and indigenous fuel sources.

The HSBC Group is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. The Group has about 9,500 offices in 76 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, serves over 125 million customers and has assets of US$1,738 billion at 30 July 2006.

With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 200,000 shareholders in some 100 countries and territories. The shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depository Receipts.

Through an international network linked by advanced technology, including a rapidly growing e-commerce capability, HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services: personal financial services; commercial banking; corporate, investment banking and markets; private banking; trade services; cash management; insurance; consumer and business finance; pension and investment fund management; trustee services; and securities and custody services.

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation is involved in the manufacture and distribution of fuels, lubricating oils, baseoils, bitumen and specialties through its refineries and distribution sites and marketing of the same through nationwide commercial and retail networks. To date, the company operates 25 depots and over 940 retail sites all over the country.

Shell Philippines Explorations BV’s Malampaya Deep Water Gas-to-Power project represents the largest and most significant industrial investment in the history of the Philippines. It heralds the birth of the country’s natural gas industry through the supply of clean, environment-friendly fuel slated to provide 2,700 MW of power to Luzon for a period of 20 years starting January 2002. This operation currently meets 30% of Luzon’s  power generation requirements.