Global Compact International Yearbook 2017

ing and service provision. Persons with
disabilities and indigenous peoples are
organized to ensure that they are able
to access the services being provided in
every community where we implement
the various health programs.
SDG 5: Gender Equality
We have continued our Men Caring for
Women (MCW) resource-generation and
advocacy program. Internally, the Human
Resource Division, in collaboration with
the Corporate Social Responsibility Office,
has continued with its “Engendering the
Workplace” efforts. In partnership with
the Child Justice League – a nonprofit
organization composed of volunteer lawyers
who provide free legal services to
abused women and children – a series of
seminar workshops have been conducted
in support of preventing sexual harassment
in the workplace. Unlike in 2015,
when the main focus of the engendering
effort was the officers of the hospital,
this time it was the non-supervisory
staff. The goal is to capacitate the entire
internal community in identifying inappropriate
actions that are gender related.
This is also part of our commitment to
implement rights-based company policies.
Manila Doctors Hospital considers itself
a member of a bigger community and
joined the 16 days of worldwide activism
against gender-based violence through
the “Orange the World” campaign. The
internal community “went orange” and
contributed to the social media drive.
SDG 13: Climate Action
One of our biggest CSR undertakings is
our environmental commitment. For
more than 10 years now, Manila Doctors
Hospital has taken steps to reduce its
carbon footprint, starting with energy
utilization. Renewable energy is also being
integrated into the hospital facility’s
framework. The implementation of the
hospital-wide recyclables program has
already yielded millions of pesos for the
various CSR programs of the hospital.
In 2016, funds earned from hospital
recyclables were allotted for two special
projects. The first provides an alternative
livelihood to augment the daily food
sustenance of fisherfolk families in the
province of Bohol, which has been affected
by climate change. Bohol is located
in the southern region of the country,
where poverty and natural disasters are
quite prevalent. The second project was
to immediately send relief packages
to victims of the two most destructive
typhoons to hit the Philippine countryside.
The devastation compelled the
national government to declare a state
of calamity in the provinces of Batanes
and Kalinga. Solar lamps, food packs,
blankets, medicines, and hygiene kits
were immediately dispatched through
our partners, who were stationed on site.
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Partnerships are vital for Manila Doctors
Hospital CSR Office to go beyond its immediate
community and serve those who
are in far-flung areas in need of medical
care. They enable us to tackle the challenge
of creating clean and green spaces
in urban areas and execute our advocacy
platform of educating the public about
eliminating violence against women and
children as well as human trafficking.
The vigorous and consistent participation
of volunteers from both our internal
community and external partners has
allowed us to expand our reach.
Our CSRO Circle of Partners is composed
of companies with strong CSR programs;
international and local humanitarian
and development organizations; national
agencies; and churches. The harmonization
of collective actions leads
to maximization of resources, resulting
in an increase in service provision, the
promotion of a higher level of accountability,
and the avoidance of program
replication.
Recognition from peers
For two consecutive years, Hospital
Management Asia has recognized the
collective efforts of the hospital and its
partners by conferring the CSR Excellence
award to Manila Doctors Hospital.
In addition, Manila Doctors Hospital
won its first International Hospital
Federation award for Corporate Social
Responsibility Excellence during the
40th World Hospital Congress in November
2016.
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