{"id":1176,"date":"2025-04-14T01:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T01:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2025-04-18T06:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T06:26:20","slug":"driving-growth-and-creating-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/driving-growth-and-creating-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Growth and Creating Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1176\" class=\"elementor elementor-1176\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97d4bfa e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"97d4bfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1883a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1883a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BDO<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33a9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f33a9fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Driving Growth and Creating Opportunities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89293e2 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"89293e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f07896 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f07896\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bdo-story-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1427\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c33d2 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9c33d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f375dd e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f375dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec409ca elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec409ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1799\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bdo-story-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1428\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44dd174 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"44dd174\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3e99a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d3e99a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Banks play a crucial role in helping people and businesses thrive. Whether it\u2019s providing loans to entrepreneurs, assisting families secure their future, or making everyday banking easier, financial institutions keep the economy moving. They enable businesses to expand, jobs to grow, and communities to flourish.<\/p><p>At BDO, growth goes hand in hand with purpose. By supporting enterprises, expanding financial access to Filipinos and financing worthwhile initiatives, the Bank helps create meaningful opportunities. From funding clean energy to bringing banking services in underserved areas, BDO is committed to growth with purpose \u2013 ensuring that progress helps uplift lives.<\/p><h4>Empowering Growth through Sustainable Finance<\/h4><p>As a pioneer in sustainable finance, BDO continues to fund large-scale projects that drive economic development while reducing the country\u2019s carbon footprint. This means supporting key industries that boost local economies while contributing to a more sustainable future. BDO has financed PHP1.04 trillion in sustainable finance to date, including 63 renewable energy projects nationwide and in other parts of Asia.<\/p><p>In 2024, BDO successfully issued its second and third ASEAN Sustainability Bonds under the BDO Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) to finance green and social projects, ranging from renewable energy to clean transport and sustainable agriculture and fisheries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d61bcce e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d61bcce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eba444 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0eba444\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebb6c76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebb6c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The overwhelming support from retail and institutional investors for these financial instruments, issued at record highs of PHP63.3 billion and PHP55.7 billion, respectively, reaffirms confidence in BDO\u2019s leadership and credibility in sustainable finance.<\/p><p>BDO\u2019s SFF is currently the most comprehensive framework in the Philippines for Green, Blue, Social, and Gender financing, with 29 eligible categories certified with a Second Party Opinion by Morningstar Sustainalytics.<\/p><p>Investing in a Sustainable Future through BDO Private Bank (BDOPB), in collaboration with Branch Banking Group (BBG), played a key role in the success of the ASEAN Sustainability Bonds, significantly increasing both retail and institutional client investments from PHP3 billion in 2023 to PHP20 billion in 2024.<\/p><p>BDO remains committed to raising awareness among its stakeholders about how BDO leads sustainable initiatives whenever possible \u2013 championing resource preservation and creating lasting benefits for future generations.<\/p><h4>BDO Network Bank: Empowering Entrepreneurs through Microfinance<\/h4><p>BDO Network Bank supports small businesses and government employees by offering microfinance and salary loan services tailored to their needs. Many of these enterprises are women-owned and women-led, enabling women achieve financial independence and become valued economic contributors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5034491 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5034491\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82ba500 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"82ba500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bdo-story-3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1429\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0206b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0206b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Spreading Financial Inclusion for All<\/h4><p>By continuously expanding its physical and digital reach, BDO has bridged financial gaps for underserved and unbanked communities. Through financial literacy programs, the Bank equips individuals and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the knowledge and skills to manage their finances effectively, empowering them for long-term success.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9f56a3 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9f56a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ec8c93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ec8c93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bdo-story-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1430\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BDO Driving Growth and Creating Opportunities Banks play a crucial role in helping people and businesses thrive. Whether it\u2019s providing loans to entrepreneurs, assisting families secure their future, or making everyday banking easier, financial institutions keep the economy moving. They enable businesses to expand, jobs to grow, and communities to flourish. At BDO, growth goes hand in hand with purpose. By supporting enterprises, expanding financial access to Filipinos and financing worthwhile initiatives, the Bank helps create meaningful opportunities. From funding clean energy to bringing banking services in underserved areas, BDO is committed to growth with purpose \u2013 ensuring that progress helps uplift lives. Empowering Growth through Sustainable Finance As a pioneer in sustainable finance, BDO continues to fund large-scale projects that drive economic development while reducing the country\u2019s carbon footprint. This means supporting key industries that boost local economies while contributing to a more sustainable future. BDO has financed PHP1.04 trillion in sustainable finance to date, including 63 renewable energy projects nationwide and in other parts of Asia. In 2024, BDO successfully issued its second and third ASEAN Sustainability Bonds under the BDO Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) to finance green and social projects, ranging from renewable energy to clean transport and sustainable agriculture and fisheries. The overwhelming support from retail and institutional investors for these financial instruments, issued at record highs of PHP63.3 billion and PHP55.7 billion, respectively, reaffirms confidence in BDO\u2019s leadership and credibility in sustainable finance. BDO\u2019s SFF is currently the most comprehensive framework in the Philippines for Green, Blue, Social, and Gender financing, with 29 eligible categories certified with a Second Party Opinion by Morningstar Sustainalytics. Investing in a Sustainable Future through BDO Private Bank (BDOPB), in collaboration with Branch Banking Group (BBG), played a key role in the success of the ASEAN Sustainability Bonds, significantly increasing both retail and institutional client investments from PHP3 billion in 2023 to PHP20 billion in 2024. BDO remains committed to raising awareness among its stakeholders about how BDO leads sustainable initiatives whenever possible \u2013 championing resource preservation and creating lasting benefits for future generations. BDO Network Bank: Empowering Entrepreneurs through Microfinance BDO Network Bank supports small businesses and government employees by offering microfinance and salary loan services tailored to their needs. Many of these enterprises are women-owned and women-led, enabling women achieve financial independence and become valued economic contributors. Spreading Financial Inclusion for All By continuously expanding its physical and digital reach, BDO has bridged financial gaps for underserved and unbanked communities. Through financial literacy programs, the Bank equips individuals and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the knowledge and skills to manage their finances effectively, empowering them for long-term success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sminvestments.com\/2024smicintegratedreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}