Ayala Corporation
Ayala Corporation once again earns the nod of the Ethical Boardroom as a holding company with the Best Corporate Governance in Asia and Australasia.
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In March 2020, FinanceAsia announced that Ayala Corporation was named the Best Managed Company in the Philippines. It was also named Most Committed to Social Causes, Best Corporate Governance, and second Best Environmental Stewardship.
Ayala Corporation won a Silver in the Best Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Reporting 2019 category at the 5th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) on April 29, 2020. It was also a finalist for Best Integrated Report 2019.
Ayala Corporation Head of Group Risk Management and Sustainability, Ma. Victoria Tan, was included among Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen, CSR Works’ annual listing of exceptional female sustainability leaders in the region. Only 27 women from 11 countries were chosen out of 126 nominations from 20 countries across Asia.
Ma. Victoria Tan, Ayala Corporation’s Head of Group Risk Management and Sustainability, was counted among Eco-Business’ most influential corporate sustainability leaders in Asia Pacific in 2019.
JAZA was one of the eight recipients of the Best CEO of the Year Award. The Asset Best CEO Award acknowledges the leadership qualities of a chief executive officer and rewards a range of skills and attributes including inspirational leadership, strategic thinking, team- and relationship building, effective communication and change management.
Ayala was one of 23 Asian companies recognized for showing additional efforts and initiatives to achieve higher standards in ESG with the Platinum Award. The Asset ESG Corporate Awards offers a rigorous benchmarking service for listed companies with regard to corporate sustainability. The criteria used to assess the companies include a range of metrics of financial performance, which are also a proxy for gauging management acumen. Companies are also evaluated according to the quality of their governance, social responsibility, environmental responsibility and investor relations. Companies that achieve the passing threshold score in all categories are recognized with the Titanium Award. Companies that show greater efforts and initiatives are granted Gold or Platinum.
Ayala was recognized as one of the top performing Philippine Publicly-Listed Companies (PLCs) overall under the ASEAN Corporate Scorecard (ACGS) in 2018. The ACGS serves to raise corporate governance standards and practices among ASEAN PLCs and thereby enhance their attractiveness to foreign investors and promote ASEAN as an asset class. Companies are evaluated on the following areas: rights of shareholders, equitable treatment of shareholders, role of stakeholders, disclosure and transparency and responsibilities of the board.
Ayala was named one of Forbes' “World’s Best Employers 2019”. In partnership with Statista, Forbes narrowed down 500 finalists from 2,000 of the world’s largest public companies, based on 1.4 million employment recommendations from a global poll and regional surveys.
On November 21, 2018, four of the nine Philippine companies, namely, Ayala, Ayala Land, Globe and Manila Water, ranked among the Top 50 ASEAN PLCs and were feted at the 2nd ASEAN Corporate Governance Awards held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia.
On July 31, 2018, eight PLCs in the Ayala group were named among the Top Performing Companies under the 2017 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard held at the Tower Club. Ayala along with Ayala Land, Globe and Manila Water scored 100 points and above, while BPI, Ayala Land subsidiaries Cebu Holdings, Inc. and Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corp., and IMI scoring not less than 80 points. Ayala also ranked in the Top Five in the Holding Firm sector category.
On October 26, 2018, the Management Association of the Philippines conferred the distinction of Management Man of the Year 2018 to Fernando Zobel de Ayala, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ayala.
In 2018, Institutional Investor, a leading New York-based business-to-business publisher focused on international finance, has released the results of its 2018 All-Asia Executive Team survey:
Ayala Corporation won Asia's Best Integrated Report (Highly Commended) at Asia's Best Integrated Reporting Awards 2018
Ayala Corporation won Asia-Pacific Risk Management Team of the Year.
Best Annual Report at IR Magazine’s Awards (Southeast Asia), and placed second for Best in Sector-Financials
Generika won the inaugural ASEAN Inclusive Business Award at the ASEAN Business Awards
Ayala won Enterprise Risk Program of the Year at the StrategicRISK Awards
Ayala’s US$400M fixed-for-life perpetual bond issuance named Philippine Capital Market Deal of the Year by Thomson Reuters’ IFR Asia and Best Corporate Bond in the Philippines at The Asset’s Triple A Country Awards
CFO Jose Teodoro K. Limcaoco awarded CFO of the Year by the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines and ING Bank NV
Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala named a UN SDG Pioneer for his leadership of Ayala’s sustainable business strategy and operations
Ayala ranked 2nd in FinanceAsia's Best Managed Companies, Most Committed to Corporate Governance, and Best at Corporate Social Responsibility polls; 5th for Investor relations; and 3rd for Best CEO
Ayala ranked 18th in Forbes Magazine's Global 2000: World's Best Employers list, the only Philippine company in the Top 20
Grand Chamber Award of Distinction for "exemplary and conscientious adoption of the principles of sustainable development in all its strategic, practices, and activities"
Jaime Zobel de Ayala
Centennial Enterprise of the Republic Award
MIPIM Award for Residential Developments for Grosvenor Place (Given jointly to Ayala International, Grosvenor, and Asia International)
Ranked Outstanding Respondent (with a rating of 95.8, topping a list of 100 corporate respondents surveyed to help “enhance the soundness of BSP’s database, particularly with regards to external aspects such as inward and outward investment and balance of payments.”)
Special Distinction Award “for believing in the potentials of Cebu as a business destination and in the Cebuano’s entrepreneurial spirit.”
Jaime Zobel de Ayala, the first Filipino and only the sixth individual to receive the distinction
(Annual study of corporate governance trends in 10 Asian countries and companies it covers for institutional clients, graded and ranked according to a six-item questionnaire on disclosure parameters and practices)
Ranked in the top quartile: Ayala, Ayala Land, Globe Telecom, and Bank of the Philippine Islands New entrant in the second quartile: Manila Water
Best Managed Companies Poll – Philippines
3rd Corporate Governance Poll – Philippines
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (with George Ty)
Ayala, Globe, and Manila Water among seven companies cited
HBS Alumni Achievement Awards
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, first Filipino and youngest alumni to be conferred the honor
Ranked 1st - Best for Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors
Ayala, Globe, Manila Water among companies cited
People Program of the Year
“Reinventing Human Resources at the Ayala Group of Companies” Project
Ranked 1st - Overall Most Convincing and Coherent Strategy (Conglomerates)
Seven of Top 15 rankings: Ayala, Ayala Land, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom, Manila Water Company, and Ayala Land subsidiaries Cebu Holdings, Inc. and Cebu Property Ventures Development Corporation
Ayala and its subsidiaries Ayala Land, Globe Telecom, and Manila Water cited among "The Best of Asia"
Winner: Innovative Corporate Communications in a Multimedia World - Ayala: Celebrating 175 years
First-ever Philippine Winner
Ayala Land president and CEO Antonino Aquino (with Jesus P. Estanislao)
Overall Best in the Philippines for Corporate Governance
5th Corporate Governance Scorecard Project (in cooperation with Philippine Stock Exchange and Securities and Exchange Commission)
Seven of Top 11 rankings: Ayala, Ayala Land, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom, Manila Water Company, and Ayala Land subsidiaries Cebu Holdings, Inc. and Cebu Property Ventures Development Corporation (All companies in the Gold Category, with a rating of 95% or above in the scorecard)
Ayala, Ayala Land, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom, and Manila Water Company cited among the "Best of Asia"
Ranked among RP's Top 25
First-ever Philippine winner
Asia Talent Management Award - Ayala Corporation chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
Ranked 2nd - Best for Corporate Governance in the Philippines (with Manila Water Company)
Innovative Corporate Bond Issue of the Year - P10-Billion Puttable Bonds Due 2017
6th Corporate Governance Scorecard Project (in cooperation with Philippine Stock Exchange and Securities and Exchange Commission)
Innovative Corporate Bond Issue of the Year - P10-Billion Fixed-Rate Multiple-Put Bonds Due 2021 (The country's first listed multiple-put bond issue)
7th Corporate Governance Scorecard Project (in cooperation with Philippine Stock Exchange and Securities and Exchange Commission)
8th Corporate Governance Asia Recognition Awards
Ayala, Ayala Land, Manila Water Company, and Cebu Property Ventures and Development Corporation, recognized among "The Best of Asia" for corporate governance practices
3rd Asian Corporate Director Recognition Awards
Ayala Corporation chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, among six Philippine board directors recognized as outstanding corporate directors in the Philippines
Bank of the Philippine Islands president and CEO Aurelio Montinola III
2012 Environmental Leadership Award
Corporate Governance Poll - Philippines
Best Managed Companies Poll - Philippines
Citation for First Listed 15-Year Corporate Bond Issue - P10 Billion Bonds Due 2027 (New award for unique contribution to market development, recognizing the first longest tenor to-date for a listed corporate issue)
4th Asian Corporate Director Recognition Awards
Ayala Corporation chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
Regarded as the most prestigious international recognition for successful family businesses
Best Philippines Deal: Ayala Corp.'s $300 million bond exchangeable into Ayala Land shares
Ayala Corporation and Manila Water corporate secretary Solomon M. Hermosura is among Asia's best
Conferred upon Filipinos who have rendered distinguished foreign service, or helped promote the interests and prestige of the Philippines abroad (Presidential Decree No. 490, s. 1974)
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Ayala Corporation Chairman and CEO
For his "vital contribution as chairperson of the APEC 2015 Private Sector Advisory Council and as co-chair for the APEC Business Advisory Council Sustainable Development Working Group; exceptional and laudable philanthropic services as Co-Chairman of the Board and Executive for his Committee of Ayala the Ayala Foundation; and for his consistent efforts in fostering improvement in the fields of education, youth development, sustainable livelihood, and inspiring pride and awareness of the talents and culture of the Philippines.”
Award given to Ayala President and COO Fernando Zobel de Ayala
CSR Leadership Award given to Ma. Victoria A. Tan, Ayala Head of Group Risk Management and Sustainability
Certificate for excellence in investor relations
1st runner-up on Employee Engagement and Development
Among the three Top CSR Advocates in Asia
12 Philippine Quill Awards went to the Ayala group, including an Excellence Award in Communication Skills for Special Events for Ayala's “Ayala Beats@180”
One of the 15 recipients together with Ayala Land Bank of the Philippine Island, Globe Telecom, and Manila Water
Platinum Awardee for the Philippines
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