Inquirer steps beyond news coverage by providing valuable media space and active employee involvement to advocacy campaigns, sustained partnerships and other socio-civic programs with other companies, government and non-government organizations as direct responses to community needs.
Aside from its active participation in the League of Corporate Foundations as its sole print media member, Inquirer has also extended its assistance to the following:

NEWPAPER DRIVE

Since 2001, Inquirer has been purchasing old newspapers and tabloids to recycle them into reusable newsprint, or new paper. The annual drive runs from June to October and promotes solid waste management in the Philippines. To date, more than 300,000 kilos of old newspapers and tabloids have been recycled, saving over 10,000 trees. 

Contact Connie Kalagayan/ Megi Garcia at 897-8808 for more details.

NEWSBOY FOUNDATION

Part of the proceeds from the sales of each Inquirer issue go to a scholarship fund for newsboys and girls. Some 400 of them are currently being supported by the program

Contact Reggie Delgado at 897-8808 for details.

CHILDREN'S HOUR

Steering Committee member, corporate donor and print media partner since 1999. Employee volunteerism, fundraising and advocacy support for abused and disadvantaged Filipino children.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Media Partner and National Sponsor since 1999. Employee volunteers, fundraising and advocacy support to address poverty through the building of safe, low-cost homes for the underprivileged.

World Wildlife Fund

Corporate Partner since 2000. Joint advertising, information and fundraising for the Environmental Fund for Legal Action, for prosecuting environmental crimes.

TABANG MINDANAW

Task Force member since 1998. Fundraising and advocacy partner in support of relief operations, food and medical assistance, and livelihood training for indigenous peoples and families displaced by Mindanao conflict.

LEAGUE OF CORPORATE FOUNDATIONS(LCF)
MEMBERSHIP

The League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) is a network of over 50 corporate foundations and corporations engaged in social development work in the Philippines.

Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP)

The Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP), the Philippines’ largest corporate-led, non-profit organization composed of 201 local and multi-national companies, is committed to empower the poor by promoting business sector leadership in, and commitment to poverty alleviations programs that lead to self-reliance. Since 1970, it has partnered with institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank and business companies to provide organized, professional and sustainable assistance to the underprivileged sectors of the society. In the last 34 years, it was able to provide financial assistance amounting to PhP5 billion to fund 5,000 projects benefiting 2.8 million Filipinos. It has also become the primary facilitator of the Philippine business sector involvement in the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) for poverty, health, environment and education in 2004. The Philippine Daily Inquirer is a proud member of PBSP.