PLDT, Smart train retail personnel on Disability Sensitivity and Neurodiversity, strengthen inclusivity in Customer Experience and Store Operations
In line with continuous efforts to enhance customer experience and do business responsibly, the Philippines’ largest integrated telecommunications company PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) operationalized its Diversity and Inclusion Policy to include its retail operations and customer touchpoints.
PLDT, Smart empower women farmers in Bukidnon, strengthening rural leadership
In the mountains of Bukidnon, there is an organization that stands as a testament to female leadership and empowerment. In Barangay Mantibugao, Manolo Fortich, women are not only farmers, but leaders and catalysts for change in a flourishing cooperative, Mantibugao Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Farmers Cooperative (MARBFC).
Pioneering inclusion program of PLDT and Smart sole PH entry shortlisted at 2024 GLOMOs
PLDT Group’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Advocacy through Technology (IDEATe) program has been shortlisted at the 2024 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards.
PLDT, Smart Dynamic Learning Program promotes inclusive education amid classroom woes
The creator of the Central Visayan Institute Foundation Dynamic Learning Program (CVIF DLP), Dr. Christopher Bernido, sees the crisis-resilient strategy helping advance inclusive quality education amid classroom shortages in the country.
PLDT, Smart turn over Ligtas Kit to DICT
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Region 3 is one the latest recipients of the PLDT and Smart Ligtas Kit, an all-in-one communications package that provides quick, emergency communications support to people and communities in times of disasters and emergencies.
No learner left behind: PLDT, Smart continue to promote inclusive quality education
PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. have long supported efforts that bring inclusive quality education to underserved communities.
PLDT, Smart, PPSA, and DTI enable Filipino coops, MSMEs with digital upskilling, internet safety
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications recently partnered with the Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA) to roll out a digital upskilling learning session for Filipino cooperatives (coops), Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs), and local entrepreneurs.
PLDT Group expands mental health awareness to indigenous communities
Pastor Benny Capuno, a tribal leader in Porac, Pampanga, knows all too well the great distress his Ayta community goes through when an earthquake strikes.
PLDT, Smart School-in-a-Bag reaches more learners in PH, scaling record 116k
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) continue to bring inclusive quality education to last-mile communities in the Philippines. The PLDT Group’s School-in-a-Bag (SIAB) are reaching the country’s far-flung provinces, boosting the government’s efforts to improve learning outcomes of Filipino students.
PLDT, Smart 2023 partnerships empower 40% more farmers and MSMEs towards digitalization
PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have ushered 14,442 farmers, fisherfolk, cooperatives, and micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) towards digitalization through their tech-enabled solutions this year, a 40% increase from 2022.