PLDT was named an “Industry Mover” for being the most improved company in its industry.
In its 2024 Financial and Operating Results, it also showed that PLDT is the only Philippine company included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook 2025— signifying that it is in the top 15% of its industry, and within 30% of the industry’s top-performing companies.
For 2024, PLDT registered a 14-point increase in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), which merited the Company’s inclusion in the 2025 Yearbook.
PLDT’s score of 72 made it one of the 780 companies included in the Yearbook, out of 7,690 total assessed companies across 62 industries worldwide.
Global Child Forum Benchmark on Child Rights
PLDT also emerged as the second highest ranked technology and telco company overall in the Global Child Forum (GCF) Benchmark Report 2024.
GCF, which was founded by the King and Queen of Sweden in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group, evaluated 1,802 companies. It measured how companies uphold children’s rights in areas of governance and collaboration, workplace, marketplace, community and environment. PLDT scored a near-perfect score of 9.9 out of 10 in the 2024 GCF corporate benchmark.
CDP
PLDT regained a score of “B” Management rating in 2024 by CDP, a global non-profit that provides guidance on climate-focused disclosure metrics and conducts an independent assessment on the environmental management performance of companies, cities, states, and regions worldwide.
CDP rates organizations based on a variety of operational indicators, including climate mitigation, risk management, governance, and public policy engagements, as well as efforts to promote water conservation and security in business operations, among others.
PLDT’s B rating in the CDP, one notch higher than its previous year’s score, affirms its establishment of institutional measures to minimize its environmental impact, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and manage climate risks across its operations.
FTSE4Good Index
PLDT has maintained its inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index for the seventh consecutive year. This is an indication of the company’s continuing alignment with global standards Pland best practices for its ESG performance.
Sustainability remains one of PLDT’s key pillars of business strategy and performance. Throughout 2024, the Group pursued initiatives to align its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance with global best practices.
As a result of these efforts, 2024 marked a record year for PLDT as it performed admirably in various third-party ESG ratings assessments and corporate benchmarking endeavors.
