Landco Pacific Corporation, known for pioneering premium landscapes for more than three decades, forges ahead with its Adopt-a-Scholar program in partnership with Batangas State University and local public high schools. This latest initiative is part of Landco’s long-term Corporate Social Responsibility aimed at helping underprivileged youth within the vicinity of Landco BeachTowns in Calatagan and Laiya, San Juan, Batangas.
Under Landco’s Adopt-a-Scholar program, five college scholars each from Calatagan and Laiya will be selected, and provided with financial assistance for a four-year course in Hospitality at Batangas State University. The financial aid covers their daily needs for food, transportation, dormitory, school necessities and projects.
Upon their graduation, they have the option to take job opportunities at Landco BeachTowns and Millennial Resorts, the hospitality arm of Landco which currently manages the unconventional accommodations: Crusoe Cabins in CaSoBe (Calatagan South Beach), Cocoons (CaSoBe and Club Laiya) and Camperisti (Club Laiya); and leisure facilities: Aquaria water park (CaSoBe) and Laiya Beach Club (Club Laiya); among other upcoming developments.
Along with Landco’s efforts on eco-friendly design and sustainable initiatives that will help conserve the natural environment and pristine beaches of Batangas, the premium real estate developer is committed to creating a meaningful, positive, and lasting impact in the lives of the people who are in the environs of the BeachTown developments in Batangas. Through community development and support for the education of underprivileged youth at the grassroots level, Landco aims to create inclusive growth in the tourist destination of Batangas, and a legacy for the communities that the company nurtures.
Manzano together with Landco Project Director and Head for Community Development Jeramie Fauni, BSU President Dr. Tirso A. Ronquillo and BSU Vice President for Development and External Affairs Atty. Noel Alberto S. Omandap signed the agreement for Landco’s scholarship program.
Witnessing the ceremonial signing ceremony were BSU representatives: Dr. Teodorica G. Ani, Director, External Affairs Central; Engr. Edgardo Titus Kaalim, Jr., Executive Assistant of the President; Ian Sayne Macasaet, Administrative Assistant, Public Relations; Christian Lawrence C. Ortiz, Technical Staff, External Affairs Central; Landco executives: Gerard Penaflor, Vice President for Sales and Marketing and Charisse Santiano, Sales and Marketing Manager; and Melani Torres, Principal, Calatagan Senior High School.
Landco implements environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives to create a better tomorrow for its stakeholders. As a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Corp. (MPIC), helmed by its Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan, Landco aligns its sustainability strategy to MPIC’s commitment to achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable; and strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
Landco’s holistic approach to sustainability encompasses LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) registration of Resort Estates CaSoBe and Club Laiya, EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certification of Crusoe Cabins, employment of approximately 70% locals for Millennial Resorts, and initiatives such as mangrove sapling planting, release of turtle hatchlings and support to fisherfolks.
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