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Location of the Philippines. The Philippines is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit.
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies.The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking.
PMFTC, Inc. is the Philippine affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI). Owned 50-50 by PMI and local conglomerate LT Group, [4] PMFTC is the leading cigarette manufacturer in the Philippines, controlling over 90% of the local market, commercialising the brands Fortune International, Hope Luxury, Marlboro, and More, among others.
Pages in category "Lists of companies of the Philippines" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lopez Holdings Corporation (formerly primarily as Benpres Holdings Corporation from June 8, 1993 to July 21, 2010 and secondarily from July 21, 2010 to 2019, and also known as Lopez, Inc.) is a Filipino conglomerate founded by the brothers Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez, Sr.
Their brother Ben is the founder of Bench, a Philippine clothing brand. [6] The parents of the Chan brothers are immigrants to the Philippines from Jinjiang county, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. [4] [7] The company began distributing Oishi Prawn Crackers and Kirei Yummy Flakes in 1974.
Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) is the largest corporate-led social development foundation in the Philippines. [1] Founded in 1970, PBSP was the first in Asia to lead the promotion and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR). [ 2 ]
The SEC was established on October 26, 1936, by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 83, or the Securities Act, in order to safeguard public interest in view of the local stock market boom at the time. It was created just two years after the United States Congress created the United States Securities and Exchange Commission .