HILIPPINE

by: Engr. Jovencio O. Verdejo, Jr.

Engineer III

The amount of sea level rise that

comes from the oceans warming
and
expanding
has
been
underestimated, and is likely about
twice as much as previously
calculated, German researchers
said.
Sea level can mount due to two
factors -- melting ice and the
thermal expansion of water as it
warms.
The overall sea level rise rate
combining both thermal expansion
and melting ice is about 2.74
millimeters per year.

CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW DO WE KNOW

This graph, based on the comparison of atmospheric samples
contained in ice cores and more recent direct measurements,
provides evidence that atmospheric CO2 has increased since the
Industrial Revolution. (Credit: Vostok ice core data/J.R. Petit et al.;
NOAA Mauna Loa CO2 record.)

SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
Ninety-seven percent of climate
scientists agree that climatewarming trends over the past
century are very likely due to
human activities, and most of the
leading
scientific
organizations
worldwide have issued public
statements endorsing this position.

Sea level
rise was
also found
to vary
substantially
from place
to place,
with the rate around the Philippines
"five times the global rate
(0.54 inch per year based on 2.74 mm
sea level rise)

SIMULATION

SCENARIO

SCENARIO

AIR POLLUTION

WHAT IS THE PHILIPPINE

ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM-PEPP (DAO 2003-14)
It is a partnership program
aimed to support industry selfregulation towards improved
environmental performance.
It seeks to provide a package
of incentives and reward
mechanisms.

BASIC POLICY

The State shall promote

sustainable development by
encouraging the business and/or
industrial sector to engage in
environmental improvement
activities.

Advance self-regulation and

mandatory compliance with
environmental standards.

OBJECTIVES OF PEPP

Promote mandatory selfmonitoring and compliance

with environmental regulations
and to encourage voluntary
self-regulation;

Provide incentives and package

of assistance to establishments;

OBJECTIVES OF PEPP

Build or enhance the capability

of establishments and/or their
associations on self-regulation;

Strengthen the capability of

the DENR-EMB and other
Environmental Agencies in
implementing the PEPP towards
self-regulation.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PEPP

industry self-regulation
pollution prevention/cleaner
production mechanisms
Environmental Management
System (EMS)

WHAT IS EMS?
It is part of the overall management
system that includes:

Environmental Policy

WHAT IS EMS?
It is part of the overall management
system that includes:

Environmental Policy

WHAT IS EMS?
It is part of the overall management
system that includes:

Environmental Policy
Organizational structure
Planning activities
Responsibilities
Practices and procedures
Processes and resources for developing,
implementing, achieving, reviewing and
maintaining the environmental policy

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PEPP

Environmental Management Plan
Summary of legal register and corresponding
status of compliance of the establishment
Summary of baseline compliance level and
compliance improvement plans of the
establishment
Summary of baseline environmental management
systems and EMS improvement plans of the
establishment
Summary of the baseline environmental
facilities/practices and improvement plans of
establishment

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF PEPP

Environmental Consent Agreement
Rewards Mechanisms DENR
Official Seal of Approval

SCOPE AND COVERAGE

All establishments that are governed

by relevant environmental laws, rules
and regulations
1) Individual
Establishment

2) Industry
Association

PEPP TRACKS
TRACK 1 - Companies going beyond
compliance and driven by
competitiveness, image and supply
chain requirements to improve
performance (i.e., large companies)
TRACK 2 Companies aiming for
improved environmental performance
but are not yet in full compliance with
environmental laws and driven by
survival needs (mostly SMEs)

TRACK 1 CATEGORY:
Features:
Public recognition and regulatory
assistance, financial and fiscal
incentives to establishments with
superior environmental performance.
Establishments qualified under this
Track shall be rewarded with the DENR
Official Seal of Approval.

TRACK 1 CATEGORY:
Features:
Superior environmental performance as
defined in Section 3 includes sustained
implementation of EMS for at least three
(3) years.
Similar environmental programs may
be considered provided that they satisfy
the elements and requirements of EMS.

1. High-profile Recognition
Award
2. Regulatory Assistance
Relaxation of reportorial
requirements.
Simplified requirements in
securing ECC for expansion of
an existing project.

3. Financial Assistance

Recommendation for preferential

access to appropriate financial
assistance from PEPP Partners
such as Development Bank of the
Philippines (DBP) and Land Bank of
the Philippines (LBP)

4. Fiscal Incentives
Assistance to avail of the fiscal
incentives such as Tax Credits and
Accelerated Depreciation Deductions as
may be applicable subject to rules and
regulations.

5. Other Forms of Assistance

Availment of technical and technology
information assistance on appropriate
pollution prevention or cleaner
production technology from DENR,
DOST and other concerned agencies.

TRACK 2 CATEGORY
Features:
Track 2 shall cover establishments
that are not yet in full compliance but
nonetheless aiming to improve
environmental performance. It shall
involve the use of the Environmental
Consent Agreement (ECONA)

APPROACHES
Participation in Track 2 shall either be by
establishment or industry association.
Participating establishment shall
enter into an Environmental Consent
Agreement (ECONA) with the DENREMB to achieve regular compliance
pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the ECONA.

APPROACHES
Industry associations shall have a
minimum of ten (10) members.
An industry association may conduct
preliminary discussion with DENR-EMB
on behalf of its members, and may
enter into an agreement together with
its interested member-establishments.

TRACK 2 CRITERIA
Explicit company policy to
achieve superior environmental
performance.
Self-reporting of self-discovered
non-compliance with
environmental regulations.

TRACK 2 CRITERIA:
For establishments with pending
pollution cases, secure an
endorsement from Pollution
Adjudication Board (PAB) to
participate under this Track.
Environmental Consent
Agreement (ECONA)

WHAT IS AN EMP?
EMP is an EMS-based plan to
achieve the environmental
objectives and targets.
The EMP for the industry
association will serve as proof of
commitment of an establishment
to manage its significant aspects
and impacts.

WHAT IS ECONA?
Environmental Consent Agreement
(ECONA) is an agreement entered into
between the DENR-EMB and an
individual establishment or industry
association under Track 2 of the PEPP.
Specifically, the partner industry
commits to:
Implement EMPs within the context of
an EMS.
Attain waste reduction targets and
agree to means of verification.
Provide environmental performance
report to EMB.

TRACK 2 CATEGORY
Grounds for Termination of ECONA
Upon the request of the establishment;
If the establishment is in substantial noncompliance and refuses to amend an
ECONA;
Unable or unwilling to meet commitments
to improve environmental performance;
Has not addressed substantive issues
raised by a majority of the interested
persons/parties affected by the operations
of the establishment.

BENEFITS UNDER TRACK 2 CATEGORY

Regulatory Assistance
Phased timetable for attaining
compliance to regulations ranging from
18 to 30 months within the context of
implementing an EMS.
Flexible payment schemes.
Simplified requirements from securing
an Environmental Compliance Certificate
(ECC) for an expansion project of an
existing establishment.

BENEFITS UNDER TRACK 2 CATEGORY

For companies operating without an
ECC and are covered by the EIS system,
the EMP prepared within the context of
an EMS shall be acceptable as basis for
issuance of an ECC and a waiver or
reduction of corresponding penalties.

TRACK 2 CATEGORY:
Financial Incentives and other
assistance
1.Access to appropriate financial
assistance from PEPPs partner banking
institutions.
2.Fiscal incentives such as, but not limited
to, tax credits and/or accelerated
depreciation deductions.

TRACK 2 CATEGORY:
Financial Incentives and other
assistance
3. Availment of technical and/or
technology information assistance on
appropriate pollution prevention/cleaner
production technology from the other
concerned agencies/institutions.

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS

DOST for clean

technologies

DBP for
financing
and TA

DENR for
technical
and
regulatory
assistance

DTI/BOI for fiscal

incentives but not
limited to tax
credits

PEPP for
training and
education

LBP for
financing

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TRACK 1 AWARDEES
DENR OFFICIAL SEAL OF APPROVAL
2009 - 2012
Year

No. of Awardees

Regional Location

2009

NCR & 4A

2010

16

NCR, CAR, 1, 2, 3, 4A,

10 & 11

2011

15

NCR, CAR, 1, 2, 3, 4A,

5, 8, 10, 11 & 12

2012

18

1, 2, 3, 4A, 8, 10, 11 &

12

TOTAL

57

CONT.
2009 (8)

2010 (16)

1. Absolute Distillers, Inc.

2. Analog Devices Gen.
Trias
3. Nestle Phils., Inc
Cabuyao Factory
4. Nestle Phils., Inc.
Lipa Factory
5. ON Semiconductor
6. STMicroelectronics
7. PSI Technologies
8. Vishay Phils., Inc.

1. Atlantic Coatings, Inc.

2. United Pulp & Paper Co., Inc.,
3. Amkor Technology- Muntinlupa
4. Amkor Technology- Binan
5. Team Energy Sual Corporation
6. Team Energy Pagbilao Corporation
7. Toshiba Information Equipment
8. Toyota Motor Philippines
9. Kraft Foods Philippines
10. Psi Technologies, Inc.- Taguig
11. Psi Technologies, Inc.- Calamba
12. Nestle South Distribution Center
13. Nestle North Distribution Center
14. Texas Instruments Philippines
15. San Miguel Brewery, Inc.- Davao
16. Coca-cola Bottlers Philippines Isabela

CONT.
2011 (15)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Hedcor, Inc. - Benguet

PSI Technologies, Inc.-Taguig
Holcim PhilippinesLa Union Plant
Stmicroelectronics, Inc.-Laguna
Aboitiz Power Renewables, Inc.Makban Geothermal Plant-Laguna
6. Kepco Ilijan Philippines Corp.-Batangas
7. Aboitiz Power Renewables, Inc.-Tiwi
Geothermal Plant-Albay
8. Energy Development Corp.-Leyte
9. Green Core Geothermal, Inc.-Leyte
10. Philippine Associated Smelting &
Refining Corporation-Leyte

11.Nestle Philippines
Cagayan De Oro
Factory
12. Holcim Philippines-Davao Plant
13. Alliance Select Foods-General Santos
14. Southern Philippines Power, Inc.Saranggani
15. Coca-Cola General Santos Plant

2012 (18)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Aboitiz Power Hedcor Sibulan, Inc.

Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Ilagan Plant
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Ilocos Norte Plant
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. La Union Plant
Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. Pangasinan Plant
Green Core Geothermal, Inc. Tongonan Geothermal
Power Plant
EDC Kidapawan Geothermal Power Field
EDC Leyte Geothermal Power Field

9. Holcim Philippines, Inc.

Lugait Plant
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Holcim Philippines, Inc. Norzagaray Plant

Nestle Philippines, Inc. Cagayan Distribution Center
Nestle Philippines, Inc. Pulilan Factory
Philippine Associated Smelting And Refining Corporation
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. Tacloban Terminal
Shell Philippines Malampaya B.V. Malampaya Onshore
Gas Refinery
16. STEAG State Power, Inc.
17. Team Energy Corporation Pagbilao Station
18. Team Energy Corporation Sual Station

TRACK 2 14 ECONA SIGNATORIES

DECEMBER 2003
1. Cebu Furniture Industries
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Foundation (CFIF)
Cement Manufacturers Association
of the Philippines (CEMAP)
Semi-conductor and Electronics
Industries in the Philippines, Inc.
(SEIPI)
Pulp and Paper industry Association
of the Philippines (PULPAPEL)
Philippine Sugar Millers Association
(PSMA)
Center for Alcohol Research and
Development Foundation (CARD)

MAY 2004
1. Samahan sa Pilipinas ng
Industriyang Kimika (SPIK)
2. Tuna Canning Association of
General Santos (TCAG)
3. Boracay Foundation,
Incorporated (BFI)

JUNE 2004
1. Polystyrene Packaging Council
of the Philippines (PPCP)
2. QSR Management Link
Association, Inc.
JULY 2004
1. Philippine Association of Paint
Manufacturers (PAPM)
2. Croplife Philippines, Inc

OCTOBER 2004
1. Slaughterhouse Operators

Association of the Philippines (SOAP)

NCR