Daily TribuneThis initiative is part of the Jollibee Group’s commitment to more sustainable business practices, guided by its global sustainability agenda, Joy for Tomorrow.
Planet wins Jollibee Group and First Gen officials led the recent switch-on rites of Canlubang Baking Facility’s solar panels. They are (from left) Ronaldo Sales, Zenith Foods Corporation assistant vice president and plant head of ZFC’s Canlubang baking facility; Carlos Lorenzo Vega, First Gen vice president for power marketing, trading, and economics; Michael Ong, VP and head of supply chain management of ZFC; Rosseller Rizal, mayor of the City of Calamba; Julius Leyba, AVP and head of engineering services of ZFC; Mark Malabanan, First Gen AVP for solar; and Manny Portugal, First Gen head of technology solutions.
Photograph courtesy of First Gen Corp.
The Jollibee Group, through its subsidiary Zenith Foods Corp., or ZFC, tapped the expertise of First Gen Corp, through Pi Energy Inc., to energize one-third of the Jollibee Group’s manufacturing facility with solar-powered electricity.
Officials of both the Jollibee Group and First Gen, together with Calamba City Mayor Roseller Rizal, led the recent switch-on rites in Canlubang, Calamba City, Laguna.
The Jollibee Group continues to accelerate its shift to renewable energy by operating 6,300 solar panels in its Canlubang Baking Facility, the company’s most extensive solar panel installation to date.
Sustainable practices
This initiative is part of the Jollibee Group’s commitment to more sustainable business practices, guided by its global sustainability agenda, Joy for Tomorrow.
During the switch-on ceremony, Jollibee Group Supply Chain Head Michael Ong underscored the company’s drive to lessen the environmental impact of its supply chain operations.
“In our quest to bring the joy of eating not only for today’s generation but that of tomorrow’s, we integrate solar energy into our state-of-the-art Canlubang Baking Facility. This is our largest installation to date, but this is also just the beginning. We have more locations planned in the months ahead, and we are determined to accelerate further our journey towards carbon neutrality,” he said.
