42 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIT Y AND AWARDS
A STEP BEYOND BUSINESS
LANDBANK’s CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY projects are geared towards environmental protection,
assistING those in need in times of emergencies and calamities, and in shaping the future through education.
These projects include the Manila Bay SUNSET Partnership, Adopt-a-Watershed and Treeplanting, bloodletting,
assistance to typhoon victims, Tulong Aral scholarship program, the Scholarship Incentive Program for
Agricultural Growth (SIPAG) and the Gawad PaG-AARAL TUNGO SA MAUNLAD NA BAYAN (GAWAD PATNUBAY).
Manila Bay SUNSET Partnership
The Manila Bay SUNSET Partnership
originated from a simple clean-up activity at
the Manila Bay in 2003 dubbed as “Linis-
Lakad Para sa Manila Bay”.
In 2009, LANDBANK expanded the
coverage of its Manila Bay Clean-Up Program
and formalized its collaboration with various
institutions through the signing of a five-year
agreement under the Socially Responsible
and United in Nurturing and Sustaining the
Environment (SUNSET) Partnership.
Reaffirming the initial partnership were
the Manila City Government, Department of
Environment and Natural Resources - National
Capital Region (DENR-NCR) and the Manila
Yacht Club. The SUNSET Partnership also
includes new partners namely: Manila Ocean
Park, Diamond Hotel Philippines, and the
Manila Broadcasting Company. Volunteers
from the US Embassy and the Bank’s graphic
design agency, OP Communications, Inc. also
participated in the activity.
Partner-institutions under the SUNSET
Partnership pool their resources in support of
activities and projects intended to help clean
the Bay’s waters, as well as raise the level of
awareness of the general public on the need
to rehabilitate and protect the Manila Bay.
LANDBANK financed the construction
of trash racks in catch basins located in
Padre Faura and Remedios Streets in Manila.
The Bank also financed an additional weekly
trip and maintenance of the Manila Yacht
Club’s garbage boat. It also committed
to purchase a garbage boat to be used in
cleaning the Bay.
Adopt-a-watershed /
Treeplanting programs
In 2006, LANDBANK adopted and committed
to protect six watersheds in the country.
These are Angat-Ipo River in Bulacan,
Bago River in Negros Occidental, Binahaan
River in Leyte, Lasang River in Davao del
Norte, Magat River in Nueva Vizcaya, and
Silway River in South Cotabato. For the past
five years, Landbankers conduct regular
clean-up and treeplanting activities in these
watersheds.
Treeplanting has also become an annual
tradition as Landbankers from the field units
troop to their selected sites, public schools,
parks, church compound and other public
areas to plant trees in celebration of the
Bank’s anniversary every August.
LANDBANK also partners with local
government units, schools and other private
and public offices to encourage more
volunteers to help plant trees.
Bloodletting
In partnership with the Philippine National
Red Cross, LANDBANK regularly conducts a
bloodletting activity to promote volunteerism
among employees and to help save lives.
The bloodletting activity has also been
part of the Bank’s anniversary celebration
every August.
In 2009, 186 donors donated 80,900ml
of blood.
Relief operations and “Bangon
Bayan” for the typhoon
victims
LANDBANK undertook measures to assist
its clients who were adversely affected by
typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. These include
instituting remedial measures for loan clients
in the form of extension of maturity and/or
refinancing and the facilitation of the release
of guarantee claims under the Agricultural
Guarante Fund Pool (AGFP).
Senior officers led the distribution of
relief goods in heavily-affected communities
in the National Capital Region, Northern,
Central and Southern Luzon.
A fund drive dubbed as “Bangon
Bayan” was also launched where employees
and clients donated cash and goods and
other items which were distributed to
calamity-affected areas that were identified
by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD).
Tulong Aral Scholarship
LANDBANK is a partner in implementing
the Tulong Aral Scholarship program which
aims to address poverty in the country
by educating Filipino children. This is in
partnership with the Petron Foundation, the
DSWD and the Department of Education.
In March 2008, LANDBANK committed
a total of P4 million to support 100 scholars
through their High School education. Half
of the amount came from the accumulated
one hour’s worth of earnings of Landbankers
in 2006 and 2007, while the remaining 50
percent represents a counterpart donation
from the Bank to cover the total expenses of
each scholar over a four-year period.
Aside from financial support, the Bank
also organizes seminars and workshops to
develop the scholars’ confidence, values,
talents and life skills. Top performers among
the scholars are also being acknowledged in
annual recognition ceremonies.
SIPAG (Scholarship Incentive
Program for Agricultural
Growth)
With cooperatives as one of LANDBANK’s
priority clients, the Bank, through the
LANDBANK Countryside Development
Foundation, Inc. launched the SIPAG to
develop the capacity and competence of
cooperative leaders, managers and middle-
level management staff on professional
management of cooperatives.
The program is implemented in
partnership with the Polytechnic University
of the Philippines – College of Cooperative
and the National Cooperative Movement. The
curriculum includes subjects on Co-op Values
and Culture, Co-op Laws and Social Legislation
and Taxation, Co-op Education and Program
Designing, and Co-op Entrepreneurship.
In 2009, 13 cooperative leaders
comprising the fifth batch of SIPAG scholars,
earned their Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in
Cooperative Management.
Gawad Patnubay (GAWAD PAG-
AARAL TUNGO SA MAUNLAD NA
BAYAN)
Also in partnership with the LANDBANK
Countryside Development Foundation, Inc.,
LANDBANK grants a scholarship program to
40 children or dependents of LANDBANK-
assisted small farmers and fisherfolk and
agrarian reform beneficiaries.
Launched in August 2003, the
scholarship program covers the tuition fees,
uniforms, school supplies, class projects
and daily allowances of the scholars in their
primary and secondary education.
As of end-2009, 33 scholars are Grade 6,
one is in Grade 5, and six are in high school.
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LANDBANK'S SUCCESS IS THE PEOPLE'S SUCCESS

LANDBANK strikes a balance in fulfilling its social mandate of promoting countryside development
while remaining financially viable. Over the years, LANDBANK has garnered several awards and
recognitions from prestigious institutions both from the public and the private sectors. These
recognitions were anchored on the success of the programs, products and services which the Bank
fruitfully provides its diverse clientele and development partners. LANDBANK’s aggressive pursuit of its
business goals in 2009 did not go unnoticed as it continued to receive awards – proof that it pays to
work with passion and excellence.

1. Received a ‘stable’ outlook
from Fitch Ratings
• Fitch Ratings assigned a ‘stable’
outlook on LANDBANK citing the
Bank’s profitability and healthy level
of reserves that serve as buffer against
risk exposure. LANDBANK got a rating
of ‘BB’ on its long-term foreign and
local Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) while
a rating of ‘AA’ was retained for the
Bank’s national long-term rating.
2. Named as the Top
Performing GSED in the
Secondary Market for 2008
• The Bureau of the Treasury named
LANDBANK as the country’s Best
Performing Government Securities
and Exchange Dealer (GSED) in the
secondary market. Along with this
recognition, the Bank also bagged the
second place in the combined primary
and secondary markets and third place
in the primary market.
3. Commended by BSP for
developing the Best ICAAP
Trial Document
• The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
commended LANDBANK for developing
the best Internal Capital Adequacy
Assessment Process (ICAAP) trial
document among the 38 universal and
commercial banks in the country.
ICAAP is a new requirement for
financial institutions and it covers
credit, market, interest rate, liquidity,
operational compliance, strategic
and reputation in which each risk is
assessed in terms of its impact on
capital.
4. Ranked first in the IDAP for
the 1st semester of 2009
• LANDBANK ranked 1st in the first
semester of 2009 in the Integrity
Development Action Plan (IDAP)
which is aimed at fighting graft and
corruption through four strategies
namely prevention, education,
investigation and enforcement, and
strategic partnership.
5. Communication Programs
won in the 44th Anvil
Awards and the Philippine
Quill Awards
• LANDBANK won an Anvil Award of
Merit for the Profiles of Success 2:
Stories of the Gawad PITAK Hall of
Fame Winners. The book chronicles
the challenges and triumphs of 14
cooperatives that have been elevated
to the Gawad PITAK Hall of Fame and
the Ginintuang Gawad PITAK from
2003 to 2007.
• The Bank’s 2008 calendar with
the theme “Festivals of Bountiful
Harvest” also won an Anvil Award
of Merit. The calendar featured six
agricultural festivals in the country
namely the Kadsayaan and Caracoles
in Mindanao, Tatusan and Manggahan
in Visayas, and Dinengdeng and
Pinyasan in Luzon.
• Meanwhile, the LANDBANK sa Radyo
Natin at DZRH, a 30-minute tele-radio
program aired every Monday and
Friday at 4:30 to 5:00 pm over stations
DZRH-AM and Radyo Natin-FM of the
Manila Broadcasting Company received
a Philippine Quill Merit Award from the
International Association of Business
Communicators (IABC) and a Plaque of
Recognition from the Anvil Awards.
6. Recognized as one of
Manila’s top taxpayers
• LANDBANK ranked 8th in the Business
Taxpayer category during the 438th
Araw ng Maynila celebration.
7. LANDBANK Region IV
honored as Outstanding
Partner Institution of the
PCIC
• PCIC conferred to LANDBANK
the Biggest Lender of Agricultural
Loans for Palay and Corn and for
an outstanding implementation of
the Crop Insurance Program in the
Southern Tagalog Region.