First Gen

We commit to forging collaborative pathways for a decarbonized and regenerative future.

We recognize that our planet’s life support systems and social institutions are now at a breaking point. Unbridled consumption and primacy of bottom-line growth are at the root of the climate crisis, our alienation from nature, and the profound social and economic divisions, that have become existential threats to humanity today.

Overcoming all of these challenges will require paradigm shifts in the ways that we think, live, and do business. It is now clear that pursuing sustainability that seeks only to do less harm is no longer good enough.

Instead, we need to create symbiotic, mutually beneficial relationships with nature and society that benefit more than just shareholders. Businesses today must urgently become a regenerative force that elevates everything that they touch – customers, employees, suppliers, contractors, the environment, communities, and investors.

The transformation cannot be done by entities working alone. We are mindful that we exist within highly diverse and nested systems, and that we must all play unique, reciprocal, and synchronized roles in a world that needs to be healed.

Our collective success will be measured by how quickly we can decouple economic and social prosperity from the destruction of our planet’s life support systems.

We choose this path because it is the only way to a destination where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and prosper on a healthy planet. We choose this path because we believe it is the only way to create lasting value for all stakeholders and not just shareholders. We choose this path because it is inseparable from the Lopez Values that have, and always will, define us.

We choose to harness only those energy sources that allow us to meet the needs of the present without harming the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

With a deep understanding of the evolving needs of our customers, we will deliver resilient and compelling energy solutions that will promote energy productivity, empowering our customers to make the right choices and to do more with less energy, simultaneously reducing their carbon footprints.

We will lead the transition to a decarbonized energy system in line with the UN IPCC target of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C, by focusing on the following:

• We will build on our platform of renewable and low carbon energy assets and complement them where appropriate with flexible generation and storage technologies.
• We will expand the use of clean and renewable geothermal resources that provide uninterrupted power 24/7 globally, deploying our extensive experience in geothermal development, gained over four decades in the Philippines.
• We will operate our geothermal and hydrological resources with a regenerative mindset that will strengthen and enrich the communities and biodiverse ecosystems in which we are all embedded.
• We reaffirm our 2016 commitment that we will not build, develop or invest in coal-fired generation plants because to do so would be inconsistent with the UN IPCC target and lead to a planet that is uninhabitable for future generations.
• We believe that natural gas, as the least carbon-intensive fossil fuel, will continue to play a vital role in the transition to a decarbonized world for some time. Natural gas-fired plants will enhance grid security and resilience and support the development of more variable renewable sources such as wind, solar, and hydro, in combination with storage. Gas-fired plants can respond quickly and reliably when variable renewable sources are not available, allowing the lights to stay on.
• We will pioneer the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that will introduce reliable, flexible, and cost-competitive LNG to the Philippines. LNG will enable our own and other existing gas-fired plants to continue to operate by initially supplementing, and eventually even replacing, declining indigenous natural gas reserves. The LNG terminal can serve as a hub that will underpin new large and small-scale LNG opportunities as a means to introduce natural gas throughout the many islands of the Philippines.
• We will actively pursue new, innovative, economically viable technologies that can further reduce the carbon intensity of natural gas, recognizing that it may otherwise become necessary to phase natural gas use down in line with decarbonization targets.
• We will lead the development of decentralized and resilient microgrids that enable universal access to electricity in ways consistent with social justice and the transition to a decarbonized future.

As we progress along our chosen path, we will always seek to enable shared prosperity and well-being in ways that will regenerate our planet for future generations.