Laguna Water, a public-private partnership between the Provincial Government of Laguna and Manila Water Philippine Ventures, signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) with Pagsanjan Water District (PAGWAD).

Manila Water Company, Inc. has been awarded the contracts to provide water and used water services in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija and in the City of Calbayog, Samar. The consortium of Manila Water Philippine Ventures, Inc., and Tubig Pilipinas Group, Inc., (TPGI) had received the Notice of Award from the San Jose City Water District – Nueva Ecija (SJCWD) for the implementation of the joint venture project for the water and sanitation services of the SJCWD in the City of San Jose. The Company also received the Notice of Award from the Calbayog City Water District (CCWD) for the implementation of an integrated water supply and sanitation project, which will be carried out under a joint venture framework.

Manila Water was feted with the Platinum Award for excellence in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices by The Asset, a Hong Kong-based institution which recognizes corporations for excellence in their respective industries.

Manila Water was among the Top 50 ASEAN Publicly Listed Companies (PLCs) in the region named for achieving excellence in corporate governance best practices based on the rigorous assessment using the ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) in 2017.

The ASEAN Centre for Energy awarded Manila Water first runner up recognition for Energy Management – Building and Industries, Small and Medium Industry Category at the ASEAN Energy Awards 2018, held during the recent 36th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting in Singapore. The ASEAN Energy Awards aims to recognize organizations in the ASEAN member states that demonstrate exemplary programs and projects that contributed to improvement in energy efficiency and performance.