Stories

Gnosis Company Limited: Engineering international franchise growth across Asia via data-driven valuations and multi-million Baht banking alliances.

BRI-MI: Dominating Indonesian asset management through alternative, ESG-led infrastructure funding

Ayala: Powering Philippine infrastructure through 190 years of inclusive innovation.

Takeda Philippines: Redefining corporate healthcare by elevating psychological safety, equitable dependent benefits, and values-driven patient trust.

Asialink: Revolutionizing non-bank finance via multi-million dollar global credit lines and targeted grassroots empowerment.

Harit Posanakul: Transforming digital marketing across Asia by pairing a strict 5% testing budget with a people-first internal culture.

IBEX Philippines: Scaling global customer engagement through proprietary AI automation and an award-winning, diverse internal culture.

Martin Zamora: Steering the Philippines' largest miner toward renewable energy transformation.

Janyaporn Soonthonvasu: Driving Thai manufacturing excellence through VR innovation and green HVAC engineering.

AXA Thailand: Driving climate resilience through circularity, green insurance, and empathy.

Deven Lim: Humanizing high-finance through associate empowerment and social sustainability.

Deven Lim: Driving Lockton’s rapid growth through independent, agile risk leadership.

Highlands Coffee: Redefining the global coffee industry through Vietnamese heritage, technical excellence, and deep-seated community purpose.

Danone SEA: Transforming Southeast Asian nutrition through public health advocacy and 100% renewable manufacturing.

Rhodora Tumpalan: Redefining Asian wellness through herbal innovation and micro-entrepreneurship.

Dr. Ricarte Gapuz: Scaling professional excellence globally through scientific innovation and purpose-driven education.

Maynilad: Securing Asia’s future through circular water innovation and ESG leadership.

Foundever Philippines earns top honors for blending a "Culture of Care" with professional business excellence.

Willy Lim wins ACES Award for his "people-first" leadership and human-centric innovation at Foundever.

Bernard Gunawan: Transforming Indonesian education into a world-class global powerhouse.

Bernard Gunawan: Redefining Asian education through national policy-shaping innovation.

Bernard Gunawan: Empowering people and planet through values-driven, sustainable leadership.

CPC Corporation, Taiwan, an ACES Award winner, is transforming industrial sites into marine sanctuaries through AI-driven coral conservation and the Yongan Coral Ark.

Beacons’ Philippine Bespoke series demonstrates that executive visibility has evolved from simple branding into a core enterprise strategy focused on ESG-aligned storytelling and narrative clarity to build stakeholder trust.

New Focus Textiles, ACES Green Innovation Award winner, is scaling circularity via $1M in recycling and DNA traceability to prove sustainability is commercially viable by 2026.

The ACES Summit 2025 in Bali showed that top ASEAN firms now operationalize advantage via ESG, digital shifts, and people-centered strategy to ensure resilience.

SanDisk Malaysia achieved WEF Lighthouse status by moving beyond tech to a "RESET" mindset, using AI to empower workers and merging IR5.0 values with digital literacy.

Letright Industrial, 2025 ACES Award winner, proves luxury and ethics coexist by replacing timber with solar and AI to create carbon-conscious "gardens in the sky.

Behind Letright’s success is Ren Li’s story of redemption, balancing profit with presence and healing family ties to redefine leadership.

ACES Institute’s study of Letright and CEO Ren Li shows that values-led leadership, through its shift to recyclables and the Ombra Smart Pergola, builds market differentiation.