CORPORATE GOVERNANCE SCORECARD 2025 | Small Business Corporation

No.	Question	Y/N	Link Source
I. Stakeholder Relationships
1.	Does the GOCC disclose a policy that:
	a. Stipulates the existence and scope of its effort to address customer’s welfare?	Y	Mission/Vision Manual of Corporate Governance pages 25-27 of 32, VII. Relation with Stakeholders Code of Conduct, Section 7. Duties & Obligations
	b. Elaborates its efforts to interact with the communities in which they operate?	Y	Mission/Vision Manual of Corporate Governance pages 25-27 of 32 VII. Relation with Stakeholders
	c. Ensure that its value chain is environmentally friendly or is consistent with promoting sustainable development?	Y	CSR Statement (Concern for Environment) Code of Conduct Page 17 of 29, 7.1.7. The General Public,”c”
2.	Does the GOCC disclose the activities that it has undertaken to implement the abovementioned policies?
	a. Customer health and safety	Y	SBCorp’s Money App Integrates with the National ID; Secure and Streamlined Loan Application for MSMEs Seen DTI places third in 2025 GOCC governance rankings, posts higher revenues National ID integrated into SBCorp app to boost MSME loan access DTI eyes credit support for exporters hit by US tariffs SBCorp launches mobile app to ease MSME loan process
	b. Interaction with the communities	Y	DTI-SBCorp offers rehab loans of up to P300K to MSMEs in Northern Cebu SBCorp extends P224-M loan to typhoon-hit Bicol Cebu quake-hit businesses can apply for up to ₱300k loan – DTI DTI Enterprise Rehabilitation Financing roadshow accelerates MSME recovery in Pangasinan Romblon entreps to benefit from on-the-spot loan approvals in upcoming fairs
	c. Environmentally-friendly value chain	Y	2025 SB Corporation Go Green Report
3.	Does the GOCC have a separate Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report/section or sustainability report/section?	Y	Corporate Social Responsibility Statement Corporate Social Responsibility Activities: DTI-SBCorp offers rehab loans of up to P300K to MSMEs in Northern Cebu SBCorp extends P224-M loan to typhoon-hit Bicol SBCorp. approves P4.22 million in loans for female entrepreneurs
4.	Where stakeholder interests are protected by law, stakeholders should have the opportunity to obtain effective redress for violation of their rights. Does the GOCC provide contact details via the company’s website or Annual Report which stakeholders (e.g. customers, suppliers, general public etc.) can use to voice their concerns and/or complaints for possible violation of their rights?	Y	Feedback Channels SBC Clients may file their feedback and complaints Mondays thru Fridays, 8:00am – 5:00pm – through the following contact details or through any of our offices nationwide: *Phone:* (632) 5 328 1100 to 10 and 5 328 1112 to 16 local 1753 and 1731 *Mobile Phone*: +63 921 513 1790 (Smart) / 0945 672 5033 (Globe) *E-mail:* sbcorporation@sbcorp.gov.ph
5.	Performance-enhancing mechanisms for employee participation should be permitted to develop
	a. Does the GOCC explicitly mention the health, safety and welfare policy for its employees?	Y	Code of Conduct Page 15 of 29, 7.1.1 Officers and Employees, e. Page 22 of 29, 8.4 Health and Welfare
	b. Does the GOCC publish data relating to health, safety and welfare of its employees?	Y	Employee Health, Safety and Welfare Activities for CY 20245
	c. Does the GOCC have training and development programmes for its employees?	Y	Training and Development Programs for CY 2025 (Officers & Employees)
	d. Does the GOCC publish data on training and development programs for its employees?	Y	Training and Development Programs for CY 2025 (Officers & Employees)
6.	Stakeholders including individual employee and their representative bodies, should be able to freely communicate their concerns about illegal or unethical practices to the board and their rights should not be compromised for doing this.
	a. Does the GOCC have procedures for complaints by employees concerning illegal (including corruption) and unethical behavior?	Y	Whistleblowing Policy
	b. Does the GOCC have procedures to protect an employee/person who reveals illegal/unethical behavior from retaliation?	Y	Whistleblowing Policy (Page 4 of 7, 10. Protection of a Whistleblower Against Retaliation)
II. Disclosure and Transparency
7.	Does the GOCC’s website disclose the following items:
	a. Corporate Objectives	Y	2025 Performance Scorecard [2024 Charter Statement and Strategy Map (Annex A)]
	b. Financial performance indicators	Y	2025 Performance Scorecard – Third Quarter Monitoring
	c. Non-financial performance indicators	Y	2025 Performance Scorecard – Third Quarter Monitoring
	d. Details of whistle-blowing policy	Y	Whistleblowing Policy
	e. Biographical details (at least age, qualifications, date of first appointment, relevant experience, and any other directorships of listed companies) of directors/commissioners	Y	Board of Directors’ Resumes
	f. Training and/or continuing education programme attended by each director/commissioner	Y	Trainings Attended by the Board of Directors for CY 2025 All Appointive Directors attended at least one (1) training in CY 2025 (Sec. Ma. Cristina A. Roque is an Ex-Officio Director)
8.	Are the annual reports downloadable from the GOCC’s website?	Y	2025 Annual Report
9.	Does the Annual Report contain a statement confirming the company’s full compliance with the code of corporate governance and where there is non-compliance, identify and explain reasons for each such issue?	Y	2025 Corporate Governance Confirmation Statement
10.	Timely filing/release of annual/financial reports
	a. Are the audited annual financial report/statement released within 60 days upon receipt from COA?	Y	2025 COA Annual Audit Report on Small Business Corporation Date of receipt of the Audited Annual Financial Report from COA: Date Released/Uploaded on SB Corporation website:
	b. Is the annual report released within 90 days from release of audited financial report?	Y	2025 Annual Report Date of receipt of the Audited Annual Financial Report from COA: Date of Release/upload on the website of the 2025 Annual Report:
	c. Is the true and fairness/fair representation of the annual financial statement/reports affirmed by the board of directors/commissioners and/or the relevant officers of the company?	Y	2025 COA Annual Audit Report on Small Business Corporation (Page ____ – Statement of Management’s Responsibility for Financial Statements)
III. Responsibility of the Board
11.	Corporate Vision/Mission
	a. Has the Board of Directors reviewed the vision and mission/strategy in the last financial year?	Y	Excerpts of the Minutes of the ____ Board Meeting
	b. Does the Board of Directors monitor/oversee the implementation of the corporate strategy?	Y	Manual of Corporate Governance (Page 8 of 32, Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the Board)
12.	Did the GOCC achieve 90% in the PES?	N/A	2025 GCG-validated Performance Scorecard is not yet available
13.	Code of Ethics or Conduct
	a. Are the details of the code of ethics or conduct disclosed?	Y	Code of Conduct
	b. Does the GOCC disclose that all Directors/Commissioners, senior management and employees are required to comply with the code?	Y	Code of Conduct (Page 4 of 29, Section 2. Coverage)
	c. Does the company disclose how it implements and monitors compliance with the code of ethics or conduct?	Y	Code of Conduct (Page 28 of 29, Code of Conduct Compliance Certificate)
14.	Does the Board appoint a Nomination Compensation / Remuneration Committee?	Y	2025 Board Committee Membership The Corporate Governance Committee is performing the functions of a Nomination Compensation/Renumeration Committee (see Manual of Corporate Governance, page 14, item 30 and Charters of the Board Committees, Charter of the Board Corporate Governance Committee, C. Duties and Responsibilities)
15.	Did the Nomination Compensation/Remuneration Committee meet at least twice during the year?	Y	2025 Board Attendance The Corporate Governance Committee held 6 meetings in 2025.
16.	If yes, is the report of the Nomination Compensation/Remuneration Committee publicly disclosed?	Y	2025 Corporate Governance Committee Accomplishment Report
17.	Does the Board appoint an Audit Committee?	Y	2025 Board Committee Membership
18.	If yes, is the report of the Audit Committee publicly disclosed	Y	2025 Board Audit and Compliance Committee Accomplishment Report
19.	Does at least one member of the Audit Committee have an audit, accounting or finance background (qualification or experience)?	Y	Board of Directors’ Resumes Dir. Annie F. Candelaria Dir. Joe Jay T. Doctora
20.	Did the Audit Committee meet at least four times during the year?	Y	2025 Board Attendance The Board Audit and Compliance Committee held 7 meetings in 2025.
21.	Does the Board appoint a Risk Management Committee?	Y	2025 Board Committee Membership (Finance and Risk Oversight Committee)
22.	If yes, is the report on Risk Management Committee publicly disclosed?	Y	2025 Finance and Risk Oversight Committee Accomplishment Report
23.	Does at least one member of the Risk Management Committee have a background in finance and investments?	Y	Board of Directors’ Resumes Dir. Annie F. Candelaria Dir. Joe Jay T. Doctora
24.	Board meetings and attendance
	a. Are the Board of Directors meetings scheduled at the beginning of the year? (end of Q1)	Y	2025 Board Attendance 2025 Board Meetings
	b. Does the Board of Directors meet at least monthly?	Y	2025 Board Attendance
	c. Did the Board of Directors meet on at least 75% on their scheduled meetings?	Y	2025 Regular Board Meeting Schedules 2025 Board Attendance
	d. Has each of the directors/commissioners attended at least 90% of all the board meetings held during the year?	N	2025 Board Attendance 2025 Board Meetings (2nd Paragraph) In 2025 the Board of Directors had twelve (12) regular meetings and nine (9) special meetings. Nine (9) out of ten (10) Directors/Alternates attended at least ninety percent (90%) of the Board meetings for 2025. SB Corporation Chairperson, Ma. Cristina Roque, being the DTI Secretary, was attending a National Government affair/official business or travel during the board meetings that she has not attended.
	e. Did the Board of Directors meet separately at least once during the year without the President/CEO present?	Y	2025 Board Meetings(3^rd paragraph) In the 380^th Board Meeting held on 26 December 2024, Dir. Joe Jay T. Doctora was designated by all the Members of the Governing Board present as the Acting Chairperson until President and CEO Robert C. Bastillo’s arrival before lunchtime. SB Corporation Chairperson, Ma. Cristina Roque, being the DTI Secretary, was attending a National Government affair/official business during this board meeting.
25.	Access to information
	a. Does the GOCC have a policy that stipulates board papers for Board of Directors/Commissioners meetings be provided to the Board at least three (3) working days in advance of the board meeting?	Y	2025 Board Meetings (Last paragraph)
	b. Is the Board Secretary trained in legal, accountancy or company secretarial practices?	Y	Personal Data of SB Corp’s Key Officers (as of December 31, 2024) – Lopez, Francis Angelo A.
26.	Internal Audit
	a. Does the company have a separate internal audit function?	Y	Organizational Chart
	b. Does the appointment and removal of the internal auditor require the approval of the Audit Committee?	Y	Manual of Corporate Governance (Page 18 of 32, (c) Internal Audit)
27.	Risk Oversight
	a. Does the company disclose the internal control procedures/risk management systems it has in place?	Y	Risk Management
	b. Does the Annual Report disclose that the board of directors/commissioners has conducted a review of the company’s material controls (including operational, financial and compliance controls) and risk management systems?	Y	2025 Statement on Review of Financial, Operational and Risk Management System
	c. Does the company disclose how key risks are managed?	Y	Risk Management
	d. Does the Annual Report contain a statement from the Board of Directors or Audit Committee commenting on the adequacy of the GOCC’s internal controls/risk management systems?	Y	2025 Statement Confirming Adequacy of Internal Controls
28.	Board Chairman Do different persons assume the roles of Chairman and CEO?	Y	Board of Directors’ Resumes Secretary Ma. Cristina A. Roque is the Chairperson and Robert C. Bastillo is the President and CEO
29.	Orientation Program /Continuous Professional Education Program
	a. Does the GOCC have orientation programs for new Directors?	Y	Orientation and Continuing Education Manual of Corporate Governance (Page 31 of 32, XI. Training Process #89)
	b. Does the GOCC have a policy that encourages Directors/Commissioners to attend on-going or continuous professional education programs?	Y	Orientation and Continuing Education Manual of Corporate Governance (Page 14 of 32, A. Corporate Governance Committee, # 30.c.)
	c. Did all Appointive Directors attend at least 1 training for the calendar year?	Y	Trainings Attended by the Board of Directors for CY 2024 All Appointive Directors attended at least one (1) training in CY 2024 (Sec. Ma. Cristina A. Roque is an Ex-Officio Director)
30.	Board Appraisal
	a. Is an annual performance assessment conducted of the Board of Directors?	Y	2025 Board Performance Certification
	b. Does the GOCC disclose the process followed in conducting the Board assessment?	Y	2025 Board Performance Certification Board Performance and Assessment – Process and Criteria
	c. Does the GOCC disclose the criteria used in the Board assessment?	Y	2025 Board Performance Certification Board Performance and Assessment – Process and Criteria
31.	Is an annual performance assessment conducted of the Board of Directors Committees	Y	2025 Board Performance Certification Board Performance and Assessment – Process and Criteria
IV. Bonus
32.	Does the GOCC practice Global Reporting Index (GRI) on its annual reports?	Y	2025 Annual Report Page 80 or 65/68
33.	Is the audited annual financial report/statement released within 30 days upon receipt from COA?	Y	2025 COA Annual Audit Report on Small Business Corporation Date of receipt of the Audited Annual Financial Report from COA: Date Released/Uploaded on SB Corporation website:
V. Penalty
34.	Are there members of the Board of Directors who hold more than five (5) positions in GOCCs and PLCs?	N	None – 2025 Other Board of Director Memberships
35.	Is there non-compliance with Good Governance Conditions?	N	None. Per self-assessment, SB Corporation is compliant with all Good Governance conditions. Note: Validation of Compliance to Good Governance Conditions for FY 2024 is ongoing.