Philippines Norway Business Council - PNBC

13/01/2026

25/09/2025

Coastal Cleanup Day 2025

07/08/2025

Interested in Norwegian Seafood?

Head over to the World Food Expo at the SMX Convention Center to learn more!

🇳🇴🐟 We are back at World Food Expo 2025 with a large Norwegian Seafood Pavilion.

Visit our exhibitors Hofseth, Seafood Brands, Lerøy, and Seaborn showcasing the best of Norwegian salmon and other seafood products. All from the cold, clear waters of Norway. We are looking forward to seeing you at the Norwegian Seafood Pavilion, 2nd floor, Booth 2247, SMX Convention Center from 6 to 9 August.

04/08/2025

Welcome back from the Summer Holiday and join us for the PNBC Networking Luncheon on 27 August 2025!

While all Norwegian companies support the UN Sustainable Development Goals, how is the Philippines as a whole performing? Dr. Leland Joseph Dela Cruz of Ateneo de Manila University will take us through the country’s progress - highlighting challenges, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for building resilience and inclusive development.

📍 Venue: I’m Angus, Yakal Street, Makati City
🕛 Time: 12:00 – 14:00 hrs

Contact Vanessa Torres to reserve your spot today.

02/07/2025

SAVE THE DATE!

Our Charity Golf Tournament returns on January 23, 2026 at The Orchard Golf & Country Club.

Mark your calendars now and wait for more updates!

25/06/2025

⚓ 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫

Today, we honor the incredible contributions of seafarers worldwide. This year's theme emphasizes the critical need for a safer workplace for all seafarers.

Harassment at sea affects individuals of all genders and ranks, causing emotional distress and hindering career growth. Many incidents remain unreported due to fear of retaliation and distrust in reporting systems.

The Day of the Seafarer 2025 is more than just a celebration—it's a call to action. 'My Harassment-Free Ship' aims to transform maritime culture, ensuring every seafarer feels safe, valued, and protected. Together, we can build a safer maritime industry.

01/06/2025

PNBC recently concluded its AGM. This is the highest decision-making body in PNBC, and as such this is in many ways our most important meeting of the year.

This year, we were fortunate to have Ambassador Christian Lyster of The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila as our host. He expressed his personal support for our efforts, together with his team at the Embassy, and we are grateful for this.

The Board of Trustees for 2025 is as follows:

Atty. Charles Jay Dela Cruz
Mr. Lars Garen
Mr. Stefan Sandvik
Mr. Jan Andre' Heggem
Mr. Svend Foyn-Bruun
Mr. Per Selmer-Olsen
Mr. Rohan Shetty
Mr. Michael Ardieta
Mr. Carl Martin Faannessen

Alternates:
Ms. Andrea Isabel Co

The Board will meet on 05-June-2025 to assign roles and responsibilities.

We also took the opportunity to hand over proceeds from our first ever Charity Golf Tournament. Both Streetlight and Bridge Builder Foundation Philippines received funds, and they explained how much good they could to with this.

Looking forward there is Creating MORE Currents in November, our next Charity Golf Tournament in January 2026, plus a wide range of members’ luncheons. Plenty of good conversations to be had.

We thank The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Manila and our members for their continued support. The momentum is palpable!

22/05/2025

PNBC participated in the launch of ARTA's “Philippines ease of doing business reform guidebook” on 22-May-2025. Key takeaway: ARTA means business. How do we know? First the e-BOSS platform, open to all LGUs, is making things like business registration much faster. The best LGUs now register businesses in TEN minutes.
Second, ARTA is prepared to play hardball when LGUs drag their feet. ARTA has filed cases with the ombudsman where LGUs are ignoring ARTA’s Notices to Explain; over 100 cases are filed so far.
Third, and perhaps most important, ARTA is relentless is its outreach efforts towards the private sector.

In Philippines Norway Business Council - PNBC, we are proud of our MoU with Anti-Red Tape Authority, and we are glad to assist their efforts where we can.

03/05/2025

THANK YOU to everyone who sponsored and joined our first PNBC Charity Invitational Golf Tournament 2025!

To see the pictures - click here:
https://tinyurl.com/pnbcgolftouney2025

Check out the latest newsletter from our President Carl M below.

03/02/2025

We are now on Facebook!