Celebrating women
Hershey Philippines is proud to recognize, honor, and uplift women and girls this month through activations in the Philippines and around the world in celebration of International Women’s Day to advance toward gender equity commitments.
This 2022, The Hershey Company’s award-winning #HerSHE campaign, which originated in Brazil in 2020, comes to life in the Philippines and six additional international markets, aimed at making inspiring invisible women visible.
Hershey Philippines has partnered with four women: Malou Perez of the PAWSsion Project, Kate Alvarez of SOS Philippines, Sabrina Tamayo of Project SMILE, and Fredeswinda Gaspar Samonte of the PGH Cancer Survivors Organization, to highlight their stories and represent women who are still overlooked and dismissed, with their achievements remaining unrecognized.
Drawing on the strength of “SHE,” Hershey Philippines is doing a limited-edition packaging sleeve of its 40g Bars, making the products a canvas to showcase the chosen unsung “SHEroes.” The packaging sleeves come in four different artworks, highlighting the journeys and the exceptional work these women do in the Philippine community.
Women sellers on Shopee
Shopee pays tribute to three women sellers as the country celebrates International Women’s Day.
Shine de Luna and Anjelica Tullao, both started with zero ratings and zero items sold when they went online while Emerald Sin shifted online to cater to her clients going home to their provinces.
All three persevered and eventually built strong online businesses.
For De Luna, her business became a channel of blessing to the few workers she employed.
Both Sin and Tullao focused on how to market their products effectively. The former branched out and became a direct manufacturer, hiring local seamstresses to produce high-quality fashion products, while Tullao maximized the in-app features of Shopee to improve customer trust and retention.
Shopee is staging the 3.15 International Women’s Day Sale on March 8 where users can look forward to 90 percent off on select categories like lifestyle, fashion, and many more. F
Safeguard supports WinS
Procter & Gamble (P&G)’s Safeguard, in partnership with Manila Water Foundation (MWF) donated P70 million to build handwashing facilities in all 285 Metro Manila schools that do not meet the DepEd Wash in Schools (WinS) hand hygiene ratings. By doing so, these public schools will be meeting DepEd’s minimum star rating in WinS Program, enabling the schools to apply for reopening.
The DepEd WinS Program is a 3-star rating system developed in 2016 to rate public schools in the areas of Safe Drinking Water, Gender Segregated Toilets, Group Handwashing Facilities with Soap, Daily Group Handwashing Facilities, and Access to Sanitary Pads.
Through a pre-planning session, Safeguard was able to identify that the handwashing areas scored the lowest across the board, with Metro Manila surprisingly as one of the key drivers of the rating.
This partnership with DepEd and MWF encourages students and teachers to “practice good hygiene habits that will protect them from disease-causing germs and viruses while they are in school.” She also went on to say that everyone involved in this project is looking forward to “seeing the outcome of this project, and the health, and the good that we can do in the many schools in the community.”
Desludging services
West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is offering septic tank cleaning services to its residential and semi-business customers this March in select parts of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Manila, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Parañaque, Pasay, Quezon City, Valenzuela, and Cavite Province at no extra cost.
The company has adopted new and more stringent protocols in the conduct of desludging services to ensure the safety of its customers who will avail of the septic tank cleaning.
Maynilad requires all of its desludging personnel and vacuum truck unit operators to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), practice physical distancing, and undertake extra disinfection procedures to protect against the spread of COVID-19.
Customers residing in Barangay 160, 161, 163 to 165, 170, 171 and 177 in Caloocan; Brgy. Almanza Uno in Las Piñas; Brgy. Bangkal in Makati; Brgy. Acacia, Longos and Potrero in Malabon; barangays under Sampaloc in Manila; Brgy. Bayanan in Muntinlupa; Brgy. North Bay Boulevard (North and South) in Navotas; Brgy. BF Homes and Sun Valley in Parañaque; Brgy. 183 and those under Baltao, Maricaban and Pildera 2 in Pasay City; Brgy. Baesa, Bagbag and Bahay Toro in Quezon City; and Brgy. Gen. T. De Leon and Ugong in Valenzuela City may avail of Maynilad’s desludging service.
Some Maynilad customers in Cavite Province, particularly in Brgy. Habay I and Ligas I to III in Bacoor City; Brgy. 10-A and B, 13, 16, 18, 19, 23, 26, 28, 29 and 29-A in Cavite City; and Brgy. Bayan Luma I to V in Imus City may avail of the company’s septic tank cleaning services at no extra cost. Septic tank cleaning service normally costs around Php5,000 per truck.
Post-pandemic recovery of MSMEs
The Aboitiz Group further strengthened its commitment to support the post-pandemic recovery journey of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines, through its strong and proactive participation in the Global Compact Network Philippines (GCNP).
The GCNP is the local entity of the United Nations Global Compact that is tasked with aligning and championing Philippine sustainability initiatives on an international level through policy proposals, sustainability advocacies, and accessible initiatives.
With its election of new board members, GCNP aims to inject the group’s initiatives with new insights and thought leadership that will help the country align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and further develop a sustainable business landscape in the Philippines.
Aboitiz Group leads the Private Sector Champions (PSC) under the “Prosperity” pillar that directly benefits the Filipino MSME sector. The PSC focuses on financing, supply chain sustainability, business continuity management, diversification, and market access in support of the “10-in-10 Business Agenda for MSME Recovery and Resilience” promoted by the GCNP.
The Aboitiz Group recognizes the interconnectedness of the 17 SDGs and the importance of addressing different Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) concerns in order to achieve the SDGs.The Aboitiz Group also continues to promote decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) through its participation in the 10-in-10 business agenda and enterprise development programs linking communities to entrepreneurship, capital and market access.
Choose Your Own Deals
Honda Cars Philippines Inc.’ (HCPI) “Choose Your Own Deals” promo is on its final extension.
Until March 31, customers may avail of special offers, and bring home a brand-new Honda vehicle with promo discounts, all-in downpayments, low monthly payment options, preferred insurance rates, and more.
Exclusive offers are also made available for the All-New Civic 1.5 S Turbo Honda SENSING and Honda BR-V.
On top of all ongoing promotions, customers are given the flexibility to choose the promo package.
Free one year PMS and accessory vouchers shall be given to the customer upon the release of the Honda vehicle.
All current Honda owners who will purchase any variant of the City (sedan), BR-V, Brio, CR-V, HR-V, and All-New City Hatchback will receive an additional promo discount of P10,000 on top of other promotions. A special, all-in financing program applicable for 10 percent downpayment with 36-60 months payment terms is also offered for select models.
Customers are entitled to different financing promo offers such as low cash-out, low monthly amortization, free one month amortization at 15 percent and 20 percent all-in downpayment offers, available with select bank partners.
All these offers include a three- year LTO registration and chattel mortgage, and a free one year comprehensive insurance.
PLDT Enterprise cited at Cisco Partner Summit
PLDT Enterprise is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit Geographical Region award for Managed Services Partner of the Year.
Cisco Partner Summit Geographical Regional awards reflect the top-performing partners within specific technology markets across the geographical region. All award recipients are selected by a group of Cisco Global Partner Organization and regional executives.
Awarded to partners who rise to business challenges, the Cisco Partner Summit Global awards are designed to recognize superior business practices and reward best-in-class methodologies. Areas of consideration include innovative processes, architecture-led successes, strategic business outcome-focused programs, seizing new opportunities, and sales approaches.
