NESTLE-DepEd commitment, SM GROUP collaboration with farmers, ISUZU sales, TP campus roadshow, ALLIANZ PNB Life fastest in growth, J&J supports medical frontliners, BPI-PIC partnership, UBX employee benefits platform

Renewed commitment

Bear Brand Fortified aims to upcycle and donate 5,000 chairs and benches to public schools nationwide.

The Department of Education (DepEd) and Nestle Philippines Inc. recently renewed a memorandum of agreement that reinforces their commitment to fill in the nutrition and educational support gaps to raise healthy and ‘matibay’ Filipino students through the Bear Brand Fortified Tibay sa Pag-aaral Program.

With this partnership, DepEd and Nestle Philippines strengthen their resolve to support young Filipinos through three key initiatives, namely: the Gabay sa Tibay Nutrition Program, that seeks to help parents and educators understand the importance of proper nutrition; the Tibayanihan Sachet Upcycling program that provides school chairs for a better learning experience in school; and the Batang Matibay Awards that recognizes 10 exemplary public school students, as nominated by their teachers, who exhibit astounding ‘tibay’ to overcome life’s challenges.

The Laki sa Tibay program this year continues to support DepEd in the provision of modules on health and nutrition, as well as introduces the Gabay Sa Tibay Program. The brand aims not only to distribute Bear Brand Fortified packs to 1 million parents in Luzon.

Bear Brand Fortified also aims to produce and donate 5,000 chairs and benches to public schools nationwide by the end of 2022. These chairs are made of upcycled Bear Brand Fortified sachets and are equivalent to 4.4 million pieces of the brand’s Swak 33g pack.

Collaboration: key to creating sustainable agri-enterprises

SM Foundation has collaborated with various government agencies and engaged various SM business units such as the SM Development Corp. (SMDC), SM Supermalls and SM Markets to ensure that local farmers under the Kabalikat Sa Kabuhayan (KSK) program have venues where they can sell their produce amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Good Guys Market is a weekend market set up in SMDC properties to connect small-scale farmers directly with consumers–condo residents. This initiative links around 26,000 small-scale farmers directly with consumers.

Together with SM Supermalls, SMFI launched the Green Lane initiative. Led by the wives of the KSK farmers, the social enterprise offers a wide variety of quality yet affordable indoor and landscape plants which cater to every enthusiast’s preference. In addition, the team also launched the KSK Farmers’ Market Day to provide farmers with market exposure in select SM Malls nationwide.

Meanwhile, SMFI also partnered with SM Markets in creating market for onion farmers. Through the partnership, SMFI was able to establish specialized onion pop-up booths creating a stable market for small scale onion farmers.

SM Foundation’s Kabalikat Sa Kabuhayan (KSK) is SMFI’s Social Good program on sustainable agriculture that intends to uplift the lives of Filipinos in grassroot communities through sustainable agriculture via technology transfer, product development and farm-market linkage. To date, the program has trained more than 28,500 farmers from more than 900 cities/municipalities nationwide.

10K sales

Isuzu Philippines Corp. (IPC) hit a sales milestone of 10,000 units for the Isuzu TRAVIZ lightweight truck, this June.

Launched towards the end of 2019, the Isuzu TRAVIZ quickly became a popular choice for business owners nationwide.

Cornering 32 percent of the Cab & Chassis market on May 2022, the TRAVIZ highlights the brand’s well-known reputation for durability and reliability, while also meeting customer’s need for big cargo capacity and fuel efficiency on top of its modern & ergonomic cabin design — making this truck perfect for large scale corporation and MSMEs alike.

Mircroserver-8 Enterprises, which is one of the emerging office equipment and computer accessory supplier in the south, was given a special award by IPC for being its 10,000th customer for the TRAVIZ. On top of awarding its 10,000th customer, IPC also announced a series of promotions for existing and potential TRAVIZ customers.

From June 10 to August 31, IPC will be giving away 10,000 liters worth of fuel for raffle to 500 customers nationwide who will purchase or reserve a TRAVIZ unit.

Both existing and potential customers will receive additional P10,000 cash referral bonus on top of the existing P10,000 referral fee that the company already offers.

Existing customers are also entitled to avail of the f Parts & Service discount.

Cloud Campus Jeepney roadshow

Teleperformance (TP) Philippines is bringing the TP Cloud Campus Jeepney on a roadshow across Luzon to promote work-at-home career opportunities through its Cloud Campus solution.

Cloud Campus Jeepney is Teleperformance’s innovative approach to job recruitment where TP brings work-at-home jobs to the provinces.

The Cloud Campus Jeepney has been touring key locations in Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, and Pangasinan. The Jeepney will continue its roadshow in Urdaneta, Pangasinan from June 18 to 20. Its next stop is Tarlac from June 24 to 25 before heading to its last stop in the north in Pampanga from June 28 to 30. It will be making its last Luzon stop in Batangas from July 6 to 8.

The Cloud Campus solution is the revolutionary and innovative new global operating model of Teleperformance, specifically designed to enable a socially enriched work-at-home environment, allowing brands to easily expand their business and deliver superior customer experiences through Teleperformance’s unique, cloud-centric solution.

Allianz PNB Life is PH’s fastest growing insurance company

Allianz PNB Life continues to be the country’s fastest-growing life insurance company, with remarkable numbers shown in its 2021 Annual Report.

The company has announced that its total premium income in 2021 reached P30 billion, despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Allianz PNB Life was also able to maintain this strong performance for the second year in a row and according to the report, the company is also among the top five companies that provide life and health insurance in the Philippines.

Allianz has also been ranked first among more than 125 insurance companies in the 2021 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, and it has been named as the number one insurance brand for the third consecutive year and 34th among the Top 100 Global Brands, according to Interbrand’s 2021 Best Global Brands.

The 2021 Annual Report also revealed a 51 percent increase in Total Assets, a 90 percent rise in Total Premium Income, a 73 percent growth in New Business Annual Premium Equivalent with over ₱1.28 billion paid Net Life Insurance Contract Benefits and Claims, and a ₱30 billion Gross Written Premium and Php 107 million Net Income.

Allianz PNB Life won several awards in the past year: the Philippines Brand Experience of the Year, Life Insurance Award, Asian Experience Awards by The Asian Business, and CSR Initiative of the Year – Philippines award for Ride Safe campaign by the Insurance Asia Awards 2021.

J&J Ph supportsmental well-being of medical frontliners

Johnson & Johnson (Philippines), Inc. (J&J Philippines) recently turned over a donation of P 2.6 million to the Philippine Mental Health Association (PMHA) to support their mental health and psychosocial support programs for frontline health workers.

“We know that bearing the weight of the pandemic response caused our frontline health workers severe physical fatigue and elevated psychological distress,” said J&J Philippines communication and public affairs leader Ana Ongpin. “We are privileged to have an opportunity to extend a helping hand to them through our long-standing partnership with PMHA. We are committed to support them in awareness, educational and consultative efforts that better ensure the mental well-being of our health workers.”

BPI, PIC renew partnership

The partnership between Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and Pig Improvement Co. (PIC), a part of world-leading animal genetics pioneer Genus PlC Group, is now in its third term.

Bringing together two entities that lead in their respectively fields, the partnership aims to further contribute to sustainable pork production and to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Under the program, BPI will provide the required financing to eligible clients wishing to engage in sustainable pig farming, while PIC will be the supplier of genetically improved breeding stocks and will extend technical support as necessary.

The renewed partnership also reinforces the parties’ contributions to the UN SDG 2 or Zero Hunger, SDG 7 or Affordable and Clean Energy, SDG 8 or Decent Work and Economic Growth, and SDG 11 or Sustainable Cities and Communities. These SDGs are addressed through PIC’s craftsmanship in genetic pig breeding which is recognized around the world for its work in genetic improvements and its technological innovations that boost pig production while reducing pig mortality and diseases.

UBX doubles down on insurtech

UBX is doubling down its focus on insurance technology (insurtech), introducing an integrated employee financial wellness benefits ecosystem in Singapore.

During the Insuretech Connect Asia conference in Singapore, UBX head of Business Development for Insurance Marc Gorospe formally introduced UBX’s Employee Benefits Platform, an integrated employee benefit financial wellness ecosystem that equips employees with financial tools and services, while also empowering companies to streamline their employee benefits, processes, and initiatives in one single platform.

Introduced in the Philippines earlier this year, the platform is an online portal that distributes, manages, and supports financial resilience and wellness through tools that allow employees to manage their finances and enable employers to efficiently conduct human resource (HR) practices.

First rolled-out to UBX employees, UBX’s Employee Benefits Program integrates insurance management systems, HR administration tools, Insurance management and upsell/cross-sell, Earned Wage Access/Salary Loan, mental health and flexible perks, and employee bonuses into one platform.