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| [center
from left to right] SM by the BAY Assistant Mall Manager, Faye Preolco; SM
Supermalls Senior Sustainability Manager, Belinda Bartolome-Gonzales; DENR
Undersecretary for Strategic Communications Malu Erni; and SM Supermalls Senior
Assistant Vice President for Mall Operations, Perkin Bentley So; together with
the students and faculty of NU-Nazareth |
SM Supermalls, through its
Corporate Social Responsibility arm, SM Cares, and the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), continue to drive active
participation in ocean conservation with the latest leg of SM’s Coastal
Clean-up drive, held on June 8, 2024, Saturday in celebration of World Oceans
Day.
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| This
year, SM was able to collect more than 15,000 kgs of trash with the help of
2,500 SM Employees and volunteers from 15 SM Supermalls nationwide. |
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| SM
City Sorsogon cleans the coastal area of Sitio Mahingan and SM City Legazpi does
a clean-up by the coastal shorelines of Brgy. Dapdap and Brgy. Puro. |
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| SM
Mindpro volunteers cleaned-up the trash along the stretch of mangrove areas, and
Purok Minanga get cleaned by volunteers from SM City General Santos. |
SM Cares’ Coastal Clean-up
project is part of the organization’s Programs on Environment. SM Cares also
has supporting initiatives focused on children and the youth, women and
breastfeeding mothers, senior citizens, and persons with disabilities.
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| SM
City Roxas volunteers are ready to clean the coast of Baybay Beach and SM City
Puerto Princesa volunteer shows the trash they collected during the clean-up. |
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| SM
City Olongapo Downtown and SM City Olongapo Central volunteers clear-up the
shoreline of Parola in Brgy. Kalaklan. |
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| Shore-lines
gets greener with a clean up by SM City Daet, and SM City Bataan volunteers
protecting our aweSM seas. |
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| The
area of Centro 10-Tanza-Caggay get cleaned by volunteers from SM City
Tuguegarao & SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown. |
SM Cares is the corporate social
responsibility arm of SM Supermalls, the country’s biggest chain of malls built
by one of Southeast Asia’s leading real estate and property developers, SM
Prime Holdings. SM Prime remains committed to its role as a catalyst for
economic growth as it pursues the next horizon on integrated property development,
and onward to building sustainable cities of the future while enriching the
quality of life of the communities it serves.
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| SM
by the BAY volunteers – including NU Nazareth students, BSP/GSP, SM employees
and agency personnel’s fight for a trash-free Manila Bay. |
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| SM
City Cebu and SM Seaside City Cebu return to Cebu SRP for a clean-up. |
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| Since
2014, SM’s coastal clean-up initiative has grown to include more coastal
locations and volunteers, showing the true impact of SM’s advocacy, as well as
the power of community participation in environmental stewardship and marine
conservation efforts. |
To learn more, visit
https://www.smsupermalls.com/smcares/. (PR)
