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People from rural communities and periphery of cities have to travel to downtown to make financial and banking transactions. For this need, the Banco del Barrio was created in 2008, a non-bank correspondent serving as another transactional channel for Banco Guayaquil. Non-bank correspondent are operated by neighborhood stores such as groceries, bazaar, and another type of micro-retailers. Banco del Barrio provides the majority of financial and banking services to the inhabitants, such as deposits and withdrawals of money, payment of basic services and even creation of accounts for new members, thus generating employment and economic growth by giving financial products and services to segments with greater banking services difficulties, in addition with this business, people must be permanently trained, which helps the financial education of neighborhood bankers.
---Mucha gente de las comunidades rurales del país tiene que trasladarse a las grandes ciudades para realizar sus transacciones financieras y bancarias. Para esta necesidad se creó en 2008 el Banco del Barrio, que es un corresponsal bancario del Banco Guayaquil, este corresponsal puede operar en un negocio local de la comunidad como en una tienda o un bazar. Este Banco del Barrio brinda la mayoría de los servicios financieros y bancarios a los habitantes, tales como depósitos y retiros de dinero, pago de servicios básicos e incluso creación de cuentas para nuevos afiliados, generando así empleo y crecimiento económico al brindar productos y servicios financieros a segmentos con mayores dificultades de servicios bancarios, además con este negocio, las personas deben estar capacitadas permanentemente, lo que ayuda a la educación financiera de los banqueros de barrio.
“We do what we can.” (Peter Norton, 2021)
Poppies caters to 5 prominent UN Sustainable Development Goals:
1. SDG 6 Clean water
2. SDG 9 Innovation and infrastructure
3. SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities
4. SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
5. SDG 13 Climate action
Poppies is different from other sustainable coffee shops because the owner is taking active measures to tackle climate change. Most coffee shops generally focus on recyclable packaging, whereas Poppies uses recyclable packaging and implements other measures such as rainwater harvesting. Peter had emphasised that “The cost of green waste is the cheapest…. You pay 3 cents more for recyclable cups but the costs of getting rid of them is more expensive. It’s not more expensive to go greener.”
Poppies has also altered their infrastructure by implementing solar tubes, induction hobs, and energy-saving bulbs to generate and save electricity. Not many coffee shops are willing to make such drastic measures for climate change. The infrastructural measures implemented help solve environmental issues and reduce the acceleration of climate change.
The City Bin Co.’s innovative project, the ‘Zero Project’, aims to protect the environment and help businesses make significant cost savings by reducing their overall waste. This innovation educates customers and clients on the correct methods of waste disposal and offers expert guidance on how a business can improve its waste separation process. In doing this, not only does The City Bin Co. provide invaluable support to many businesses around Ireland with their waste management, but they also provide a clear solution to many UN Sustainable Development Goals, therefore contributing to a more sustainable future.
The company has taken several steps to address environmental issues, such as eliminating the use of harmful chemicals, lowering carbon footprints, assisting the nation in economic growth, increasing employability worldwide, and so on. We have chosen four UN SDGs and described how Crann contributes to a more sustainable world.
UN Sustainable Development Goal Work of Crann
UN SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth: The company produces the products in Asia but only collaborates with ethical factories that treat their employees well, showing that the company's owner cares about economic growth and that the production process is ethical and humane.
UN SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities: Crann collects waste materials such as stainless steel, plastic, and wood from households and transforms them into fashionable sunglasses and watches. This helps families in waste disposal and promotes sustainability in cities and communities.
UN SDG 12 – Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production: Crann creates timeless sunglasses and watches made from 100% recycled materials such as stainless-steel PE plastic and wood that otherwise most likely would have ended in a landfill or polluted the seas. By using materials that are already existing instead of further exploiting the earth, the company doesn't add to the environmental cost while remaining trendy and fashionable. The company has a lifetime warranty on all the products; this policy further reduces excessive production and consumerism.
UN SDG 13 – Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate and its Impacts: The company donates €2 from every sale to the Native Woodland Trust. The organisation focuses on the maintenance of the woodland estate, leading to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
Pure Clothing set out to deliver eco-friendly fashion to Ireland through an innovative sustainable business model. The company challenges the fast fashion industry by creating quality on-trend fashion through a sustainable supply chain that incorporates sustainable Irish businesses and supports the rural Ireland economy. Pure Clothing is determined to educate Irish society on sustainable fashion and create a more circular economy.
The company is a development bank and the majority shareholder is the Dutch government, holding a 51% stake. FMO works beyond financing and investment. It not only helps its clients to develop sustainable business strategies through inclusive innovation but also evaluates the impact of their behaviors (financing or investment) on the environment and society. Demonstrating a commitment to the 8th, 10th, and 13th sustainability goals, FMO provides its clients and investors the financing or return requirements as well as an opportunity to participate in “doing good”. MASSIF is one of the examples, which emphasizes innovation and its impacts on business, social, and environmental perspectives.
Tamara is a Saudi start-up fintech company, and one of the first financial companies in Saudi Arabia to offer the product of Buy now and pay later without interest charges or any hidden fees. Their objective is to facilitate online shopping in new ways in their operating regions, which enable safer, more transparent and more robust payment options for customers. Its inclusive solution is to secure payments with unique methods by eliminating cash on delivery (COD) for online shopping stores. Tamara allows customers to pay, either in three, six instalments or within 30 days, with zero fees or interest charges. Founded during the Covid pandemic, Tamara offered its Saudi users more options to manage their resource, shopping and payment needs, using advanced innovative technology to enhance economic growth, raise entrepreneurship, and create job opportunities in the region (SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth).
Models of Nonpareil and Outstanding Learning Corp. (MONOL) stands as the premier provider of English education in Baguio. It has established its expertise by continuously developing streamlined programs and ensuring exceptional services for the optimal benefit of international students.
MONOL helps solve SDG4, the Quality Education problem, by assisting people in learning English and developing confident and competitive graduates who aim for success in a global society.
Create and Curate PH is an environment-friendly brand. Hence, the business aims to support the local community and the environment. Before starting the company, Ms. Vigie Ador, the business owner, researched the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She did this for her business to be on the right path for sustainable consumption. Ms. Ador utilized the UN Sustainable Development Goals to guide the vision and goals of Create and Curate PH going forward.
The innovation involves showcasing the handwoven products on different social media platforms for marketing and advertising and showing how one product has multiple potentials and purposes. The primary UN Sustainable Development Goal that this business address is Goal No. 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.
“There are still communities in the Philippines that are off-grid, and I want to help change that.”
-Ryan Averell G. Tan
According to the Department of Energy (January 2021), about ninety-three percent (93%) of the Philippine population already have access to electricity. Only about 1.62 million households still have no access to electricity. The majority of these 1.62 million households are located in far-flung places in the Philippines. Taneko Trading Corporation operates in these remote areas to create a positive change by providing sustainable electricity.
Mr. Ryan Averell G. Tan established Taneko Trading Corporation (TTC) in 2017 as a trading company and renewable energy service provider. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science. Moreover, he is the company’s lead engineer towards the path of the future on the Internet of Things (IoT).
TTC chooses to work on government-related projects. They see that partnering with government agencies such as Local Government Units will help them achieve their goal of providing a long-term sustainable energy solution by implementing smart and clean energy technologies all over the Philippines.
DSV Digital is a frontrunner, providing excellent services to its clients through creative marketing strategies and reliable virtual assistance capitalizing on digitalization and globalization. It uses innovative approaches to deliver high-quality services that satisfy the needs and requirements of its clients.
DSV Digital helps achieve Sustainable Development Goal No. 8, which is Decent Work and Economic Growth, through its establishment and continued success. It creates noble jobs for Filipinos through creative innovation and using technology.
Brick and Mortar Builders, Inc. is a construction company that upholds a safety-first culture in all aspects of the business and provides a smooth and seamless construction experience to its clients. Furthermore, Brick and Mortar incorporates the following Sustainable Development Goals through the construction of residential houses and commercial spaces: SDG #9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, and SDG #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. These goals are being addressed by Brick and Builders, Inc. through incorporating security systems, building resilient infrastructures with quality materials, and promoting eco-friendly houses.
Messy Bessy is a United Nations-recognized Social Enterprise that manufactures and distributes a range of sustainable, local, natural, and non-toxic household cleaning products with the primary objective of hiring, training, and developing disadvantaged young adults. Their inspiration is a combination of the need for a greener lifestyle, a cleaner environment, and fervor to support at-risk young adults to give them an opportunity for a second start.
A commitment emanates from the Top.
The first bank in Southeast Asia, the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), has taken to its heart the integration of sustainability principles in its strategic business objectives and daily operations. Said was spearheaded by BPI Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala from 1980 up to the present. BPI, with its strong culture of embracing the three P's – People, Planet, and Profit is the pioneering sustainability leader in the Philippine Banking Industry.
Changing how we run our planet now will help ensure that future generations' needs will still be provided for because it means protecting our planet today from incurring irreparable damages tomorrow.
Realizing that the increasing concerns on the effects of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss are both an environmental problem and a serious business issue, many companies are seeing the merit of making a move now to minimize the threats in the near future.
True to its culture of forward thinking, having brought in the first ATM in the Philippines, The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has seen early on the essence of integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards in its business practices.
Enabling the bank's sustainability strategy pillars are Corporate Governance and Environmental & social risk management systems (ESRMS).
Main Pillars of BPI's Sustainability Strategy:
1. Responsible Banking
This involves crafting products & services of the Bank, beneficial not only to clients but also to the society through supporting economic growth. The ESG criteria are integrated into business decisions.
2. Responsible Operations
This is managing the use of the Bank's environmental and social capital in the performance of daily operations.
Committed to taking sustainability effort a notch higher, BPI once again proved to be the leader in cutting-edge innovations, with the launch of the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) in the Philippines. It is the first of its kind, which involves mapping assets and evaluating risk exposure to natural hazards such as flooding/typhoons, earthquakes, and even volcanic eruptions.
The Bank helps its clients put risk-mitigating measures to avoid possible business interruption through this. And the tool (Hazard Hunter) behind the innovation is not only locally produced by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), but it is also FREE!
As part of encouraging best sustainability practices among Philippine banks, the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) collaborated with BPI to share this new loan evaluation procedure with the rest of the banking industry. Via webinars, the bank highlighted the importance of climate and environmental risk management and encouraged the use of Hazard Hunter.
As the world's population grows, rural-urban migration intensifies, economic prosperity spreads, and human lifestyle and consumption patterns change, it is estimated that the world generates approximately 7 to 10 billion metric tons of waste per year, according to The World Bank. In the Philippines, it is reported that a staggering 21 million metric tons of waste are generated each year.
In response to this, Natura Vista was born. It began as a small hotel with the vision of being a part of a world where everyone lives in prosperity and harmony with nature and one another. Natura Vista was founded to raise the standard of living by identifying ways to create a more sustainable environment and bridging the gap between production and natural ecosystem cycles – on which humans ultimately rely – by living in and incorporating a circular economy.
Natura Vista's innovations address many of the SDGs, but, in particular, Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure (SDG 9), Responsible Consumption and Production (SDG 12), and Climate Action (SDG 13).
Ruben’s Woodcraft was founded in the Philippines in 2020, advocating for environmental and social welfare. This small, for-profit enterprise aims to promote sustainable livelihood and combat land pollution and its effects on the community through wood recycling. They create wood furniture and fitments using scrap woods, logs, and branches. Their innovation and sustainable ways of doing business are essential factors that helped them achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals: Decent Work and Economic Growth, and Life on Land.
Making the company a "One Stop Shop" for all their customer's needs is what Mr. Martin wants to implement as his innovation for his company. "Our customers don't need to waste their time going into different offices. Trident enables the public to directly engage with different agencies for all their registration and documentation needs in just one stop. Trident will take care of it in no time." - Mr. Martin.
The COVID-19 pandemic worsened the labor market situation in the country. Mr. Martin stated that their goal is to give their customers peace of mind for all their transactions. He discovers more ways to provide effective and efficient services to their clients. He also mentioned strategies for having his people undergo training to maintain their employment to meet their family's needs (SDG 8).
eSakay brings the future of electric vehicles (EV) into the country, promoting sustainable and eco-friendly mobility through its integrated solutions and services.
"This is a result of the earth's move to vehicle electrification. Born from our drive to sustainability, the innovation aims to building more sustainable cities and reducing greenhouse gas emissions where the energy and transportation sectors are pretty much contributory to."
The innovation offers several electric vehicle products, solutions, and partners with government institutions and non-government organizations for the holistic adoption of electric vehicles in the country
Fullfill Zero Waste was founded by Mr. Jian Pierre Arguelles and partner Ms. Charlene Mae Dana in 2021. The business's mission is to fulfill people's basic needs by creating a venue where consumers and suppliers will meet to preserve and protect our planet. Fullfill Zero Waste is one of the first zero-waste stores in Bulacan. It is a store where customers bring their containers and bags for their shopping. All products offered are from local sellers that share the same vision with Fullfill Zero Waste. The business provides a wide array of products from condiments to reusable napkins and more.
The idea originated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, wherein there has been extensive use of single-use plastic brought by online shopping and past lockdowns. This leads to more and more people in the country neglecting the environment's safety.
BBF is on an ongoing journey of utilizing and preserving the pristine natural resources (flora and fauna) of Bukidnon province while aiding the nearby farmers’ successful, fruitful harvest. In addition, their flagship honey brand, Helen’s Bukidnon Pure Honey, is proudly unadulterated, as there are no additives or other heating processes involved that destroy the honey’s natural and nutritional properties. BBF also offers seminars and training sessions in hopes that others would follow and join their crusade in protecting the bees.
The innovation involves caring for the bees with a vision of conserving the ecosystem, maintaining the interconnection between the plants and bees in flourishing flora and fauna in Bukidnon, Philippines. The primary UN Sustainable Development Goal that BBF meet is SGD No. 15: Life on Land.