We are about Supporting Communities

At SM, we embrace our communities with a common objective: to create sustainable development through the creation of shared value. We do this by helping develop local economies through providing inclusive economic opportunities, while creating positive social impact.

Sustainability Report Notes 2023

OUR PLANET

Changes we make for climate change

Neutralizing our Carbon Footprint

We take concrete steps to energy efficiency, shift to renewable energy sources to power our operations and move our products.

Building our Resilience

Our developments are designed with climate resilience in mind. This allows us to continuously serve our communities during calamities while minimizing our risks.

Regenerating Natural Habitats

Faced with the threat of water sca rcity, we try to close the loop in water utiization through water treatment and recycling an average of 33-37%.

Financing Green Economies

Our banks focus on financing the transition to a low-carbon economy by being the first to issue green and blue bonds, and pioneering the largest sustainable energy finance program.

Managing Materials & Waste

We are redesigning our systems to avoid, reduce and recreate products to close the loop in plastic and food waste, and by engaging our customers.

Making Green Finds Easier

We work with our suppliers in their sustainability journey to make green products more accessible and affordable. This helps our shoppers make the shift to sustainable living easier.

A Partner

Starting out as a small enterprise, we understand the challenges of MSMEs. We serve as the partners of local artisans and entrepreneurs to help build and innovate their businesses.

A Marketplace

We bring the products of our MSME partners to a broader market and an expansive retail platform.

A Community

We foseter a big brother/sister relationship with our MSME partners – helping life them up and igniting a culture of peer learning.

OUR PARTNERS

We are a home for Filipino entrepreneurs

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Women shape our culture and brand value. We provide an empowering environment to equip women with tools, skills and opportunities to reach their full potential in different seasons of their career.

Purposeful Work

We take aholistic approach in people development – fostering a dynamic yet balanced environment for career development and personal well-being through shared values formation.

OUR PEOPLE

We create socio-economic opportunities that promote inclusive prosperity for all

Human Rights & Dignity

We work with our suppliers in their sustainability journey to make green products more accessible and affordable. This helps our shoppers make the shift to sustainable living easier.

Our Shared Values

Drive and Enthusiasm, Leadership, Integrity, Teamwork and Entrepreneurship are the values that inspire our actions each day. These values make the SM Life more enjoyable and meaningful to our people. Join us and experience the SM Life way.

Education the great equalizer

Our various foundations invest in our future leaders through scholarship grants and building public schools with adequate facilities to improve quality of education.

Healthy Communities

A healthy family builds productive communities. Quality healthy care is now within reach as we renovate public health centers and provide mobile medical care to various communities.

Small Steps to Food Security

We help address food security by helping families have food sufficiency. Through basic yet sustainable home farming techniques, families are able to provide nutritious and adequate food for their growing families..

OUR COMMUNITIES

We are people helping people

SM CARES

We partner with advocates, communities, and private and public sector organizations, in order to further advance the best interests of our advocacies.

A Special Place for you

Our teams are equipped and spaces designed to meet the unique needs of those among us who are differently abled and with special needs.

Raising Leaders

Enriched with a young population, we focus ni equipping the youth for leadership with sustainability and integrity as core values, to drive the sustainable future they are aspiring for

Illuminating the Light of the Home

Mothers serve as the light of the home in Filipino culture. We support the needs of mothers – making their journey comforable through the different phases of motherhood.

Our advocacies include Programs on Persons with Disabilities, Environment, Women & Breastfeeding Mothers, Senior Citizens and Children and Youth.