{"id":2134,"date":"2024-06-04T13:13:45","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2024-07-16T07:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T07:11:09","slug":"sm-prime-employees-for-an-smwastefreefuture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/sm-prime-employees-for-an-smwastefreefuture\/","title":{"rendered":"SM Prime Embarks on a Unified Waste Management Program  for an #SMWasteFreeFuture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2134\" class=\"elementor elementor-2134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69710611 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69710611\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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data-id=\"a18022c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SM Prime Embarks on a Unified Waste Management Program \nfor an #SMWasteFreeFuture  \n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d74081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d74081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) 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(SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is embarking on a unified waste management and segregation campaign in response to the growing global crises on waste. SM Prime aims to bring all its property groups and stakeholders toward an <\/span><b>#SMWasteFreeFuture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, humanity generates more than 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, of which 45 percent is mismanaged. Without urgent action, municipal solid waste will double to almost 4 billion tons each year by 2050.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On December 14, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 30 as the International Day of Zero Waste.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following year, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNEP<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> inaugurated the First International Day of Zero Waste, to bolster actions to address the global pollution crisis. It aims to encourage global action and bring the world\u2019s attention to zero waste.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Strong foundations\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SM Prime\u2019s founding leader, Henry Sy, believed that \u201cbusiness growth and social development must go hand in hand.\u201d The company follows this guiding principle and has formed a sustainability policy that commits to the following: Resource Conservation and Efficiency, Disaster Resilience, Climate Advocacy, Social Integration, and Transparent Reporting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchored on these sustainability commitments are the SM Supermalls\u2019 Environmental Programs on Waste Management. Through its corporate social responsibility arm, SM Cares, SM Supermalls has pioneered longstanding programs such as the Trash to Cash recycling market, and provided support to the annual International Coastal Clean Up, among other national events.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c829555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c829555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 15-07-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2136\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-1.png 512w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-1-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0998db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0998db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The largest haul and biggest participation to-date: The 38<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> International Coastal Clean-up had 17,000 volunteers across 15 SM Malls in 12 locations nationwide. It is an annual community-driven partnership between SM Supermalls, SM Cares, the DENR, LGU\u2019s and the volunteers from the SM community. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96aa396 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"96aa396\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8946264 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8946264\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b07656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b07656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-4-e1717511803325.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2323\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-4-e1717511803325.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-4-e1717511803325-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a019d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37a019d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944d0ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"944d0ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-5-e1717511958500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-5-e1717511958500.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-5-e1717511958500-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a7d2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05a7d2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scaled to perfection: One of the first recycling markets the country, Trash-to-Cash\u2019s <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">valuable example that waste can have monetary benefits. The\u00a0recycling market is held every first Friday and Saturday of the month in all SM Supermalls to encourage waste segregation and recycling among SM customers, tenants, and the community.\u00a0The recycling market is open from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1309a1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1309a1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the hotel and tourism sector, SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation (SMHCC) has taken the lead in mitigating global food waste by implementing sustainable initiatives across its properties in the Philippines. Their key initiatives include the World Wide Fund for Nature\u2019s Sustainable Diner Program, that aims to transform and help the food service sector minimize its impact on the environment thru resource efficiency, plastic refusal and food waste management and contribute to the world\u2019s future food security.\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b60642e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b60642e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-808cbbe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"808cbbe\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3509de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3509de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2325\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-6.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-6-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ce6eb3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ce6eb3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58613e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58613e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2326\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-7.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-7-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a0c8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7a0c8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing the loop: SMHCC\u2019s <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sustainability efforts are anchored on the 7Gs or Seven Green Goals, based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG). The overall thrust for sustainability is cascaded to the rest of properties, ensuring that it is embedded at every step of the hotel\u2019s operations, ensured by property Sustainability Champions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d62e09f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d62e09f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To support these programs, SM Prime also recently unveiled its waste-to-fuel partnership with GUUN<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Co. Ltd. (GUNN) <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> implement the Japanese technique of reducing landfill impact. The technology converts non-recyclable and hard-to-recycle packaging into alternative fuel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f957e49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f957e49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2327\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-8.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.smprime.com\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/unnamed-8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fc5010 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fc5010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No time to waste: Sorting through the amount of trash at the GUUN Facility in Cebu. Unfit for recycling and reuse, the waste material recovered avoids the landfill and is then reconverted to fuel resource.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92d7cd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92d7cd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>A Vision for an #SMWasteFreeFuture\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To mark the International Day of Zero Waste<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on March 30, 2024<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, SM Prime is releasing its vision for an #SMWasteFreeFuture. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs a community, we strongly believe in our ability to contribute to solving today&#8217;s waste issues,\u201d said <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hans \u201cChico\u201d Sy, Jr., President of SM Engineering Design and Development Corporation (SMEDD) and SM sustainability champion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SM Prime\u2019s announcement of its vision of an #SMWasteFreeFuture demonstrates the company\u2019s strong commitment and sustainability stewardship, by inviting its stakeholders to engage in activities that will help spread zero-waste awareness and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">work for a sustainable and environmentally responsible approach on waste management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe understand that this may seem like a daunting challenge to overcome However, by joining forces, we can create a world that our future generations truly deserve \u2013 if we have the courage to take on this journey together,\u201d said Sy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SM Prime remains committed to its role as a catalyst for economic growth, delivering innovative and sustainable lifestyle cities, thereby enriching the quality of life of millions of people.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SM Prime <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is pursuing the next horizon on integrated property development and onward to building sustainable cities of the future.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property developers in Southeast Asia, is embarking on a unified waste management and segregation campaign in response to the growing global crises on waste. 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