{"id":8035,"date":"2022-09-28T09:20:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T01:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=8035"},"modified":"2022-09-28T09:20:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T01:20:06","slug":"sm-green-finds-is-going-beyond-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/sm-green-finds-is-going-beyond-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"SM Green Finds is going beyond shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When it comes to challenges as big as climate change, businesses and communities have to work together and consumers need to have concrete, practical options that can allow them to go green in their everyday life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SM Supermalls President Steven\nTan acknowledges that \u201cPeople already know about the importance of\nsustainability. Their question is \u2018What can I do?\u2019 SM helps them find a way to\nmake a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SM, the country\u2019s largest\nretailer, is taking the lead in offering accessible eco-friendly options to\ntheir consumers through the recently launched Green Finds. Consumers simply\nneed to spot items and products with a Green Finds badge.
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\nThe SM Green Finds initiative helps customers develop a sustainable lifestyle\nthrough affordable and easy-to-find eco-friendly products showcased in\nconvenient pop-up stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These kiosks feature several\ngreen shopping options from 22 participating brands which includes SM Home, SM\nFashion, Watsons, The Body Shop, Kultura, Baby Company, Ace Hardware, Supplies\nStation, Sports Central, Toy Kingdom, and Signature Lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supporting\nlocal businesses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many products featured in the\nGreen Finds pop-up stores are made by local businesses. This is part of SM\u2019s\nlong-standing commitment to support Filipino small and medium enterprises\u2014driven\nby its origins as a small shoe store in downtime Manila in 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, SM works with almost 25,000 small and medium enterprises representing 27% of the total SMEs in the country. Aside from helping them reach consumers through several retail channels, it also gives free training on sustainability and social and environmental topics through the Green Movement Sustainability School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empowering consumers<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SM is also offering multiple\nchannels where consumers can pick out green items: from brick-and-mortar stores\nto online spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the country\u2019s largest\nshopping platform\u2014with malls nationwide, the <\/a>ShopSM<\/a>\nwebsite and app, and services like Personal Shopper and Click and Collect\u2014we\nare in a unique position to make it easier for people to spot green finds,\u201d\nsays Cathy Ileto, VP for Corporate Communications, SM Retail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur platforms empower\nconsumers by giving them more choices, which drives the movement towards a\ngreen lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community\nEngagement through the SM Green Movement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SM Green Finds is part of\na comprehensive program called the SM Green Movement, which brings together the\ncustomers, suppliers and partners, and communities in a joint effort to help\nprotect the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal of the SM Green\nMovement is to get everyone involved in the effort to stop global warming and\nprotect the planet,\u201d Tan further stated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For several years, SM has\nengaged the local communities in environmental programs. This includes\nrecycling programs like Trash to Cash Market, SM Electronic Waste Collection,\nand coastal cleanups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SM has also encouraged customers to use more eco-friendly transportation, through bike lanes and electronic vehicle (EV) charging stations in several of its malls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join the Green Movement<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SM Green Movement is a\ncollective effort of SM, its customers, communities, and partners to promote\ngreen living, green culture, and a green planet. For more information, visit\nthis <\/a>website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SM Supermalls President Steven Tan acknowledges that \u201cPeople already know about the importance of sustainability. Their question is \u2018What can I do?\u2019 SM helps them find a way to make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,13],"tags":[220,214,217,218,302,276,820,303],"class_list":["post-8035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsmakers","category-product-showcase","category-business-builders","tag-corporate-social-responsibility","tag-environmentalism","tag-sustainability","tag-sustainable-efforts","tag-sustainable-goods","tag-sustainable-living","tag-sustainable-practices","tag-sustainable-products"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8037,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8035\/revisions\/8037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}