Natanauan, Micah Grace S.

BSACT-4

SM Prime Holdings
SM Prime is uniquely positioned to serve its host communities through various civic
assistance, environmental education and sustainability programs. Its activities are twopronged: to care for its customers while being a steward of the environment.
Corporate Social Responsibility
SM Cares, a division of SM Foundation Inc., is the group that handles the corporate
social responsibility programs of SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
There are programs that focus on the Environment and on People and Communities. Among
the environmental initiatives include:
1. Awareness programs with the Green Retail Agenda, a forum conducted for SM Primes
mall tenants, business partners and stakeholders in various sectors
2. Top Leaders Forum, in partnership with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNISDR), where Philippine business leaders are invited to promote, invest
and plan on disaster risk reduction
3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management
4. Energy Efficiency;
5. Solid Waste Management
6. Water Treatment and Recycling;
7. Air Quality Management
8. Solar Power Investments.
Meanwhile, the programs for People and Communities include:
1. Children and Youth Development;
The SM Cares Program on Children and Youth equips its malls with the latest child-proof
technology. These include guardrails in escalators and step guides throughout the buildings.
There are kiddie sizes for facilities - from lavatories, to emergency buttons and pay phones.
Mall staff as well as tenants also go through child management seminars and are capable of
dealing with a child with special needs, or a family in distress.
SM also celebrates the National Children's Book Reading Day in its malls in the Philippines
and in China. Children from both public and private schools are invited to the malls for a day
of book reading and storytelling. The children also get to bring home their own books
donated by SM Foundation and event partners.
2.

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families;

To support families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), SM Cares created The Global Pinoy
Center (GPC). As a "one-stop service hub", the GPC offers free telecommunication services,
BDO Remittance Pick-up services and Foreign Exchange services. Families are also taught
how to use various chat and voice application programs, as well as social networking sites to
keep in touch with their relatives overseas.

To further improve their plight, SM partnered with various government agencies and private
institutions to benefit the OFWs and their families, including NGOs that give seminars on
how to manage their money and start a business.
3. PWDs (Persons with Disability);
The SM Cares Program on Disability Affairs is a multi-awarded corporate social responsibility
program. Since its beginnings, SM Supermalls have championed the issues of Persons with
Disabilities (PWDs) by giving them a venue to host their events and spread their cause,
while fostering a second home where they can feel welcome and secure.
SM Supermalls nationwide are built to be PWD-friendly - with more than the required number
of ramps, accessible parking lots, Braille signages and utilities within an accessible height,
SM takes pride in creating a more comfortable environment for people with disabilities. SM
Mall tenants and staff are also trained on how to deal with PWDs.

4. Elderly Care;
The SM Cares Program on Disability Affairs is a multi-awarded corporate social responsibility
program. Since its beginnings, SM Supermalls have championed the issues of Persons with
Disabilities (PWDs) by giving them a venue to host their events and spread their cause,
while fostering a second home where they can feel welcome and secure.
SM Supermalls nationwide are built to be PWD-friendly - with more than the required number
of ramps, accessible parking lots, Braille signages and utilities within an accessible height,
SM takes pride in creating a more comfortable environment for people with disabilities. SM
Mall tenants and staff are also trained on how to deal with PWDs.

5. Women and Breastfeeding Moms.

SM Group of Companies has been able to help the less fortunate in the communities it
serves by supporting their needs in EDUCATION through college and technical-vocational
scholarship programs and donation of public school buildings, HEALTH through medical
missions and construction of wellness and health centers; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
through various livelihood trainings, greening projects, spiritual development and immediate
disaster response/initiatives; and CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR PERSONS WITH
SPECIAL NEEDS like those with disabilities, children, nursing mothers, the elderly, and the
overseas Filipino workers, among others.
Through its programs, the Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life and give
opportunities for positive change in urban and rural communities nationwide. Now, three
decades later, SM Foundation continues to adhere to its philosophy of PEOPLE HELPING
PEOPLE, serving more as SM builds more malls around the country.

Natanauan, Micah Grace S.

BSACT-4A
Ethical Issue of SM Prime Holding
Ethical Issue in a company should be avoided. The biggest place where
you can ramble or buy something you want which is SM owned by Henry Sy.
The company experienced some ethical issue that they exceeded through
their policy and rules. Some problems regards to ethical issues are conflict of
interests, supplier selection and acceptance of the gifts. In conflict of
interest, it happens because if the directors and employees prohibited to
engage transaction such as loans from the company and in directors they
were not able to attend or participate the board of meetings which they
should avoid that to disclose any financial or personal interest or benefit in
any transaction involving SMPH to ensure that potential conflicts of interest
are immediately brought to the attention of Management. Then, supplier
selection, sometimes they are confused to their supplier and the Company
adheres to the principles of healthy competition, equal opportunity and fair
treatment of business partners. Lastly, acceptance of the gifts they usually
solicit some gifts from supplier which it should be avoided so the company
prohibits the solicitation or acceptance of gifts in any form from a business
partner, directly or indirectly, by any director, officer or employee of the
Company.