
In 2014, our firm partnered with a social enterprise foundation to hold the first ever award of its kind in the country. Isla Lipana & Co./PwC Philippines and the Benita & Catalino Yap Foundation (BCY Foundation) recognize Filipino enterprises committed to social objectives through their enterprises through the awards.
Since then, PwC Philippines continues to serve the social enterprise ecosystem through its various related programs.
Generation Hope, Inc., the social enterprise behind “Hope in a Bottle” purified bottled water, is the grand winner of DSEA 2017. The enterprise helps solve the country’s shortage of classrooms by giving its profit to fund the construction of school buildings.