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  • Century Pacific partners with GCash and HOPE to plant 1 million coconut trees in Mindanao

    Century Pacific partners with GCash and HOPE to plant 1 million coconut trees in Mindanao

    Century Pacific Food, Inc. (PSE:CNPF), one of the largest branded food companies in the Philippines, together with Philippines’ leading mobile wallet, GCash, and non-profit impact organization HOPE, launches GForest, an initiative to jointly plant 1 million coconut trees in the provinces of South Cotabato and Sarangani within 24 months.

    GForest is an environmental protection feature on the GCash app that allows users to take an active role in helping mother nature through tree planting. GCash users can do so by collecting enough green energy to plant virtual trees.

    For every virtual tree planted, CNPF, GCash, and HOPE then plant a real coconut tree, which users may select on the app. GForest users earn green energy points by using various cashless services of GCash. This marks the first time that a GForest tree-planting initiative will be implemented in Mindanao, helping thousands of farmers in the region.

    With this tree-planting partnership, coconut farmers in Mindanao get the benefit of improved farming productivity and profitability. It will also have a positive effect on female farmers, who comprise 40% of the farmers in the program. The project will cover the areas of Banga, Surallah, Norala, Koronadal, General Santos City, Malungon, Glan, Alabel, Malapatan, Maasim, Kiamba, Maitum, Polomolok, Tampakan, and Tupi.

    Noel Tempongko, Vice President and General Manager of CNPF’s coconut division, said, “We are thankful to our partners, GCash and HOPE, for giving us an opportunity to expand our sustainability program holistically – involving consumers and leveraging cashless technology. The program enables us to boost the livelihoods of the coconut farming community in Mindanao and at the same time improve coconut farming productivity and quality of supply, which are all beneficial to our growing coconut business. This also accelerates our journey towards carbon neutrality.”

    With the plan to plant 1 million trees within 2 years, the GForest initiative accelerates CNPF’s initial pledge to provide coconut seedlings and pulls in new partners to augment the number of new coconut trees to be planted in Mindanao. In 2020, CNPF signed a partnership with HOPE to provide coconut farmers 100,000 quality seedlings a year for the next five years. This new partnership will benefit more farmer communities and allow Century Pacific’s coconut operations to become carbon neutral sooner.

    HOPE has been working to provide agriculture interventions such as replanting, farmer training, intercropping, and increasing market access to smallholder farmers in Mindanao since 2014. To date, they have distributed over 100,000 quality seedlings to over 10,000 smallholder farmers in the region.

    “We are grateful for this partnership with GCash and Century Pacific as it expands our reach and intensifies our efforts toward sustainability and environmental protection. Through this initiative, we are able to reach out to millions of GCash users, encouraging them to preserve the environment while helping to support smallholder farmers,” said Nanette Medved-Po, HOPE chairperson and president.

  • Century Pacific Rolls Out Plant-based Food Products

    Century Pacific Rolls Out Plant-based Food Products

    Listed food company Century Pacific Food Inc is moving further in the meat-free market by rolling out its unMEAT brand of plant-based products to retail markets in the Philippines and abroad.

    The launch of the new plant-based range is in response to the expanding consumer preference for a healthier diet, partly triggered by the pandemic when people aimed to eat healthy to boost their immune system.




    The unMEAT product line consists of meat-free burger patties, Hungarian sausages, nuggets, and minced meat, more commonly known locally as ‘giniling’. All products are great sources of fiber and protein and are free of cholesterol, transfat, egg, and dairy, the company added.

    The unMEAT brand was first introduced in the Philippines through Shakey’s Pizza’s newest offering, the Goood Burger. Since then, it has earned positive reviews for its meat-like look, flavor, and texture. Following its successful initial rollout, CNPF is now making unMEAT available directly to consumers.

    “One of the biggest concerns about plant-based foods is that they are not delicious or as pleasing to the palate as real meat,” notes Nikki Dizon, a Senior Executive at CNPF.

    Dizon, however, stressed that Century Pacific’s Nutrition Science team took that as a challenge, and completely delivered by coming up with a meat alternative that unbelievably and undeniably looks, feels, and tastes like meat.

    “Moreover, they made unMEAT using simple ingredients and extracted the nutrients from real food rather than synthetic compounds so it’s healthier and more affordable,” he added.




    The brand is being launched in the Philippines and in international markets such as the USA, Singapore, China, and the Middle East, giving consumers in many parts of the world access to tasty, healthy, and affordable 100% plant-based meat alternative.

    Century Pacific also aims to take advantage of the rapidly expanding market by riding on its network of customers in 80 countries in both the branded and OEM space. – BusinessNews.ph