The SGV Sustainable Actions for Value Creation and Enablement (SAVE) Council held a WebCCaSS session on sustainable gift giving. The session, titled “Gift Love, Wrap it Up: Sleigh’n the Sustainable Gift Giving” was attended by over 400 SGVeans.
Alvin delivers his opening remarks
SAVE Council Operations Pillar Partner Alvin M. Pinpin opened the session with a reminder that gift giving can be a good avenue for SGVeans to participate in, in line with the Firm’s initiative to build a better and more sustainable working world.
The session’s speakers presented alternative gift ideas like buying upcycled items, choosing sustainable brands, giving experiential gifts, and using gift wraps with less waste. The session concluded with a declaration on adapting more sustainable gift-giving practices for the holiday season.
The CCaSS team engages participants to think of sustainable gift-wrapping materials
CCaSS Director Diana Sadili-Chu, Associate Director Jouelle Nerveza-Sumile, Senior Associates Joshua Ladia and Kerby Panaligan, and Associates Emmanuel Regondola and Isabella Naputo hosted the virtual event.
The SAVE Council’s WebCCaSS initiative is a quarterly one-hour webcast that covers concepts, trends, regulations, and industry practices around sustainability and climate change.