Social Sustainability
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Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy
We remain unwavering in advocating for social initiatives in critical areas such as education, peace and order, and the arts, to support the nation’s economic and social development. Metrobank’s Corporate Citizenship Strategy is aligned with the UN-SDGs, and is brought to life through the Metrobank Foundation and the Purple Hearts Club (PHC). The Foundation is guided by the values of “Excel, Engage, Empower” (3Es), as it forges partnerships with various stakeholders to expand and sustain the impact of its various CSR programs, it serves communities and sectors that need it most, and encourages grassroots collaboration. Furthermore, the Bank forges formal partnerships with government and non-government entities and works closely with Metrobank branches nationwide to react quickly to disasters, open facilities and offer volunteer opportunities that aid in national development.
Metrobank Foundation’s Key Program Highlights
| Pillar | Program | Overview | Beneficiaries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | To Date | |||
| Health | Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) |
Financial assistance for the construction of handwashing facilities, toilets, and hygiene kits |
4 elementary schools | |
| Feeding & Nutrition | Distribution of food packs and long-term, multi-year feeding program |
50 school children | ||
| Education | Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Match Challenge |
Conducting nationwide math competition to help improve numeracy skills among the youth, participation of half a million students from public and private elementary and secondary schools all over the country |
941 participants | |
| Professional Chair Lectures | Strengthening key professions in the areas of law, health, public service, and governance. Distinguished officials become professional chairholders in the domains of public service and governance, law, liberty, and prosperity. |
1 professional chairholder | 92 professional chairholders | |
| National Teachers Month | Encouraging various sectors of society to pay tribute to the teaching profession in line with Presidential Proclamation No. 242 declaring September 5 to October 5 as National Teachers’ Month |
• 93 partner organization • 437,266 participants |
1,402 partner organizations | |
| Metrobank Scholarship program | Providing financial assistance to underprivileged but academically deserving students while instilling among scholars the value of ‘paying it forward’ for the gift of education they have received. |
1,234 scholars | ||
| EDGE Teacher Training | An 8-week Structured Literacy Training for 100 public school educators in Metro Manila. Under this program, teachers will learn how to strengthen students' skills in phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. |
100 public school teachers | ||
| Arts | Support for Art Education and Cultural Heritage Education Program |
Training in cultural heritage, including people in need, and capital assistance for project implementation for artistic projects and endeavors |
• 55 live viewers • 30,000+ reached on social media • 174 attendees onsite |
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| Outstanding Filipinos | Recognizing exemplary teachers, soldiers, and police officers for rendering service above and beyond their call of duty, inspiring and influencing their peers in their respective professions, and leaving a lasting positive impact on people and the country |
10 awardees | 705 awardees | |
| Metrobank Art & Design Excellence | Recognizing young Filipino artists’ talent and hard work and continuously promoting Philippine art and culture. We also conduct efforts to preserve and enrich the MADE art collection as part of MADE’s contribution to local art history and cultural heritage |
7 Grand Awardees | 428 Grand Awardees | |
| Livelihood | Product Development and Skills Enhancement |
Targeted towards agribusiness and multisectoral people in need partnership with ESFW |
25 families | |
| Helping Hands Employee Volunteerism |
This program is partnered with its corporate social responsibility arm, Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) in 2023 which includes feeding programs, financial literacy sessions for farmer-beneficiaries, and a Christmas Shoebox project for various institutions. |
342 Metrobankers | ||
| Special Interventions |
Disaster Response | Relief assistance for survivors of natural calamities. | 11,933 families | |
| Financial and In-Kind Grant Assistance |
Financial assistance is extended to socio-civic and non- government organizations as well as local and national government agencies whose projects/programs are aligned with the thrusts of the Foundation in health, education, arts, and livelihood toward the attainment of select Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
• 2,494,729 individuals • 11,933 families |
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| 2023 Bags of Blessing | This program is for beneficiaries chosen belonged to the poorest of the poor families who lack permanent shelter and source of income, vulnerable households earning below minimum wage, survivors of natural calamities, and members of the Indigenous Peoples tribes. |
10,000 families | 128,000 families | |
Purple Hearts Club
| Beneficiaries or Output | ||
|---|---|---|
| Description | 2023 | |
| Overview | No. of PHC Chapters | 85 |
| No. of volunteers | 14,885 | |
| Volunteer Participation | ||
| Bank-wide | 795 | |
| PHC Chapters | 546 | |
| Volunteer Donations | ||
| Bank-wide | 13,251 | |
| PHC Chapters | 8,348 | |
| Total amount of donations raised, in PHP | 10,437,359.00 | |
| Thrusts | Key Activities Conducted | Amount Donated |
| Education | Brigada Eskwela: School Clean-up and Repair | 339,285.00 |
| Brigada Eskwela: “Bag to School” | ||
| Reading is Awesome: Book Donation Drive | ||
| Donation amount raised, in PHP | ||
| Health | Medical Assistance for Women with Ovarian and Uterine Tumors | 474,237.00 |
| Dental Mission | ||
| Dugong Metrobank Bloodletting Project | ||
| Total number of blood donors | ||
| Metro Manila – 424 | ||
| Countryside – 393 | ||
| Donation amount raised, in PHP | ||
| Community Assistance | Shoebox Project / “Pamaskong Handog” | 9,600,717.00 |
| Sharing of Blessings / “Lovebag Project” | ||
| Donation for Children with Special Needs | ||
| Donation to Orphanages | ||
| Christmas Gift Giving for Agency Personnel | ||
| Donation amount raised, in PHP | ||
| Environment | Tree Planting Projects | 23,120.00 |
