Corporate Social Responsibility

Livelihood Programs

NUVALI, and its partner communities

For every woven basket, for every home-cooked meal served, for every piece of coal that burns cleaner, there’s a look of pride and satisfaction that’s irreplaceable on the faces of NUVALI’s partners in community development.

 Fueled by the advocacy on sustainability, in collaboration with the Yulo family, NUVALI, Ayala Land’s first and largest mixed-use eco-development in the Philippines.

NUVALI molds work, leisure and family into the contours of a single community that fuses the ecological, economic and social spheres of life.

 With its three-point sustainability thrust; environmental, economic and social sustainability, NUVALI initiated "Alay sa Komunidad," a program that provides livelihood for neighboring communities of NUVALI that includes hand woven paper baskets and charcoal briquettes.

 With a shared sense of purpose, local Laguna communities are able to craft a better future for themselves.

 A collective effort to succeed and a commitment to ensure that everyone enjoys the advantages of growth are what sustainable community development is all about.

 

PAPER-WOVEN PRODUCTS – Weaving for a better future

It’s all about learning to upcycle, by reusing old paper materials such as old phonebooks and newspaper, then creating export quality paper products that provide a means of livelihood to community members.

Why basket weaving? Weaving is a simple handicraft and does not require any equipment. All it needs is an enterprising spirit. With their creativity and imagination, the community members, mostly housewives, have come up with useful yet aesthetically-appealing woven pieces such as bagsm gift baskets, trays, etc.  

 

To order, e-mail ask@nuvalievoliving.com or call Edgar at 0917-561-0702

 

GREEN CHARCOAL – Fuelling an entrepreneurial spirit 

Considering that the Philippines lost 32.3% of its forest cover (around 3,412,000 hectares of forest area) in the last 20 years, NUVALI recognizes the need for Filipinos to take an active role in safeguarding the environment.

By reinventing a means of harvesting energy, NUVALI introduces charcoal briquettes, the charcoal-making technology that uses forest waste like twigs, leaves, stems, cogon, and branches of trees. Other materials such as paper, rice straw, coconut and peanut shell, coffee pulp, kitchen waste and even vegetable waste are converted into raw fuel.

The briquettes will not only reuse biomass and organic refuse but will also help mitigate carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere and lessen the cutting of trees from the country’s forests. For every ton of briquettes produced, about 88 trees are conserved.

As a source of fuel, briquettes emit a steady heat with low clean fame. Compared from traditional fuel wood, it has a higher heating value by around 20%. It is also easy to ignite and almost smokeless when burning.

It is innovative, inexpensive and easy to learn. Most importantly, it literally fuels the food catering business and encourages small enterprises in the community.

 

CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCKS - The foundation to a healthier environment

With the insurmountable problem of garbage disposal in the country, innovative technologies have continuously tried to solve the riddle of solid waste management. One solution is through the integration of plastic waste in the production of Concrete Hollow Blocks.

Plastics are non-degradable; they take a long time to break down, possibly up to hundreds of years, thus the need for a relatively large portion of landfill space for plastic waste alone.

Now through this technology, we can somehow aid this growing concern on the accumulation of plastic waste by mixing regular cement, sand and shredded plastic waste.

Hollow blocks with plastics are more efficient, environmentally-friendly and are structurally stable for no load bearing structures such as fences, walls, canals, and bungalow trusses.