Picpa Foundation spearheads sustainable green project
VISITORS will soon be seeing a greener Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Picpa) national office in Mandaluyong City as Picpa Foundation held a hoisting ceremony for its latest community development project.
The hoisting ceremony involved raising dapo ferns over branches of the existing balete tree.
With the slogan “Picpans be counted! Let’s turn our green dreams to reality,” the project aims to green the Picpa national office by incorporating classy, vintage ornamental plants and eventually edible plants to the otherwise concrete surroundings of the Picpa building.
The project which is aligned with the environment, social and governance (ESG) standards for an organization’s behavior, the project symbolizes Picpa’s commitment to environment stewardship and sustainability.
“We are now mindful of the environmental impact of our business,” Picpa National President Randy Blanza said.
According to Picpa Foundation Chairman Erwin Alcala, the foundation wants to turn the national office into a green home for CPAs.
“We do a lot of tasks inside the office, we use computers, we use cell phones, and these actually are contributors to pollution. At least with a green home, it can contribute a little to the clean air that is required by CPAs visiting our headquarters,” he said.
The Picpa Foundation was established on Dec. 29, 1981 with the primary purpose of pursuing research and development programs to assess the impact of paradigm shifts in business and technological advances in all areas of the accountancy profession.
The foundation also supports 30 to 40 scholars who are pursuing accountancy degree annually, provides assistance to accountancy schools in terms of facilities, and pay for review fees of qualified applicants preparing for the licensure examinations.
Picpa has 84 chapters nationwide with around 42,000 active members.