Pilmico promotes sustainability through upcycled flour sacks
PILMICO Foods Corporation (Pilmico) has been in the flour manufacturing industry for 60 years. Aside from its high-grade quality flour, Pilmico is also known for its brightly colored flour sacks made with katcha, which helps maintain the quality of the products.
Throughout the years, Pilmico puts used sacks from its dealers and partner bakeries into better use as they partnered with several non-profit organizations and sewing cooperatives to upcycle these for various corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
Pilmico’s Kutitap Care Package with pieces of bread and eggs was distributed to beneficiaries in Tarlac.
The ‘Kutitap Care Package’ is a spin-off of the annual Kutitap Feeding Program previously held by Pilmico and KINDER by Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (AFI). In 2021, students from Bueno Integrated School in Capas and Malasa Integrated School in Bambam, Tarlac received freshly baked bread and eggs. Thirteen pieces of bread from Pilmico’s partner bakery, Norms Chaves of Norlyn’s Bakery, and 12 large eggs from Pilmico farms were packed in upcycled Pilmico flour sacks. The sacks were turned into multi-purpose drawstring bags for the students to use for school or for their everyday needs.
In July 2021, Pilmico collaborated with Aboitiz Foundation and CORA Philippines, a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable programs. The enterprise and development initiative aims to upcycle used Pilmico flour sacks through the help of CORA. The program’s objectives are to provide capacity and skills training to the target beneficiaries and equip them with sustainable and longterm livelihoods within their communities.
Pilmico puts primary focus on maintaining the highest standards for its products, especially flour, through the use of quality packaging. At the same time, by upcycling these sacks, they fulfill a greater purpose of contributing to sustainability.