Community Stories

The co-founders of The Good Store with some of the local social entrepreneurs and community partners.   A 2015 report by The British Council describes the social enterprise scene in the Philippines as vibrant and growing. As early as 2007, there were already 30,000 registered social enterprises in the country as stated in the report. Ms. Maria Angela Flores of the PH British Council notes that the majority of these social enterprises are product or commodity-based. It is in these sentiments that they have founded the I am a Changemaker Social Enterprise Competition in 2009. Through that program, they were...

True to our commitment in creating more GOOD for our communities and our planet, we present to you our Social Impact Report 2021. WE (Yes, you're included!) have accomplished all of these for the past year. Thank you for supporting us in these efforts. We donated 5% of our total profit, through our partner iVolunteer Philippines and Citizen's Disaster Response Center, to provide relief packs to provinces that are impacted by the recent typhoon Odette. Through encouraging more people to switch from single-use plastics, we have saved 120kg of plastics with reusables and sustainably-packed personal care products. Our partner La...

Aside from wearing masks and physical distancing, maintaining proper hygiene is crucial for us to get through this pandemic and stop the spread of the COVID19 virus. Last October 17 and 24 2021, Kuehe + Nagel Inc., in partnership with The Good Store Philippines and Kwentuhan Series, distributed hygiene boxes to the community of children in Paete, Laguna. It was done in conjunction with a community story telling session with Kwentuhan Series to encourage the children to develop their love for reading.  Kuehne + Nagel, The Good Store and Kwentuhan Series distributing the care boxes. The kids were very excited to...

In July 2018, Sierreza opened as the first zero-waste artisan cafe in Laguna. Our team visited the cafe and was able to chat with its founder, Cherrys "Che" Abrigo. Sierreza supports five farming communities from which they source agricultural products every week. Even if these communities are very far and take hours to reach, Che chose to give them a hand precisely because they have the biggest difficulty in getting their products to the market. What's behind the name Sierreza? The name of the place was supposed to be Sierra's Table, but it wasn't approved by the DTI because it...