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In early 2026, Manulife Philippines formalised a tripartite agreement with Haribon Foundation, its environmental partner, and the Corazon Sanchez Atayde Memorial Foundation, its financial-literacy delivery partner, linking the long-running Peso Smart programme to restoration communities. Building on individual collaborations with each foundation, the arrangement establishes shared communities and clear delivery and measurement responsibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n Peso Smart, launched in 2017, has reached more than 4,000 learners across 18 schools nationwide. The company’s pre- and post-programme assessments recorded an 11.5 per cent improvement in financial knowledge across budgeting, insurance and financial safety, alongside a 15 per cent rise in coin-bank saving and an 8 per cent increase in price comparison among participants.<\/p>\n A five-week Peso Smart Pinoy programme extends this work to adults in Haribon-supported communities, including farmers receiving livelihood support through restoration activity. Participants are prepared to train others locally, while the company monitors knowledge, habits and onward dissemination. This gives local ownership a practical structure and connects livelihood income with budgeting and saving capability.<\/p>\n By December 2025, the Manulife Impact Forest had planted 31,250 seedlings across Quezon and Zambales, including 5,000 mangroves within a ridge-to-reef approach. Three-year site maintenance arrangements protect early growth, and the company reports a 90 per cent survival rate. Coastal restoration carries direct weight for the fishing and sea-farming communities the programme reaches.<\/p>\n Longevity serves as the organising lens, connecting household financial resilience, environmental health and longer-term community capacity. The model’s regional relevance rests on its mechanism rather than its footprint: a replicable template for insurer-led community investment across Asian markets, in which accountability is contracted, delivery is locally owned and outcomes are measured.<\/p>\n The initiative remains at an expansion stage, with growth planned to 26 schools in 2026 and 30 in 2027. Its integration of education, livelihoods and restoration offers a credible framework for durable community impact. The Capital Finance International (CFI.co) Judging Panel congratulates Manulife Philippines on winning the Champion of Sustainable Community Impact Asia 2026 award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In early 2026, Manulife Philippines formalised a tripartite agreement with Haribon Foundation, its environmental partner, and the Corazon Sanchez Atayde Memorial Foundation, its financial-literacy delivery partner, linking the long-running Peso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":13603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,41,22,53,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-community-engagement","category-csr","category-front","category-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"\n