1. Social Enterprise in the Philippines
Ateneo Graduate School of Business
Ateneo-Standard MBA
ENTREP
26 February 2013
Prof. Jorge Saguinsin
Kevin M. Toledo

2. Social Entrepreneurship is the art of creating a socially
responsible business that aims to generate profit, while solving social
and environmental problems.
Social entrepreneurs start and run social enterprises – commercial
businesses that often come with a “triple bottom line” (TBL)
mandate.
The triple bottom line refers to:
People
Profits
Planet
TBL implies that businesses can and ought to be run in a financially,
socially, and environmentally responsible manner.

3. Origins of Social Entrepreneurship
•Social entrepreneurship started gaining recognition during
the 1980s and 1990s.
•Despite its recent use, social entrepreneurship has been in
existence throughout history. According to Dees (2001, p.1),
the “language of social entrepreneurship may be new, but the
phenomenon is not.”
•The 19th century witnessed social entrepreneurship in anti-
slavery leagues.
•Modern social entrepreneur in Florence, Nightingale, a nurse
devoted her life to service (Drayton, 2006).

4. Social Enterprises
•Managed by Social entrepreneurs
•Social enterprises are organizations whose mission is to bridge social
opportunity into sustainable reality innovatively, effectively and efficiently.
• They shift the future for the better by innovating social solutions to solve
human development problems whether in poverty, hunger, environment,
human rights, education, political freedom and other important issues.
(Shrestha and Appanah, 2007)

5. Difference between
Social Enterprises & NGOs
The main difference between a nonprofit and social enterprise is the
revenue model.
Nonprofits: rely primarily on charitable contributions, public funding
and foundation grants to support their programs and cover their
administrative overhead.
Social enterprise: is designed to operate like a for profit business.
Sustainable.

6. Social Entrepreneurship in the Philippines
 Social entrepreneurship in the Philippines is
getting popular and is gaining recognition
both in profit and non-profit sectors.
 Many have shown interest and appreciation
in the idea as there is now an increasing
number of social enterprises developing in
the business and social development
sector.
 Managed by individuals or groups of young
people as well as those with an established
record who have seen opportunities in
problems and have realized that the old
systems do not offer something new to
improve the human condition in the
country.

7. Bote Central, Inc.
 Family owned corporation and established in March 22, 2002
 Currently focused in the joint production and consumption program of
Philippine Coffee, rationalizing the supply chain and embedding Fair
Trade Principles to promote the Philippine coffee industry’s
sustainability.
 Focused in deploying community roasting business units (CRBUs) all
over the country, most especially in the countryside, propelling local
economies by having different business models of retailing Philippine
brewed coffee.
 Vision: Working to Clean & Save the Environment by using agro-forest
products for livelihood

8. Bote Central, Inc.
Vision:
Working to Clean and Save the Environment
Mission:
Provide sustainable Livelihood using Forest and Agro-forest Products
Bring back respect to animals in the forests
Maintain the forests clean and alive
Assist with technological intervention for Agro-forest products

9. Bote Central, Inc.
How Bote Central, Inc. Works
Passion both for business and nurturing nature
Fair Trade – deals directly with farmers to avoid traders and middlemen
Technology to promote efficiency at community levels to improve and
sustain business
Design/build small and big scratch machines for their own use while
sharing it as well with partner producer communities.
Innovation & reinvention
Culture driven
People center

10. Bote Central, Inc.
Products
Coffee Alamid
Coffee Alamid supports the protection
of the civets, preserves the civets’
habitat & the environment and
provides livelihood for the forest
dwellers.

11. Bote Central, Inc.
Products
18 Days Coffee
18 Days is a promise of quality that the
coffee you will get from us is the best of
Philippine Coffees. We inform you where
the coffee beans specifically comes from
and we invite you to visit the particular site
and proudly experience the origins of
Philippine coffee.

12. Bote Central, Inc.
Products
• Digital hot air 1-kg roaster custom built for Filipino coffee farmer
• Fully automatic, fully computerized, very user-friendly
• Convection roasting produces even roasting temperature
• Consistent international standing roasting quality
• Roasts all coffee varieties up to 18% moisture content
• Can roast coffee, peanuts, soya
• Spare parts locally available
• Runs on regular convenience outlet

13. Bote Central, Inc.
Products
KAPE’T BUHAY is a multi-partite synergetic production & consumption program for
Philippine Coffee, initiated by Bote Central – anchored on sustainable & inclusive
development entrepreneurship framework – wherein farmers shall be transformed,
educated, trained, mentored and coached to become farmer entrepreneurs, going into
the agribusiness of coffee, serving their own produced coffee to the local communities
and, likewise, transforming the Urban / Rural Poor market into dealers & retailers or
‘nano’ coffee entrepreneurs of Philippine produced coffee, to at least augment family
income

14. Bote Central, Inc.
Community Roasting Facilities
General Santos, South Cotabato
Tublay, Benguet
Sagada, Mt. Province
Angeles, Pampanga
Mactan, Cebu
Bacolod, Negros Occidental
Peace & Equity Foundation Office, Loyola
Height , Q.C.
South Supermarket, Alabang
Bote Central Head Office, Las Pinas – Alabang
Tanjay, Negros Oriental
Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao
Impasugong, Bukidnon

15. Bote Central, Inc.
CHAIN OF HAPPINESS BUSINESS PLAN
“Bote Central, Inc. – Revolutionizing the Philippine Coffee Landscape"

16. Prominent and Successful Social Enterprises in the Philippines
Gawad Kalinga (GK) - has not only transformed the communities it serves through
community programs and house-building projects, but has also facilitated the
creation of a Filipino society that rekindles the deteriorating values of service and
love for the country and fellow Filipinos.
My Shelter Foundation, Inc. - is a social enterprise that looks for sustainable housing
Inc
solutions for homeless and the lack of infrastructure in developing countries, like the
Philippines.
Hapinoy - is managed by MicroVentures Incorporated (MVI). MVI aspires to be the
leading partners of micro entrepreneurs in the Philippines. In so doing, MVI leverages
micro financing as a powerful tool to empower socially and economically challenged
families.
ECHOstore - They represent products from small marginalized cultural communities,
creative industries, women groups and foundations. The products in their retail store
represent their ideals of health, fair trade and care for the environment.
Gandang Kalikasan - through its brand Human Nature, is the fastest-growing social
enterprise in the Philippines. They produce natural and organic personal care
products which are 100% made in the Philippines and free from harmful chemicals.

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18. Sources:
http://povertynewsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/comment-on-social-enterprise-in.html
http://www.library.illinois.edu/funkaces/acdc/news/DocDevComSocialEnterprises.
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http://www.botecentral.net
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http://philsocialenterprisenetwork.com/
http://www.gonegosyo.net/blog/tagumpay/time-to-start-a-social-enterprise/
http://www.hapinoy.com/