GENERAL TRIAS, Cavite (PIA) — President Ferdinand R. Marcos
Jr. led on Friday the inauguration of Unilever’s P4.7
billion-personal care facility in General Trias, Cavite,
which he said was a result
of his trip to Belgium.
The President
said the state-of-the-artfacility is one of the results of his trip to Belgium
during the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)-European Union
(EU) Summit in December
last year.
“I would like to
note that this major investment is amongst the
pledges that we received
during our trip to Belgium
for the ASEAN-EU Summit
last December,” President
Marcos said in his speech
during the inauguration of
Unilever’s New Beauty,
Well-Being, and Personal
Care Factory (BWPC).
The President
is hopeful that Unilever’s
largest personal care facility in the world will generate over 5,000 direct and
indirect employment opportunities for the people.
“It is a truly welcome development for
all our shared efforts to
strengthen our manufacturing sector and to ultimately create jobs and
gainful opportunities for
our people. This manufacturing plant is projected
to produce nearly 90,000
tons of various personal
care products annually.
And this is to meet the export demands for Unilever
products,” the chief executive adds.
PBBM: Unilever’s P4.7-B Cavite plant
to create more jobs
The President
said the state-of-the-artfacility of Unilever is one
of the results of his trip to
Belgium during the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN)-European Union (EU) Summit in
December last year. (MBL/
PIA-4A)
The BWPC factory will house the company’s production of daily
beauty and hygiene needs
such as shampoo, hair
conditioners, deodorants,
and face creams and will
export products to Southeast Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, and
Kenya.
Benjie Yap, Unilever Philippines Chairman and CEO, noted that
the company’s investment
in the new factory is anchored on its purpose
to meet the needs of
consumers and a direct
response to the government’s call for inclusive
growth through countryside opportunities.
“Emerging markets contribute 59% of
Unilever’s global turnover,
and the Philippines remains an important market and a growth driver for
[the] company,” he added.
According to Yap,
Unilever intends to continue investing in the talents
of the Filipino workforce
with the hopes of adding
more jobs for Caviteños.
PBBM inspects
the new technology being used by the Unilever
Beauty, Well-Being, and
Personal Care Factory
(BWPC) in General Trias
(MBL/PIA-4A)
“We are proud to be one
of the very few consumer goods companies to
continue to manufacture
locally more than 90% of
what we sell – a testament
of how the Philippines is
a growth driver for Unilever and our commitment
to help strengthen the local manufacturing sector,”
Yap said.
He added: “Our
factory features highly-specialized and advanced technologies, and
over the next few years,
we’ll house more automated machines operated by
a highly-skilled workforce.
The rise of this site will
create jobs for Cavitenos
and help decongest Metro
Manila, all these in service
of our consumers and customers all over the Philippines.”
With increased
manufacturing efficiencies
and its optimal location in
Cavite, Unilever boasts
that they have significantly
reduced their carbon footprint with less waste, less
fuel usage, and 25% less
plastic use for deodorant
products, usage of wastewater treatment facility,
and geothermal and solar power for their electric
supply.
The President
commended the multinational consumer goods
company for utilizing innovations and for their
corporate social responsibility efforts for the environment.
“Through our coordinated
and synergized efforts,
this will lead towards the
realization of this administration’s socio-economic
agenda. I have faith that
we can actualize the goals
of boosting employment,
adapting research, development, and innovation,
and shaping a blue and a
green economy,” the President said.
PBBM added:
“Unilever Philippines has
pioneered green programs
through its initiatives such
as the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, Malasakit
for All, and Zero Waste
Program. These intend to
lessen the environmental
carbon footprint, deliver
basic goods and services
to vulnerable sectors, and
address plastic pollution.”
The Chief Executive, together with Department of Trade and Industry
Secretary Alberto Pascual,
awarded the Certificate
of Registration from the
Board of Investments to
Unilever Philippines President and CEO Yap for the
company’s P4.7 billion investment in its Beauty &
Wellbeing and Personal
Care factory, its state-ofthe-art technologies, export commitments, and
local employment.
The President
ended his message by
calling for the support of
everyone to have a more
sustainable future: “I enjoin everyone to strive towards building a healthier
and more resilient future
by devising ecologically
sound initiatives that confront our contemporary
challenges.”
