Shopping for Change: Our Partner Social Enterprises

When Human Nature introduced its Social Enterprise category in November 2012, we held in our hearts a positive vision for social entrepreneurship to become the new face of business in the Philippines. Now we stand proud and overjoyed, together with other social enterprises and partner communities, as a testament that social business truly works in empowering our nation from the grassroots.

Make your peso count – each purchase of a social enterprise product helps provide sustainable livelihoods for underprivileged communities. Shop for world-class Pinoy products from these fantastic social enterprise partners:

Bayani Brew

Bayani Brew is an all-nutritious, all-delicious, all-Filipino beverage brewed from lemongrass and pandan leaves by the brilliant nanays at Gawad Kalinga's Enchanted Farm in Angat, Bulacan. The Enchanted Farm is a budding social development destination that provides homes and sustainable livelihood programs for relocated settlers. Here, the Bayani Brew crew shares in the beverage's profits as they work towards their goal of ending poverty by raising the income of subsistence agrarian reform beneficiaries.

Precious Herbal Pillows

Looking for all natural wellness and pain relief? Each Precious Herbal Pillow is filled with the purest of natural grains, aromatic herbs, and essential oils, all nature’s healers. It may be used as a hot or cold compress to effectively relieve tension and muscle pains and help you unwind.

Precious Herbal Pillows is an all-natural pain relief business founded in 2009 by Allaine Chester & Juvilyn Sy, a husband-wife team who seeks to pioneer safe therapeutic remedies for pain relief. Every purchase of a Precious Herbal Pillow directly helps a sewing community from San Nicolas, Bulacan to receive an income four times higher than the usual piece rate. Profits will also support Right Start Community Development Inc., a non-stock, non-profit NGO with the mission of giving underprivileged Filipino children a right start in life through music, dance & creative arts.

First Harvest

First Harvest is a proudly Filipino social enterprise founded in the GK Enchanted Farm, Angat, Bulacan. It aims to bring back quality of life and enrich agricultural industries through healthy and delicious homemade products made with the choicest natural ingredients.

Theo & Philo

Indulge in all-natural, rich chocolate goodness with Theo & Philo Artisan Chocolates,the Philippines’ only artisan chocolate from bean to bar. Made from the finest cacao from Davao and sugar from Bacolod, each Theo & Philo chocolate bar flavor is locally concocted with a twist to satisfy your sweet gourmet cravings. Available in Green Mango & Salt, Siling Labuyo, Calamansi, 70% Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Barako Coffee, and Turon flavors.


To preserve their quality and rich flavors, Theo & Philo bars are unavailable for delivery.But you can always drop by your nearest Human Nature store to fulfill your chocolate craving!

Mori Notes
Twice the fashion, twice the fun! Mori Notes’ unique handicrafts are handmade from recycled denim, canvas and repurposed fabrics by hardworking mothers from Barangay Apolonio Samson and Barangay Tatalon. Created to inspire, Mori Notes’designs leapt from the brainwaves of women who refuse to fit the mold of the traditional workforce and instead pursue a meaningful, imaginative livelihood.Take pride in the Philippines with these wallets that put the FUN in functional!

Mori Notes is an artisan community of designers, crafters, and advocates from all walks of life founded by Mitzi Uy. This small group of passionate seamstresses creates innovative journals, wallets, and organizers from recycled materials to fulfill their vision of a brighter future and ignite your passion for fun and functional crafts.

Kape Maria
Did you know that coffee trees act as a flavor sponge,absorbing scents and flavors of plants within a distance? That is why coffee grown from different provinces have their own unique flavor. Kape Maria lets you taste the richness of local coffee by sourcing beans from different provinces all over the Philippines. Discover the Philippines in every cup and help provide sustainable livelihood to coffee farmers and cooperatives around the country.

Kape Maria is a social enterprise founded by Julia Sevilla that believes in cultivating our local coffee industry through fair trade practices. With every cup you drink,you're not only supporting our local coffee farmers and roasters so that they receive fair wages – you’re uplifting our entire coffee industry! So drink up!

MARSSE
Each MARSSE product is made from sustainably farmed premium hardwood trees from the MARSSE Tropical Timber tree farm. Unstained and unvarnished so the wood's natural cut, color, grain and knots make it one-of-a-kind.

SustainablyMade produces stylish wooden products made from premium hardwood trees from the rolling terrains of the MARSSE Tropical Timber tree farm – a family-owned and operated mature, sustainable plantation located in Umingan, Pangasinan. From its firstseedlings planted in May 1992, the tree farm now has over 120,000 Honduras Mahogany and a sprinkling of Teak, Gmelina and other hardwood trees. The farm promotes sustainable management of forest plantations to ensure a future where the need for wood is met in harmony with nature.

We have seen that it is possible for profit and purpose to go hand in hand and for businesses to grow as they actively serve society. We invite you to support these enterprises share in the overwhelming goodness that drives our nation without leaving anyone behind. Walang iwanan!