Hope in a Bottle manufacturer recognized as one of the ‘best for the world’

Social enterprise GenerationHope, Inc. (HOPE) wins a spot in the 2018 Best for the World List of B Lab, gaining recognition for the positive impact of its business on communities and the environment.

PHOTO COURTESY OF GENERATIONHOPE, INC.

HOPE’s flagship product is the bottled purified drinking water called Hope in a Bottle, which has been sold in over 2,000 retail stores nationwide. As a social enterprise, HOPE devotes 100 percent of the Hope in a Bottle profits to building much-needed classrooms for public schools nationwide. To date, they have sold over 14 million units of Hope in a Bottle, giving 12,500 students all over the country access to better learning environments. Through partnering and co-branding with leading companies to carry their products and services, HOPE makes it easier for Filipinos to give back. 

The Best for the World List of B Lab honors successful companies that also proved capable of solving social and environmental problems. “With the rise of anger at a system that feels rigged, people are hungry for companies like GENERATIONHOPE, INC., who are changing the system by building businesses that seek to create the greatest positive impact,” says Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab. “Best For The World is the only list of businesses that uses comprehensive, comparable, third-party-validated data about a company’s social and environmental performance. As consumers, talent and investors increasingly demand transparent, values-aligned businesses to buy from, work at, and invest in, companies will need to not just be the best in the world but the best for the world, and not just to be nice but to be the most successful.”

The 226 winning companies on the Best For Community list come from 90 industries and 34 countries. Visit bthechange.com/bestfortheworld to find out the complete list.

Learn more about HOPE and its life-changing products by visiting http://www.generationhope.ph/.