SM Hotels and Conventions Corp. (SMHCC) properties fully support the United Nations (UN) Environment Program in its campaign to phase out single-use plastics in the tourism sector as it partners with the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development Inc. (PCEPSDI), under the Transforming Tourism Value Chains project, and the Department of Tourism through it sustainability thrust, Save Our Spots.

The UN Environment Program shares that globally, around one million plastic drinking bottles are being purchased every minute while five trillion single-use plastic bags are used every year. Consequently, up to eight million tons of plastic are being swept to the world's oceans annually, which in turn, adversely affect marine biodiversity, communities and wildlife. To add to this, recent reports from the UN Conference reveal that the Covid-19 pandemic worsened plastic pollution due to the heightened use and disposal of single-use times, which include medical face masks, plastic gloves, hand sanitizer bottles and food packaging.