SM Prime Holdings recently partnered with the Galing Pook Foundation (GPF) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government-Local Government Academy (DILG-LGA) in support of the Galing Pook Awards as part of the company's contributions to promoting and achieving a more sustainable and disaster-resilient Philippines.

Through the public-private partnership, SM Prime will provide financial and other forms of support to the Galing Pook Awards, an annual ceremony established in 1993 that recognizes outstanding provincial, city and municipal governments as well as villages in the country for their exemplary governance, innovation, sustainability, disaster risk reduction and resilience initiatives that have made lasting positive impact on the community.