VOGUE: Nanette Medved-Po’s Message in a Bottle
The quiet pioneer tackles education, agriculture, and plastic pollution with a world of hope.
Nanette Medved-Po appears in Vogue Philippines’ March 2024 issue, themed “Raising Hope” in the spirit of International Women’s Month. Visit vogue.ph everyday this month for daily features on inspiring women, as nominated by the people whose lives they’ve changed.
“That was a brash move. What was I thinking?” Nanette Medved-Po laughs as she reflects on the beginnings of Hope, her impact organization. “I wanted to make a point that the single bottom-line that only benefited shareholders was not doing good for the world, and I was frustrated because I contacted some companies to see if they would adopt the multiple bottom-line approach and nobody wanted to do it. I was so angry so I said, ‘I would do it myself!’”
Since 2012, Hope has successfully constructed 128 classrooms across the nation, utilizing proceeds generated from the sales of their bottled purified water, branded as Hope in a Bottle. “Now the millionaire and his driver can equally contribute to nation-building when they purchase a simple bottle of water,” says the summa cum laude graduate from Babson College in Massachusetts. Furthermore, choosing to spend on an item that improves public school infrastructure is a statement. “That moral signaling will maybe inspire somebody to also do something good. We really wanted it to be not just a bottle of water, the primary product is the concept of hope.”
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