Pada tanggal 1 Oktober 2022 lalu, Pilmico Animal Nutrition Corporation (Pilmico), bersama dengan Aboitiz Foundation Inc. menyumbangkan 800 paket bantuan ke daerah-daerah yang terkena dampak Topan Karding baru-baru ini. Badai tersebut menghantam negara itu pada 25 dan 26 September lalu, menyebabkan Luzon Tengah hancur parah. 

Karena sebagian besar peternakan dan fasilitas Pilmico juga berlokasi di daerah ini, bagian makanan dan agribisnis Aboitiz Group segera merespons komunitas mereka. Tim dari divisi Daging, Pakan Ternak, dan Peternakan memimpin operasi bantuan dan mengemas barang-barang tersebut. Setiap paket berisi barang-barang kebutuhan pokok seperti beras, air, makanan kaleng, mie, biskuit, dan kopi yang dikemas dalam kemasan katsa bekas dari tepung Pilmico. 

Beberapa anggota tim dari agen subkontrak perusahaan yang juga terkena dampak topan juga menerima paket bantuan dari Pilmico.

"Ketika Topan Karding melanda, kami tahu bahwa kami harus merespons dengan cepat, terutama karena masyarakat sekitar yang berada di dekat perkebunan dan fasilitas kami terkena dampak yang parah. Dengan bantuan para sukarelawan Pilmico yang mendedikasikan waktu mereka untuk membantu mengemas barang-barang bantuan, kami dapat mendistribusikannya dalam waktu satu minggu. Nilai kerja sama tim benar-benar hadir selama masa-masa sulit ini. Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih dan penghargaan kepada anggota Angkatan Darat Filipina yang telah membantu kami dalam upaya ini," kata Joeben Gamatero, Pilmico Vice President of Brand, Marketing, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Paket bantuan didistribusikan melalui unit-unit pemerintah lokal di Kotamadya Talugtug dan ibu kota provinsinya di Nueva Ecija, Kotamadya Bamban, Capas, dan Kota Tarlac, serta ibu kota provinsi Pangasinan dengan bantuan Angkatan Bersenjata Filipina (AFP). 

Cristy Angeles, Walikota Kota Tarlac, menyampaikan rasa terima kasihnya kepada Pilmico atas bantuan mereka. "Pilmico Foods Corporation sebagai mitra untuk pertumbuhan juga ikut berpartisipasi dalam membantu dan merawat kesejahteraan sesama. Ucapan terima kasih yang sebesar-besarnya kami sampaikan atas bantuan paket makanan yang telah Bapak/Ibu berikan, sungguh mulia hati Bapak/Ibu! Terima kasih juga kepada Angkatan Bersenjata Filipina (Armed Forces of the Philippines atau AFP) atas bantuan pengiriman donasi!," katanya.

Pertanyaan yang Sering Diajukan

What distinguishes corporate disaster relief from purely governmental response?
Corporate disaster relief adds private sector speed, specificity, and flexibility to the government’s typically larger but slower institutional response. Pilmico can reach its network communities — where it has direct contacts, addresses, and delivery relationships — within days of a disaster, often faster than centralized government relief queues reach individual barangays. The relief also tends to be targeted to communities and individuals that Pilmico knows directly rather than being distributed through broad geographic allocation formulas that may not reflect the actual distribution of need.

What typhoon affected Central Luzon and which communities did Pilmico target for assistance?
Pilmico mobilized relief assistance for communities in Central Luzon affected by a typhoon that caused significant damage across the region. The assistance was targeted at the most severely affected barangays in the provinces covered by Pilmico’s distribution and operational network — areas where Pilmico has established relationships with farmers, agri-dealers, and local government units that gave the company both knowledge of community needs and logistical access to deliver relief efficiently.

What did Pilmico donate and through which channels was the relief distributed?
Pilmico distributed food packs and other essential relief goods to affected families. Distribution was coordinated through Pilmico’s existing network of agri-dealers, local government partners, and community organizations in Central Luzon — the same network used for its normal business operations. This channel eliminated the need to build a temporary relief distribution infrastructure from scratch, significantly accelerating the time from commitment to delivery.

Why is Central Luzon a strategically important region for Pilmico’s CSR investments?
Central Luzon hosts Pilmico’s Tarlac operations — including its feedmill facility, Tarlac Meatmasters processing plant, and swine farm — making the region one of Pilmico’s most significant operational areas in the Philippines. The communities surrounding these facilities include Pilmico employees, contract farmers, agri-dealers, and the families that make up the local labor and customer base. When a typhoon strikes Central Luzon, it strikes Pilmico’s community in the most direct possible sense.

How does typhoon relief fit within Pilmico’s full CSR portfolio?
Typhoon relief is the crisis-response component of Pilmico’s CSR framework — distinct from but complementary to its livelihood development programs, educational investments, and environmental initiatives. Pilmico’s approach treats disaster relief not as an interruption of normal CSR but as one of several modes of community support that the company activates depending on circumstances. The same network and relationships used for livelihood kit distribution serve the rapid-response relief function when natural disasters strike.