Customers can shop confidently, knowing they're investing in genuine Happy Shift PH products. The registration reaffirms the authenticity of the brand's offerings, strengthening trust between the brand and its valued customers.
By safeguarding intellectual property, Happy Shift PH sets a precedent for the importance of creativity in the sustainable product landscape. This move encourages innovation, paving the way for more inventive and eco-friendly solutions.
Happy Shift PH's commitment to protecting its intellectual property rights further supports local and social entrepreneurship. It demonstrates the value placed on local and social innovation and encourages others to protect their creations.
Intellectual property registration lays the foundation for potential expansion and global recognition. It opens doors for partnerships, collaborations, and opportunities on a broader scale while maintaining the brand's unique identity.
Happy Shift PH's dedication to sustainability extends beyond the products themselves—it encompasses the values of authenticity, creativity, and ethical business practices. The successful registration of intellectual property rights reflects the brand's unwavering commitment to these principles.
As Happy Shift PH continues its journey towards a more sustainable future, this milestone underscores its vision to lead by example, setting new standards in the realm of eco-friendly products.
Stay tuned for more exciting innovations and eco-conscious solutions from Happy Shift PH as they pave the way for a brighter, greener tomorrow!
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The mountains of Sierra Madre – the longest mountain range in the Philippines and serves as the significant lung of the country is the home of an estimated 30 million trees and other plants/vegetables. Trees are an essential part of nature as they serve as natural barriers to natural calamities such as strong winds and flooding.
The Vegan Plant-A-Plenty Project by LGP has planted 2,020 trees. This project will surely help in the reforestation, conservation, and preservation of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. Together with other sponsors and partners, Happy Shift PH assures that this will be a continuous supported effort for the benefit of the mountains and the community.
To know more about how you can help, you may also visit Let’s Grow Philippines. A portion of Happy Shift PH’s revenue is being donated to various organizations and projects beneficial to nature and the local community.
Image on the cover of this blog is by Jenica Ancheta | Official Gazette
]]>PHILIPPINES—Abandoned fishing gear is the deadliest form of plastic debris for marine life and has already driven the vaquita porpoise and other marine mammals to the brink of extinction, yet even as this crisis continues to intensify, little attention is being paid to it by governments or industry, according to a new report from WWF.
The report, Stop Ghost Gear: The most deadly form of marine plastic debris, shines a lights on how ghost gear* is responsible for harming 66 per cent of marine mammal species, half of seabird species and all species of sea turtles, often subjecting them to a slow, painful and inhumane death. It also damages vital marine habitats such as coral reefs and mangroves and threatens the food sources and livelihoods of coastal communities and fishers, according to the report, which highlights how tackling ghost gear should be at the fore of efforts to combat the global plastic pollution problem.
Commenting on the report, Marco Lambertini, Director General of WWF International said:
“While the consequences of plastic waste are finally starting to receive the attention they deserve, there’s still too little awareness about the catastrophic harm caused by ghost gear. This needs to change urgently given that it’s the most deadly form of marine plastic debris and that it can linger in our oceans for centuries, wreaking havoc like some kind of immortal menace: continuously and cruelly killing whales, dolphins, seals, seabirds, turtles and sharks, and damaging vital ocean habitats.
“This report unveils the impact and the tragic scale of this invisible ocean killer, and how it is linked to the practices of fishers and the fishing industry, as well as making it very clear that the current legal framework on marine plastic pollution and ghost gear is fragmented and ineffective. This is a global problem which requires coordinated action across the world, which is why WWF urges governments and businesses to support the establishment of a new global UN treaty on plastic pollution that sets out global goals and binding targets for both land- and marine-based plastic pollution, which in turn can help drive robust local regulation of ghost gear. We must stop ghost gear from decimating marine life and drowning the ocean we all depend on once and for all.”
The report shows that:
As well as calling on governments to support the establishment of a new treaty to stop plastic pollution, WWF is encouraging countries to join the Global Ghost Gear Initiative - a global alliance of fishing industry, private sector, corporates, NGOs, academia and governments focused on solving the problem of lost and abandoned fishing gear worldwide.
Members of the public are invited to join almost 2 million others in signing the petition calling governments to take urgent action at www.panda.org/plastics.They can also support the campaign by uploading a photo or video of a sea species to social media with a big hashtag (#) over it and tagging #StopGhostGear.
*Ghost gear is a common name for abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear such as gillnets, traps and pots, or fish aggregation devices. Gear is abandoned when the fisher cannot retrieve it, which happens when gear is snagged on reefs, rocks or other obstructions. Gear is considered lost if a fisher cannot locate it or has lost operational control over it. This can happen when marker buoys become detached, or tides or wave action or snagging carry fishing gear away from its deployment location. Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing also contributes considerable amounts of ghost gear, as illegal fishers abandon or discard fishing gear to conceal their activities. Sometimes fishing gear is also discarded into the ocean deliberately. This behavior can be motivated by lack of adequate onshore disposal facilities, high disposal costs, or lack of storage space onboard.
The scale of the ghost gear problem:
Economic costs of ghost gear:
Gaps and challenges in existing international frameworks:
No global liability and compensation mechanism for pollution by plastic, including ghost gear.