Environment
SM collaborates with industry and government for climate action
SM is advancing meaningful discourse on climate action and fostering partnerships aligned with efforts to support the country’s commitment to addressing climate change.
DENR converting abandoned fishpond areas into mangrove forests
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the immediate assessment of abandoned, undeveloped and underutilized (AUU) fishpond areas in Bicol, Western Visayas and the Zamboanga Peninsula and to repurpose them as mangroves as defense against flooding and extreme weather events and in boosting climate action.
Packaging industry working to solve solid waste problem in ASEAN
The packaging industry in Southeast Asia is working with governments and industries to develop more sustainable solutions for the region’s solid waste issues which has rapidly increased from some 150 million tons in 2016 to more than double by 2030,
SM enables sustainable communities through social entrepreneurship
SM, through the SM Green Finds program, will launch a collaboration project with social enterprises to emphasize the significance of circularity. The project is aligned with the SM group’s thrust of upholding environmental stewardship and sustaining a green culture.
Marine conservation group lauds government offices practicing single-use plastics ban in premises
The government ban on single-use plastics in government premises has boosted optimism at Oceana, the international marine conservationist group, of widespread acceptance of the practice among Filipinos.
