Environment
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.
DENR cancels environment agreement with controversial Siargao community
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday canceled its agreement with the Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) for violating the provisions of the tenurial instrument awarded in June 2004 covering 353 hectares of the Siargao Island Protected Landscape and Seascape (SIPLAS) in Surigao del Norte.
DENR team out to ensure Chocolate Hills resort remains closed as ordered
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Wednesday organized an inspection team to see to it that the closure order against an alleged illegally operating resort within the Chocolate Hills in Bohol is enforced.
Incentivized plastic bottle recycling program launched in Bacolod
Coca-Cola Philippines in partnership with Basic Environmental Systems and Technologies Inc. (BEST) and the Philippine Association of Stores and Carinderia Owners (PASCO), have launched a program encouraging the recycling and proper disposal of plastic bottles in Bacolod City.
