Environment
One Meralco Foundation plants 125,000 mangroves in Siargao
One Meralco Foundation (OMF), the social development arm of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), celebrates this year’s World Wetlands Day by planting and nurturing 125,000 native mangroves in Del Carmen in Siargao Islands, Surigao Del Norte.
First automated materials recovery facility launched in Cebu
Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (PWS) has inaugurated the country’s first automated materials recovery facility (MRF) in Cebu that uses state-of-the-art equipment for waste segregation and storage.
Ayala Land, Areit secure EDGE certifications on 8 office buildings
Ayala Land Inc. real estate investment trust Areit Inc. has received so-called EDGE certification on eight of its office buildings comprising 354,000 square meters, making their combined offices the largest certified portfolio in the Philippines.
Prime Water inaugurates Batangas septage treatment plant
Villar-led Prime Water has started the construction of a septage treatment plant (STP) in Batangas City capable of treating 80 cubic meters of wastewater per day and service the requirements of some 45,000 households and business establishments.
P15.5 billion foreign funds help LGUs pursue biodiversity, climate change projects
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) looks forward to mobilizing over $278 million or P15.5 billion worth of foreign-funded biodiversity and climate change projects that strengthen and make more resilient the various local government units (LGUs).
