Energy producer plants 2K trees in Albay

LEGAZPI CITY --- AP Renewables, Inc. (APRI), stakeholders, and barangay residents went out in the field and planted 2,000 trees during the Aboitiz Groupwide Simultaneous Tree Planting Project earlier this week, in Tiwi town in Albay.

Arcel Madrid, APRI-Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Manager, in an interview yesterday, said the activity is part of the Aboitiz Group’s environmental program committed to plant nine million trees by 2020.

“A-Park is an environmental flagship program, aligned with the carbon emissions reduction focus area of the Sustainability framework. It is also part of the Aboitiz Group’s contribution to the National Greening Program,” the manager said.

He said their group decided to plant Lukban-500 seedlings; Santol-90 seedlings; Acacia Raintree-410 seedlings; Narra-500 seedlings; and Dao-500 seedlings.

The tree seedlings were planted by over 100 individuals.