Businessmen and employees join the tree-planting activity in a mountain barangay in Cebu City as part of the activities for Mandaue Business Month. (CDN PHOTO/NORMAN MENDOZA)
Activity held to celebrate Mandaue Business Month and SMB’s greening initiative
More than a hundred employees and businessmen trooped to a mountain barangay in Cebu City and Umapad Dumpsite in Mandaue City for a tree-planting activity last Saturday in celebration of Mandaue Business Month and San Miguel Brewery’s nationwide greening initiative.
Marlyn Bedia, the secretariat of Mandaue City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCCI), said the tree-planting activity was part of the month-long activities of Mandaue Business Month this August in coordination with the Mandaue City government, which will be celebrating its 47th Charter Day anniversary on Aug. 30.
Girlie Garces, Education and Training Communications officer of San Miguel Brewery (SMB), said SMB is kicking off the 7th leg of its Trees Brew Life program, a national re-greening initiative, in Sapang Bato, Angeles City, Makati City, Umapad Dumpsite in Mandaue City, and the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway headquarters in Tarlac City.
More than 10,000 seedlings of hardwood, mangrove and fruit-bearing species will be planted nationwide by the officers and employees of the company in all Saturdays of August.
Similar activities will also be mounted in Barangay Estefania in Bacolod City, Barangay Matina Pangi in Davao City, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Nayon ng Kabataan Compound in Mandaluyong City, and the Nuvali Evolving Ecopark in Santa Rosa City, Laguna.
“Although our breweries have their respective year-round corporate social responsibility initiatives with the San Miguel Foundation, the Trees Brew Life tree-growing project is special as it really mirrors the commitment of our company to be a responsible steward of the environment in a sustainable way,” said SMB Inc. president Roberto Huang.
“We believe that this program will not only immortalize the fruits of our hard work but it will also allow us to give back our blessings to the Filipino nation—to whom this beer company owes its 126 years of existence,” he added.
Under the program, SMB hopes to be able to contribute in ensuring the availability of water supply by protecting, preserving and rehabilitating forest covers, regeneration of mangrove areas and propagation of planting materials for an eco-friendly environment.