Outsource staffing solutions company Booth and Partners (B&P) has taken its advocacy to the next level by marking World Cleanup Day 2022 with a simultaneous underwater and coastal cleanup in Argao and Badian, Cebu last September 17.
Together with their 1% for the Planet partner and non-profit organization, Coastal Conservation Education Foundation Inc. (CCEF), and the local government units of Argao and Badian, they were able to gather around 250 participants from the LGU, the coastal community, independent volunteers, as well as the Booth and Partners employees to take part in the beach cleanup event dubbed as “Ocean Ally: World Cleanup Day with Booth and Partners.”
The cleanup was B&P’s maiden on-site corporate social responsibility (CSR) event with the Cebu-based organization that specializes in coastal resource management (CRM) in maintaining sustainable coasts through involved communities. The tandem widened their reach by removing not just the visible marine pollutants in the area but also the significant amount of ghost nets.
Apart from trapping fishes in the seas, ghost nets are especially harmful to corals, such as those located in Zaragosa, Badian. Accounting for 46 to 70 percent of plastic pollution at sea, these discarded fishing gears have caused great concern due to their microplastics contribution.
Member companies of 1% for the Planet are to give one percent of their revenue to certified members, non-profit organizations for use in environmental causes.
