JGSOC employees and Batangas government officials pose for a photo during the commemorative tree planting activity of the milestone 500,000th tree seedling of JGSOC’s One Million Trees Project.
In time for the celebration of Philippine Environment Month in June and coinciding with Philippine Arbor Day last June 25, JG Summit Olefins Corp. (JGSOC) commemorated an important milestone on its One Million Trees Project after it reached the halfway mark.
A symbolic planting of the 500,000th seedling was held at the the JGSOC Petrochemical Complex in Batangas City.
JGSOC executives and employees were also present during the commemorative tree planting as they also planted an additional 54 mahogany, mulawin and balayong tree seedlings in various selected areas inside the complex.
To date, 88 percent of the tree seedlings that were donated and planted were in various localities in Batangas province while 12 percent of the seedlings were given to various government agencies, civic groups, schools and employee volunteers including the planting of seedlings in Boracay Wetland No.8 in Malay, Aklan, which up until recently was adopted by JGSOC as part of its sustainability activities.
The One Million Trees Project of the JGSOC was launched in 2016, which targets the planting of one million indigenous and fruit-bearing tree seedlings in Batangas province, the host province of JGSOC’s petrochemical business, and in other areas where regreening and forest rehabilitation projects are needed.
JGSOC maintains a tree nursery in its manufacturing complex, from which the donated seedlings are nurtured prior to distribution. Under the project, a comprehensive tree parenting initiative is implemented where aside from growing the seedlings, the seedlings that were donated and planted are also monitored on its growth to ensure that they are cared for and are able to reach their full potential.
Some of the seedlings that were donated and planted since the start of this project include forest trees such as narra, molave, caballero and mahogany and fruit-bearing trees such as cacao, dalanghita, rambutan, mango, kalamansi, lemon and guyabano.
