EDC plants native trees in Nuvali

MANILA, Philippines - Buoyed by the success of its earlier tie-up with Ayala-supported Bonifacio Estate Services Corporation (BESC) and Ayala Foundation, renewable energy company Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has linked up anew with the conglomerate to bring its “Binhi: Tree for the Future” program inside the Nuvali eco-community in Laguna.

The 1,700-hectare residential estate is the newest host of premium but threatened Philippine trees like dao, ipil, kamagong, malaipil, molave, palosapis, supa, and yakal-saplungan, through the Ayala Property Management Corporation (APMC), which received the seedlings from EDC. The seedlings were planted at Nuvali’s Treveia neighborhood during a recent tree planting activity participated in by EDC and APMC employees.

Rei Medrano, manager for corporate social responsibility of EDC, thanked APMC and the Ayala group for agreeing to adopt and nurture the seedlings in Nuvali.

“We share Ayala’s philosophy on environmental sustainability. Our Binhi program is firmly rooted on that philosophy because it intends to rescue and secure our native but high-value timber species, which have dwindled in number because of deforestation,” Medrano explained.