Environment
Hail to the
bamboo!
(L-R): Chamber of Mines of the Philippines Vice President for Legal and Policy Ronald Recidoro, , PNIA Chairman and President of Marcventures
Holdings, Inc. Isidro Alcantara, Jr., PNIA Chairman Emeritus and Chairman of the PNIA Committee on Sustainability Clarence Pimentel, Jr.
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ommitted to environmental protection and
realizing the economic potential of bamboo,
employees of Marcventures Mining and
Development Corporation (MMDC), the
subsidiary of publicly-listed, Marcventures
Holdings Inc., celebrated World Bamboo Day
by planting acclimatized bamboo seedlings
high up the mountains surrounding the Wawa
Dam in Rodriguez, Rizal. The environmental
initiative is in partnership with Mga Anak ni Inang
Daigdig (MAID), a foundation engaged in community-based enterprise
development, headed by Fr. Benigno Beltran.
MAID aims to establish bamboo-based industries which includes a
bamboo-shoot processing facility, the production of activated charcoal,
animal feed, beauty products, barbecue sticks and chopsticks.
“The company is very keen on supporting initiatives like this because it
is aligned with our environmental advocacy, and also promotes a sense
of volunteerism which we always try to incorporate in our organizational
culture,” said Jose Dagala Jr., MMDC’s AVP for Social Commitments.
Marcventures donated 3,750 bamboo seedlings to support the project.
Notably, MMDC has its own Bamboo Plantation Development Program in
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