Listed Asian Terminals Inc. (ATI) and its dockworkers planted nearly 1,000 trees at the La Mesa Watershed over the weekend, sustaining its commitment to protect and preserve Metro Manila’s last natural forest cover and source of potable water.
ATI’s employee volunteers trekked three kilometers into the forest reserve located in Novaliches, Quezon City to plant endemic narra and bignay saplings across a two-hectare area.
Coinciding with the GO GREEN global environmental campaign of its foreign shareholder partner DP World, ATI’s annual tree planting initiative helps revitalize La Mesa’s critical ecosystem. The activity also gives employees an opportunity to be in commune with nature as the play an active role in protecting the environment.
As a responsible port operator, ATI follows global standards on environment management aligned with its ISO 14001:2007 certification. Apart from tree planting, ATI also spearheads coastal cleanup drives in partnership with like-minded companies, government agencies, and other port stakeholders.
To date, ATI has protected over 20 hectares of the forest reserve and planted nearly 25,000 trees since the start of its institutional partnership with ABS-CBN’s Bantay Kalikasan back in 2001.