By Tagum City Information Office
CITY OF TAGUM, DAVAO DEL NORTE - St. Peter Life Plans is elevating its corporate social responsibility a notch higher as it partnered with the City Government of Tagum for a joint three-year environmental venture to the tune of 3,800,000 pesos.
The two parties represented by City of Tagum Mayor Rey T. Uy and St. Peter Life Plans (SPLP) President and CEO York B. Vitangcol formally inked the Memorandum of Agreement on June 27, 2012 at the Energy Park in Barangay Apokon which cemented their partnership dubbed as “St. Peter Green Program.”
Under the program, SPLP shall provide, allocate, allot and distribute funds, resources and financial support for the purpose of developing, financing and sponsoring tree planting efforts for sustainable reforestation programs.
Said amount will be used for further development of the 50-hectare Tagum Botanical Park in Barangay San Agustin and shall include the following: cost of seedlings, site preparation, maintenance and contingency.
In his remarks prior to the signing of the agreement, Mayor Uy heralded the city government’s reforestation efforts and hailed SPLP for choosing Tagum as a venue for exercising its social responsibility.
“Thank you so much for being a part of the solution, for your social responsibility and rest assured that proper accounting and auditing will be strictly followed,” the local chief executive said.
Uy also stressed the city’s green brigade are now reaping fruits, judging by the decline of the annual average temperature and by the occurrence of fogs every early morning.
He said that aside from the massive reforestation efforts of the local government, the conversion of four-stroke tricycles to two-stroke as compliance to the Clean Air Act led to the reduction of carbon emission in the city.
In an interview, President Vitangcol also expressed his gratitude to the City of Tagum for letting them exercise their CSR in their quest to replenish the woods they had used for the production of their caskets.
“In every region that we are operating in, we search for local government units wherein reforestation and tree-planting is emphasized,” Vitangcol shared on why they chose Tagum as their partner.
He also hailed Mayor Uy for his exemplary “green” leadership which he labeled as a “legacy for future generations to emulate.”
“What we are doing right now is a real landmark that our kids will enjoy 20 years from now,” he added.
The 50-hectare Tagum Botanical Park is nestled on the sprawling site in Barangay San Agustin and will be planted with locally-grown trees as well as tropical trees coming from India, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia.
A part of the park will be called “St. Peter Soul Trees Forest” in recognition to St. Peter Life Plans.
Mayor said the Tagum Botanical Park will be fully-developed by the year 2020. Louie Lapat of CIO Tagum
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