Sustainability Innovation Lab Add 186 Trees to Sierra Madres

20 November 2023, Laguna Quezon Land Grant, Siniloan, Laguna. Organised by the sustainability unit of The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE), the Sustainability Innovation Lab* added 186 native Philippine upland flowering forest trees to the Sierra Madre mountain range, at the over 9,000 protected forest reserve of the UP Laguna Quezon Land Grant, in Siniloan Laguna – the foothills of the longest mountain range in the Philippines.

From the total of 186 seedlings plantted,  native species were:  100 Akdang, 36 Kalumpit and 50 Palong Maria.

Sponsored by the Sustainability Innovation Lab, the planting was carried out by our community-based forest guards with GPS coordinates 14.489600” and 121.514920” – for an estimated 1 Ton of carbon captured per tree in its lifetime (approximating 12 Tonnes), including additional partial support of a scholarship grant to a deserving Philippine student in the field of agriculture, education, environment, farming, forestry & sustainability studies, this November 20th, 2023.

Certificates were awarded to several participants of the Sustainability Innovation Lab partnership event hosted for its launch, acknowledging 12 trees plated per person:

  1. Mr. Jack Ehnes
  2. Deputy Prime Minister, Heng Swee Keat, Singapore
  3. Mr. Eelco van der Enden
  4. Mr. Emmanuel Faber
  5. Mr. Tim Daniels
  6. Ms. Elsa Chen Weifen
  7. Mr. Lim Tuang Liang
  8. Ms. Esther An
  9. Ms. Fang Eu Lin
  10. Mr. Eugene Wong
  11. Ms. Rosita Sinaga
  12. Mr. Richard Barker
  13. Ms. Jessica Cheam
  14. Dr. Allinnettes Adigue

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)  announced the launch of the Sustainability Innovation Lab (SIL), earlier that same November – in partnership with the IFRS Foundation. Through the SIL, representatives of GRI, the ISSB and other key stakeholders will collaborate to identify emerging sustainability disclosure topics, developing concepts, best practices and data-driven solutions.  The SIL, which is based in Singapore, aims to provide capacity building within supply chains that are being asked to meet new information demands. Multi-stakeholder working groups are being established to focus on four priority areas: digital taxonomies, audit and assurance, smaller companies, and public sector reporting.

Forest guardians from the community who assisted throughout the program, from site preparation to planting, monitoring and maintenance to date include:  Randy Velina Tamayo Rowel Doria Joel velina Gilbert Ryan Jun Jun Nieva.

Thank you Sustainability Innovation Lab for your support for the restoration of the Sierra Madres, may the forest be with you all always!

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