By BusinessMirror - September 20,
2017
GEOTHERMAL leader Energy Development
Corp. (EDC) had been conferred its ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management
System certification for its Southern Negros Geothermal Project (SNGP) in
Valencia, Negros Oriental, under the certifying body, TÜV Rheinland.
ISO 14001:2015 is the revised
management systems standard that responds to latest trends in identifying and
managing environmental risks and impact, and includes the stakeholders’ expectations.
It likewise requires the implementation of initiatives related to sustainable
resource use and climate-change mitigation.
The certification covers SNGP’s
222.5 megawatt (MW) Palinpinon-1, Palinpinon-2 and Nasulo power plants and its
support facilities. It is valid for three years, subject to an annual
surveillance audit. SNGP first received its ISO 14001:2004 certification
from SGS Philippines, under the United Kingdom Accreditation Service in
2014.
“We are proud to receive this
certification from the world’s premier inspection, verification, testing, and
certification company,” said Jay Joel L. Soriano, EDC’s business unit head for
Negros Isla”This recognition reaffirms our commitment to responsible
environmental management, which is crucial to our company’s sustainability.”
For more than four decades, EDC has
been responsibly conducting its business alongside environmental stewardship
through its watershed management program that includes biodiversity
conservation and monitoring, upland community management, forest protection and
restoration, and regulatory compliance with forest regulations.
SNGP has been at the forefront of
environmental protection programs in Negros Island for the past 35 years and
has so far reforested almost 6,000 hectares with 4 million trees planted and
maintained from 1989 to 2016 in Negros Island.
More than 2.5 million of these trees
were planted under its Binhi greening legacy program since 2009.
In 2015 SNGP expanded its BINHI
program by initiating the 10M in 10 million for Greener Negros Movement, which
aims to plant, grow and protect at least 10 million trees in the island in 10
years with the help of organizations and individuals who are all committed to
having a greener Negros Island. The movement targets to plant its second
millionth tree toward the end of this year.
EDC is the world’s largest
vertically integrated geothermal company and the only diversified
renewable-energy firm in the country.
The company has been powering
infinite possibilities in Negros Oriental for 35 years now by harnessing
geothermal energy, the only form of RE that can provide sustainable power 24
hours a day, rain or shine, all year round.
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