Environmental Initiatives

Environmental sustainability is conserving our natural resources and protecting the environment to preserve it for the future.

Our environmental sustainability projects focus on providing for the needs of the present without compromising the future’s capability to meet greater demands. Through numerous environmental initiatives, such as tree planting, coastal cleanups, and biodiversity conservation, we can make this Better World we hope for a reality.

Currently, we are the largest provider of renewable energy in the Philippines. We have taken steps to ensure that the sites for these power sources are kept clean and that waste is managed responsibly, thus driving our commitment to sustainability and conservation.

The company complies to various environmental laws in the Philippines, such as the DENR DAO30-IRR for EIS Systems and Republic Act 6969 Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990.

Our Operational Control subsidiaries secure ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems as part of our commitment to environmental sustainability and our partner communities.

In 2015, AboitizPower signed The Manila Declaration and joined the Water Alliance. The commitment aims to lower emissions, address climate change resilience, and embed environmental sustainability in our business processes.

Year after year, the company ensures to reduce carbon emissions and manage water and energy resources efficiently.

In line with our carbon emissions reduction and commitment to improving climate change resilience, the company and its subsidiaries have implemented initiatives and activities that promote biodiversity conservation and environmental sustainability.

Our team member volunteerism and partnership with our host communities, government agencies, non-government organizations, and people’s groups make these activities possible. Some of these activities include the Annual Aboitiz Group-wide simultaneous tree planting, Cleanergy Park, and watershed projects.

In our plant operations, we have installed pollution control devices and new technology and systems which improve our processes and optimize our resources as part of our environmental efforts.

Furthermore, to contribute to SDG 15 (Life on Land), the Aboitiz Group has planted more than 12 million trees across the Philippines, with 5 million trees coming from AboitizPower tree planting initiatives. From 2017 to 2022 alone, we planted over 1.9 million trees across 2,817 ha.

During these years, the company also contributed to SDG 14 (Life Below Water) through 185 coastal and river cleanup activities, resulting in 131,992 kg of waste collected.

In our plant operations, we have installed pollution control devices, new technology, and systems that improve our processes and optimize our resources as part of our environmental efforts. We also promote biodiversity, environmental conservation, and sustainability in the Philippines through our programs such as watershed projects, adoption of protected areas, adopt-a-river, adopt-a-marine sanctuary, agroforestry projects, and environmental rehabilitation.

• Data reported under energy, waste, water, and biodiversity is based on an operationally controlled accounting approach that covers all AboitizPower’s units that have been operating for more than a year.

Generation units included in the report are the following: AP Renewables, Inc., San Carlos Sun Power, Inc., Luzon Hydro Corp., Hedcor, Inc., Hedcor Sibulan, Inc., Hedcor, Tudaya, Inc., Hedcor Sabangan, Inc., Hedcor Bukidnon, Inc., Therma Marine, Inc., Therma Mobile, Inc., Therma South, Inc., East Asia Utilities Corporation, Cebu Private Power Corporation, SN Aboitiz Power Magat, Inc., SN Aboitiz Power Benguet, Inc., Therma Power Visayas, Inc., and Therma Visayas, Inc.

Distribution units included in the report are the following: Visayan Electric, Davao Light, Cotabato Light, Subic Enerzone, Mactan Enerzone, Balamban Enerzone, Lima Enerzone, and Malvar Enerzone.

• Since 2015, AboitizPower has been using the operational control approach to set the organizational boundary for the accounting methodology of GHG accounting.
• AboitizPower’s GHG system is guided by the corporate accounting and reporting standards of The Greenhouse Gas Protocol developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Resources Institute.
• GHG data include carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions.
• GHG data from 2019 covers 100% of AboitizPower operationally controlled generation and distribution units. This accounts for 80.33% of our operationally controlled reporting units including corporate offices, distribution, and generation units. While 2017 and 2018 data covers only the GHG intensity of our operationally controlled generation units.