Geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation’s Southern Negros Geothermal Project has once again been bestowed the Gawad Tugas award, this time for the Clean Air and Water-Power plant category, from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
The citation recognizes the company for going beyond compliance through its exemplary performance in environmental protection, conservation, and management.
Now on its 6th year, the Gawad Tugas award is conferred to local government units, public and private organizations that have innovated and demonstrated ingenuity and significant milestones in protecting the environment.
“We have to harness the so-called collaboration of one another for a better tomorrow. I would like to request our dear friends from the LGUs and various companies to be a positive influence for the environment in your areas of responsibility. You should not only be working for profit and for people but also for the environment,” said former DENR Assistant Secretary Renato Rueda during the recent awarding ceremony in Cebu City.
EDC shared with the screening committee its efforts of elevating not only the environment but even its stakeholders, including its employees, customers, communities, suppliers and contractors, and investors as they forge collaborative pathways for a decarbonized and regenerative future.
“We thank the DENR Region 7 for recognizing our efforts to not just go beyond compliance but to even go beyond sustainability by being regenerative as we strive to provide Negros Oriental and the rest of the region with a stable source of clean, renewable power through Geo 24/7,” said Engr. Debonaire Mamhot, head of EDC’s Southern Negros Geothermal Facility.
Geo 24/7 is the company’s brand of geothermal energy that provides reliable baseload power day or night, rain or shine as it maintains lush forests with the help of its partner communities. || PR
