Environmental Protection and Preservation
Corporate Social Responsibility > Environmental Protection and Preservation

The Company acknowledges that in order to successfully continue its mining operations in the island, it must take an active role in the protection and preservation of the environment. 

Over the years, the biggest project that the Company undertakes in relation to this objective is to plant a million trees by 2010.  For its inland reforestation program, as at the end of 2008, 748,286 hills had already been planted all over the island, with another 224,531 hills of seedlings in the nurseries.   

Meanwhile, a total of 184.3 hectares of coastlines were already planted with mangroves and maintained by the Company to protect and expand the breeding grounds of marine resources and serve as marine sanctuaries. 

Also, the Company continues to enhance its giant clam culture to protect the existence of some endangered species. 

Finally, the Company’s activities were attested as confirming to international standards when it was issued an ISO 14001:2004 certification for Environmental Management System in December 2008.