EXECUTIVES and employees of SM Supermalls on Sunday, September 23, started planting 60,000 trees in line with the giant mall’s 60th anniversary celebration.

In support of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Enhanced National Greening Program, the activity was simultaneously held in five different locations all over the Philippines, said Engineer Junias M. Eusebio, SM Supermalls N4 assistant vice president.

“The activity forms part of the SM employees’ volunteerism activity and one of SM’s way of supporting communities where we are present,” Eusebio said.

In Barangay Ayala in Magalang town, some 12,000 fruit-bearing trees were planted by SM employees in Pampanga.

Eusebio said they forged a partnership with the Samahan Ng Mga Magsasaka Ng Ayala Sa Mataas Na Lupa Incorporated and the DENR’s Forest Management Bureau for the implementation of the environmental protection project.

He thanked the farmers’ group headed by chairman Rogelio De Lima and the forestry department personnel led by Forester Felixberto P. Lansingan for their support to SM’s tree-planting program.

Other areas covered by the 60,000 trees include Olongapo, Batangas, Iloilo and Davao, according to Eusebio.

“We are doing our share for the environment, working together with and supporting the communities,” Eusebio said.