Estero Champion. Filinvest Group’s FDC Misamis Power Corporation (FDC Misamis) was recognized by the DENR-Environmental Management Bureau Region X (DENR-EMB Region X) as its overall estero champion out of its 75 adopters under the Adopt-an-Estero/Waterbody Program for the company’s exceptional performance in rehabilitating Soligao Creek, a 2-kilometer waterway in Villanueva that flows into Macajalar Bay. DENR-EMB Region X representatives (4th from left) Engineer Dovee Cherry Geollegue, Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement Division Chief, and (1st from left) Ms. Hazel Jane Fonda, Ambient Monitoring and Technical Services Section Chief, presented the award to FDC Misamis representatives (2nd to 3rd from left) Mr. Lysander Castillo, Corp. Comm., Sustainability and External Affairs Head, and Ms. Roselle Gay Cabarliza, Corp. Comm. Sustainability and External Affairs Assistant.
Now in its 9th year, the program implements initiatives such as regular creek clean-ups, dredging, riprapping, tree planting, water quality monitoring, and education campaigns on solid waste management.
FDC Misamis is grateful to the agency for recognizing its efforts and vows to continue strengthening stakeholder partnerships, as such a program requires consistency, shared responsibility, and long-term commitment.
FDC Misamis owns and operates a 405 MW baseload power plant in PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate, supplying reliable power to electric cooperatives and industrial customers nationwide.
