With mangroves serving as a sanctuary to fishes and home to other marine life to the Iloilo River ecosystem, SM CITY ILOILO heeded the call for the collective efforts in conserving the waterway at the heart of Iloilo city.
Headed by SM Regional Operations Manager for Visayas 3 Girlie Libo-on, mall employees and agency personnel of SM City Iloilo planted the first batch of mangroves along Esplanade 9 on January 13, 2020.
The activity is part of the massive mangrove planting activities of the Iloilo City Government, set to spruce up banks of Iloilo River particularly along new sections of Esplanades.
Several batches of employees and personnel will be deployed on specific days to complete the target of 2,000 mangroves along the 9th section of the Iloilo River Esplanade.