Leading up to the celebration of Earth Day this year, AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Visayas Inc. (TVI), in partnership with the Aboitiz Foundation, organized an underwater garbage cleanup with its volunteer “Scubasureros” in Barangay Bato, Toledo City, Cebu last April 14, 2022. “Scubasurero is a term coined from ‘scuba diving’ and ‘basurero’ or garbage collector,” said Therma South Inc. (TSI) Reputation and Stakeholder Management manager Lou Jason Deligencia. “We have conducted this activity as part of our environmental commitment to help protect marine life, especially in the areas where we operate.” “The idea for this activity came from TVI employees who are also divers,” Deligencia said. “They were diving in the beach just across TVI when they discovered trash stuck to the seabed, and so they’ve decided to tap us and other divers to conduct a wider underwater cleanup.”

'Scubasurero' underwater cleanup held by Therma Visayas in Toledo. (2022, May 18). SunStar Cebu, p. 12.