August 30, 2008

CSC endorses forestation plan

Kaohsiung based China Steel Corp announced that it will foster 20 hectares of land dedicated to forestation on Tatu Mountain in Taichung County of Taiwan.

According to CSC officials, the company's forestation plan forms part of a program initiated by the Cabinet-level Council of Agricultural to develop an additional 20,000 hectares of woodland by 2012 as part of the country's efforts to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

The officials said the CSC as a major Taiwan enterprise and a member of the global community, has a moral responsibility to cooperate in government polices aimed at protecting the natural environment, reducing pollution and making profits.

According to the CSC officials, the company has been engaged in forestation since its establishment in 1971. It has created some 48 hectares of forestation around its mills double the size of the Daan Forest Park in downtown Taipei.

Over the past several years, CSC employees and their families have paid more than 65,000 visits to Chungliao and are growing trees in a combined area of around nine hectares to help neighboring villages recover from the catastrophe.