International Bank Launches New Green Initiative in Mumbai

Plant a Tree Today Foundation (PATT), SAGE Foundation and INS TRATA came together on 9 October to assist Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) towards their pledge to plant 2,000 trees as part of their Green Your Flights initiative in Mumbai. The site was INS Trata, Arrangal, Malad near Danapani beach, famous for being part of Bollywood films and photo shoots.

Sixty of the SCB staff along with volunteers from the PATT, SAGE and the Navy representatives were present for the planting of the saplings. Participants managed to plant 200 saplings in just one hour, notwithstanding the rough terrain. An initial survey was done by Commander Dinesh Singh of INS Trata, Mr. Vashitwa Mishra (India Country Manager, PATT) and Mrs. Maya Shahani  (Chairperson, SAGE). Advice from local nursery contractors and the navy nursery experts was taken into consideration to make sure the plantation is in harmony with the local vegetation.

With the 2,000 saplings planted, Andrew Steel (Founder, PATT) will issue E-certificates to SCB who acted as the sole funders of the entire project. It is hoped the success of this project will be replicated globally and SCB is looking at plans to work with PATT to initiate a number of environmental projects globally.◊

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