One Meralco Foundation
Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines · Nonprofit · National · since 2011
Meralco's corporate foundation, whose One For Trees program has planted over 3 million trees since 2019
About
One Meralco Foundation (OMF) is the corporate foundation and social development arm of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), launched in 2011 to consolidate the Meralco group's CSR programs and based at the Meralco compound in Pasig City. Its One For Trees program, started in 2019, plants and nurtures native trees and mangroves with community partners and paid tree farmers at reforestation sites around the Philippines, including the UP Laguna-Quezon Land Grant in Siniloan, the Taguibo watershed in Butuan, Katunggan It Ibajay in Aklan and Del Carmen in Siargao. As of April 2026 the program reported 3,045,104 trees across 36 sites.
What they run
Plants and nurtures native trees and mangroves with people's organisations, water districts, indigenous communities and local governments, paying local tree farmers to care for the sites.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🌲 Reforestation | 3,045,104 | 2025–2026 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survival rate (%) | 2025 | 92 | One For Trees | Self-reported | sourceDaily Tribune, 24 Apr 2026: 2025 plantings had 'a 92 percent survival rate'; 2,492 tree farmers benefit directly |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 165,141 | One For Trees | Self-reported | sourceDaily Tribune, 24 Apr 2026: 'In 2025 alone, OFT added 165,141 new trees to this growing tally, with a 92 percent survival rate' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2025 | 2,727,433 | One For Trees | Self-reported | sourceDaily Tribune, 4 Jun 2025: 'The One For Trees program, which started in 2019, has planted and nurtured 2,727,433 trees to date' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 3,045,104 | One For Trees | Self-reported | sourceDaily Tribune, 24 Apr 2026: 'Since its launch in 2019, OFT planted and nurtured a total of 3,045,104 trees across 36 reforestation sites nationwide' |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2025
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 4 of 4 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 15/15 Reports survival or monitoring: Survival rate on record
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 165,141 trees in 2025
- Survival
- 92% (2025, reported)
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